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| laws passed by a Federalist-domninated Congress that made it illegal to print or speak words hostile to the government (used against the Republicans) |
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| an official change, correction, or addition to a constitution |
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"the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history"
Union victory |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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document that created the first central government for the US
-was replaced by the Constitution |
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| a lawmaking body made up of two houses |
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| slave states that laid between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy - DE, KY, MD, & MO |
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| protest agains the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor |
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| Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could figtht well against the British army |
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| group made up of the heads of the executive departments that advises the U.S. president |
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| crops that farmers grow primarily to be sold for profit, not for personal use |
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| system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful |
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| a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| statement of the Second Continental Congress that defined the colonists' rights, outlined their complaints against Great Britain, and declared the colonies' independence |
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| illegal act of trying a person twice for the same crime |
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| Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution that has been interpreted as giving Congress authority to stretch its delegated powers to address issues not otherwise specified in the document |
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| group selected by state legislatures to represent the popular vote in federal elections |
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| banning of trade within a country |
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| the governments right to take personal property to further the public good |
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a division of the federal government including the PRESIDENT and the administrative departments
ENFORCES the nation's LAWS |
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federal outpost in Charleston, SC that was attacked byt he Confederates in April 1861
[sparked Civil War] |
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| law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and requird their return to slaveholders |
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British practice of forcing people (including U.S. citizens) to serve in
the British army/navy
led to increasing tensions between Great Britain and the U.S. in the early 1800's |
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| economic condition in which the amount of money in circulation and the price of goods both increase |
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four laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten government control of the colonies
(1774) |
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division fo the federal gobernment that is made up of the national COURTS
INTERPRETS LAWS, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states |
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| division of the federal government that proposes bills and passes them (MAKES) into LAWS |
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| way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the federal government to take actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid |
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| Lord Dunmore's Proclamation |
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statement issued by Virginia's royal govoernor promising freedom to any slave who fought for the British in the American Revolution
(1775) |
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| purchase of French lad between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the U.S. |
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legal document written by the Pilgrims to specify basic laws and social rules for their colony
(1620) |
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land that Mexico gave to the U.S. after the Mexican War through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
included present-day CA, NV, UT, AZ, NM, CO, TX, WY
(1848) |
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agreement propsed by Henry Clay that allowed MO to enter (the Union) as a slave state and ME as a free state
outlawed slvaery in any territories or states north of the 36º30' line
(1820) |
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greatest U.S. victory in the War of 1812
took place two weeks afer a peace treaty had been signed ending the war
(1815) |
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| belief that states have the right to disobey federal laws with which they disagree |
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peace request sent by the second Continental Congress to Britain's King George III who rejected it
(1775) |
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| failed Confederate attack led by General George Pickett at the Battle of Gettysburg |
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| principle that would allow voters in a particular territory to decide wheter to ban or permit slavery |
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| incident in which abolitionist John Brown plus 7 others (men) murdered pro-slavery Kansans |
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| stories/images designed to support a particular point of view |
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society of friends
protestant sect founded in the 1640's in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people |
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| in TN the Union army gained greater control over the Mississippi River |
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| military blockade of a city or port |
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| secret societies formed in the mid-1700's by colonists to protest new taxes and to frighten tax collectors |
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| investors who buy bonds at low prices in hopes that their value will rise |
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law passed by Parliament that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents
(1765) |
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| a tax on imports or exports |
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| type of war in which an army destroys its opponent's abilityy to fight by targeting military as well as civilian and economic resources |
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| peace agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War and established British recognition of the U.S. |
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| special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods |
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last major battle of the Revolutionary War
site of British general Charles Cornwallis's surrender to the Patriots in Virginia
(1781) |
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