02-The USA Flashcards by Louis Fidel

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le Mouvement pour les Droits Civiques

A

the Civil Rights Movement

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un conseiller

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an advisor

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le creuset des peuples

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the melting-pot

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esclavage

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slavery

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un réfugié

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a refugee

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un parlementaire

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a Congressman

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la Chambre des représentants

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the House of Representatives

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les primaires

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primaries

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un électeur

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a voter

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un grand électeur

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an elector

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les ultraconservateurs

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ultraconservatives

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les téléprédicateurs

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televangelists

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un groupe de pression

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a lobby

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la Frontière ≠ une frontière

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the Frontier ≠ a border

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les Indiens Peau Rouge

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Red Indians

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le Far West

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the Wild West

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une terre où chacun a sa chance

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a land of opportunity

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un immigrant clandestin (2)

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an illegal immigrant, a wetback

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trier

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to sort (out)

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le transport scolaire (en bus)

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busing

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la discrimination positive

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affirmative action

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un colon (2)

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a colonist, a settler

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un pionnier

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a pioneer

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coloniser

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to settle

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un ministre ≠ un ministère

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a secretary ≠ a department

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le ministre des Affaires étrangères (2)

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The Secretary of State, State Secretary

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le ministre de la Justice

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the Attorney General

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un avocat

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an attorney

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la ministère de la Défense/des Finances

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the Department of Defense/the Treasury

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la Cour Suprême

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the Supreme Court

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démissionner

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to resign

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mettre en accusation

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to impeach

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la Bannière Etoilée

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the Star-Spangled Banner

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abroger une loi

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to repeal a law

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prendre le train en marche

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to jump on the bandwagon

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pompom girls

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des majorettes

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les Amérindiens

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American Indians

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les Appalaches

A

the Appalachians

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les montagnes Rocheuses (2)

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the Rocky Mountains, the Rockies

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le Sud Profond

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the Deep South

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le Plaine Herbeuse

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the Prairie

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la zone de culture du blé/maïs

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the Wheat/Corn Belt

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le lac Erié

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Lake Erie

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les Père Pélerins

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the Pilgrim Fathers

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La Chasse aux Sorcières

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the Witch Hunt

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the Thirteen Colonies

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les Treize Colonies

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le Déplacement des Indiens

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the Indian Removal Act

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la Ruée vers l’Or

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the Gold Rush

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la guerre de Sécession

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the Civil War

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faire sécession

A

secede

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un Sudiste

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a Confederate

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un Nordiste

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a Unionist, a Yankee

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la Baie des Cochons

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the Bay of Pigd

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the Civil Rights Movement

A

le Mouvement pour les Droits Civiques

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la Guerre du Vietnam

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the Vietnam War