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U.S. History EOC Test ReviewFederalism - answer Division of power between the national and state governments.
Separation of Power/ 3 branches of government - answerThe division of a central
government into three branches, each having its own responsibilities and authorities.,
the division of basic government roles into branches. Legislative, Judicial, and
Executive branches.
Checks and Balances - answerA system that allows each branch of government to limit
the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
Federalists and Antifederalists - answer1780s - "Federalists:" Americans who
advocated centralized power and constitutional ratification, northeastern business
groups, loose interpretation of the Constitution
"Antinfederalists:" against the adoption of the Constitution because of suspicion against
centralized governemnt ruling at a distance and limiting freedom, led by George Mason
and Patrick Henry turned into the Jeffersonian Republicans.
Bill of Rights - answerA formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the
United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1-10, and in all state
constitutions.
Louisiana Purchase - answer1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France.
Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.
Oregon Territory - answerTerritory of Oregon, Washington, and portions of what
became British Columbia, Canada; land claimed by both U.S. and Britain and held
jointly under the Convention of 1818.
Utah - answerA state in the western United States, settled by the Mormons in 1847.
California - answerPeople rushed to see gold, they built communities called boomtowns.
city grew with gold rush. ships of new people everyday would come and see (San
Francisco-small village grew to 20,000 people).
Texas - answerTexans declared their independence from Mexico believing they
deprived them of their rights. James Polk had Texas become the 28th state in the
Union.
Annexation of Texas - answerTexas decides to secede from Mexico and attempts to
declare its independence which eventually leads to our adoption of the land as a state
although it was feared that it would cause conflict with mexico leading to war. Southern
, states in support of this as Texas brought slaves with it meaning it would increase
agricultural profits.
Mexican-American War - answerA war (1846-1848) between the United States and
Mexico, resulting in the cession by Mexico of lands now constituting all or most of the
states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
Transcontinental Railroad - answerA railroad that connected the eastern United States
to the western United States. The railroad firmly bonded the West Coast the Union,
created a trade route to the far-east, and helped the western expansion.
Indian Reservations - answerIndians were sent to reservations to "protect their culture".
In reality, these reservations just pulled Indians off of lands the whites wanted and kept
them separate from American society.
Dawes Act - answerBill that promised Indians tracts of land to farm in order to assimilate
them into white culture. The bill was resisted, uneffective, and disastrous to Indian
tribes.
Monroe Doctrine - answerA statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe
should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other
countries in the Western Hemisphere. Established by President Monroe.
Abolitionism - answerA movement to end slavery.
Women's Suffrage - answerNational American Woman Suffrage Association formed in
1910 carries cause of women's suffrage to victory, granted suffrage in the 19th
amendment.
19th Century Education - answerFocus on higher and alternative education (high
schools, colleges, women's colleges, black education)
Prisons and Asylums - answerLed by Dorthea Dix , before the 19th century, these
institutions were viewed as public institutions of last resort. They now emerged as
preferred solution to poverty, crime, delinquency and insanity.
Temperance Movement - answerReform movement begun in the 1800's that fought to
ban alcohol in the U.S. This movement led to the passage of the 18th Amendment in
1920.
Missouri Compromise - answerAllowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state,
Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30'
within the Louisiana Territory (1820).
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