Us History

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Loyalist

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A colonist during the American Revolution who supported the English

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Patriot

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A colonist during the American Revolution who supported the "freedom" cause and fought against the English.

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Adolf Hitler

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The Nazi Party leader and leader of Germany during WWII

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Ace

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A pilot who had the most kills while airborne

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Segregation

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The seperation of black and whites in public facilities

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Agent Orange

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A chemical used during the Vietnam War to completely destroy vegetation

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VC/Victor Charlie/Charlie

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The code name for the Vietcong; this was used by American troops

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Abolitionist

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Someone who did not support slavery and fought to free the slaves

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Abraham Lincoln

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President of the United States during the Civil War. He was later assasinated in Ford's Theatre.

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Al Capone

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An infamous organized criminal who ran some of the major cities in the US like Chicago, bringing in alcohol.

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18th Amendment

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The prohibition of alcohol.

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21st Amendment

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Ended prohibition

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19th Amendment

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Women given the right to vote

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Hoovervilles

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Shantytowns where people lived during the Great Depression

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President Herbert Hoover

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Passive leader, felt buisniness would help recover economy, president during Great Depression

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Bonus Army

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WWI veterns marched to D.C. to get benefits promised to them-dispursed using teargas by MacArthur, etc.

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Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

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Asssinated in Bosnia by the "Black Hand"

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Propaganda

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Used to influence the people of different countries to rally for their country.

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Zimmerman Telegraph

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Sent from Germany to German embassitor in Mexicao, trying to convince Mexico to attack US. British intercepted it but help back to push US over the edge.

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14 Points

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1-no secret treaties (A)
2-freedom of seas (M)
3-tariffs lowers to foster trade (I)
4-arms reduction (M)
5-colonial powers reduced (N)
6-13-boundary changes (I)
14-League of Nations (N)

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Big Four

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Olando-Italy
George-England
Wildon-US
Clemenceau-France

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Blitzkrieg

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Lightning swift movements that Hitler used to conquer.

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Appeasemen of Hitler

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Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French Primier Edouard Daladier agree to allow Hitler to take Sudentenland

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Allied Powers

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United States, Great Britian, Russia, France

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Benito Mussolini

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Italian leader who was later turned over to his own people killed.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Leader of the United States during WWII and introduced the lend-lease Act

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Fireside Chats

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Roosevelt came over radio to lift spirits of American people during Depression

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D-Day

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The invation of France by the Allied Forces-Normandy. It led to the liberation of Paris and was called Operation Overlord. Beaches included Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah, and Sword

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Containment

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The idea to keep communism from spreading

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The commander of US forces of D-Day invation.

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Erwin Rommel

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The German commander is known as hte "Desert Fox"

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Battle of the Bulge

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the final German offensive of WWII

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Auschwitz

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The largest of the death camps in Nazi Germany

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Joseph Mengela

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A doctor who performed experiements on death camp victims. Called the "Angel of Death"

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Kamikaze

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Name given to Japanese pilots who killed themselves by crashing planes into US ships, etc.

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Island Hopping

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The idea of overcoming one island at a time until our goal had been reached. The battle that started this process was either Midway or Coral Sea.

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Impressment

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The seizing of Americans by the British and foring them into the British navy. This sparked the War of 1812.

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Joseph Stalin

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The leader of the Soviet Union

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Manhattan project

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name of the program established to develop 1st atomic bom

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Enola Gay

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Name of the plane that dropped the 1st atomic bomb on Japan.

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Little Boy

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Name of the bomb that hit Hiroshima.

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Hiroshima

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Name of the first city that the US dropped the atomic bomb on.

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Nagasaki

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The second city the US droppd the atomic bomb on.

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Fat Man

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The second atomic bomb that hit Nagasaki.

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Teddy Roosevelt

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The rough-riding president that watned to serve in WWI.

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Neutral

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The idea of staying out of confict. The US took this position prior to entering WWI.

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Trench Warfare

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The type of warfare where you dig trenches on either side and fight from them. Defense, not offense.

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Lusitania

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The British passenger ship that sank after being attacked by a German U-Boat

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Constitution

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Went through the Virginia plan, New Jersey plan, Great Compromise, and 3/5 compromise to get there. Federalist and anti-federalist. The backbone and foundation of US.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Wealth in steel and railroads. Used vertical integration, which you want use you get a bit of everything.

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John D. Rockefeller

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Wealth in oil refineries and used horizonital integration, which we don't like cause it causes monopolies.

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13 Original Colonies

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New England Colonies: manufactured goods, etc.
Middle Colonies: manufactured goods, agriculture, etc.
Southern Colonies: agricultural goods

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Louisanna Territory

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Thomas Jefferson bought land from Nepolean and double US size. Lewis and Clark Expedition followed.

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Olive Branch Petition

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A plea to the king of England to help resolve problems in colonies, but he refused so war followed.

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No Man's Land

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Space between trenches with barbed wire, etc. If you were caught there, chances are you would be killed.

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Monroe Doctrine

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Stay out of European affairs, but it hurt out economy, closed colinization to Europe and Europe stays out of our buisiness.

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Spanish American War

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attacked USS Maine and war cry is placed upon government. We liberated Caribbean and watned presence. Still holds Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam.

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Articles of Confederation

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Ran the country from 1781-1791. All the colonies had to agree for change, all were equal. Government had no power, each state operated as own. Nothing complished.

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Ho Chi Minh

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Vietnamese revolutionist with communist ideas; leader of North Vietname who were helped during WWII, but pulled out.

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Domino Theory

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Eisenhower introduced: when one country fell to communism, all the rest would as well.

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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South Vietnam president; puppet-leader of US, was taken out by CIA because he was corrupt.

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Charlie

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Code name for Vietcong

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Ho Chi Minh Trail

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network of paths that carried supplies from the North to the South

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Hollywood Ten

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Ten directors, producers, etc. who were blacklisted because they were suspected communists.

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Tonkin Resolution

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1964; gave president more power to put in more military actions after US destroyer fired at.

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Tet Offensive

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Similar to Iraq with going through building after building

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Theatres of War in WWII

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North Africa, Europe, and Pacific