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Of the documents made, the Bill of Rights and Constitution were the primary and crucial documents. They allowed for citizens to have there rights and liberties and protect them from essentially the government.

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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights gathering and preached that women should have equal rights as man. This became a topic of discussion for the government and became a very big deal.

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Abraham Lincoln was the main contributor to the end of slavery and the Reconstruction. He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation which abolished slavery and he made a plan to Reconstruct the Union, allowing for the South to rejoin them, they just had to follow what he says.

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As the debates over slavery became more prominent, it caused a heated conflict. The South seceded and became the Confederacy and then began to fight for territory, so they could control all of the US. This led to a Civil War between the Union(North) and Confederacy(South).

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4.1.III  Increasing numbers of Americans, many inspired by new religious and intellectual movements, worked primarily outside of government institutions to advance their ideals.

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3.3.I In the decades after American independence, interactions among different groups resulted in competition for resources, shifting alliances, and cultural blending.

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2.2.II Like other European empires in the Americas that participated in the Atlantic slave trade, the English colonies developed a system of slavery that reflected the specific economic, demographic, and geographic characteristics of those colonies.

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2.1.I Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonizers had different economic and imperial goals involving land and labor that shaped the social and political development of their colonies as well as their relationships with native populations.

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2.1.III  Competition over resources between European rivals and American Indians encouraged industry and trade and led to conflict in the Americas.

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3.1.II  The desire of many colonists to assert ideals of self-government in the face of renewed British imperial efforts led to a colonial independence movement and war with Britain.

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5.3.II  Reconstruction and the Civil War ended slavery, altered relationships between the states and the federal government, and led to debates over new definitions of citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African Americans, women, and other minorities.

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4.3.II The United States’ acquisition of lands in the West gave rise to contests over the extension of slavery into new territories.

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3.2.II  After declaring independence, American political leaders created new constitutions and declarations of rights that articulated the role of the state and federal governments while protecting individual liberties and limiting both centralized power and excessive popular influence.

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5.2.II Debates over slavery came to dominate political discussion in the 1850s, culminating in the bitter election of 1860 and the secession of Southern states.

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republics- governed by merchant coalition; governing body
Christianity- a religion that supports one god and that Jesus is divine; main religion in US
chattel slavery- owning human beings as property; used in the US
Columbian Exchange- trade of people, plants, food, livestock, culture, technology, and diseases between the Americas, Africa, and the Old World; the US was involved in this
Great Awakening- religious revival in America
Enlightenment- an intellectual movement based on reason and natural laws; very influential in US future
Declaration of Independence- the document that was signed and allowed for US to become free from British control
Loyalists- British colonists that opposed independence from Britain
US Constitution- a document that lays out our government and how it operates
Bill of Rights- a written document of inalienable rights and liberties
Shay's Rebellion- an armed movement from debt-ridden farmers
Great Compromise- all states would have equal representation in senate and proportional representation in house
George Washington- general during revolutionary war and then first president
Thomas Jefferson- third president and was against slavery
Marbury v Madison- a decision that the federal courts couldn't have legislative or executive powers
War of 1812- a conflict between Britain and the US over the US's maritime rights
Henry Clay- secretary of state under Adams, emphasized economic growth
Second National Bank- a national bank chartered by Congress with powers over currency and credit
Alexander Hamilton- founding father of the US and introduced the National Bank
Abraham Lincoln- President of the US and abolish slavery
Seneca Falls Convention- first convention held for women's rights
Manifest Destiny- a belief that American settlers were destined to move across the west
Oregon Trail- the route settlers took to get to the west
Mexican-American War- a war between Mexico and the US for control over the southwest territories
Kansas-Nebraska Act- the territories citizens decide their stance on slavery
Emancipation Proclamation- the document that freed all slaves in Confederate states
American System- promoted tariffs, a national bank, and federal subsidies
Reconstruction- a plan to rebuild the union
15th Amendment- citizens would not be denied suffrage based on race or color
Panic of 1873- a huge financial crisis that caused a depression in the US

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The Kansas Nebraska Act was to help allow the for a more fair way to approach the debate of slavery as we moved further out west. The states could decide themselves whether they wanted to be free or slave.