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44 Cards in this Set
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Culture
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lifestyle or way of life of a group or community of people; sometimes refers to the art, music, and literature of a particular society
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Political
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having to do with the government
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Natural Resources
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materials found in nature that people can use such as trees and water
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Alliances
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people or nations linked to one another as helpers
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Natural Environment
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the land and all the living things on the land
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Colony
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a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
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Regulators
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groups of Back Country settlers who protested royal policy
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Mercantilism
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the belief that the wealth of a nation depends on its supply of gold and silver
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Declaration
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clear statement
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Independence
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freedom from control or influence of another or others
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Constitution
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written plan of government
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Ratification
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process of approving the Constitution
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Convention
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a group of people gathered together for a common purpose
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Antebellum
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before the war
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Agriculture
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farming and raising livestock
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Secession
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process by which the Confederate states left the Union in 1860-1861
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Nullification
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theory of government in which the state has the power to reject a national law with which it disagrees
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Tariff
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tax on imported and exported goods
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Abolition
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doing away with completely
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States’ Rights
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idea that states have the right to make decisions about issues that concern them
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Cooperationists
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political leaders in South Carolina in the 1850s who favored secession
but only if the Southern states seceded together |
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Reconstruction
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period of rebuilding after the Civil War during which the Southern states rejoined the Union
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Emancipation
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setting free
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Immigrants
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people who come into one country or place from another
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Carpetbaggers
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negative term used to describe Northerners who came South during the Civil War and Reconstruction
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Scalawags
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white Southerners who cooperated with and held office under the Republican government during Reconstruction
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Philanthropy
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doing good to others
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Corruption
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decay; lack of honesty; doing wrong
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Depression
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a prolonged and severe decline in the level of economic activity
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Temperance
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moderation in or total lack of drinking intoxicating beverages
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Suffrage
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right to vote
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Lynching
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execution of a person or number of persons outside the law by a mob
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Rural
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living in or characteristic of farming or country life
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Urban
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relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
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Migration
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the movement of people from one country or locality to another
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Progressive Reforms
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changes made to make the government more helpful to the people
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Emigration
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leaving one country or region to live in another
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Boll Weevil
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a tiny beetle that bored into the cotton boll that grew the fiber and ruined it
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Prohibition
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movement to make the manufacture and sale of liquor illegal in the United States
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Technical
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relating to mechanical subjects
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Scarcity
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very limited supply
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Mechanization
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use of machinery to replace human labor
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Discrimination
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unfair treatment of a group or individual
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Integration
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process of bringing together
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