Creating America Vocab Pg. 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abolitionism | movement to end slavery |
| amend | the process of changing the Constitution |
| American System | 1815 plan to make U.S. economically self-sufficient |
| Anti-Federalists | people who opposed ratification of the Constitution |
| Appomattox Courthouse | where the South finally surrendered during the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | 1863, ended the South's hopes of winning a battle in the North |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | 1775, first battles of the American Revolution |
| Battle of Vicksburg | 1863, South lost control of Mississippi River |
| Battle of Yorktown | 1781, last major campaign of the American Revolution |
| Battles of Saratoga | 1777, turning point of the American Revolution |
| Bleeding Kansas | conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery people in Kansas, 1854-1859 |
| boycott | refusal to buy certain goods |
| cash crop | crop grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer |
| charter | contract given to someone to establish a colony |
| checks and balances | each of the three branches of government limits the power of the others |
| Confederacy | the southern states who seceded |
| Continental Army | military of the colonists |
| cotton gin | 1795 invention by Eli Whitney that made processing cotton much easier |
| Democratic-Republican | political party formed by Jefferson and Madison |
| doctrine of nullification | idea that states had the right to reject any law passed by Congress |
| due process of law | everyone is entitled to be treated equally under the law |
| executive branch | President and his cabinet |
| factory system | method of building goods that included many workers and machines working in one place |
| federalism | a system of sharing power between the states and the national government |
| Federalists | supported ratification of the Constitution |
| foreign policy | relations with governments of other countries |
| Fort Sumter | beginning of the Civil War |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | Puritan plan of government on Connecticut in 1639 |
| Great Compromise | agreement reached during the constitutional convention that created the American system of government |
| blockade | when goods are prevented from going into or out of an area |
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