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05/19/2011

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George Washington
Definition
Federal court system was established. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution of the United States. Plans were created for development of the national capital in Washington, D.C.
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John Adams
Definition
A two-party system emerged during his administration.
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
He bought Louisiana from France (Louisiana Purchase). Lewis and Clark explored the new land west of the Mississippi River.
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James Madison
Definition
The War of l812 caused European nations to gain respect for the United States.
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James Monroe
Definition
He introduced the Monroe Doctrine warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
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Benjamin Banneker
Definition
An African American astronomer and surveyor, helped complete the design for Washington, D.C.
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The Articles of Confederation
Definition
(1) It provided for a weak national government:
(2) Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce (trade) among the states
(3) Provided for no common currency (money)
(4) Gave each state one vote in Congress regardless of size
(5) Provided for no executive or judicial branches
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Inventor
Definition
Someone who is the first to think of or make something.
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Entrepreneur
Definition
Entrepreneur
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Cotton gin
Definition
invented by Eli Whitney, increased the production of cotton and increased the need for slave labor.
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Reaper
Definition
invented by Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick (entrepreneur who brought the reaper to market), increased the productivity of the American farmer.
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Steamboat
Definition
improved by entre-preneur Robert Fulton, it eventu-ally provided faster river transpor-tation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories
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Steam locomotive
Definition
provided faster land transportation
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Legislative Branch
Definition
Includes the Congress
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Executive Branch
Definition
Includes the President and the Vice President
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Judicial Branch
Definition
Supreme Court
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Harriet Tubman
Definition
led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
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Frederick Douglass
Definition
wrote the North Star and worked for rights to better the lives of African Americans and women.
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Missouri Compromise (1820)
Definition
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state; Maine entered as a free state.
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Compromise of l850
Definition
California entered the Union as a free state. Southwest territories would decide about slavery.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Definition
People in each state would decide the slavery issue (popular sovereignty).
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