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APUSH Midterm - TERMS
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11th Grade
01/13/2012

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repeal
Definition
to Remove
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ratify
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to approve
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amend
Definition
to change
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treason
Definition
one turning against their own country
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
group formed to protest British taxation - run by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere
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patriot
Definition
loyal to America during the Revolution
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loyalist
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loyal to the crown during the Revolution
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salutary neglect
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choosing not to enforce the laws
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enumerated powers
Definition
clearly and specifically written power or law (such as the right to bear arms)
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implied powers
Definition
not specifically written power or law (such as the right to privacy)
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suffrage
Definition
right to vote
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unicameral
Definition
one house legislature
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bicameral
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two house legislature
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Tenure of Office Act
Definition
president cannot remove cabinet member approved by senate without senate approval
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians, boarded a British ship in the Boston Harbor and dumped tea into the harbor in protest to high taxes
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apportionment
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refers to representation in congress
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nullification
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the state can overrule a national law
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War Hawks
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members of congress who pushed for war with Great Britain (i.e. John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay)
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tariff
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import tax
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conscription
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military draft
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secede
Definition
refers to leaving the Union
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popular sovereignty
Definition
majority rule determines right to slavery
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radical republicans
Definition
republican leaders of congress who wanted to punish the south for the civil war
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Scalawags
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former confederates who supported the acts of reconstruction
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Ku Klux Klan
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Originally founded as a frat in Pulaski, TN became a terrorist organization, and eventually disbanded (but never completely broke up) by Nathan Bedford Forrest
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sharecropper
Definition
works another person's land for a share of the yielding
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carpet bagger
Definition
northerners who came south to take financial advantage over the southerners during the reconstruction period
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Freedmen's Bureau
Definition
set up to help educate the black population and assist their transition into the free world
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