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13th amendment
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Amendment to the us consitution that abolished slavery in 1965
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14th amendment
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Amendment to the US constitution that restored and protected the rights of freed slaves in 1868
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18th amendment
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Amendment to the US constitution that enforced the prohibition of alcohol in 1919
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19th amendment
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Amendment to the US constitution that granted women the right to vote in 1920
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abolitionism
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The movement to abolish slavery in the US
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Allies
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Nations that united against the Germans, Italians, and Japanese (axis) forces during World War II. Mainly comprised of the US, England and France. Russia joined later.
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Apartheid
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A former policy of South Africa in which the races were separated by law.
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Axis
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Nations opposed to the allies during World War II, including Italy, Germany and Japan
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Balfour Declaration
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Great Britians 1917 proclamation supporting the establishment of a separate homeland for Jews in Palestine
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Bill of rights
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the first 10 amendments to the us consitution
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Blitzrieg
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Lightning war, in which suprise attacks by aircraft are immediately followed by massive attacks by ground forces, as in Hitler's 1939 invasion of Poland
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Bourgeoisie
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According to Marx and Engels, the middle class; in prerevolutionary France, a portion of the Third Estate comprised of a middle class of artisans and merchants
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Caste
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One of the four hereditary classes of society in Hinduism
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Code of Hammurabi
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Babylonian legal coded that established governmental responsibility for criminal justice
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Cold War
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Long term period of poor relations between the united states and the soviet bloc from the end of World War II until the early 1900's.
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Colony
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A territory under direct control of a stronger country
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Communism
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Economic system in which the workers (the proletariat) control the means of production
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Communist manifesto
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Seminal work by Marx and Engel in which the basic principles of communism are outlined
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Constitution
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The US constitution "the law of the land" was drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1789
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Cultural revolution
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Campaign carried out by the Chinese Red Guards from 1966-1976 with the goal of revitalizing the Chinese Communist party and consolidating Mao Zedong's leadership
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Cuneiform
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Sumerian system of writing
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Cyrillic alphabet
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The alphabet of the Russian language and other Slavic languages
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Czar
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A russian emperor
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Declaration of independence
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Written by thomas Jefferson in 1776 this document proclaimed the American colonies independence from Great Britian
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Detente
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A cooling of Cold War tensions initiated during the administration of Nixon and Brezhnev
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Dictator
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A sole ruler with absolute power
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Domino theory
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An idea prevalent during the cold war that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would likewise fall
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Five-Year plans
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Economic plans to increase industrial and agricultural productivity in the Soviet Union, China and India
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Fourteen Points
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Post world war I peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson major points included the principle of self-determination and the establishment of an association of nations
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Geneva conference
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Conference held in 1954 that divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
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Glasnost
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A Soviet policy introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbechev emphasizing openness in the sharing of information and ideas
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Resolution passed by the US congress in 1964 authorizing President Johnson to send troops into Vietnam
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Hieroglyphics
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Ancient Egyptian picture writing
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Huns
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A nomadic group from central Asia who undertook a mass migration to the Roman Empire in the 400s C.E.
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Imperialism
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The political, economic, or social domination of a strong nation over another nation or territory
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Laissez-faire capitalism
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Economic system in which no governmental regulation of the market is regulated
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Lend-lease act
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A policy passed by the US congress in 1941 allowing FDR to give arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the security of the United States
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Magna Carta
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Document drafted in 1215 that specifies English political and civil liberties. It forms the basis of English common law
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Manhattan project
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The US plan to develop an atomic bomb
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Manifest Destiny
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Belief first articulated in the mid-1800s that it was the destiny of the United States to continue to expand to the West and the Pacific Ocean
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Marshall Plan
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Plan put forth by U.S. secretary of State George C. Marshall describing how to rebuild Europe after the conclusion of World War II
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NATO (north atlantic treaty organization)
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A 1949 defense alliance intitiated by the US, Canada, and 10 western european nations
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New Deal
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Set of domestic programs set forth by FDR's administration to help the US overcome the Great Depression
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Prussia
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Old name for current-day Germany. Ruled by Frederick the Great at its height of power
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Republic
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Government in which citizens are ruled by elected representatives
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Suffrage
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The right or privelege of voting; franchise
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Teetotaler
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One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks
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Totalitarianism
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One-party political system with the goal of supporting the welfare of the state above all else
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Versailles
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Palace near Paris that was the seat of power for many French kings, including Louis XIV. Also the site of the Treaty of Versailles that marked the conclusion of World War I.
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Warsaw Pact
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A 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviet Union and several Eastern European nations
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Waterloo
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Site where Napolean suffered his greated defeat
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Yalta
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Island where Churchhill, FDR and Stalin met to discuss the partitioning of Europe at the conclusion of World War II
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