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23 Cards in this Set
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Berlin Airlift-Truman
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The U.S. successful attempt to relieve Berlin by sending in planes over the blockade and to stop Stalin.
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" education for students was unconstitutional.
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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1857 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that blacks are not citizens and can therefore not file a lawsuit and remain enslaved.
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1876 election
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Rutherford B. Hayes won even though he lost the popular vote. He won by the Comprimise of 1877.
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1896 election
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William Jennings Byran, "Cross of Gold" speech
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1912 election
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Woodrow Wilson, progressive platform, "New Freedom"
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Major Inventors/Inventions
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1793 Eli Whitney- cotton gin,
1837 Samuel Morse- telegraph, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell- telephone, 1895 Guglielmo Marconi-radio, 1923 Vladmir Zworykin- television, 1964 IBM- computer |
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Marbury vs. Madison
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1803 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1896 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public accomodations was legal
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Sand Creek Massacre
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1864 battle in which Colonel John Chivington murdered over 150 inhabitants of Sand Creek, the Cheyenne, mostly women and children
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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Battle in 1890 in which the Seventh Calvary murdered 300 unarmed Sioux indians.
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Scopes Trial
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1925 court case in which biology teacher John T. Scopes was tried for challenging a Tennessee law that that outlawed the teaching of evolution
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" education for students was unconstitutional.
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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1857 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that blacks are not citizens and can therefore not file a lawsuit and remain enslaved.
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1876 election
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Rutherford B. Hayes won even though he lost the popular vote. He won by the Comprimise of 1877.
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1896 election
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William Jennings Byran, "Cross of Gold" speech
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1912 election
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Woodrow Wilson, progressive platform, "New Freedom"
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Major Inventors/Inventions
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1793 Eli Whitney- cotton gin,
1837 Samuel Morse- telegraph, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell- telephone, 1895 Guglielmo Marconi-radio, 1923 Vladmir Zworykin- television, 1964 IBM- computer |
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Marbury vs. Madison
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1803 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1896 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public accomodations was legal
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Sand Creek Massacre
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1864 battle in which Colonel John Chivington murdered over 150 inhabitants of Sand Creek, the Cheyenne, mostly women and children
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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Battle in 1890 in which the Seventh Calvary murdered 300 unarmed Sioux indians.
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Scopes Trial
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1925 court case in which biology teacher John T. Scopes was tried for challenging a Tennessee law that that outlawed the teaching of evolution
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