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semester 2
34
History
8th Grade
05/19/2012

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inauguration
Definition
ceremony that starts the presidency
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Cabinet
Definition
presidents advisors
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precedent
Definition
an example to follow
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excise tax
Definition
tax paid for manufacture or sale of certain goods
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judicial review
Definition
where the supreme court can declare a federal law unconstitutional
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embargo
Definition
stop on all imports and exports
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coalition
Definition
temporary alliance of groups
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impressment
Definition
u.s. sailors forced to serve on british ships
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tripolitan war
Definition
increased respect foreign countries had for u.s.
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treaty of ghent
Definition
ended war of 1812
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results of war of 1812
Definition
gained respect, greater sense of nationalism, federalist part dissolved, we started making our own stuff
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interstate commerce
Definition
selling or transporting goods from one state to another
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caucus
Definition
closed meeting of political party leaders
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mudslinging
Definition
making malicious statements about opponents
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spoils system
Definition
giving government positions to friends
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tariff of abominations
Definition
tariff of 1828
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secession
Definition
leaving the union
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specie circular
Definition
land had to be paid in gold or silver
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webster/ ashburton treaty
Definition
settled the dispute of the boundary between Maine and Canada
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Whig Party
Definition
formed in 1836
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battle ofsan jacinto
Definition
texas gains independence
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treaty of guadalupe/ hidalgo
Definition
ends mexican war
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gadsden purchase
Definition
bought for a railroad from Mexico
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Compromise of 1850
Definition
western land was allowed popular sovereignty
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middle passage
Definition
slaves crossing the atlantic
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emancipation
Definition
freeing the slaves
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abolition
Definition
doing away with slavery
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underground railroad
Definition
network of people who aided runaway slaves
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fire eaters
Definition
southern extremists who threatened secession
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blockade runners
Definition
confederate baots that could break down the blockade
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Civil war date
Definition
April 1861 - april 9 1865
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war of attrition
Definition
wearing down the south
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emancipation proclamation
Definition
freed slaves in confederate-held areas
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appomattox courthouse
Definition
lee surrendered to grant april 9, 1865
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