History Exam Review

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civil war

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war, which started in 1860 between the north and the south that stayed because the south wanted to pull away from the north who constantly told them what to do.

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reconstruction

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time after the civil war in which the us tired to clean up and bring the south back. didn't work too well because the south still hated blacks.

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Abraham Lincoln

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16th president, his election cause multiple states in the south secede. made a famous speech in Gettysburg.

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13th amendment

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gave blacks equal rights.

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14th amendment

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have Black's the right to vote

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settling the west

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people who took the risk of going out west to get a better chance of making it big

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dred Scott v. sanford

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dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. From 1833 to 1843, he resided in Illinois (a free state) and in an area of the Louisiana Territory, where slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. After returning to Missouri, Scott sued unsuccessfully in the Missouri courts for his freedom, claiming that his residence in free territory made him a free man. Scott then brought a new suit in federal court. Scott's master maintained that no pure-blooded Negro of African descent and the descendant of slaves could be a citizen in the sense of Article III of the Constitution.

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railroads

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big part of western expansion. U.S made a plan to make transcontinental.

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industrialization

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building of factories and mass production begins

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big business

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are large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities

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labor unions

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groups of people that were in place to keep workers safe and keep the bosses in line

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immigration

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people from another country moving somewhere to have a better life or for other reasons

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urbanization

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a word for becoming more like a city. When populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas.

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political machines

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political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.

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progressivism

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 is a term that encompasses a wide spectrum of social movements and political ideologies

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Teddy Roosevelt

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 served as the twenty-sixth president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. A writer, explorer, and soldier, as well as a politician, Roosevelt distinguished himself as president by advocating conservation of natural resources, waging legal battles against economic monopolies and trusts, and exercising leadership in foreign affairs. An energetic man with a colorful personality, Roosevelt later sought to reclaim the presidency in 1912 as the head of theProgressive Party.

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Woodrow Wilson

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28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)

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imperialism

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a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

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spanish-american war

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a war in 1898 between the US and Spain, which the US started because it wanted Cuba to be independent from Spain and because the US battleship Maine was mysteriously destroyed by an explosion near Havana, Cuba.

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Plessy v. Fergusen

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The Supreme Court case, since overturned by Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which upheld the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race.

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world war 1

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 war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (which entered in 1915), and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.

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treaty of Versailles

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 was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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red scare

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 the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism.

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sacco-vanzetti

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Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States in 1920.

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immigration in 1920

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the united States stated putting quotas for hope many immigrants from one country could join the U.S

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labor strikes

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laborers started striking because they were tired of dangerous work environment and low wages. the only problem was that companies would just fire the people who strikes.