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30 Cards in this Set
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abdicate
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give up power
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abolitionist
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person who wants to end slavery
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acculturation
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process of hold ing on to older traditions
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act of toleration
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a1649 maryland law thet provided religous freedom for all christans
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adams onis treaty
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a 1821 treaty between spain and the US in witch spain agreed to give Flordia to the US
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adobs
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sun dried bricks
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affirmative action
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progarm to provide more educationand jobs opportunities for poeple who faced discrimination in the past
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AFL
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(american Federation of Labor)an organization of trade unions that represented skilled workers
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agression
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warlike act by one country without just cause
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alamo
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old spainish mission in Texas were Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged taxans in 1836
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Albany plan of union
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proposeal by Benjerman Franklin to create one government for the the thirteen colonies
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alien and sedition acts
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1798 Federalists supported laws that perimmited the presidant to expel foreigners made it harder for immagrants to become citizens and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officals
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alliance
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agreement between nations aid and protect one another
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Alliance for progres
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economic aid program for latian American developed by presidant Kennedy
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allied powers
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military alliance of France Britan RUSSIA ITLALY and 20 nations during ww1
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Allies
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ww2 military alliance of Britan France the Sovit Union and The United States
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ally
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nation that works with another nation for a common porpose
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altitude
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hight above sea level
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amend
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change
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American Association of retired persons
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organizations that moniters issuews of concerns to older americans
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American colonizations society
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1800s organizations that proposed to end slavery by helping african americans to move to africa
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American Indian relgious freedom act
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in 1978 law that directed federal agenciesnot to infer with native americans religous practices
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american systems
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program for economic growth promoted by Henery Clay in the early 1800s called for high tarrifson imports
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Americans with disabilitys acts
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lawed passed in the 19990s kthast prohibits discrimination in hiring poeple with physical or mental impairments
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amnesty
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government pardon
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anarchrist
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person who opposes organized government
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annex
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to add on or take over
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anthropology
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the study of how poeple and cultures develope
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antifederalists
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poeple who opposed the constitution and a strong national government
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apartheid
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strict seperation of races in south africa
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