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22 Cards in this Set
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Abolished Slavery
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Fourteenth Amendment
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Secures rights for former
slaves. It includes the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses |
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Fifteenth Amendment
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The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. |
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jus soli
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is a right by which nationality
or citizenship can be recognized to any individual born in the territory of the related state |
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jus sanguinis
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citizenship can be recognized
to any individual born to a parent who is a citizen of that state |
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Dawes Act
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Privatized Native American
lands and distributed them to the Native Americans. Native Americans would also become U.S. Citizens. Had disastrous effects 2/3 of the land was sold to whites. |
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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In response to decreased
wages and a decreased availability of gold in CA, the act restricted immigration of Chinese, and denied citizenship to immigrants in the U.S. |
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United States v. Wong Kim
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Held that the Chinese
Exclusion Act could not overrule the citizenship of those born in the U.S. to Chinese parents. |
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Progressives
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In response to
industrialization, Progressives advocated workers' rights, social justice, anti-trust laws, government-funded environmentalism and the creation of National Parks. |
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Theodore Roosevelt
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leader of the Republican
Party and of the Progressive Movement. Commanded the Rough Riders. Negotiated to take control of the Panama Canal after a failed French attempt. Formed the Progressive Party. |
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Woodrow Wilson
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Democrat, winner of the 1912
election. Lowered tariffs, started the income tax. Originally an isolationist, later entered WWI, to end all wars-14 points and the League of Nations. |
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Established the"Separate but
equal" doctrine |
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jus sanguinis
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citizenship can be recognized
to any individual born to a parent who is a citizen of that state |
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Dawes Act
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Privatized Native American
lands and distributed them to the Native Americans. Native Americans would also become U.S. Citizens. Had disastrous effects 2/3 of the land was sold to whites. |
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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In response to decreased
wages and a decreased availability of gold in CA, the act restricted immigration of Chinese, and denied citizenship to immigrants in the U.S. |
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United States v. Wong Kim
Ark |
Held that the Chinese
Exclusion Act could not overrule the citizenship of those born in the U.S. to Chinese parents. |
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The Great Migration
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The African American
migration to the North and California between 1910-1930 |
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WWI
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was a global military conflict which took place primarily in Europe between 1914 and 1918. More than nine million soldiers and civilians died.
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Taft-Hartley Act
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the executive branch of the Federal government could obtain legal strikebreaking injunctions if an impending or current strike "imperiled the national health or safety,"
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WWII
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This global conflict split a majority of the world's nations into two opposing camps: the Allies and the Axis. Spanning much of the globe, World War II resulted in the deaths of over 60 million people, of which about half were Soviet, making it the deadliest conflict in human history
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Betty Friedan
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was an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for starting what is commonly known as the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book The Feminine Mystique.
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Freedom Rides
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Tested the decision by the Supreme Court that segregation in interstate bus terminals.
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