AHSGE Homewood American Culture
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Marbury vs. Madison | The 1st decision of the Supreme Court of the US to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional, establishing the doctrine of judicial review. |
| Abolitionists | people who fought for emancipation of the slavesand to end the slave trade |
| Edgar Allen Poe | a US author and poet whose stories are famous for the cultivation of mystery and macabre. |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | a US social reformer and women's suffrage leader. |
| Emily Dickenson | a reclusive US female who is regarded as one of the greatest American poets. |
| Freferick Douglass | a US abolitionist who founded the North Star. |
| Harriet Beacher Stowe | a US philanthropist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
| Nationalism | loyalty and devotion to one's country. |
| Nullification | the principle that a state government can declare a law of the national government invalid within the borders of the state. |
| Paul Revere | an American silversmith who warned of the advance of the British on Lexington and Concord. |
| Spoils System | the practice by political parties of rewarding partisans (favors) and workers after winning an election. |
| Susan B Anthony | a women's suffrage pioneer who also urged for emancipation. |
| Temperance | a belief that alcohol consumption should be controlled through moderation and abstinence. |
| Underground Railroad | a system of secret safehouses and hiding places to aid runaway slaves who were escaping. |
| Utopia | an ideal commonwealth whose inhabitants exist under seemingly perfect conditions. |
| Walt Whitman | his revolutionary poetry dealt with extremely private experiences and celebrated the collective experience of an idealized democratic American life. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | a US journalist who founded the radical newspaper The Liberator, and fought to abolish slavery. |
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