Chapter 2 Continued Review from 7th
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kelseysgotsoul on June 13, 2010
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social studies, us history, history
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 precedent | traditions *Ex. traditions established by George Washington |
| cabinet | a group of the presidents advisors |
| implied powers | powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution |
| judicial review | a basic part of the system of checks and balances, the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional |
| War Hawks | Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain. They had a strong sense of nationalism, and they wanted to takeover British land in North America and expand. |
| Industrial Revolution | a time period in history where new systems of producing goods brought about many changes |
| cotton gin | a simple machine that quickly separated cottons seed from fiber |
| sectionalism | regional loyalty |
| favorite son | candidates that received the backing of their home states rather than that of the national party |
| landslide | to win by a lot |
| tariffs | fees paid by merchants who imported goods |
| secede | to breakaway from the US and form their own government |
| depression | a period in which business and employment fall to a very low level |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that the U.S. should extend all the way to the pacific ocean |
| annex | to take control of |
| canals | artificial warerwayws |
| yeoman | farmers who did not have slaves |
| tenant farmers | A poor farmer who did not own land and had to live on and work the land of others, either for wages or a share of the crop they produced |
| utopia | communities based on a vision of a perfect society |
| abolitionists | members of the growing band of reformers who worked to abolish or end slavery |
| Underground Railroad | the network of escape routes out of the South (slaves) |
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