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68 Cards in this Set
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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.
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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
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