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History Final Exam 2nd Semester
Important Definitions for History 2nd Semester Final Exam
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History
8th Grade
05/29/2010

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MAJORITY PARTY

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PARTY WITH MOST POWER

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AMMENDMENTS

Definition

 

 

OFFICIAL CHANGES TO A LAW OR CONSTITUTION

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JUDICIAL REVIEW

Definition

 

 

THE SUPREME COURT'S POWER TO DECLARE ACTS OF CONGRESS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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LOOSE INTERPRETATION

Definition

 

WAY OF INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION THAT ALLOWS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTIONS THAT CONSTITUTION DOES NOT FORBID IT FROM TAKING

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SEPARATION OF POWERS

Definition

 

THE DIVISION OF GOVERNMENT TO DIFFERENT BRANCHES THAT DEAL WITH DIFFERENT MATTERS

 

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SPOIL'S SYSTEM

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POLITICIANS PRACTICE OF GIVING GOVERNMENT JOBS TO THEIR SUPPORTERS

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ELASTIC CLAUSE

Definition
Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution that has been interpreted as giving Congress authority to stretch its delegated powers to address issues not otherwise specified in the document; also known as the "necessary and proper clause." [image]
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IMPRESSMENT

Definition

 

 

BRITISH PRACTICE OF FORCING U.S PEOPLE TO JOIN THEIR NAVY

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FEDERALISM

Definition

 

SYSTEM OF AUTHORITY WHERE CENTRAL POWER IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND STATES BUT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MORE POWER

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BILL OF RIGHTS

Definition

 

 

FIRST 10 AMMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION

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SECEDE

Definition

 

 

TO FORMALLY WITHDRAW FROM AN ORGANIZATION USUALLY A COUNTRY

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EMINENT DOMAIN

Definition

 

THE GOVERNMENT'S POWER TO TAKE PERSONAL PROPERTY

Term

 

 

HABEAS CORPUS

Definition

 

 

CONSTITUTIONAL POWER AGINST UNLAWFUL INPRISONMENT

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CABINET

 

 

Definition

 

 

GROUP MADE UP OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT THAT ADVISES PRESIDENT

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TARIFF

Definition

 

 

TAXES O IMPORTS OR EXPORTS

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VETO

Definition

 

 

TO CANCEL

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CHECKS AND BALANCES

Definition

 

 

A SYSTEM MADE BY CONSTITUTION THAT PREVENTS ANY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT OF BECOMING TO POWERFUL

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EMBARGO

Definition

 

 

BANNING OF TRADE WITH A COUNTRY

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RESERVED POWERS

Definition

 

 

POWERS RESERVED FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR THE CITIZENS

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CONCURRENT POWERS

Definition

 

 

POWERS SHARED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS

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PRECEDENT

Definition

 

 

AN ACTION OR DECISION THAT LATER SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE

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DELEGATED POWERS

Definition

 

 

POWERS THAT ARE SPECIFFICALY GRANTED TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION

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STRICT INTERPRETATION

Definition

 

WAY OF INTERPRETING CONSTITUTION WHERE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONLY TAKES ACTIONS THE CONSTITUTION SPECIFIES

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Bill of Attainder

Definition

 

 

When a person is pronounced guilty without a trial by jury

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civil liberties

Definition

 

rights and freedoms a citizen has

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civil liberties

Definition

 

 

rights and freedoms a citizen has

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commerce

Definition

 

TRADE

 

Term

 

 

sedition

Definition

 

 

person is not allowed to speak against the country

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Ex post facto law

Definition

 

 

something made before there was a law prohibiting it is not a crime

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Senate

Definition

 

 

upper house of congress 2 delegates from each state

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elector

Definition

 

 

member of the electoral college that goes to vote for the president

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Term

Definition

 

 

time a president holds office

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Treason

Definition

 

 

betraying your country

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Doctrine of nullification

Definition

 

 

states can say a Congress Act is null and void

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House of Representatives

Definition

 

 

Lower house of Congress delegates are determined by the state's population

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Jefferson Davis

Definition

 

 

President of the Confederate State's of America

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James Madison

Definition

 

 

Best notes during the constitutional Convention

Term

 

 

Zebulon Pike

Definition

 

 

explored the west United States and climbed Pike's Peak

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John Brown

Definition

 

 

Abolitionist who startes a revolt with 20 men in Harper's Ferry

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George Washington

Definition

 

 

First President of the Unites States

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Abraham Lincoln

Definition

 

 

Made the Emancipation Procalmation

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Definition

 

 

Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Merriwether Lewis

&

William Clark

Definition

 

Lewis and Clark expedition and explored the west till they got to the Ocean

 

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John Sutter

Definition

 

 

his worker was the first one to find gold in California

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Definition

 

 

French emperor who sold Lousiana Purchase to the United States

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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

Definition

 

 

WROTE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

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DRED SCOTT

Definition

 

 

DRED SCOTT CASE WHERE SLAVES WERE NOT CONSIDERED HUMANS OR CITIZENS

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JOHN JAY

Definition

 

 

JAY TREATY WHICH DID NOT SOLVE IMPPRESSMENT OR FREEDOM OF THE SEAS

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ROBERT FULTON

Definition

 

 

CREATED FIRST SUCCESFUL STEAMBOAT, CLARENCE

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STEPHEN DOUGLAS

Definition

 

 

PROPOSED THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

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JOHN MARSHALL

Definition

 

 

MADE SUPREME COURT HAVE ABILITY FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

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THOMAS JEFFERSON

Definition
MADE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, LOUIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, AND MADE THE EMBARGO ACT
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