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Sociology
05/25/2011

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Robert Sherman
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suggested the great comprise
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Republic
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a goverment in which citizens rule through eleted representatives is a
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13 states
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the articles of the confederation had to be proved by
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9 states
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congress needed ___ to pass a law
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george washington
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was the presiding officer at the constitional convention
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federal system
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allows the divison of the power between the national government and the states
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federalist
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were he new  supporsters of the new constition
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articles of condfefertion
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america 1st constition was?
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englightenment
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was the movement that influened the constition architects
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delware
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was the 1st state to approve the constition
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state
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departments handles relations with other nations
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patisan
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a person favoring one side of a political is a?
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sedition
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was a law that made it illegal to critiize the governmen
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enational debt
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the amount the nations governments owes is called th
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Bank
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one of the things federalists belive in was a national
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alien act
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the___ is al law that gave the president the power to deport aliens?
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sedition
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ct made it a crime to speak write or publish false scandalous & malicious critiisms os the government?
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1800
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the elections of ____ was decided by the house of representatives?
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judicial review
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the supreme court reviewing and ruling on acts of other branches of the government is called?
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 the louisiana territory was purchased from?
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Spain
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prohibited trade with another country 
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embargo act
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war hawks 
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henry clay and john calhoun were know as?
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ghent 
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the war of 1812 was end by the treaty of? 
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aaron burr 
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killed alexander hamiltion in duel 1804 
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nepolien 
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was the french ruler that had plans for empires in europe and the americas
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lewis&clark
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the leaders of the explortion of the louisana territory were?
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nutral rights 
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a nation not involve in a conflict has
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lake champlain 
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the british decide the war in north america was too costly after the battle of?
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great britian 
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the changes in the way goods were made in the mid 1700s 1st appeared in?
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New england 
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america's industrial revolution began to take root in
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cotton grin 
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eli whitney invented the
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american system 
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a tarrif to stimulate growth of american industries is called?
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conventions of 1818 
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set the official border between canada and united states 
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industrial revolution
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the revolutions that changed the way people worked was the 
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patent 
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the instrument that gives inventors sole legal rights to thier inventions and its profits is called a
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peace
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treaty provides for disarmament along the canadian border 
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john q. adams 
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was the 1824 presidental nominee that was also the son of a former president 
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secede 
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some southers wanted to break away from united states or to 
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indian benovelact
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was passed by congress in order to relocate native americans 
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georgia 
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the cherokee trail of tears began in 
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the spoil system 
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the practice of replacing governmnet employees with the winning candidate's supportes became know as 
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oseala
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was the seminole leader who went to war against the united states in an effort to keep his nation land
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britan
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was the last country to challenge the united states control of oregon country 
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fur trappers 
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mountains men made thier living as
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nessienaries 
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amoung the 1st settlers of the oregon countries after trappers were the 
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sam houston
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was the commmander and chief of the texas forces 
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vigilante 
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groups took the  law into thier own hands in gold rush soiety 
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salt lake city 
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founded by the mormons ____ was originally called derest
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fertile land 
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reports of ______ persuaded many americans to settle the oregon country 
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manifest destiny 
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was the philosophy that the united states was set apart to extend its boundaries all the way to the pacific
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rio grande 
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the united states insisted that the____was the border between the united states and mexico
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Merchants
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made huge profits during the gold rush 
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cyrus mccormich
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constructed the first mehanical reaper
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trade unions 
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with other workers of the same skills workers formed
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ireland
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famine caused people to immigrate to the united states from 
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germany 
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arriving between 1820 and 1860 the second largest group of immgrants as from
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railways 
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transformed trade in the nation's iterior 
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slums
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many immgarnts lived in
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strikes 
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to put pressure on employers workers staged 
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slavery
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the south depended on___ for thier thiving econmy 
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slave code 
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made it a crime to teach enslaved people to read and write
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utopia
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a communtiy based on a vision of a perfect society is called a
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haaron mann 
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was a leader of educational reform 
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orblen college 
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the 1st college to admit both african americans and women was?
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harriet b. stowe 
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wrote uncle tom's cabin
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new york 
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the first womens rights convention was held in 
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wyoming 
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was the 1st  state to grant women the right to vote 
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second great awakening 
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the 1800 there was a wave of religious fervor know as the
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underground railroad
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th enetwork of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people was the 
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harriet tubman
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was the most famous underground railroad conductor
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