History Terms AHSGE Flash Cards!
Your Name England’s constitution is called the __________. Magna Carta History
Your Name The Senate will have 2 from each state, but the House of Representatives will be based on population. The Great Compromise History
Your Name Established judicial review – The Supreme Court decides if law is legal This explains Marbury vs. Madison History
Your Name Define impressment Kidnap another country’s sailors to force into your own navy History
Your Name Define embargo Boycott trade to a country until they meet your demands History
Your Name Define temperance. Against alcohol History
Your Name Explain carpetbaggers. Northerners who came south to get rich (after Civil War) History
Your Name Define nationalism Pride in one’s country History
Your Name Explain elastic clause. “necessary and proper” – change or add laws as times change History
Your Name Explain the Treaty of Paris 1763 Ended French-Indian War; England got all land east of the Mississippi River History
Your Name Explain Black Codes or Jim Crow laws Separate blacks and whites History
Your Name Explain the Judicial Branch The Supreme Court interprets laws History
Your Name Explain 3/5 Compromise. 5 slaves count as 3 people History
Your Name Explain executive branch. President enforces laws. History
Your Name Explain Treaty of Paris 1783 Ended American Revolution; U.S. got all land east of the Mississippi River History
Your Name Explain legislative branch. Congress makes laws. History
Your Name Define siege. Surround an enemy force to cut off supplies until surrender History
Your Name Explain Land Ordinance. How to divide and sell new land History
Your Name Explain Homestead Act. 160 Acres if lived on it for 5 years History
Your Name Define abolition Against slavery History
Your Name Explain Missouri Compromise. All land above 36 30’ was free – all below was slave History
Your Name Explain Emancipation Proclamation. Freed slaves in South History
Your Name Explain scalawags. Southerners who helped North. History
Your Name Explain Dred Scott Decision. Once a slave, always a slave unless bought or given freedom. History
Your Name Explain Northwest Ordinance. How to become a state History
Your Name Explain Fugitive Slave Law. North had to return runaway slaves. History
Your Name Explain protective tariff. High tax on imported goods; helped American factories History
Your Name Explain the Lusitania. German U- Boat sank it History
Your Name Define rural. Country History
Your Name Define monopoly. One company owns all of something History
Your Name Explain sharecropper. Got percent of crop History
Your Name Explain Muckrakers. Writers who exposed corruption. History
Your Name Explain Solid South. Always voted Democratic History
Your Name Explain Jazz Age. During 1920’s; Good times History
Your Name Define urban. City History
Your Name Explain League of Nations. President Wilson’s idea; similar to U.N.; U.S. did not join. Remove threat of future wars History
Your Name Explain Plessy vs. Ferguson. Separate but equal History
Your Name Explain Zimmerman Note. U.S. enter WWI – Mexico would get back Texas to California – Mexico must declare war on U.S. History
Your Name Explain Clayton and Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Stopped creation of monopolies History
Your Name Explain tenant. Rented land. History
Your Name Explain Social Contract Theory. People should choose their government. History
Your Name Define genocide. Kill entire group of people History
Your Name Explain prohibition. Stop sell of alcohol History
Your Name Explain Monroe Doctrine. 1. U.S. stay out of Europe’s affairs 2. Europe stay out of U.S. affairs 3. No more colonies in the western hemisphere History
Your Name Explain New Deal. FDR’s plan to stop the Depression History
Your Name Explain Dust Bowl. Wind blew top soil away in the West (Oklahoma) History
Your Name Explain fireside chats. FDR talked to people over the radio. History
Your Name Explain FDIC. Insured bank deposits up to $100,000 History
Your Name Explain Social Security provisions 1. Unemployment insurance 2. Old age pensions 3. Help handicapped History