1. History Terms AHSGE Flash Cards!

2. Your Name England’s constitution is called the __________. Magna Carta History

3. Your Name The Senate will have 2 from each state, but the House of Representatives will be based on population. The Great Compromise History

4. Your Name Established judicial review – The Supreme Court decides if law is legal This explains Marbury vs. Madison History

5. Your Name Define impressment Kidnap another country’s sailors to force into your own navy History

6. Your Name Define embargo Boycott trade to a country until they meet your demands History

7. Your Name Define temperance. Against alcohol History

8. Your Name Explain carpetbaggers. Northerners who came south to get rich (after Civil War) History

9. Your Name Define nationalism Pride in one’s country History

10. Your Name Explain elastic clause. “necessary and proper” – change or add laws as times change History

11. Your Name Explain the Treaty of Paris 1763 Ended French-Indian War; England got all land east of the Mississippi River History

12. Your Name Explain Black Codes or Jim Crow laws Separate blacks and whites History

13. Your Name Explain the Judicial Branch The Supreme Court interprets laws History

14. Your Name Explain 3/5 Compromise. 5 slaves count as 3 people History

15. Your Name Explain executive branch. President enforces laws. History

16. Your Name Explain Treaty of Paris 1783 Ended American Revolution; U.S. got all land east of the Mississippi River History

17. Your Name Explain legislative branch. Congress makes laws. History

18. Your Name Define siege. Surround an enemy force to cut off supplies until surrender History

19. Your Name Explain Land Ordinance. How to divide and sell new land History

20. Your Name Explain Homestead Act. 160 Acres if lived on it for 5 years History

21. Your Name Define abolition Against slavery History

22. Your Name Explain Missouri Compromise. All land above 36 30’ was free – all below was slave History

23. Your Name Explain Emancipation Proclamation. Freed slaves in South History

24. Your Name Explain scalawags. Southerners who helped North. History

25. Your Name Explain Dred Scott Decision. Once a slave, always a slave unless bought or given freedom. History

26. Your Name Explain Northwest Ordinance. How to become a state History

27. Your Name Explain Fugitive Slave Law. North had to return runaway slaves. History

28. Your Name Explain protective tariff. High tax on imported goods; helped American factories History

29. Your Name Explain the Lusitania. German U- Boat sank it History

30. Your Name Define rural. Country History

31. Your Name Define monopoly. One company owns all of something History

32. Your Name Explain sharecropper. Got percent of crop History

33. Your Name Explain Muckrakers. Writers who exposed corruption. History

34. Your Name Explain Solid South. Always voted Democratic History

35. Your Name Explain Jazz Age. During 1920’s; Good times History

36. Your Name Define urban. City History

37. 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

38. Your Name Explain Plessy vs. Ferguson. Separate but equal History

39. Your Name Explain Zimmerman Note. U.S. enter WWI – Mexico would get back Texas to California – Mexico must declare war on U.S. History

40. Your Name Explain Clayton and Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Stopped creation of monopolies History

41. Your Name Explain tenant. Rented land. History

42. Your Name Explain Social Contract Theory. People should choose their government. History

43. Your Name Define genocide. Kill entire group of people History

44. Your Name Explain prohibition. Stop sell of alcohol History

45. 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

46. Your Name Explain New Deal. FDR’s plan to stop the Depression History

47. Your Name Explain Dust Bowl. Wind blew top soil away in the West (Oklahoma) History

48. Your Name Explain fireside chats. FDR talked to people over the radio. History

49. Your Name Explain FDIC. Insured bank deposits up to $100,000 History

50. Your Name Explain Social Security provisions 1. Unemployment insurance 2. Old age pensions 3. Help handicapped History