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20 Cards in this Set
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13th Amendment
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Abolished Slavery
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14th Amendment
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Equal protection under law and due process of law
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15th Amendment
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Right to vote shall not be abridged because of color or previous servitude
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16th Amendment
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Income Tax
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17th Amendment
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Election of senators
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19th Amendment
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Women's suffrage
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26th Amendment
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Voting at age 18
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14 Points
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Public explanations of what Woodrow Wilson and other Allied power leaders hoped to accomplish through a victory over the Central Powers
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The 3 Rs
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Relief, Recovery, and Reform
-Roosevelt's plan to fix the Great Depression |
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A.I.M.
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American Indian Movement founded in 1968 by Dennis Banks
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A.A.A.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration created during the Great Depression that payed farmers to reduce crop area
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Adams, John
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The Second President of the US regarded as one of the most influential founding fathers and famous for resolving the Quasi-War with France
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Adams, Sam
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American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Addams, Jane
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founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement, and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The Albany Plan
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A proposal by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 that was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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Four bills passed in 1789 that were designed to protect the United States from alien citizens of enemy powers and to stop seditious attacks from weakening the government
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The American System
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A mercantilist economic plan based on the "American School" ideas of Alexander Hamilton, expanded upon later by Friedrich List, consisting of a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building, and a national bank to encourage productive enterprise and form a national currency
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Susan B Anthony
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A prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States
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Antietam
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The first major battle of the civil war to take place on American soil and the bloodiest single day battle in American history
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Chester A Arthur
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An American politician who served as the 21st President of the United States until 1985
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