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31 Cards in this Set
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0 degrees longitude
-longitude lines are measured from E to W. |
prime meridian
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o degrees latitide
-latitude lines are measured from N to S. |
equator
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lines on a globe that run north to south but measure distance east and west of the prime meridian.called meridians..0-180 degrees
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longitude
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lines on a globe that run east to west but measure north and south of the equator.called parallels.0-90 degrees
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latitude
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political view-people do not want government interference.(Republicans)
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conservative
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when the supply of a good is high, the price goes down. When the demand is high for a good, the price will go up or increase,
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supply and demand
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Hawaii-where the japanese bombed wgiched brought the U.S into WW2.December 7, 1941
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Pearl Harbor
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a salary or wage increase to keep up with inflation.
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cost of living adjustment
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president Wilson's plan for peace at the end of WW1.
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14 points
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directly elects the President of the US
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electoral college
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a.)executive:carry out the laws.
b.)legistative:make the laws-Senate and House of Rep. c.)judicial:courts-interpret the laws. |
3 branches of government
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President Kennedy's Program-space program-NASA
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New Frontier
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President Lyndon Johnson's program to help eliminate poverty in the US
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Great Society
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measure of how many people live in a square mile.
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population density
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nazi dictator of germany during WW2
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Adolph Hitler
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1.Joseph Stalin:Soviet Union-Russia
2.Winston Churchill: Great Britain 3.Franklin D. Roosevelt-US during WW2 |
Big Three
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mob wxpels and government and violence occurs.
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anarchy
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robber baron-monopoly-rairoads
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cornelius vanderbilt
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ribber baron-monopoly-steel
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andrew carnegie
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robber baron-standard oil-monopoly
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john d. rockefeller
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government inspects food that is sold in stores
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pure food & drug act
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wrote the book "the jungle" about the meat packing industry
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upton sinclair
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journalist that exposed the corruption in business.
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muckrackers
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when a company buys out the competiotion. (in the US against the law).
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monopoly
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it was a time when they got congress to change laws to protect the workers
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progressive movement
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it was a political party that said they represented the average americans (workers).
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populist party
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when groups of farmers banded together to help one another and fight against the railroad monopoly.
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granger movement
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growth of cities
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urbanization
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pieces of wasteland that were set aside for the native americans
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reservations
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each native american family was given 160 acres to farm, without the tools and training to work the land.
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dawes act
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building of the factories, which caused the growth of cities.
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industrialization
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