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- They often had conflict with the federal officials over religious beliefs
- Laws in the South that controlled enslaved people; to prevent a slave rebellion.
- They said it was an issue of states' rights. They argued that the national government had broken the contract with the states by refusing to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. The states believed they joined the U.S.A. voluntarily.
- American naval officer who became a hero after burning a captured ship so the pirate of Tripoli could not use it.
- A 19th century movement that focuses on the individual conscience. Civil disobedience is widely accepted.
- the belief that the government is subject to the will of the people. It was to help stephen douglas's plan for each territory to vote over slavery.
- John O'Sullivan - it expressed a national mission to possess the whole of the continent; God-given mission
- A network of escape routes from the south for enslaved people. The slaves were the passengers and the whites helping them were the conductors.
- He wanted to start a slave revolt by arming slaves; he raided the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
- Its population was spread over a wide area making it harder to send children to school. Many people thought education was a private matter.
- many people in the north wanted to (keep / get rid of) slavery
- How did President Jackson react to the Supreme Court decision about the Indian Removal Act?
- Roos's legislation that would have increased the number of justices was quietly killed by ______
- What did Roos do to regulate the financial industry?
- There was a major shift in allegiance of African Americans from the Republican party to the Democratic party. Why?
- Most Americans felt that the New Deal gave them a stronger sense of:
- Who did Roos primary blame for the GD and crash?
- Roosevelt was furious that the SC declared some New Deal legislation unconstitutional. Such as:
- The first daytime dramas that presented families confronting everyday problems:
- The Emergency Banking Relief Act helped solve the banking crisis by