Question 1

South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president

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Compromise of 1877

Question 2

required citizens of a state to pay a special tax in order to vote

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Poll Taxes

Question 3

These were designed to prevent African Americans from being able to vote

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Literacy Tests

Question 4

an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy

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Grandfather Clause

Question 5

A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa

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Triangular Trade

Question 6

caused the British to start taxing the colonists and attempted to end colonial self rule

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French and Indian War

Question 7

law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

Question 8

Pamphlet published in 1776 that persuaded American Colonists to support independence.

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Question 9

English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights

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John Locke

Question 10

Settled disputes between states with large and small populations; created a bicameral legislature

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Great Compromise

Question 11

supporters of the Constitution

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Federalists

Question 12

People who feared the Constitution; would only support it with inclusion of Bill of Rights

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Anti Federalists

Question 13

Separation of powers

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Montesquieu

Question 14

10th amendment; A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

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Federalism

Question 15

a collection of laws, traditions, and court decisions that develops over time

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unwritten constitution

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