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Social Studies Vocabulary
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History
8th Grade
03/22/2012

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Term
Abolitionist
Definition

Unit 4: A Changing Nation

Historical Definition: A person for the movement to end slavery.  Fredrick Douglas was a famous abolitionist.

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Assassination
Definition

Unit 5:  A Nation Divided and Rebuilt


Historical Definition:  To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.                                                                                   Illustration:  Abe Lincoln was a president who was assassinated in a theatre.

 

 

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Banking System
Definition

Unit 3:  The Early Republic

Historical Definition: A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.    

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Central Government
Definition

Unit 2:  Creating a New Nation

Historical Definition: The area in a governing system concerned withareas that affect the entire nation, such as defense, international relations, taxation, and trade.                         Illustration: [image]

 

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Civic Virtue 
Definition

Unit 3 The Early Republic 

Historical Definition: An action that is do that promotes ones country. 

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Civic disobedience
Definition

Unit 4 A Changing Nation 

Historical Deifinition: Refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation, characterized by the use of passive resistance or other nonviolent means.          

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Compromise
Definition

Unit 2:  Creating a New Nation 

Historical Definition:  A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions                                                                    Illustration:[image]

 

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Confederation
Definition

Unit 5: A Nation divide and rebulit 

Historical Defenition:pertaning to the confedarte army [image]

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Doctine 
Definition

Unit 3: The Early Republic 

Historical Definition: a principle or policy written by                   government  [image]

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Emancipation

Definition

Unit 5: A Nation Divided and Rebulit 

Historical definition: to free a slave from bondage 

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Enlightenment
Definition

Unit 1 Three Worlds Meet 

Historical Movement : a philosophic movement of the 18th century

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Federalist/ Anti Federalist
Definition

Unit 3The Early Republic

Historical Definition : The two diffrent thought on how the government 

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Free Enterprise
Definition

Unit 2 

Historical Definition : The abilty to create your own business

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Freedman
Definition

Unit 3 The Free Republic 

Histrical Definition : A slave that has been freed

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Geographic Distribution 
Definition

Unit 1 Three Worlds Colide 

Historical Defintion : The natural location of an object or animal 

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Greviance 
Definition

Unit 2: Creating a new nation

 

 

An injustice or wrongdoing

 

 

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Inaugural Address
Definition

Unit 3: The Early Republic 

 

 

The speech given by the us president during his Inaguration 

 

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 judicial review
Definition

Unit 3: The Early Republic

 

The judical branch has the final say in wheather or not a law is contitutional or not 

 

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landmark case
Definition

Unit 3: The Early republic 

 

 A case that changes or creates a new law 

 

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manifest destiny 
Definition

Unit 4: A Changing Nation

 

The belief That the u.s should span from coast to coast

 

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mercantilism
Definition

Unit 1: Three World Meet 

 

Economic System Where nations increaces power and wealth by obtaining riches and establishing trade

 

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national security 
Definition

Unit : Creating a New Nation 

 

 

The defence and forgin affiars of a country 

 

 

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naturalized citizen 
Definition

Unit 2: Creating a New Nation 

 

 

A naturalized citizen is a foreign national who is granted US citizenship

 

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neutrality 
Definition

Unit 3: The Early Republic 

 

 

not being on anyones side 

 

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nullification
Definition

Unit 2: Creating a New a Nation

 

The process in which a law in conciered void 

 

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ordinance
Definition

Unit 2: Creating a new nation 

 

An athoritive rule or law 

 

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 peaceful resolution 
Definition

Unit 5: A Nation Divided Rebulit 

 

A Resolution that was created without war 

 

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proclamation 
Definition

 Unit 5: A Nation divided 

 

A statement made by someone with power 

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Protective Tariff
Definition

Unit 4 A Changing nation

A Tariff place to protect the econmy 
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 radical reconstruction
Definition

Unit 5 A Nation Divided and Rebulit

A time of resettlement after the cilvil war [image]

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 1787 Constitution 
Definition

The Consitutional Convention/ Writing of the Constitution This Constitution is the one written by Thomas Jefferson

Everthing in it was decided at the Constitutional Convention

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Election of 1800
Definition

The Jefferson Era 

This was the election in which Jefferson was elected 

There was a tie between Jefferson and Burr 

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1803 Louisiana Purchase 
Definition

The Jefferson Era 

This Was a purchase made by Jefferson 

It inclded tons of land 

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 War of 1812 
Definition

The War of 1812

This is a War Held Between america and Britain (Mainly Britain and France The Real War Between Brtain and america began in 1814)

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1861-1865 Civil War 
Definition

Cilvil War 

A War Between a nation Vs. itself 

Ex: the America Cilvil War 

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  Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Definition

The Nation Divides 

A Case that Decided That a slave is not protected by the u.s constitution

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Gibbons vs. Ogden
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Worchester vs. Georgia
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James Armistead 
Definition

Americain Revolution 

A spy for The amaricain

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Wentworth Cheswell 
Definition

The Americain Revlation 

 An Americain Revolution Veteran

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 Hiram Rhodes Revels
Definition

Reconstuction

The Frist African Amricain Senter 

 

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Trail of Tears 
Definition

Andrew Jackson's Presidentcy 

A Trail That the indains Were forced to follow when they were relocaded 

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Transatlantic Slave Trade 
Definition

Colonzation 

A Trade Between America Britain and africa 

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Stamp Act

Definition

The Americian Revolution 

 A law passed by britain that placed a tax on tea (No taxaion With Repstaion)

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Great Awakening

Definition

Colonzation 

A time When evenone Was Changing In Idea about Religion

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Great Compromise
Definition

The Constitutional Convention 

The Comprimise that gave us the sente and house Of reps.

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Northwest Passage
Definition

Discovering America 

A passage that was believed to exist that ran though northwestren america to europe

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3/5 Compromise
Definition

The constitutional Convention  

A comprimise that decide that slaves were counted as 3/5 a person in a cense 

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13th Amendment 
Definition

Reconstruction

The Amendment outlawed slavery freeing all the slaves 

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 14th Amendment
Definition

Reconstuction

Made Formal Slaves Citizens 

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15th Amendment 
Definition

Reconstuction 

This Amendment gave formal slaves the right to vote

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Reconstruction
Definition

Reconstruction

The plan that was used to readmit confedarete states 

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Mayflower Compact 
Definition

Colonization 

A compact made my the pligrims stating that they would work together 

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House of Burgess 
Definition

Colonial america 

The first legislater in america 

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 
Definition

Colonial america 

The frist written Government in America

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Monroe Doctrine
Definition

Early Presidents 

Monroe Doctrine states that no one esle is to colonzie north or latin america 

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Marbury vs. Madison
Definition

Early America 

This Case Establish Judical Review

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Northwest Ordinance
Definition

Early America 

Created the frist  territory  the Northwest territory

 

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Columbian Exchange 
Definition

Colonization 

the Trade That occred between The coloines 

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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition

Cilvil War 

This Freed all The Slaves In the (Ignoing) South/Confedarcy 

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