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manifest destiny |
idea that the US had the right to rule North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
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Abraham Lincoln |
1860-1865 President of the United States // promised to stop the spread of slavery
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secede |
the withdrawal from the Union by the South
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U.S Civil War |
the order by Lincoln to bring the rebel states back to the Union which resulted in a 4 year war
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Emancipation Proclamation |
a document issued by Lincoln declaring that all of the Confederate states were free of slavery
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segregation |
the separation of blacks and whites in the South
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assembly line |
a line of workers who put a single piece on an unfinished car as it passes on a moving belt
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Charles Darwin |
an English naturalist who introduced the theory of “Darwinism"
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theory of evolution |
Charles Darwin’s theory of change that was through natural selection
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radioactivity
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powerful form of energy found in radium and polonium
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psychology |
the study of the human mind and behavior
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mass culture |
the appeal of art, writing, music, and other forms of entertainment to a large audience |
