belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
What is mercantilism
100
a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.
What is recession
100
A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
What is The U.S Constitution
100
the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
What is Union
100
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
What is manifest destiny
200
the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
What is enlightenment
200
A tax imposed on imported goods and services.
What is tariff
200
Is the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is The bill of rights
200
restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
What is Sectionalism
200
an improvement in the condition or strength of something.
What is revival
300
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
What is deism
300
theory or model, originating during the Age of Enlightenment, that typically addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
What is social contract
300
it was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787, which some historians believe "fundamentally altered the course of United States' history."
What is Shay's Rebellion
300
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
What is Secede
300
the right to vote in political elections.
What is suffrage
400
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. a state having such a form of government:
What is democracy
400
rights that humans are born with
What is natural rights
400
is the official way to confirm something, usually by vote.
What is Ratification
400
was established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War (1861-65).
What is Freedman's Bureau
400
"that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
What is emancipation proclamation
500
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
What is republic
500
is a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things,
What is common sense
500
a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
What is Veto
500
the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
What is Abolition
500
was established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War (1861-65).