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US History chap 2
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11th Grade
09/29/2014

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Term
Cabinet
Definition
People who advise the president.
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Bill of Rights
Definition
A summary of rights and priveledges guaranteed to people against violation by the state.
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enumerated powers
Definition
powers listed in the constitution as belonging to he federal government.
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implied powers
Definition
powers not specifically listed in the constitution, but claimed by federal government.
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Fredrick Douglas
Definition
Most famous slave to take part in abolitionist movement.
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revenue tariff
Definition
tax on imports for purpose of raising money.
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Protective tariff
Definition
tax on imports designed to protect American manufactorers.
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Era of good feelings
Definition
After war of 1812, nationalism spread throughout the country.
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John C. Calhoun
Definition
Representative of South Carolina. Introduced bill for second national bank.
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McCulloch Vs. Maryland
Definition
Maryland attempted to tax Baltimore branch of second national bank.
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
President declared we were no longer subjects for colonization with European powers
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Industrial Revolution
Definition
Business began large-scale manufactoring using complex machines and organized work forces.
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Secede
Definition
Withdraw from union.
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Benevolent societies
Definition
Associations spreading the work of God, but began causing problems.
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Temperence
Definition
Moderation in the conception of alchohol.
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Emancipation
Definition
Freeing of enslaved persons.
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Missouri compromise
Definition
Missouri was admitted as a slave state.
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Trail of Tears
Definition
The journey of the Cherokees being forced out.
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Second Great Awakening
Definition
Religious leaders organized to revive Americas committment to religion.
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Popular Sovreignty
Definition
Citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide if they want to permit slavery.
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Secession
Definition
Taking their states out of the union.
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
The idea that the nation was meant to spread to the pacific.
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Harriet Tubman
Definition
First conductor of the underground railroad.
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Underground railroad
Definition
secret houses that would help runaway slaves escape.
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Dred Scott
Definition
A Missouri slave who had been taken north to work in a free territory
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