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Colonization - American Industrialization
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Histology
11th Grade
01/16/2013
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Term
Beringia 
 Definition
Connected Russia and Alaska
Term
Bering Strait 
 Definition
Sea passage; seperates eastern tip of Siberia and Alaska
Term
Reasons For Exploration 
 Definition
Gold, Gold, Glory, Spices
Term
Chistopher Columbus
 Definition
Italian explorer, discovered the New World while in service for Spain, looking for a route to China
Term
Inuit
 Definition
Indigenous people of Northern Canada (Eskimos)
Term
Pueblos
 Definition
Indian settlements
Term
Charter
 Definition
A written grant by sovereign power
Term
Jamestown
 Definition
First successful English settlement
Term
Headright System
 Definition
Legal grant of land for settlers (50 acres of land) 
Term
Indentured Servant
 Definition
Worker under contract to an employer for a fixed amount of time, in exchange for transportation to the New World
Term
Mercantilism 
 Definition
Balance of Trade
Term
Balance of Trade
 Definition
Exports greater than imports
Term
Import Duties
 Definition
Tax on imports
Term
Navigation Acts 
 Definition
Series of laws that restricted trade between colonies and England
Term
Salutary Neglect
 Definition
Avoid strict enforcement of preliamentary laws
Term
John Locke
 Definition
Social Contract , Limited Government
Term
Social Contract
 Definition
Agreement with members of society to cooperate for social benefits
Term
Benjamin Franklin
 Definition
Founding father; succesfully got French aid for American Colonies during American Revolution
Term
Samuel Adams
 Definition
Sons of Liberty, Boston Tea Party
Term
Intolerable Acts
 Definition
Closed Boston Harbor, Marshall Law, Thomas Gage Governor
Term
Townshed Acts 
 Definition
Tax on tea, glass, paper, led
Term
Colonial Resistance 
 Definition
Boycott / Non Importation
Term
Lexington and Concord
 Definition
First sight of armed attack
Term
Second Continental Congress
 Definition
Major decision making bodies
Term
George Washington 
 Definition
General of Continental Army and first U.S. President
Term
Tories
 Definition
Loyalists
Term
Loyalists
 Definition
Remained loyal to the Brits
Term
Bunker Hill
 Definition
British win with severe casualties
Term
Thomas Paine
 Definition
Wrote Common Sense Pamhlet
Term
Battle of Saratoga
 Definition
Turning point of war
Term
Military Advantages - Brits
 Definition
Army Experience , $$$
Term
Military Advantages - U.S.
 Definition
Strategy , Homeland
Term
Yorktown
 Definition
Last battle of war - American win
Term

Treaty of Paris

1783

 Definition
Officially ended Revolution. Made the Mississippi River the west boundary
Term
Unicameral
 Definition
1 house
Term
Bicameral
 Definition
2 houses
Term
Articles of Confederation
 Definition
First government (weak) (anti monarchy)
Term
New Jersey Plan
 Definition
Favored small states, unicameral, 1 vote per state
Term
Virginia Plan
 Definition
Favored big states, bicameral, strong national government, representation based on population
Term
Great Compromise
 Definition
Combination of both plans
Term
Three fifths Compromise
 Definition
Made slaves count for 3/5ths
Term
Judicial
 Definition
Interpret law , judicial review
Term
Executive
 Definition
Execute laws , appoint law or veto (president)
Term
Legislative 
 Definition
Makes laws, impeach, override , declare war
Term
Seperation of Powers
 Definition
Equal and Powerful
Term
System of Checks and Balances 
 Definition
check and balance power
Term
The Constitution 
 Definition
Supreme Law of Land
Term
Shay's Rebellion
 Definition
Creditors vs Debtors 
Term
    Patrick Henry
 Definition
Anti Federalist 
Term
James Madison
 Definition
Wrote Federalists Papers for Constitution acceptance
Term
Anti - Federalists
 Definition
smal government (weak)
Term
Federalists
 Definition
Strong national government
Term
Bill of Rights
 Definition
First 10 amendments
Term
John Marshall 
 Definition
Chief Justice
Term
John Adams
 Definition
2nd president
Term
Cabinet
 Definition
advices president
Term
Thomas Jefferson
 Definition
3rd President, Democratic Republican Party, Pro farmers
Term
Alexander Hamilton
 Definition
Federalists , National Bank , Pro British
Term
Alien and Sedition Acts
 Definition
By John Adams to silence his critics
Term
Aaron Burr
 Definition
killed Alexander Hamilton
Term
James Madison
 Definition
4th President , War of 1812
Term
James Monroe
 Definition
Monroe Doctrine , Missouri Compromise
Term
Lousiana Purchase
 Definition

