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United States Constitution
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the rules of being a citizen of the U.S. It states the ideas of government
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Commerce
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the act of business Direct Election- the people's vote chooses a political office
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Delegated
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chosen for something, example- a job
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Alliance
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An agreement or treaty between two or more parties
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Civil War
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a war fought within once country
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Unwritten Constitution
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Practices that are not in the constitution but are followed because of tradition. Political parties, Lobbyist, Cabinet, Committee Systems, Jusicial Review
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George Washington
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1st president of the US and believed the country should stay neutral and out of foreign affairs
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1st admendment
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Abolishes slavery
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14th admendment
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defines citizens
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15th admendment
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voting rights for all men
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John Locke
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Enlightenment philosopher that believed in life, liberty, and happiness, natural rights, social contract
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Enlightenment philosopher that believed in separation of powers
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Preamble
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Beginning of a document stating its purpose
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Northwest Ordinance
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Divided new lands in the Northwest in order for them to be governed
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Democratice Principle
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an idea that surrounds democracy
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John Marshall
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Supremem Court Justice that expanded Federal powers
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Concurrent Powers
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powers are shared between the state and federal government, example- taxation
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1st admendment
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gives people the freedom of speech, religion, press and assembly
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National Government
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The governement that controls the entire US
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State Government
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the government that controls individual states in the US
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Reserved Power
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Only state government can control, ex.- driving license, education
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National Power
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Only the federal government can control laws, ex.- declare war on another country, make treaty
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Treaty
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an agreement between two countries
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Cabinet
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a selected group of people by the president to advise him. Part of the unwritten constitution
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KluKluxKLan
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a terrorist group who target all who are not white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
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Labor Union
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a group of people who come together to fight for worker rights
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Reconstruction
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A building or expansion of society
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Dawes Act
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A law requiring Native Americans to assimilate to the US culture
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Alexander Hamilton
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Developed a financial plan to get the US out of debt. Wrote the federalist papers
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln's statement that all slaves would be free if southern states did not come back to the union
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Andrew Johnson
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became president after lincoln was assassinated. he was impeached on a technicality because congress did not like him
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resignation
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to leave a job on your own terms
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homestead act
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a way to get people to move out west. If people setteled a piece of land given to them for 5 years they can keep it
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Nativist
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people who do not like immigrants
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Constitutional Convention
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the place where our founding fathers of our country wrote the constitution
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Great Compromise
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agreement between large and small states over representation. Bicameral legislation
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Transcontinental railroad
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railroad that goes across the continent
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tariff
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a tax on imported goods
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protective tariff
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a tax on imported goods to help the growth of an industry inside a country
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Committees of Correspondence
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griup ste up during the colonial period to persuade Britain to allow colonial representation
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1st continental congress
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a meeting of the founding fathers where it was declined that the colonies should break away from england
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declaration of sentiments
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a document written at the Seneca Falls Convention that follows the ideas of declaration of independence stating that women are equal to men
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Seneca Falls Convention
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A place where the declaration of sentiments were written in an effort to show equality amongst men and women
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Bleeding Kansas
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A mini war between pro and anti slavery people where proslavery people came down and willed anti slavery issues
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Dred Scott Decision
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Dred Scot (a slave) sued his owner for his freedom. Supremem court ruled that slaves were property
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John Brown
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A virginal farmer who encouraged slaves to revolt. John Brown was arrested and killed
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Robber Barons
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People who owned industries during the Idustrial Revolution who were thought to take advantage of or steal from the poor. Negative
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Captain of Industry
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The same people who were considered robber barons were considered heroes or leaders by people who made money off the captains od industry
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American Federation of Labor
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Largest labor union in the US which organized skilled labor
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Sherman Anti Trust Act
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a law created to stop trusts from forming and destroying the economy
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Clayton Anti Trust Act
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out lawed a number of businesses actions that gave large companies advantages over small ones. End price fixing, leagalized strikes and boycotts
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Populist Party
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was formed to protect the rights of farmers. They introduced a graduated income tax
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Jane Addams
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A reformer to help immigrants and the poor survive in society through settlement houses
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Mayflower Compact
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an agreement between pilgrims to self govern
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House of Burgesses
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a place where colonist held meetings regarding colonial government
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Andrew Jackson
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President for the common man changed Jacksonian Democracy, this changed the voting requirements regarding land ownership
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Spoils System
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Giving people jobs because they supported you during election
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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Missouri enters as a slave state, Maine enters as a free state, 36,30 Mason Dixon line, anything north would be free and anything south slave
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Compromise 1850
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California is admitted as a free state, slave trade was abolished in Washington DC, Fugitive Slave Law was enacted, New Mexico and Utah would be decided by popular sovereignty
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Populist
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a political party created to protect the rights of famers
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Trust Busters
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Teddy Roosevelt's nickname for breaking up so many trusts during his presidency
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Federal Reserve System
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Created by Woodrow Wilson to regulate the Monetary System in the US
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Interstate Commerce Act
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federal government will control business between states
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Jacob Riis
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a photographer reformer during the Progressive era that wrote How The Other Half Lives
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Ide Tarbell
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A reformer who exposed Standard Oils evils as a big business
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Woodrow Wilson
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President during WWI. Developed the 14 points to end the war
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Treaty of Versailles
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ended WWI putting all the blame on Germans. Germany had to repay billions in damage to other countries
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Hoover
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Republican, blamed for the Great Depression. Trickle Down Theory of Economics
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Theory of immigration
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during the deprssion in the 1920's was to favor wealthy and well educated
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Characteristics of economic depression
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high unemployment and overproduction
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William Randolph Hearst
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Journalist who used yellow journalism to sensationalize the spanish american war
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Yellow Journalism
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Sensationalizes news created to make people read the paper
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John Scopes
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Arrested for teaching the theory of evolution
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Facism
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Dictator rules a state and they are the supreme source of the law
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Totalitarian Government
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A small group of people have total control over citizens lives
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Stimson Doctrine
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US would not recognize Japanese control of Manchuria or other Japanese expansion
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Cash and Carry
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Allies could buy military supplies with cash and take them away. US was "neutral" at the beginning of WWII
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Lend Lease Plan
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Gave the president the power to lend or lease arms and supplies to any country whose defense was vital to the US
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Good Neighbor Policy
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ended all armed intervention in Latin America. US gave up rights to intervene in Cuba (FDR)
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Washington Naval Conference 1921
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Major powers agree no large battleships for 10 years in the Pacific
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Big Three
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Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt during WWII
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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Statement saying that he would help contain communism by sending US forces to any Middle Eastern country who requested help. Eisenhower was Republican
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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2 italian immigrants who were accused of committing murder to obtain money for anarchist revolution
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National origins Act
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Only german, british or scandinavian countries could enter US
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Harlem Renaissance
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African American cultural explosion- Langston Hughes
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Gross Domestic or National Product
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GDP or GNP value in dollars of value in dollars of all the goods and sevices produced in the US in one year
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Per Capital Income
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The GDP divided by the population. It provides and indication of the average income of a single person
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Unemployment rate
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measures the ammount of unemployed people who are actively looking for work
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National Debt
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the total ammount of money owed by our national government to those who have lent it money
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Inflation rate
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measures how quickly money loses its value because people are paying more for the same ammount
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