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98 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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Which group supported adding a bill of rights to the Constitution?
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Antifederalists
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One direct result of the Intolerable Acts was
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formation of First Continental Congress
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The result of Shay's rebellion was to demonstrate that
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the government set up by the Articles of Confederation was ineffective
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The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to
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strengthen the authority of the central government
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The qualifications for a US senator do not require that they
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belong to a registered political party
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A US senator serves for
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six years
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The president must be a US citizen
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since birth
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If the president neither signs nor returns a bill to Congress during the time allowed, that bill
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becomes law
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In order to become law of the land, the Constitution had to be ratified by
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all thirteen states
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A member of the House of Reps is elected for a term of
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two years
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The "supreme law of the land" is
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the Constitution
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For Congress to override a presidential veto of a bill,
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each house must pass the bill by a 2/3 majority
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The Supreme Court's power to judge the constitutionality of a law
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was made explicit in the case Marbury vs Madison
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New states may be admitted to the US only if they are approved by
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Congress
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The framers of the Constitution set out to do all of the following except
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create a capitalist government
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The Preamble to the Constitution
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lists citizen's rights
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A federal judge's term in office lasts for
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life
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For a person to serve as a member of Congress, he or she must
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promise to uphold the Constitution
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For a constitutional amendment that has passed Congress to become law, it must be approved by
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3/4 of the state's legislatures
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If an accused woman "pleads the Fifth," she is
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refusing to testify against herself in court
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New states may be admitted to the United States only if they
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are approved by Congress
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Which area of the Monroe Doctrine aim to free from European influence?
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the Western hemisphere
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What did the abolition movement promote?
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ending the institution of slavery
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Which event was a direct result of the Compromise of 1850?
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California was admitted as a free state
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Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?
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the residents of the territory
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What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision?
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being in free territory did not make a slave free
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When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
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to restore the Union
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Which of the following quotations is from the Gettysburg Address?
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"The world will little note nor long remember..."
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What was John Brown's aim at Harpers Ferry?
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to seize a federal arsenal and start a widespread slave uprising
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What was an important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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it gave a moral purpose to the war
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Why did new Republican govts in the South after the Civil War have difficulty?
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many white Southerners refused to accept equal rights for blacks
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What most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?
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electricity
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What did Social Darwinism discourage?
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government regulation
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What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?
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new methods of making steel
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What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce during the late 1800s?
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competition
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Which of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?
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changes in local labor laws for women and children
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What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act?
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to lower excessive railroad rates
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What did not contribute to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s?
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the emergence of the middle class
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Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following except
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cutting the quality of his products
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In the late 1800s, collective bargaining was a technique used to
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win workers' rights
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Vertical integration, a business strategy used by Andrew Carnegie, involves
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buying out raw materials and distributors
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The ICA gave the right to supervise railroad activities to
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the federal government
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The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called
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Angel Island
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The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to
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decrease Chinese immigration
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What is true of the Gentlemen's Agreement?
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it decreased Japanese immigration
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What is the main purpose of patronage?
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to reward one's supporters
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The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except
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promoting business monopolies
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In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
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unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
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The primary goal of the NAACP was
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equality of the races
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what was the primary goal of prohibitionists
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eliminating use of alcohol
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which of the following did not stimulate US imperialism
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need for a new source of cheap labor
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for which action did theodore roosevelt win the 1906 nobel peace prize
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negotiating end of war bt russia and japan
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in which conflict were the us military troops not involved
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the russo-japanese war
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what did the us insist that cuba include in its constitution
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the platt amendment
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on what did the roosevelt corollary build
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monroe doctrine
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what was the purpose of the foraker act
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to end military rule and set up civil govt in puerto rico
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what was not an imperialistic power in the late 1800s?
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china
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what country did not come under us control after spanish american war
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Hawaii
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general john j pershing led a force of fifteen thousand soldiers in an attempt to capture
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pancho villa
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what best represents anti imperialist attitude
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it is not necessary to own people to trade w them
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the boxer rebellion was an attempt to
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remove foreign influence in china
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the us gained control of the land to build panama canal by
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encouraging panamanian independence
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the open door policy was designed as a way for the us to further
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its trade interests
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the rapid growth of industry in the us helped fuel imperialism bc
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the us was producing too many goods for its own people to buy
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Teddy Roosevelt's approach to foreign policy reflected the proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick" bc
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his soft-spoken personality made foreign leaders trust and admire him
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Enlightenment thinkers of the 1700s generally believed that
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it is possible for society to progress and improve
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What best describes one way that Enlightenment ideas affected many Europeans during the late 18th century
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they began to question traditional authority such as the Church
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According to John Locke, if a govt doesn't protect people's natural rights, then the people
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have the right to rebel or abolish the govt
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the immediate conflict sparked the civil war involved states' rights to
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secede from the Union
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What describes the Irish immigrants who were persecuted in cities bt 1830 and 1860
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these immigrants were mainly catholic
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many immigrants were attacked in the 1800s bc others were afraid of their religion and bc immigrants
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might compete for low paying jobs
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the establishment clause in the first amendment
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prohibits the govt from establishing a state religion
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the first amendment was added bc delegates at the Constitutional Convention wanted
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to ensure the govt did not have too much power over citizens
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Which would be a violation by the govt of the free exercise clause?
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preventing people who believe in certain religions from holding office
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how does the free exercise clause affect public schools
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students cannot be forced to say a prayer
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increases in production related to the industrial revolution prompted the us to
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increase foreign trade to develop new markets
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before 1920, most immigrants to the us came from
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europe
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in a monopoly, a company has
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control over an industry by squeezing out small competitors
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some business leaders in the late 1800s were called "robber barons" bc they
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used ruthless business tactics to get rich
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social darwinism explained the success of industrial tycoons by saying that these business owners
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had overcome and eliminated weaker competitors
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the ideas of 'unalienable rights' and the people's right to 'alter or abolish' a govt are most closely associated w which enlightenment thinker
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john locke
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during the debate at the constitutional convention, what promise allowed the constitution to be ratified
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federalists promised to add a bill of rights to protect the rights of citizens
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in the late 1800s early 1900s some factory owners preferred to hire women instead of men bc
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women earned lower wages than men
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most children who worked in factories
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suffered injuries/other disabilities bc of the hard work
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what was the main purpose of secretary of state John Hay's Open Door policy
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to give the us access to new markets such as china
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the philippines fought the us just after the spanish american war bc the us
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had kept the philippines as a colony, and it wanted independence
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in the late 1800s, many americans thought building a canal across central america would help the us to
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improve america's worldwide trade and military abilities
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to protect us interests in latin america and elsewhere, pres theodore roosevelt announced that the us could act as
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'an international police power'
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big stick diplomacy, dollar diplomacy, and moral diplomacy were all intended to
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protect us business interests in latin america
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"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every govt on earth...and what no govt should refuse"-Jefferson to Madison
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the unalienable rights of every individual
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the constitution limits the power of the federal govt by
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ensuring checks and balances for three branches of govt
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anti federalists opposed ratifying the constitution bc they
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thought there was not enough protection of individual rights
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after the civil war, southern states helped poor, uneducated whites to vote by using
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the grandfather clause
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in the late 1800s, some cities could specialize in one product bc
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railroads could distribute goods to a national market
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what statement might be made by an opponent of social darwinism
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species adapt differently than society or business
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which goal exemplifies the progressive movement
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for govt to be more efficient and responsive to public need
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american progressives at the turn of the 20th century believed that
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the power of large corporations should be limited
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