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3rd nine weeks benchmark Flashcards

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new england

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based on Religion, puritan, educ.

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middle colines

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Quakers, Religion tolernce

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3
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southern colonies

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farmers, slaves, tolerant to religon untill the great awakening

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reps virgina house of burges

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first representive govt in USA

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5
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limited govt

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magna carta doc. that was signed to limit british controle ver US

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self neglect

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saluary neglect we govern ourselves

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fed

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system of govt which power is devided mation V. state

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Rail roads

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made heading west . theit “ God given right”

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monroe doctrine

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to keep the European out of our business and no more colonization

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decleration of indip

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July 4, 1776 we declaired indipendence from uk

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tax w/o rep

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slogan usedin 1750’s opposed the acts that was placed on the colonies

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acts purpose/ why

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Nav.- restricted use of trade. why? B/C UK wanted all money
Stamp-taxed on printed material oppose couldnt pay and torlarable
quarting- must allow soilders to stay in your house

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13
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artic of confed

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strengths declair war + peace times, decided to borrow money
weaknes couldnt force states to follow laws, np power to tax, no army or navy, each state had different money no proper system

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battle of yorktown

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1781 british V. US+French~ under george washington one f last battles of revolutionary war. US won

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progressive reformers V. robber barrons

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PR corperate abuse reforms where initated by indivisuals

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16
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social darwinism

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survival of the fittest

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17
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poll tax literacy test

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in order to vote had to take a reading test and pay a poll tax

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18
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jim crow laws

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laws to hurt blacks from voting

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solid south

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joined together as one political party democratic

20
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plessy V. Fergenson

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supreme court case based on equality plessy lost

21
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qoutas

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limited goods that can be sold

22
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KKK

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radical racist group

23
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red scare

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citizens feared thatUS would become comunist

24
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japanese

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came over then was hated aginst cut in camps

25
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chines exclusions act

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restricted immigration in the US

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American system

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3 parts: tarrifs, banks, internal improvement

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abe lincon [wants]

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freedon of slaves in the south

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54th massachuts

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volenteer infantry first African American units in the US during the civil war@ fort Wagner

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north popular sovernety

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ppl. determine how govt rules

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south states rights

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rights to do what they want

31
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Marbury V. maddison

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fist time the court asserted its role as rederal legislation judical review

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Spanish American war

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war the US entered with Spain. US becomes a world power.

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yellow journalism

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type of journalism that streached the truth

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Lusitania

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sip that sank in Cuban waters reason US entered the war

35
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woodrow wilsons [14 points]

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peace talk with US France Germany

36
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league of nations

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all countries meet together US didnt join

37
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open door policy [china]

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china finally started trading with the US

38
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consumerism

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supply and demand massproduction

39
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us farmers 1920 overproduction

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over production lead to a sharp drop in prices in farmed goods

40
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cause of great depression

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crash of stock market

41
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Harlem renissance

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Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, Festus Claudius “Claude” McKay.

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FDR

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Emergency Banking Act/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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Liberal V. conservative

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Liberals believe in government action to achieConservatives believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defenseve equal opportunity and equality for all.

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Dec 7. 1941

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preal harbor attack “a day that shall live in infamy”

45
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Big three

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Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill

46
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Rosie the riveter

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a figure used to promote women i the work force while the men where fighting in the war

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