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- a government's plan for dealing with other nations
- In 1884, what was the name of the conference where European powers split Africa amongst themselves?
- one of the leading political figures in the United States whose main mission was to preserve the Union and avoid a civil war by playing a major role in crafting the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and he stepped in to find a way out of the dispute
- a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
- Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories
- Antislavery political party that formed in the 1850's.
- a way of reaching an agreement in which both sides give up something in order to get something
- a forced payment made to a ruler, usually in exchange for peace
- natural disaster in which crops die due to a lack of water
- territory of Oregon, Washington, and portions of what became British Columbia, Canada; land claimed by both U.S. and Britain and held jointly under the Convention of 1818
- People as a whole rather than private individuals would own and operate farms, factories, railways, and other large businesses that produced and distributed goods
- president in March 1845. wanted to settle Oregon boundary dispute with Britain. wanted to acquire California. wanted to incorporate Texas into union.
- a person who makes an investment or takes a risk in hopes of profiting from it
- split the Oregon Territory at the 49th parallel. Great Britain received control over the northern part, and the United States received control of the southern part.
- What is the policy that led so many nations to get involved with WWI?
- large businesses such as farms, factories, and railways
- workers united to effect change, yet tried to increase pay and benefits for workers
- the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether a law is constitutional
- an official document in which certain rights are given by a government to a person or business
- Communist term that references the working class