History

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Thomas Jefferson

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president who purchased the Lousiana territory

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Andrew Jackson

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Removed American Indians from the south, sent them on the trail of tears

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Dorothea Dix

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Reformed the treatment of the mentally ill during the 2nd great awakening

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Robert E. Lee

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Leader of the confederate army during the civil way. One of the great American generals

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Leader of the Union Army, later became president

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Andrew Johnson

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President after Lincoln was assinated, came within one vote of being impeached.

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Louisiana Purchase

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Purchased from France, doubled the size of the United States

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Trail of tears

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Name given to the removal the in the Indians removed from the south to the oklahoma territory. some 4000 died along the way

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Brutal civil war battle, turned the tide in favor of the north

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Shermans March to the sea

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northern general and his army destroyed much of Georgia, great victory for the North

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Appomattox

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Where General Lee surrendered, end of the civil war

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Underground railroad

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Network of people who helped escaped slaves get to the north

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war of attrition

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military strategy of wearing down the opponent with greater numbers of soldiers and equipment

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black codes

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southern laws after civil war that kept blacks as second class citizens

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sitting bull

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leader of the sioux who was victorious at little big horn

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Helen Hunt Jackson

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wrote "a century of dishonor", critsized the governments mistreatment of american indians

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Andrew Carnegie

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wealthy steel tycoon who contributed most of his wealth to charities

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Jane Addams

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assisted the urban poor by creating settlement houses

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thomas edison

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famous american inventor

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Little big horn

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place where custers troops were wiped out- Last major victory for American Indians

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Dawes Act

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Law created to americanize the indians, had to become farmers, american names

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Homestead Act

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Land act that allowed people to take possision of 160 acres by farming and living on it for five years

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Transscontinental Railroad

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connected the west and the east
started in Omaha, met in Utah, ended in Sacramento

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assimilation

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the process where a minority adapts and blends into another culture

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monopoly

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where one company has economic control over an entire industry

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settlement housing

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homes in urban areas to help the poor by providing shelter, education, and childcare

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illiterate

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in inability to read or write

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William McKinley

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president in office during the spanish american war

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theodore roosevelt

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leader of rough riders, later a president who had an imperlastic tendacy

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franz ferdinand

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arch duke of austria-hungry who was assinated by a serb

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rough riders

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victorious at San Juan Hill in Cuba fighting the Spanish

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Central Powers

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Alliance formed at start of WWI
Germany, and Austria-Hungry

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Allied Powers

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Alliance formed by russia, Britian, and France

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Sinking of USS Maine

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Americans blamed Spanish- sparked the Spanish American War

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Spark that started WWI

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Great Migration

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Thousands of African Americans migrated north between 1915-1930

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League of Nations

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organization formed after WWI by countries to end all warfare

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imperialsim

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a nations quest for power by forming a colonial empire

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neutrailty

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a countries policy in not supporting either side in a conflict

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dollar diplomacy

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a foreign policy of using financial influence rather than military might

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trench war fare

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fighting stategy that often resulted in a stalemate used during WWI

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Henry Ford

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made cars affordable for many americans by using the assembly line

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Al Capone

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Gangster in Chicago who made his fortune during the the era of prohibiton

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Louis Armstrong

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Brought Jazz into the mainstream with his unique voice and his trumpet

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Langston Hughes

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a well known black poet in Harlem Renassiance

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Huey Long

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Critic of FDR, share our wealth program- take from the rich and give to the poor

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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First Lady, Played major role in helping Americans through the Great drepression

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Dorothea Lange

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Most well known photographer during the great depression, most famous work was "Migrant Mother"

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Prohibition

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18th amendment that outlawed alcohol, rise in crime rate

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harlem renaissance

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harlem in the 1920s was the center of growth for the African american arts

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Stock Market Crast

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October 29 1929 investment bubble burst due to panic selling, factor in the global depression

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dust bowl

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great drought in the great plains that forced farmers to move and find new jobs

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FDIC

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insured bank deposits, provided confindence in the banking system

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CCC

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provided jobs to young americans to develop national parks and forests

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SEC

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regulated the stock market and its investors

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TVA

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helped areas in Tenn. built dams and power stations

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installment plan

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buy products on credit

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margin buying

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purchasing stocks on borrowed money

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rugged individualsim

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the idea that you can do it on your own (hoover)

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business cycle

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the regular ups and downs of the business world