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- About how many lives were lost during the Civil War
- True or False; Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus to silence the opposition to war
- Series of battles where the Union gained more control over the Mississippi River
- The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
- A battle tactic where an area is surrounded and no food or supplies are let in or out
- The idea that the South could win allies through the cotton trade
- claims to be neither on Britains or France's side (Proclamation of Neutrality)Defines US foreign policy
- Native American land continued to be encroached upon by settlers moving westNative tribes formed the Northwest Confederacy under the Miami chief Little Turtle
- excitementpro-democracyfederalist & D-R's applaud French efforts proud to have inspired a revolution
- house is called to break a tie and can'tone federalist adstains to give TJ the majority
- the argument of nullification will be used by South Carolina in the 1830s and used by the southerners when they secede from the Union
- outrages many Americans- "millions for defense, but no one cent for the tribe" demands for war amongst the American public
- Allowed Americans to explore the area with peace of mind that the land belonged to America and added size and very fertile land to America.
- 1) Alien Act: the president could deport dangerous foreigners in times of Peace 2)Alien Enemies Act: "deportation" in times of war3) Naturalization Act: 14 years (instead of 5 for citizenship)4) Sedition Act: made it illegal to criticize the government
- What problems did labor unions face in the 19th century
- secondary reaction: domestic dispute= international conflictfederalist are not too happy when the guillotine appearslittle nervous US could get drawn in
- virginia plan-big state plan= rep. based on population New Jersey plan-small states plan= gave every state equal representation 2 per state Lower house-house of representatives= representation based on population
- Define: laissez-faire, robber barons, captains of the industry, monopolies, trusts, vertical integration, horizontal integration, philanthropy, social Darwinism.
- avoid mistakes of past (Paxton Boys) & make money off the sale of landland survey & sold to pay off the national debt
- How did the implementation of electricity benefit the factory system?