Bought by Jefferson 

Lewis and Clark exploration
Term
Monroe Doctrine
 Definition
Any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the U.S
Term
Cotton Gin
 Definition
Invented by Eli Whitney
Term
1824 Election
 Definition

Corrupt Bargain

"Stolen election" 

John Quincy Adams wins
Term
Democratic Party
 Definition
Jackson (leader)
Term
Corrupt Bargain
 Definition
Between Adams and Clay
Term
John Quincy Adams
 Definition
nationalist
Term
Worecaster vs Georgia
 Definition
Cherokee ok to stay
Term
Indian Removal Act
 Definition
Jackson Policy "East to West"
Term
Kitchen Cabinet
 Definition
Jacksons Advisors
Term
Spoils System
 Definition
The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
Term
Nullification
 Definition
To boyed (tariff law) South Carolina wnated to secceed
Term
Tariff Compromise
 Definition
Gradually reduce tariff - Henry Clay
Term
1828 Election
 Definition
Jackson Wins
Term
Monster Bank
 Definition
national bank , represented by wealthy
Term
Whig Party
 Definition
i hate jackson
Term
Marin Van Buren
 Definition
Little magician - inherits recession
Term
William H. Harrison
 Definition
First president to die in office
Term
John Tyler 
 Definition
vice president of harrison
Term
John C. Calhoun
 Definition

South Carolina Leader

 an advocate of slavery, states rights, a limited federal government, and nullification
Term
Federick Douglass
 Definition
Abolitionalist Newpaper (North Star)
Term
William Lloyd Garrison
 Definition
Abolitionist Newspaper (Liberator)
Term
Harriet Tubman
 Definition
Underground rail road conductor
Term
Nat Turner
 Definition
vision from god
Term
Sojourner Truth
 Definition
Banned anti slavery material
Term
Manifest Destiny 
 Definition
Right to Expand
Term
Stephen Austin
 Definition
Wanted Texas to be a Free state
Term
Sam Houston
 Definition
remember the alamo
Term
stephen kearny
 Definition
general , gets california
Term
Henry David Thoreau
 Definition
wrote some shit to support war
Term
Brigham Young 
 Definition
Leader of Mormons
Term
James Polk
 Definition
president during mexican war 
Term

Henry Clay

 

 Definition
War Hawk
Term
Great Compromis of 1850 
 Definition
Cali emitted as a free state , strict fugitive state law
Term
Wilmot Proviso
 Definition
no slavery on territorries
Term
nativism
 Definition
favors native born people
Term
harriet beecher stowe
 Definition
uncle toms cabin
Term
fugitive state law
 Definition
recovery of runaway slaves
Term
Dred Scott Decision
 Definition

slaves are property and can not sue

 
Term
Republican Party 
 Definition
common belief , no slavery on teritorries
Term
Kansas Nebraska Act 
 Definition
Popular Sovereignty
Term
Preston S. Brooks
 Definition
beat Charles Sunner with cane
Term
John Brown's raid
 Definition
attacked arsenal in Berry , Virginia
Term
Jefferson Davis
 Definition
Confederate State President
Term
Border States 
 Definition
Delaware , maryland , kentuckee , missouri , west virginia
Term
Robert E. Lee
 Definition
Southern Army leader
Term
Ulyssess s. grant
 Definition
northern army leader
Term
George McClellan
 Definition
fired by Lincoln
Term
William T Sherman
 Definition
Destroyed civilian centers
Term
Copperheads
 Definition
Northern Democrats
Term
Fort Sumter 
 Definition
first civil war conflict
Term
Battle of Bull Run
 Definition
South Wins , stone well Jackson
Term
Battle of Antietam 
 Definition
single bloodiest battle
Term
Battle of Chancerllorsville
 Definition
stonewell jackson dies due to friendly fire
Term
Battle of gettysburg
 Definition
bloodiest battle
Term
Andrew Jackson 
 Definition
takes over after lincolns death
Term
Appomattox Courthouse
 Definition
lee surrenders
Term
Emancipation proclamation
 Definition
supposed to free slaves
Term
Consription 
 Definition
Draft Card
Term
greenbacks
 Definition
paper money
Term
Monitor 
 Definition
iron clod ships
Term
merrimac 
 Definition
ship
Term
raidical republicans
 Definition

