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| Federal court system was established. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution of the United States. Plans were created for development of the national capital in Washington, D.C. |
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| A two-party system emerged during his administration. |
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| He bought Louisiana from France (Louisiana Purchase). Lewis and Clark explored the new land west of the Mississippi River. |
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| The War of l812 caused European nations to gain respect for the United States. |
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| He introduced the Monroe Doctrine warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere. |
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| An African American astronomer and surveyor, helped complete the design for Washington, D.C. |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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(1) It provided for a weak national government:
(2) Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce (trade) among the states
(3) Provided for no common currency (money)
(4) Gave each state one vote in Congress regardless of size
(5) Provided for no executive or judicial branches |
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| Someone who is the first to think of or make something. |
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| invented by Eli Whitney, increased the production of cotton and increased the need for slave labor. |
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| invented by Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick (entrepreneur who brought the reaper to market), increased the productivity of the American farmer. |
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| improved by entre-preneur Robert Fulton, it eventu-ally provided faster river transpor-tation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories |
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| provided faster land transportation |
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| Includes the President and the Vice President |
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| led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad. |
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| wrote the North Star and worked for rights to better the lives of African Americans and women. |
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| Missouri Compromise (1820) |
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| Missouri entered the Union as a slave state; Maine entered as a free state. |
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| California entered the Union as a free state. Southwest territories would decide about slavery. |
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| People in each state would decide the slavery issue (popular sovereignty). |
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