Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
11 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
public domain
|
Land owned by the government
|
|
specie
|
Gold, silver or other coined money (as opposed to paper currency)
|
|
Proviso
|
A clause in a statute, contract, or the like by which a condition is introduced;
a stipulation or a condition |
|
Wilmot Proviso
|
Introduced to prevent introduction of slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.
|
|
Popular sovereignty
|
Belief that legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of it's people.
|
|
Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
|
Declared that all runaway slaves had to be brought back to their masters (therefore no more escape to another state).
|
|
Ostend Manifesto
|
Secret document describing the US' plan to acquire Cuba from Spain.
|
|
Omnibus bill
|
A bill including numerous items or subjects.
|
|
nativism
|
Organized social/political movement which advocates a higher status for certain established members members of a nation as opposed to immigrants' claims.
|
|
stereotype
|
A characteristic or set of characteristics, usually negative, attributed to all members of a group.
|
|
“free soil”
|
No slavery expansion, but not abolition—free men on free soil are a morally and economically superior system to slavery.
|