TAKS TERMS II
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doctahcoach on November 8, 2009
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ratified 1868-Former slaves became citizens | 14th amendment |
| 1865-Banned slavery in America | 13th amendment |
| Freed all slaves in states that were rebelling against the Union | Emancipation Proclamation |
| 1861-1877 | Civil war and Reconstruction |
| 1877-1898 | The Gilded age |
| 1890-1920 (fixing problems) | TheProgressive era |
| 1890-1920 (world expansion) | Imperialism |
| Preference for native born Americans & a hatred of immigrants | Nativism |
| Religious freedom; political persecution; poverty and hostility; poor working conditions; low wages; ;isolationism; ghettos were issues having to do with this | Immigration |
| Individual state can declare a federal law null & void | Nullification theory |
| Forced removal of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River | Indian Removal Act |
| Idea that America was meant to stretch from coast to coast | Manifest Destiny |
| Increased the need for slave labor | Cotton Gin |
| Stated that no more European colonization would be tolerated in the Western | Monroe Doctrine |
| Connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Midwest | Erie Canal |
| Anger over the violation of American neutral rights such as Impressment led to the | War of 1812 |
| 1803-Bought from France | Doubled the size of the U.S., Louisiana Territory |
| Foundation of the government used today | U.S. Constitution |
| 1689- Changed England's government from absolute monarchy to a Constitutional monarchy | English Bill of Rights |
| 1215-English agreement b/w its nobles & king guaranteeing certain rights | Magna Carta |
| Government by popularly elected representatives | Republicanism |
| power is shared between the federal government & the state | Federalism |
| System where each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful | Checks and Balances |
| Government subject to the will of the people | Popular Sovereignty |
| Government only has the powers the Constitution gives to it | Limited Government |
| 1st of the ten Bill of Rights | Freedom of Speech, Religion , Press ,etc |
| Primary author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
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