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Which European group had the "best" relationship with the Native Americans?
The French
What is the significance of the "land bridge" in early American migration?
Allowed Asians to move to America
Jamestown
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.
Smallpox
A European disease carried by air. Killed many in the 16th and 17th centuries.
John Smith
A man who was a soldier in the Middle East and escaped captivity by Turks. Voyaged to Jamestown, Virginia.
Christopher Columbus
Genoese sailor. Searched for a western rout across the Atlantic to Asia. Also known as Christoforo Colombo.
What were the causes of the Revolutionary War?
Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Coercive Ace
Why did the British march to Concord?
Seize weapons and ammunition and to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock
Where did the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress take place?
Philidelphia
Articles of Confederation
Made by John Dickinson. Created loose alliance of the 13 states while preserving independence and most powers.
Martin Luther
German monk who led the protestant reformation in Germany.
John Locke
Englishman who believed in natural rights; life, liberty, property.
Montesquieu
French nobel and judge. Says individual freedom must be protected from royal absolutism.
Rosseau
Swissborn frenchman who wrote Social Contract where everyone shared common values and attitudes
Thomas Paine
Published a pamphlet called Common Sense in 1776. It stated the separation of colonies from England wa a natural part of growth.
Thomas Jefferson
Crearted most of thecDeclaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
What are the "roles" of the three branches of government?
Executive - Pass/ Veto laws

Legislative - Make laws


Judicial - Can rule laws unconstitutional and decide on meaning of laws

How many members are in the House of Representatives and in the Senate?
House of Representatives: 435

Senate: 100

Concurrent powers
States nd government have the power to tax & borrow money, to establish courts and charter banks, build roads and enforce laws.
Reserved powers
Any right or power not specifically assigned or denied by Constitution was reserved to states or the people.
Separation of powers
Each function of government was distributed to a separate branch of government. Congress, executive (president), & judiciary
Amendment
A change to the Constitution
Judicial review
The power of the courts to review laws and determine whether they are unconstitutional.
The Monroe Doctrine
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.
Federalism
System of government in which power is shared by a centeral governmeny (fedral govt) and by state government.
Habeas Corpus
Government cannot arrest and imprison people without stating the charges against them.
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
Balanced sectional interests based on a proposal by Henry Clay
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott lawsuit?
He was not a citizen and had no legal right to sue, slaveholders could take them into a territory without restrictions
What brought an end to Reconstruction?
The black codes
The annexation of Texas
1837 - Added potential slave territory to the United States
Manifest Destiny
Right and duty to bring progress and democracy to the entire western himisphere.
The Trail of Tears
Forcing Native Americans to relocate on foot to specific Indian Territories.
Reconstruction Amendments
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution that were intended to solve problems relating to civil rights
KKK
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.
Abraham Lincoln
16th president. Commander and chief of Union armies; issued Emancipation Proclamation, beginning the end of slavery in the US. Assassinated in 1865.
Andrew Johnson
17th president. Fought with Congress of Reconstruction policies. Impeached but not convicted.
Ulysses S. Grant
18th president. Led Union armies to victory in Civil War. President during Reconstruction era. Administration was tainted by financial scandals.
Robert E. Lee
US army general. Commander of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Fought in Virginia, Maryland, and at Gettysburg. Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
What were the two types of immigrants that came to the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?
White immigrants and other colored immigrants
What is the difference between "Old" and "New" immigrants?
Old- White catholic protestant

New- Others that are not white catholic protestant

Where did most immigrants enter the country during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?
New York at Ellis Island
Where did immigrants typically work?
Factories
Xenophobia
A hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers
Culture Shock
A condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes
Captains of Industry
Owners and managers of large industrial enterprises who wielded extraordinary political and economic power
Robber barons
People who'd built fortunes by swindling investors and taxpayers, and bribing officials
Andrew Carnegie
A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.
John D. Rockefeller
American businessman - founder of Standard Oil Co. (major monopoly)
What factors led to the advancement of the Women's Right Movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?
Progressive Era and WWI

What arguments did people make AGAINST Women’s Rights?

(fill in)

What did Women's Rights activists want?
Child care centers and common dining facilities

What percentage of men’s salaries do women make today?

(fill in)

Why were women successful at gaining a Constitutional Amendment for suffrage?
Aroused public opinion through demonstration
"The Jungle"
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.
Muckrakers
Writers of the Progressive Era who pioneered investigative journalism and exposed social and political corruption of the time.
Trustbusting
Government's attempts to break up monopolies through antitrust suits, especially as carried out by President Theodore Roosevelt against the Northern Securities Company.
Arbitration
Method of settling disagreements between employers and workers through decision by impartial person or committee.
Declaration of Sentiments
declared that all "people are created equal"; used the Declaration of Independence to argue for women's rights
National Woman's Party (NWP)
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.
Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Alice Paul
A suffragette who believed that giving women the right to vote would eliminate the corruption in politics
Susan B. Anthony
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.
Sojourner Truth
American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women.
Refrendum
Process that allows citizens to vote on a proposed law or, through petition, to submit an existing law to a vote.
Recall
Procedure that allows voters to remove an official from office before his or her term has expired.
Initiative
A procedure that allows citizens to introduce bills on a ballot or in state legislatures by petition.
Direct Primary
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.
With whom did we go to war in 1898 and why?
Spain, to keep Spain from overthrowing Cuba.
What event sparked WWI?
Assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
Why did the US enter WWI?
Germans were sinking US passenger ships
Who was president during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson