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60 Cards in this Set
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What were the 3 reasons for European exploration in the New World
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God, Gold & Glory
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The 1st successful Britsh settlement in North America in 1607?
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JamesTown
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Religious Revivals in the 1700s
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Great Awakening
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Two factors of Mercantilism
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Gold&Silver
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What European nation lost most of their land in North America in 1763
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France
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Which enlightened thinker believed people should be served by an elected body to protect life, liberty & property
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Locke
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Enlightened thinker believed in seperation of government powers into leg. exe.& jud.
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Montesque
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1st direct tax placed upon colonist by the British
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Tea act
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Successful tactic utilized by colonists to end repressive taxation policies of the British
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boycotting
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British wanted to pass the Tea act so the colonists
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accept taxation w/o representation
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Declaration of Independence was largly written by
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Thomas Jefferson
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Connecticut Compromise
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Bi cameral congress; senate & representative
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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
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no taxing & no control over trade
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Beliefs of the Federalists & Anti Feds
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feds: national government
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Federalist Papers
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85 essaya defending the constitution
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Article 1,11,&111 of the constition established what branches of government
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1.leg 2.exe 3.jud
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First ten amendments to the constition are termed
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the bill of rights
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First Amendment to the constitution
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freedom of speech,religion & peacable assembly
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Court case that established judicial review
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marbury vs madison
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war of 1812 was fought against what nation
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britain
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missouri compromise
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admitted missouri as a slave state, maine free & extended the 36'30 line to divide territories as free or slave
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Andrew Jackson
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sought to end the influence of the u.s. bank
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Elizabeth Stanton & Lucretia Mott womens suffrage meeting
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Manifest Destiny
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United states should own north america land to the pacific ocean
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Repealed Missouri compromise allowing for popular sovereignty to decide issue of slavery in states
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Dred Scott
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Slaves in free states does not make the slave free; slaves are property
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Gains of Compromise of 1850
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north: cali free state
south:stronger fugitive slave laws |
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John Brown
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attempted slave rebellion that sought to seize the federal arsenal at harpers ferry
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Pres. Lincoln issued freeing slaves in the states fighting the union
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gettysburg
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was the turning point of the war for the union
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Freedmans Bureau
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provide free slaves & refugees with food, clothing, shelter & education
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13th amendment
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abolish slavery
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14th amendment
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equal protection under law
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15th amendment
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blacks can vote
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robberbarons & captains of industry
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rockefellar & carnegie
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Social Darwinism
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rich are superior to the poor
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Purity Crusaders
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individuals in the 2nd great awakening & social gospel
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Haymarket Riot
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labor dispute in 1886 at chicagos mccormick reaper factory where 7 police and several protestors were killed
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Homestead Strike
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directed at Carnegie;steel
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Pullman Strike
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President Cleveland sent fed. troops tp end the protest pf the American Railway Union
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Spanish American War
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the Delome letter & the sinking of the uss maine were precipitants to this war
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plessy vs. ferguson
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"seperate but equal" legitimized Jim Crow Laws; legally segregationg African Americans
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Open Door Policy
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China
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Upton Sinclair wrote THE JUNGLE about
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the meat packing industry
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Roosevelt Corollary
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U.S. had the authority to intervene in the western hemisphere
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The Gentlemens Agreement
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Limited number of Japanese immigrating to the U.S.
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Square Deal
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Theodore Roosevelt policies with anti-trust legislation
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Muck rakers
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"yellow journalism" & sensational stories
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Boxer Rebellion
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US military response to Chinese nationalist killing missionaries & attacking colonial holdings
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Triangle ShirtWaist Fire
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improved policies regarding workplace safety regulations
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dollar diplomacy
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american investments in latin america & abroad
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Mother Jones
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advocate for miner's union & ended child labor in the US
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Shanks Trail
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immigrants were convicted of murdering payroll
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Scopes Trail
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between U.J. Bryan & C. Darrow about evolution & creation
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Espinoge & Sedition acts
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crime for a person to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies
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18th Amendment
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Prohibition sale of alcohol
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19th amendment
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womens suffrage
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League of Nations
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organization to avert war
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14 Points
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treaty of versailles
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Treaty of Versailles
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Sought to create eternal peace
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