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34 Cards in this Set
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BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION
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EARLY 1954 SUPREME COURT DESCISION, EISENHOWER WAS PRESIDENT, SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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PALEO INDIANS
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NAME THAT ARCHEOLOGISTS REFER TO AS THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICANS
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CENTRAL POWERS
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CONUTRIES AGAINST THE ALLIES
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BAY OF PIGS
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EXILE CUBANS-- PRES. EISENHOWER AGREES TO USE THE CIA TO TRAIN THEM TO RE-TAKE CUBA. KENNEDY WITH HOLDS THE AIR SUPPORT, THEY WERE ALL KILLED OR TAKEN PRISONERS
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VIET CONG
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SOUTH VIETNAMESE AND SURGEONS
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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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PHILADELPHIA, PRODUCED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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LEND-LEASE
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AMERICANS/ISOLATIONISTS 86% DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO WWII, ROOSEVELT KNOWS WE NEEED TO HE HE STARTS THE LEND/LEASE
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JUDICIAL REVIEW
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CONGRESS HAS POWER OF PURSE. PRESI. HAS THE POWER OF THE SWORD. JUDICIARY HAS POWER OF JUDICIAL REVIEW IS THE RIGHT OT DETERMINE WHAT IS/ISNT CONSTITUTIONAL
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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ENDED WWI, CREATED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, DEMANDED REP. FROM GERMANY REALLY SET THE STAGE FOR WWII & AMERICANS NEVER SIGNED IT
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CALVERT
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KNOWN AS LORD BALTIMORE, LAND GRANT IN THE MARYLAND AREA, IS A REFUGE FOR CATHOLICS
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CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
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STARTED WEST-EAST/ CHINESE WERE THEIR LABORERS
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JULIUS & ETHEL ROSENBERG
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EXECUTED FOR TREASON FOR PASSING AATOMIC BOMB TO THE RUSSIANS
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TRUMAN/CIVIL RIGHTS
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ACTION HE TOOK INGRATES THE MILITARY
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PEARL HARBOR
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ACTION BY JAPANESE THEY WANTED TO TAKE US OUT FAST OR SLOW US DOWN. DEC 7, 1941
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GI BILL
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EDUCATION & HOUSING. NO NEED FOR DOWN PAYMENT ETC. POST WWII, EDUCATION WAS CASH IN HAND
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PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN, NO EXPANSION, NO SETTLING BEYOND THESE MOUNTAINS. AMERICANS KEPT BREAKING, CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR BRITISH
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RENAISSANCE
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REVIVAL OF LEARNIING IN EUROPE. BIBLE COMES AVAILABLE WRITTEN IN MORE LANGUAGES. GREAT AWAKENINGS, MARTIN LUTHER
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BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
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ANDREW JACKSON, WAR WAS ALREADY SIGNED (WAR OF 1812) TREATY OF GHANT WAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED BUT, INFORMATION HAD NOT ARRIVED
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OREGON TRAIL
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PROMINENT WAYS SETTLERS WERE MOVING WEST
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JAPANESE INTERNMENT
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WWII, EXECUTIVE ORDER BY PRES. ROOSEVELT, CHILDREN BEING BORN IN US WERE CITIZENS BUT, ADULTS NOT
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FACISM
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TOTALITARIAN, BECAUSE IT DEMOSTRATED THAT POLITCAL VIEW, FACIS WANT TO GO BACK TO A TIME WHEN THINGS WERE BETTER. WILLING TO USE VIOLENCE (HITLER)
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100 DAYS
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GIVES NEW PRES. 100 DAYS TO ADVANCE HIS AGENDA W/OUT A LOT. ROOSEVELT TOOK OVER FROM HOOVER' W/HIS 100 DAYS HE MANAGED TO GET PAST AND SIGNED TO EASE PEOPLE SUFFERING DURING TEH GREAT DEPRESSION
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ISLAM
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MOHAMMAD WAS CONSIDERED LAST PROPHET
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JOHN ROLFE
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MARRIED POCAHONTAS
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JFK'S VP
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JOHNSON
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PENTAGON PAPERS
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DANIEL ELSBERG,BELIEVED THAT PRES. NIXON & THE PENTAGON WAS NOT MAKING ALL INFO. ABOUT THE VIET. WAR AVAV. SO HE LEAGED CLASSIFIED INFO. O F THE MILITARY TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
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JACKIE ROBINSON
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FIRST BLACK PLAYER -- PLAYED FOR THE DODGERS
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SAMUAL ADAMS
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HEAD OF THE SONS OF LIBERTY -- BOSTON TEA PARTY, COUSIN TO JOHN ADAMS
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WALL STREET CRASH
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OCTOBER 1929, PEOPLE WERE BUYING ON CREDIT
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BERLIN AIRLIFT
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STUCK IN MIDDLE OF EAST ZONE, AMERICA SENDS IN AIRPLANES, THEY BREAK THE BLOCKADE
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ARITICLES OF CONFERDERATION
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FIRST NATIONAL WRITTEN DOCUMENT
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JOSEPH MCCARTHY
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ANTI-COMMUNISTS
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ATOMIC BOMB/TRUMAN/SCIENTISTS
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GERMAN SCIENTISTS REALIZED THEY MAY BE SHOULD GET OUT OF GERMANY. RUSSIANS ARE PERMITTED TO ENTER INTO GERMAN FIRST
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SAN FRANCISCO
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BECOMES FIRST COMMUNITY WHERE OPENLY GAY PEOPLE LIVED
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