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| _________ in elections is a duty of citizens that is encouraged but not required. |
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| Congress is the _____________ branch of government which writes the nations laws |
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| The president can check the power of the legislative branch by __________ the law |
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| The ______________ branch of government interprets the law. |
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| Name the 3 branches of government |
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| Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
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| Representitives in the House of Representitives are determined by ____________. |
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| Representation in the Senate is ______ and each state get _____ senators. |
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| Body of delegates from each state that casts deciding votes for president |
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| Americans supported Latin American struggles for independence in the early 1820's because it reminded them of _____ ____ ________ __________. |
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| The official statement released by the president in 1822 that warned European powers not to interfere with the Americas was called the _____________ _________. |
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| The ___________ _________ maintained a balance of free and slave states by entering Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. |
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| Feelings of pride or loyalty to a nation |
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| Nationalism or Patriotism |
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| Practice of rewarding political jobs to supporters |
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| _________ supported tariffs because it helped them compete with british manufacturers. |
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| Forced 800 mile march Cherokee Indians made in their remocal from Georgia |
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| Indian territory following Indian Removal is what is now the state of __________. |
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| Before Jacksonian Democracy power was in the hands of few _____,______ individuals. |
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| The idea that obvious fate of the United States to expand to the Pacific Ocean was ________ __________. |
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| What was the practice that caused Mormons to be persecuted in the 1850's? |
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| Polygamy - Having more than one wife |
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| As the result of the _______ explosion of the "gold- fever" years, California became eligible for statehood. |
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| As a result of the ____________ _______ War the United States recieved what is now part of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico |
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| The ______________ __________ is best defined as a period of rapid growth during which machinery became essential to industry. |
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| More textile mills were built in the North because the north had more _____ to produce power. |
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| Working conditions in the mills were bad and workers sufferes from ______ problems. |
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| Trade ____ were organizations of workers who tried to improve pay and working conditions for members. |
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| The invention of the _______ enabled people to send news quickly from coast to coast. |
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| The Transportation Revolution enabled goods to travel quickly across the ______. |
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| Name the 2 types of transportation invented during the Transportation Revolution. |
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| The ______ _____ was an area stretching from South Carolina to Texas that grew most of the countries cotton crop. |
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| How did most planters encourage slave obedience? |
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| Why were slaves uneducated? |
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| It was illegal to teach a slave to read and write. |
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| __ ____ were strict laws that controlled the actions of slaves |
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| The _____ blight led to the flood of Irish Immigrants entering the US in the mid 1840's/ |
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| The _______ movement was a reform effort to urge people to use self-discipline to stop drinking hard liquor. |
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| The __________ ________ Convention in 1848 was significant because it marked the official beginning of the womens rights movement. |
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| ___________ _________ spoke of the harsh conditions in prisons inspired the building of seperate facilities for the mentally ill. |
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| The reform movement that was organized to put a complete end to slavery in this country. |
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| Belief that people could rise above the material things in life and live simply. |
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| The balance between the free and slave states ended in the Union with the addition of California as a part of the ______ of _______ |
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| __________ ______ ______ exposed the harsh realities of slave life. |
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| Allowing for the possibility of slavery in the territories previously banned under the Missour Compromise, the _____ ______ Act led to the return of the slavery issue between the North and South. |
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| The _______ Party was formed to stop slavery in the West. |
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| In the case _____ _____ the Supreme Court ruled it was Unconstitutional for Congress to ban slavery in territories. |
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| In leading an armed resistance in Virginia in 1859 _____ ______ was attempting to steal weapons and bring them to local slaves. |
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| The Southern states secceded from the Union after the election of 1860 because they felt their _______ and way of life would be destroyes. |
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| NAME THE 4 BORDER STATES THAT DECIDED NOT TO SECCEDE FROM THE UNION. |
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| Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware |
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| The ______ _________ was an order from Lincoln calling for all Confederate slaves to be free. |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| The purpose of Lincolns __________ _______ was to remind Americans of the reasons the Civil War was being fought. |
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| The Battle Of _________ was the turning point of the Civil War because it was the last time Lee's troops launched an attack on the North. |
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| The strategy of destroying civilian and military resources practiced by General Sherman is known as __________ _______ |
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| The Union Navy found it difficult to maintain a _______ of southern ports because they had to patrol thousands of miles of coastline. |
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