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Question 1

cult of domesticity

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the idea developed after the revolution that elevated the status of women. states that women’s role should be to raise children and be upstanding citizens

Question 2

Indian and french war

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war fought between England and France for control of north America. British won which led to increased taxation and colonial desires for independence

Question 3

Encomienda

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The land grant system that let conquistadores get large parcels of land taken from native Americans. This included control of the indigenous inhabitants of this land.

Question 4

proclamation of 1763

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the colonial law that forbade British colonists from settling west of the appalachian mountains, required settlers living west of the mountains to move east

Question 5

mercantilism

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Policy of great Britain and other powers of regulating the economies of colonies to benefit their country

Question 6

Shay’s rebellion

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The rebelling of the federal arsenal of 1787 from farmers seeking debt relief from the state legislature. made americans realize the articles of confederation was weak

Question 7

Jamestown

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in 1607, the first permanent english colony in America was founded at this location by a join stock company seeking to make a profit

Question 8

Las Casas

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a catholic missionary who renounced the Spanish practice of converting indians and advocated for their better treatment

Question 9

Ann Hutcherson

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The strong-willed and intelligent wife of a Boston merchant who challenged puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay she was banished from the colony and moved to Rhode island.

Question 10

indentured servants

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settlers who consented to a defined period of labor (often 4 to 7 years) in exchange for having their passage to the New World

Question 11

Columbian exchange

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the transfer of biological and social elements among Europe America’s and Africa in the wake of Columbus voyages to the New World. Results in 90% of Native Americans dying to diseases.

Question 12

Intolerable act

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The 4 parliamentary measures of 1774 that required the colonies to pay for the Boston tea party’s damages, forced military government, disallowed colonial trials of british soldiers and forced the staying of troops in private homes.

Question 13

stamp act

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act of Parliament requiring that placed a tax on all printed materials in American colonies in order to pay for British military protection of the colonies

Question 14

electoral college

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prescribed in the US constitution that American presidents are elected using this system as an alternative to electing the president by popular vote.

Question 15

Bill of Rights

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First ten amendments to the constitution, adopted in order to secure ratification of the constitution and guarantee individual rights.

Question 16

Starving time

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the winter in Virginia in which only 60 members of the original 400 colonists survived. the rest died b/c they were too lazy to work, disease and problems with the native Americans.

Question 17

Common sense

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the popular pamphlet written by Thomas Paine attacking British principles of hereditary rule and monarchical government, and advocating a declaration of American independence.

Question 18

salutary neglect

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Britain’s informal policies allowed American colonies to manage their own economies and governments as long as they were obedient.

Question 19

the 2nd great awakening

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the religious revival movement that arose due to the lack of religion in society. this led to an increase of reform movements including abolition.

Question 20

spoil system

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the filling of federal government jobs with persons loyal to the party of the president, originated in Jackson’s first term

Question 21

compromise of 1877

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ended reconstruction in exchange for Hayes winning the 1876 election over Tilden, republicans promise to remove military troops from the south

Question 22

Bank veto

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Jackson believed that the bank of the united states was biased towards wealthy elites, removal of federal deposits to pet banks which led to inflation

Question 23

Indian removal act

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the law permitting the forced relocation of Indians to federal lands west of the Mississippi river which led to the trail of tears. was done to ensure land for white settlers.

Question 24

William Loyd Garrison

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in 1831, he started the newspaper about anti-slavery liberator and advocated for an immediate abolition of slavery

Question 25

Roger Williams

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The puritan who believed that the purity of the church required separation of church and state. he was banished from the Massachusetts and established the first permanent settlement in Rhode island.

Question 26

Seneca falls

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the convention organized by feminists Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to promote women's rights and issue the declaration of sentiments based on the declaration of independence.

Question 27

Kansas Nebraska Act

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Proposed by senator Douglass and advocated popular sovereignty above the 36/30 Missouri compromise line. the act backfired and led to Bleeding Kansas.

Question 28

15th amendment

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granted the right to vote regardless of race or previous servitude.

Question 29

black codes

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The laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War.

Question 30

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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the novel that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that dramatized horrors of slavery and heightened northern support for abolition and escalated sectional conflict

Question 31

Sojourner Truth

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the US abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and the rights of women. gave the "ain't I a woman" speech.

Question 32

13th amendment

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banned slavery

Question 33

Frederick ouglass

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The American abolitionist and writer who escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman. Wrote "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July"

Question 34

Dred Scott Case

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The ruling by the supreme court in which black Americans were not citizens under the constitution; the Missouri Compromise which banned slavery in the territories was unconstitutional.

Question 35

Emancipation Proclamation

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Speech given by Lincoln in 1863 which shifted the war's purpose from preserving the union to fighting for equality. goal of the speech was to gain support for the war.

Question 35

Paternalism

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the policy that treated enslaved people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights. this was used to justify the continued enslavement of Black people.

Question 35

Anaconda Plan

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the union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi river, and to take an army through heart of south.

Question 36

Sherman's March

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the union army's devastating March through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah was led by this general. it was intended to memorialize civilians and destroy the resources the confederate army needed to fight. considered and example of total war, the deliberate attacking of civilians and infrastructure.

Question 37

Manifest Destiny

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the notion held by the 19th century Americans that the US was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic to the pacific.

Question 38

14th amendment

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Giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US, except for American Indians

Question 39

Compromise of 1850

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1) California admitted as free state 2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico 3) slave trade abolished in DC 4) new fugitive slave law

Question 40

sharecropping

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system in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farm workers in return for a portion of their crops, kept newly freed slaves in a cycle of debt after the civil war.

Question 41

Mexican American war

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the war in which the US gained territory in the American Southwest. the war reignited tensions of the issue of slavery.

Question 42

Popular sovereignty

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this idea stated that the voters of a particular state or territory could decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery

Question 43

John Brown

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the anti slavery advocate who believed God ad called upon him to abolish slavery. Led the unsuccessful raid on Harpers Ferry attempting to steal weapons for liberating slaves. was captured and executed but was used as propaganda for both sides of the abolitionist debate.