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History
8th Grade
03/17/2008

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Industrial Revolution

Definition
A time in American History when machines replaced manuel labor.
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American System
Definition
A plan for making the United States of America economically self sufficient.
Term

The States

Definition
How had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
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amendment

Definition
A change to the Constitution
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John Locke
Definition
English philosopher that argued that people are born with unalienable/natural rights suchs as life, liberty, and property.
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Thomas Paine
Definition
Who was the author of the Pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Term
Those who supported England and the King during the Revolutionary War.
Definition
Loyalist
Term

Breeds Hill

Definition
What hill was the Battle of Bunker Hill actually fought?
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Philadelphia

Definition
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
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Articles of Confederation
Definition
What was the first Constitution of the United States?
Term
The power to enforce laws.
Definition
The Excecutive
Term
The Executive Branch
Definition
The President and his Cabinet
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Revenue

Definition
Income that the government gets from taxes.
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Federalism
Definition
Division of power between a central (federal) government and state governments.
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Boston Massacre

Definition
Event that the Sons of Liberty used as propoganda to stir up colonial resistance to British authority
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Religious Freedom

Definition
The main reason that the Pilgrims and Puritans moved to the colonies
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Militia
Definition
A military system made up of citizen soldiers.
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John Adams
Definition
2nd President of the United States
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Bill of Rights
Definition
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
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Antifederalist
Definition
People against the ratification of the Constitution and believed in strong state governments
Term
First permanant English settlement in the Americas
Definition
Jamestown
Term
Wilderness Road
Definition
Principle route that settlers used to reach Kentucky for more than 50 years.
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Boycott
Definition
Refusal to buy certain goods.
Term
George Washington
Definition
General of the Continental Army
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Saratoga

Definition
What was the turning point battle of the Revoutionary War?
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Tariff

Definition
A tax on goods that are brought into the country
Term
Delegate
Definition
A person who is chosen or elected to represent people at a conference or meeting
Term

Lexington and Concord

Definition

Location of the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

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Great Awakening
Definition
Religious movemment of the 1730s and 1740s
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
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James Madison
Definition
Father of the American Constitution.
Term
4 years
Definition
Number of years in a presidential term.
Term
Judicial Review
Definition
Created with Marbury v. Madison that allowed the Supreme Court to decide if a law was Constitutional or Unconstitutional
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Southern Colonies
Definition

Longest Growing Season

Fertile Soil

Mild Winters

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Indentured Servants

Definition
People who got their passage to the Americas paid for in return for working for the person who paid their way over for 4-7 years.
Term

States

Definition
Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
Term
Legislative Branch
Definition
Create Laws
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Parliament
Definition
Englands lawmaking body
Term
Abolitionist
Definition
A person who wanted to end slavery in America
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Fort Sumter

Definition

Location of the first shots of the Civil War

Term
Shot heard 'round the world.
Definition

Nickname given to the first shots of the Revolutionary War. Lexington and Concord.

Term
England (Great Britain)
Definition
Who did the United States fight during the war of 1812?
Term
Sons of Liberty
Definition

Secret society that opposed British rule prior to the Revolutionary War.

 

Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, John Adams

Term
Checks and Balances
Definition

A way to keep the three branches of government from becoming too powerful.

 

A way to check the powers of the other branches.

Term
Interpret Laws
Definition
Judicial Branch
Term
Plantations
Definition

Large Southern Farms

Uses primarily slave labor

Generally grows one type of crop

 

Term
Proclamation of 1763
Definition

Law whose intended goal was to prevent more wore with Native Americans.

 

Kept colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Term
Corps of Discovery
Definition
Official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Term

Man who defended the English soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

Definition
John Adams
Term
Abraham Lincoln
Definition
President of the United States during the Civil War
Term

Put the following wars in order.

 

Civil War, Mexican American War, French and Indian War, War of 1812, Revolutionary War

Definition
French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican American War, Civil War
Term

Political party of Thomas Jefferson

Definition

Democratic Republican

Term
Political Party of Alexander Hamilton
Definition
Federalist
Term
Mercenary
Definition
A soldier for hire.
Term

Put the following Presidents in order.

 

Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Madison

Definition
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln
Term

Main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Definition
Finding an all water route across the United States.
Term
Popular Soverignty
Definition

A belief that the United States should control everything from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

 

 

Term
Popular Soverignty
Definition
A belief that the people that live in a certain area should be able to decide what happens within their territory/state/
Term
Veto
Definition

Check and Balance power that the Executive has over the Legislature.

 

The power of the President to refuse to sign an act into law.

Term
Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote for women.
Term

Tariff

Definition

Tax on imported goods. Raises money and encourages American industry.

Term

Interchangeable Parts

Definition
Sped up production of goods which made repairs easier and allowed the use of less-skilled workers.
Term

Cabinet

Definition

Group of people who help/advise the president.

Term

Louisiana Purchase

Definition

Bought by U.S. from France in 1803. Doubled the size of the U.S.

Term

Impressment

Definition

Kidnapping of American saliors to work on British ships.

Term

Marbury vs. Madison

Definition

Established the idea of judicial review which says, the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution.

Term

Cotton Gin

Definition

Invented by Eli Whitney to make the cleaning process more efficient.

Term

Ulysses S. Grant

Definition
Famous as the commander of the Union army during the Civil War he led the North to victory.  His popularity resulted in his election as the 18th president, but he was unprepared for that job.
Term
 

 

 

 

Representative government


Definition
A government in which power is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by the people
Term
 

Separation of Powers

Definition
The U.S. Constitution outlines the powers of the three branches. The legislative branch is the congress, which makes the laws. The executive branch is the president, who carries out the laws with the help of the cabinet   and agencies.  The judicial branch consists of the courts, which interpret and apply the laws.
Term
 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Definition
She spent her life seeking equal rights for women and helped organize the convention at Seneca Falls, where the Declaration of Rights of Women was written in 1848.  With Susan B. Anthony, she promoted women’s suffrage.
Term

Articles of Confederation

Definition
The nation’s first written plan of government was weak because the Congress lacked the power to tax, to regulate trade, or to control coining money.  The states held most of the power.  Instead of revising this plan a new constitution was written in 1787.

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