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28 Cards in this Set
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Name 3 reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire
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1. Continuous barbarian invasions
2. No formal political system 3. Rise of Christianity divides empire (Internal- decline of farm reduction, excessive tax, inflation...) |
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What were the results of the Industrial Revolution?
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growth of canal system, increase productivity, rise of industrial cities, division of society in distinct classes
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Hinduism
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1. Each person born into a caste /social group
2. Reincarnation 3. cow is sacred 4. Polytheism (multiple deities) |
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US Constitution separation of powers
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Legislative- congress- make laws-declare war
Executive- President- enforcing laws-Veto Judicial-courts-interpret the laws-declare acts of congress unconstitutional |
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Hellenistic Age
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fusion of Greek and eastern cultures, increase in international trade, end Greek city-state system
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Magna Carta
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American Constitution
+importance of a written constitution +right to due process of law +protect against excessive bail |
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Articles of Confed.
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+states printed own currency
+each state recd one vote in congress +Amendments needed a unanimous vote |
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15th Amend
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voting to freedmen
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greatest increase in migration to CA
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1940-1950
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Greatest impact on farmers and steamboat companies
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hydraulic mining
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Newton
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3 Laws of motion
natural order enlightenment theory of gravity |
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John Locke
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impact of democracy political thought, natural rights
influenced- Dec of Independence |
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Cesar Chavez
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United Farm workers Union
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Hiram Johnson- CA
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Progressive Movt protect working class from control of big business
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CA Gold Rush- James Marshall
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rise in population, CA from territory to statehood, transportation system developed, mistreatment of non Europeans
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CA Mission system- Fr. Serra
reasons for missions... |
Convert Indian to Christianity
provide agr. and food staples Est. permanent Spanish settlements |
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negative aspects of missions
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mistreated Indians, forced labor, brutality, increased infant death and suicide
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Federalism
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state and federal govt have distinct functions
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Andrew Johnson
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Vetoed Radical Republicans
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What ended the Mexican war that handed over lands between TX and Pacific to the US
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Treaty of Hidalgo
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3 weaknesses of Articles of Confed
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nat govt no power on foreign trade
no court system no independent taxing power |
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Constituion of 1789...
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divided state and federal power, legislative, executive, judicial branches, Bill of Rights
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War of 1812
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US vs Britain. US victory
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Monroe Doctrine
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defined american interests in N. hemisphere
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Manifest destiny
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US expansion to the Pacific
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Missouri compromise
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limited spread of slavery, failure led to war
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Reconstruction
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14th and 15th amendments, civil rights bill
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settle of the west
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transcontinental railroad and Homestead Act
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