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71 Cards in this Set
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Which European group had the "best" relationship with the Native Americans?
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The French
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What is the significance of the "land bridge" in early American migration?
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Allowed Asians to move to America
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Jamestown
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A settlement in Virginia by English Settlers. The location was on a narrow peninsula with a commanding view of the river to spot Spanish ships.
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Smallpox
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A European disease carried by air. Killed many in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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John Smith
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A man who was a soldier in the Middle East and escaped captivity by Turks. Voyaged to Jamestown, Virginia.
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Christopher Columbus
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Genoese sailor. Searched for a western rout across the Atlantic to Asia. Also known as Christoforo Colombo.
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What were the causes of the Revolutionary War?
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Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Coercive Ace
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Why did the British march to Concord?
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Seize weapons and ammunition and to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock
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Where did the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress take place?
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Philidelphia
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Articles of Confederation
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Made by John Dickinson. Created loose alliance of the 13 states while preserving independence and most powers.
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Martin Luther
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German monk who led the protestant reformation in Germany.
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John Locke
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Englishman who believed in natural rights; life, liberty, property.
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Montesquieu
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French nobel and judge. Says individual freedom must be protected from royal absolutism.
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Rosseau
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Swissborn frenchman who wrote Social Contract where everyone shared common values and attitudes
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Thomas Paine
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Published a pamphlet called Common Sense in 1776. It stated the separation of colonies from England wa a natural part of growth.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Crearted most of thecDeclaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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What are the "roles" of the three branches of government?
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Executive - Pass/ Veto laws
Legislative - Make laws Judicial - Can rule laws unconstitutional and decide on meaning of laws |
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How many members are in the House of Representatives and in the Senate?
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House of Representatives: 435
Senate: 100 |
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Concurrent powers
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States nd government have the power to tax & borrow money, to establish courts and charter banks, build roads and enforce laws.
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Reserved powers
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Any right or power not specifically assigned or denied by Constitution was reserved to states or the people.
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Separation of powers
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Each function of government was distributed to a separate branch of government. Congress, executive (president), & judiciary
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Amendment
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A change to the Constitution
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Judicial review
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The power of the courts to review laws and determine whether they are unconstitutional.
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The Monroe Doctrine
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Policy by president Monroe in 1823. American continents were not to be considered subjects for future colinization by european powers & US would not interfere in Europe's internal affairs.
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Federalism
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System of government in which power is shared by a centeral governmeny (fedral govt) and by state government.
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Habeas Corpus
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Government cannot arrest and imprison people without stating the charges against them.
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What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
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Balanced sectional interests based on a proposal by Henry Clay
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What was the outcome of the Dred Scott lawsuit?
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He was not a citizen and had no legal right to sue, slaveholders could take them into a territory without restrictions
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What brought an end to Reconstruction?
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The black codes
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The annexation of Texas
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1837 - Added potential slave territory to the United States
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Manifest Destiny
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Right and duty to bring progress and democracy to the entire western himisphere.
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The Trail of Tears
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Forcing Native Americans to relocate on foot to specific Indian Territories.
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Reconstruction Amendments
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13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution that were intended to solve problems relating to civil rights
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KKK
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An organization of white people formed in the South after Civil War and revived in 1920's to maintain white supremacy by suppressing certain minority groups, primarily African Americans.
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Abraham Lincoln
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16th president. Commander and chief of Union armies; issued Emancipation Proclamation, beginning the end of slavery in the US. Assassinated in 1865.
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Andrew Johnson
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17th president. Fought with Congress of Reconstruction policies. Impeached but not convicted.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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18th president. Led Union armies to victory in Civil War. President during Reconstruction era. Administration was tainted by financial scandals.
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Robert E. Lee
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US army general. Commander of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Fought in Virginia, Maryland, and at Gettysburg. Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
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What were the two types of immigrants that came to the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?
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White immigrants and other colored immigrants
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What is the difference between "Old" and "New" immigrants?
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Old- White catholic protestant
New- Others that are not white catholic protestant |
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Where did most immigrants enter the country during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?
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New York at Ellis Island
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Where did immigrants typically work?
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Factories
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Xenophobia
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A hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers
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Culture Shock
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A condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes
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Captains of Industry
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Owners and managers of large industrial enterprises who wielded extraordinary political and economic power
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Robber barons
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People who'd built fortunes by swindling investors and taxpayers, and bribing officials
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Andrew Carnegie
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A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.
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John D. Rockefeller
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American businessman - founder of Standard Oil Co. (major monopoly)
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What factors led to the advancement of the Women's Right Movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?
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Progressive Era and WWI
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What arguments did people make AGAINST Women’s Rights? |
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What did Women's Rights activists want?
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Child care centers and common dining facilities
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What percentage of men’s salaries do women make today? |
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Why were women successful at gaining a Constitutional Amendment for suffrage?
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Aroused public opinion through demonstration
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"The Jungle"
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This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.
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Muckrakers
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Writers of the Progressive Era who pioneered investigative journalism and exposed social and political corruption of the time.
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Trustbusting
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Government's attempts to break up monopolies through antitrust suits, especially as carried out by President Theodore Roosevelt against the Northern Securities Company.
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Arbitration
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Method of settling disagreements between employers and workers through decision by impartial person or committee.
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Declaration of Sentiments
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declared that all "people are created equal"; used the Declaration of Independence to argue for women's rights
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National Woman's Party (NWP)
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Remnant of women's suffrage movement of early 1920's which supported expansion of Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include discrimination against women; clause outlawing sexual discrimination was adopted in the act.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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26th US president. Helped conserve natural resources, regulated business trusts and monopolies, and supported passage of Pure Food and Drug Act. Secured right to build and control Panama Canal. Ran in the "Bull Moose" party.
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Alice Paul
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A suffragette who believed that giving women the right to vote would eliminate the corruption in politics
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Susan B. Anthony
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US feminist. Major figure in women's rights movement between 1850 and 1906. Organized conventions and campaigns for petitions, raised money, organized National Woman Suffrage Association and served as its president.
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Sojourner Truth
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American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women.
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Refrendum
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Process that allows citizens to vote on a proposed law or, through petition, to submit an existing law to a vote.
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Recall
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Procedure that allows voters to remove an official from office before his or her term has expired.
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Initiative
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A procedure that allows citizens to introduce bills on a ballot or in state legislatures by petition.
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Direct Primary
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A primary election in which a party's candidates for elective office are chosen directly by voters instead of by party members at a convention.
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With whom did we go to war in 1898 and why?
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Spain, to keep Spain from overthrowing Cuba.
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What event sparked WWI?
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Assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Why did the US enter WWI?
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Germans were sinking US passenger ships
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Who was president during WWI?
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Woodrow Wilson
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