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- 6. Religious group that migrated west during the late 1800s to avoid persecution from other Christians
- 8. Major weakness of this early American governmental system was the federal governments inability of levy taxes
- 10. 1783 treaty that recognized U.S. independence and gave them all land from Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River
- 11. Constitutional principle most prevalent in the Preamble
- 13. Following the failure of the Articles of Confederation, governmental leaders agreed this portion of the government needed more power
- 14. Federalist worked hard to get the support of this large, wealthy New England state
- 16. proposal to ban slavery in any land won from Mexico in the Spanish-American War
- 17. Treaty that ended the War of 1812 and left things virtually unchanged from before the war
- 20. The first fighting of the Revolutionary War (before the colonists formally declared independence) occurred here
- 22. document from the Seneca Falls Convention that declared “all men and women” were created equal
- 25. Early president that believed in smaller federal government, smaller military, and reduced taxes
- 26. Proposal calling for representation in Congress to be equal among all the states
- 28. Supreme Court case that extended the rights of slave holders into non-slave states
- 29. After the passage of this Act, colonists began arguing that Parliament did not have the right to tax the colonists directly
- 32. The publication of this pamphlet was a major influence on the writing of the Declaration of Independence
- 33. His election to the presidency in 1860 showed that the U.S. was sharply divided along regional lines
- 34. invention that caused the southern economy to become dependent on plantation agriculture and slave labor
- 35. this law (part of the Compromise of 1850) upset northerners because it required even those opposed to slavery to assist in capturing and returning runaway slaves
- 36. This compromise resulted from disagreements regarding how slaves would be counted toward population for representation and taxation purposes
- 37. Political system that rewarded the supporters of victorious politicians with government jobs and other perks
- 39. Federalist agreed to add this to the Constitution to help gain enough support for ratification
- 40. Power source for early textile mills
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- 1. Limited the expansion of slavery in most of the territory west of the Mississippi purchased from France
- 2. President that opposed efforts to nullify the “Tariff of Abominations” and denied that states had the right to secede from the Union
- 3. Proposal calling for all representation in Congress to be determined by the population of the state
- 4. address Lincoln used this speech to encourage northerners to remain committed to the war effort
- 5. Proposed during 1760s, this would have united the colonies and limited the British ability to propose new taxes
- 7. Delegates to this series of meetings agreed to have no notes published about the meeting until many years later so they could speak without fear of the consequences of their opinions
- 9. One of the first treaty’s between the United States and Native Americans; Native Americas agree to give up land to United States
- 12. Belief that is was inevitable and right for Americans to claim Western lands
- 15. political party of the mid-1800s that was anti-immigrant, anit-black, and anti-Catholic
- 18. As a result of this war, the British incurred a large war debt they struggled to pay off
- 19. extended the southern border of the SW United States to the Rio Grande, thus finalizing the border between the U.S. and Mexico
- 21. 1862 federal law the gave settlers 160 acres of western land as long as they agreed to farm the land for five years
- 23. Because many colonist were moving into western lands, this group of people tended to support the Loyalist cause during the American Revolution
- 24. The debate over annexation of this former Mexican territory became part of the national debate over the future of slavery
- 27. political party of the mid-1800s that was against the spread of slavery in the territories but did not intend to interfere with it in states where it already existed
- 30. One of two major trails going west that made passage through the Rocky Mountains much less dangerous.
- 31. Jefferson ordered this action with regards to trade with Britain
- 38. After the French joined the Revolutionary War on the side of the colonist, British war leaders decided to move military operations to this area of the colonies