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13 Cards in this Set
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Describe slavery in 17th century British North America.
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started out as indentured servitude; first slaves brought in 1619; during second half indentured servitude declined and slavery increased
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Discuss the financial programs of Alexander Hamilton.
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Report on Public Credit- proposed that the federal government would assume the debts of the state governments; founding the US Mint; founding of the national coast guard; founding of the first national bank; excise tax on whiskey
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Marbury v. Madison
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established judicial review
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Describe the lives of free African-Americans during the antebellum period.
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They sucked; they were isolated and were considered outcasts; they were paid less than their white counterparts
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What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?
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if California would be a free or slave state
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What was the intent of the Dawes Act of 1887?
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to assimilate Native Americans by breaking up the tribal system
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What was the effect of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
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legally there was a grey area when it came to anti-trust cases; prices weren't raised due to unfair monopoly or lack of competition
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What was the American attitude towards the occupation of the Phillipines?
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some strongly objected to it; others thought that the Philipines wanted to be annexed; some thought the US was becoming a colonial power; others thought americans were racist
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What was the difference in the conscription policies of the First and Second World Wars?
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the conscription policy of WWI was incurred during the war; the conscription policy of WWII was incurred in peacetime
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Why did Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan win the elections of 1976?
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Carter won because he followed Nixon in the Watergate scandal and he campaigned as an "outsider"; Reagan won because of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and the worsening economy
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Why was the British Colony of Virginia primarily established?
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economic reasons
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The Monroe Doctrine
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European powers no longer able to interfere in the western hemisphere
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Radical Reconstruction
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they were extreme in their views against the south and for the rights of freedmen
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