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