Semester History Study Guide

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Abe Lincoln

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-His mission was not to necessarily end slavery, but to prevent it from spreading to territories that did not have it
- was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre

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Jane Addams

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-Created Haul House
-Against child labor

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Dred Scott

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His supreme court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens

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Jacob Riis

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Wrote "How the Other Half Lives"

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William McKinley

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Elected president twice and was assassinated in 1901

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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that America should own all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

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1. Take Richmond
2. Split the South
3. Blockade Southern Ports

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3 Union Strategies

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1. Escape Debt
2. Religious Freedom
3. Start a new life
4. Escape the Kings Law

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Reasons for British Colonization in America

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Louisiana Purchase

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purchase of land by Thomas Jefferson from France in 1803

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Thomas Paine

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wrote common sense

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Harriet Tubman

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underground railroad to canada

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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John D. Rockerfeller

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Ruthless leader of Standard Oil Company
Entrepreneur

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James J. Hill

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Builder of the great Northern Railroad

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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led an insurrection of Filipinos against the Americans

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Andrew Carnegie

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"Gospel of Wealth"
Carnegie Steel

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Susan B. Anthony

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leader in the fight for the women's rights

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Clara Barton

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Civil war nurse the founded the Red Cross

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Karl Marx

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saw history as a stuggle between classes
Started communism

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Henry Bessemer

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developed a better grade of steel, improving US industry

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U.S Grant

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Union commander that led the North to victory in the war

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Christopher Columbus

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discovered America in 1492

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Thomas Jefferson

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Advocated limiting the power of the central government
Wrote Declaration of Independence

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Helen Hunt Jackson

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wrote "A Century of Dishonor"

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William Tweed

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political boss of NYC Political Machine and Tammany Hall

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Frances Perkins

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first women cabinet member

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Spoils System

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presidents give someone a job in government who helped him through his election
Controversial method of filling government jobs

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Vicksburg

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Union victory that gave the US complete control of Mississippi River

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Imperialism

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policy of establishing colonies and building empires

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Nationalism

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intense loyalty of one country

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Isolationism

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US policy of separating from the political affairs of their countries

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Laissez Faire

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"hands off" government theory

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Marbury vs Madison

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court formed based off exercise of Judicial Review

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Plessy vs Ferguson

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1896 Jim Crow Laws legalized

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Gettysburg

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Pennsylvania battle that would be the last southern offense into the north
Turning point in the war

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13th Amendment

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African American Freedom

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14th Amendment

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African American Citizenship

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15th Amendment

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African Americans right to vote

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16th Amendment

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Federal income tax

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17th Amendment

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direct election of senates

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18th Amendment

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Legalize Prohibition

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19th Amendment

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women's right to vote

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Delaration of Independence

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document that established the United states
adopted on July 4th 1776
written by Thomas Jefferson

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Cuba
Philippines

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Where Spanish American War was fought?

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Recall

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ability of government to remove officials

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Referendum

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allows people to remove laws

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Initiative

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allows citizens to propose legislation and to vote on it

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Reconstruction

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controversial rebuilding of the south

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Grover Cleveand

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served 2 non consecutive terms

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Teddy Roosevelt

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-used his presidential power to end the coal workers strike
-Returned to politics;didn't like what was going on
-created the Bull Moose Party
-Conservation president
-"Trust Buster"

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Brigham Young

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brought the Mormons to utah, new leader after Joseph Smith died

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Upton Sinclair

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-wrote "The Jungle"
-exposed unsanitary conditions in meat packaging
-Food Inspection

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James Monroe

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told Europe not to colonize in America

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James Garfield

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president that was assassinated by a disgusted civil service seeker

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vicksburg

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Union victory that gave US complete control of Mississippi River

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The Alamo

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fort outside of San Antonio, Texas
Texans got crushed

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Social Darwinism

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Philosophy of giant industrialists that justified their methods

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Progressivism

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Fort Laramie Treaty

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Wounded Kneel

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last confrontation between governmen and Indians

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Guadeloupe Hidalgo

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Treaty of Paris 1898

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Legislative- makes laws/congress
Executive- president/cabinet
Judicial- federal courts

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3 branches of government

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Articles of Confederation

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Communism

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-government control

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the grange

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farmers organized to take on railroad monopoly

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china

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closed door policy