U.S. History Semester 1 Vocab. Review 2024

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the forced transport of enslaved persons from Africa to the Americas between the 1500s and the 1800s

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Middle Passage

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the exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas after European contact with the New World

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Columbian Exchange

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independent; self-governing

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sovereign

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route of trade that involved shipping finished goods from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and raw materials from the Americas to Europe

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Triangular Trade

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the widespread use of machinery to produce goods, which began in Europe in the mid-1700s

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Industrial Revolution

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placing a country’s interests ahead of regional concerns

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nationalism

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a doctrine which stated that westward expansion of the United States was inevitable and a God-given right

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Manifest Destiny

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the movement to end slavery in the United States

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abolition

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placing regional concerns ahead of the interests of the country as a whole

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sectionalism

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a tax on imported goods

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tariff