s.s. 2nd quarter study guide
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susanrules on December 11, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 George Washington | 1st President of U.S. (took office April 30, 1789) |
| inauguration | ceremony where an elected official takes oath in office |
| precedents | something done for the 1st time, acts as a guide for the future, tradition |
| protective tariff | protects goods from foreign competition |
| impressment | British forced American sailors into the British navy |
| political party | people joined together b/c of similar ideas about government |
| judicial review | gave the supreme court the power to rule on the acts of the other branches |
| John Marshall | chief justice of the supreme court |
| LA purchase | Napoleon (france) secretly obtains LA from Spain, Jefferson feared Napoleon, he sent James Monroe to help Robert Livingston (ambassador of France) purchase N.O. b/c of change in plans, Napoleon offered all of LA for $15,000,000 |
| Lewis and Clark | explored the LA purchase |
| war hawks | they favored going to war w/ Great Britain |
| war of 1812 | aka 2nd war for independence between U.S.A. and England |
| Francis Scott Keys | wrote the star-spangled banner during the war of 1812 |
| treaty of Ghent | ended war of 1812 |
| industrial revolution | switch from man power to machine power |
| technology | the application of scientific discoveries |
| Eli Whitney | invented the famous cotton gin |
| interchangeable parts | uniform parts that can be used in mass production |
| factory system | all steps of manufacturing done under 1 roof |
| mass production | making products on a large scale |
| economics | way a country manufactures, distributes, and consumes goods |
| capitalism | free enterprise, private ownership, no government control |
| manifest destiny | belief that 1 day the U.S. will be from sea to sea (Atlantic to Pacific) |
| turn pike | nation's 1st roads |
| census | official count of the population |
| Erie canal | connects Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean |
| sectionalism | division of our country into sections b/c of social (slavery) economics and government (slavery) |
| Missouri compromise | 11 slave states and 11 free states, Missouri wanted to enter as a slave state, upsetting the balance, compromise was made, Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine as a free state |
| Adams-Onis treaty | treaty w/ Spain, gave U.S. Florida |
| textile industry | clothing industry |
| economy | way people make a living |
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