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17 Cards in this Set
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Union?
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The U.S as one country, but during the Civil War referring to the North
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Confederacy?
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The independent part of the U.s, that referred to the South during the Civil War
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Jim Crow Laws?
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Laws that enforced segregation after the Civil War.
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Homesteader?
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A farmer who is given a plot of public land, which in return they make use of
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Suffrage?
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The right to vote
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Corporation?
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A business that is owned by many investors.
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Regulation?
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The enforcement of laws
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Philanthropy?
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Active comfort to promote human welfare
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Isolationism?
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A policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries.
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Quota?
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A limit based in numbers and proportions
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Expansionism?
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The idea that America should take over new territories and expand
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Annexation?
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To add territories to a country
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Armistice?
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A truce
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Reparations?
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Debts created towards an opponent due to the harm done by a war
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Anti-Semitism?
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Prejudice against Jews
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Capitalism?
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An economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses.
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Communism?
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An economic system based on the idea that farms and businesses. should be owned in common by the workers who do the labor.
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