civil war should be about slavery

lincoln - preserve union
Term
Lincoln's reconstruction policy
 Definition
10 percent , forgiving , no punishment
Term
Wade Davis Bill
 Definition
punish south , 15 percent or more
Term
13th amendment
 Definition
abolish slavery
Term
14th amendment
 Definition
equal protection / representation of law
Term
15th amendment
 Definition
right to vote for black men
Term
First Reconstruction Party
 Definition

Military takes over, marshall law , radify 14th amendment

 
Term
Tenure of Office Act
 Definition
office can not appoint officials
Term
Freedmen's bureu
 Definition
help poor whites , and freed slaves
Term
black codes
 Definition
economic segregation
Term
Jim Crow Laws 
 Definition
social segregation
Term
carpetwaggers
 Definition
northerners taking advantage of southerners
Term
scalawags 
 Definition
southerners taking avantage of southerners
Term
sharecropping
 Definition
tenent farmers
Term
Grant's Administration
 Definition
corruption and gaft
Term
Force acts
 Definition
to stop KKK
Term
Election of 1876 
 Definition
hayes wins , corrupted , compromise
Term
seperate but equal 
 Definition
plecy vs ferguson
Term
Tatanka Yotanka 
 Definition
sitting bull , battle of little bighorn
Term
tashunka witko
 Definition
crazy horse , battle of little bighorn
Term
Battle of Wounded Knee
 Definition
massacre at wounded knee (ghost dance)
Term
Paha Sapa
 Definition

Sacred place (black hill) 

contained gold
Term
Dawes act
 Definition
independent farmers (indians) fails
Term
Thomas Alva Edison
 Definition
Wizard , phonograpgs, incandescent light bulb
Term
Alexander Graham Bell
 Definition
 telephone
Term
C.F. Dowd
 Definition
time zones
Term
Andrew Carnegie
 Definition
Carnegie steel , vertical 
Term
JOhn D rockefeller
 Definition
oil , horizontal
Term
Holding Company 
 Definition
you hold majority stocks
Term
Merger
 Definition
2 or more companies combine
Term
Vertical Consolidation
 Definition
top to bottom
Term
Horizontal Consolidation
 Definition
companies merger together
Term
Bloc 
 Definition
voting as unified group (grangers) 
Term
Interstate Commerce Act 
 Definition
Railroad rates must be fair
Term
Tenements 
 Definition
poor
Term
Political Machines
 Definition
favored poor
Term
Graft 
 Definition
corruption
Term
William Marcy Tweed
 Definition
corrupt
Term
chinese exclusion acts 
 Definition
no chinese
Term
gentlements agreement
 Definition
no japs
Term
alien land law
 Definition
no land to asians
Term
melting pot
 Definition
blending of races
Term
Salad Bowl
 Definition
keep ethnic identities
Term
gilded age 
 Definition
corrupt
Term
sweatshop 
 Definition
paid by piecework
Term
Yellow Dog Contract
 Definition
Pledge to not join any union
Term
Knights of labor
 Definition
arbitration
Term
American Federation Labor
 Definition
skilled only
Term
Free silverites 
 Definition
silver
Term
gold bugs 
 Definition
gold
Term
Imperialism
 Definition
to become super power
Term
yellow journalism
 Definition

attempt to get america involved with 

cuban and spaniard affair
Term
jingoism 
 Definition
patriotism
Term
Treaty of Paris 1898
 Definition
ended war, filipino territorry , cuban indepence
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