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21 Cards in this Set
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The principal motivation for drafting the Bill of Rights was the desire to
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protect rights not specified in the Constitution
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It was designed to meet the nations need for economic progress and self sufficiency. What plan?
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American System
Henry Clay Protective tariff Internal Improvements Monetary policy |
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In 1861 the north went to war with the south primarily to
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preserve the union
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clothing industry in the late 19th century
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the sewing machine made mass manufacturing of clothing possible and clothing more affordable
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Woodrow Wilson hardened Senate opposition to the Treay of Versailles by his refusal to compromise on the issue of
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the unconditional adherence of the US to the charter of the League of Nations
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An outpouring of black artistic and literary creativity
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Harlem Renaissance
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the experience of americans of Japanese decent during WWII
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they were forced from their homes and businesses on the west coast into detention camps
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Students staged a sit-in in Greensboro, NC in 1960 to protest
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segregation of public facilities
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SEt a boudary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the english colonists were forbidden to settle
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Proclamation of 1763
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what contributed most to the American victory in the Revolution
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French military and financial assistance
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Ralph Waldo Emerson themes
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stressed the importance of individual inspiration, self reliance, dissent, and nonconformity
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the objective of the Bonus Expeditionary Force that marched on Washington DC in 1932 was to obtain
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payment of money to veterans of the first WW
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Brown vs Board of Education overturned
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Plessy vs Ferguson
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married women in colonial era
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she generally lost control of her property when she got married
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president washingtons neutrality proclamation of 1793 aimed at
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french dipolmatic overtures to invoke the franco-american alliance
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the hartford convention was a manifestation of
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New England Federalist opposition to the war of 1812
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declining death rate in american cities at the end of the 19th century
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cities built sewers and supplied purified water
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Labor org that endorsed the philosophy of bread and butter unionism by concentrating on demands for higher wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions
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the American Federation of LAbor
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Built dams that made rural electrification possible
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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In negotiation to end the cuban missile crisis, President Kennedy promised to
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refrain from a military invasion of Cuba
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the primary purpose of the stamp act was to
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raise revenue to support British troops stationed in america (F&I war)
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