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Colonial Chatacteristics

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New England- Founded on religion, promoted public education, did not raise crops, use the Atlantic Ocean for Trade
Middle- religious tolerance, diverse, promoted equality, slaves worked with people, farming and commerce, fur trade
Southern- class division, no public education,settle for economic reasons,staple crop, and slaves out numbered whites
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Representative gov’t

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People elect their own official. House of Burgesses consisted of two houses one elected by the people and the other appointed by the royal governor

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Limited (Magna Carta)

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government based on the rule of law (government must obey a body of rule) 1st document that limited government

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Self- Salutary Neglect

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English government forgot about the colonists, so they governed themselves

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Federalism

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Two levels of government that share powers

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Railroads

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Railroad industry was the first to take off in the tears following the Civil War. Railroads made life out west possible by allowing farmers, ranchers, and other settlers access to eastern markets and resources. Cause by Manifest Destiny

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Monroe Doctrine

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Stated that the U.S wouldn’t tolerate European invention in the affairs if any independent nation in the Americans

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Declaration of Independence

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Was written by Thomas Jefferson. Strongly influenced by Locke. Jefferson asserted egalitarianism (idea that all man are created equal), Inalienable rights ( natural rights that government can not take away. The declaration of Independence was in June 1776

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Taxation without Representation

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was the saying that James Otis came up with. He protest to proclaiming the stamp act

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Acts- purpose/ why (Navigation Act)

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British colonies could only sell certain goods to England (limited trade) The few goods allowed to be sold to other countries were taxed. This act started all the acts

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Articles of Confederation

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the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.Central government was weak, supported by the anti-federalist, amendment # to pass 13/13, law # to pass 9/13, branch of government legislative

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Battle of Yorktown

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Cornwallis was trapped by Washington and the Continental Army.On October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered to Washington. Won due to the help of the French navy

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A progressive Reformer Vs Robber Barons

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Robber Baron- a name that soon can to be identified with entrepreneurs in other industries as well Progressive Reformer opposed Robber Barons

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Social Darwinism

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the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform

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Reconstruction

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An era which the government attempted to rebuild the south

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Poll tax, Literacy test

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Were things that Black people had to pass/ pay in order to vote

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Jim Crow Laws

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The systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating Black people

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Solid South

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End of Reconstruction led more to oppression to African Americans. They became democracts

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Plessy Vs Ferguson

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Case based on segregation “separate but equal”

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Nativism= Immigration

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Opposed immigrants after WWI led to new restriction on immigrants

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Quotas

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limitation on number of immigrants that could enter the US from different parts of the world

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KKK

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the fear of immigrants and mistrust. they origainlly targeted the blacks but soon expanded to Jews, Catholics, and immigrants

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Red Scare

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A fear that the US would become communist because Russia was

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Japanese

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They decided to bomb Pearl Harbor. During WWII Japanese people were force into internment camps

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Illegal Chinese immigrants that came to the United States

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American System- Henry Clay

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It was a plan that designed to unite the nation and make it more economically independent. National banks

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Abraham Lincoln (wants)

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He was president during war and he wanted to free the slaves

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54th Massachusetts

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Encouraged free blacks to serve in the Union Army. Won a battle at fort Wagner

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North- Popular souveignty

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The will of the majority. The people in those areas would vote whether or not to allow slavery

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South- states right

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Relied on the 10th amendment. South leaders asserted states right leading up to the Civil War

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Marbury Vs Madison

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Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. Judicial review can over rule things that were unconstitutional

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Spanish American War

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Officially began as a result of what happened on February 15, 1898. A US battleship, the USS Maine, exploded while anchored in a Cuban harbor. The newspaper blamed Spain and the US citizens demanded war., U.S first world power

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Yellow journalism

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journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

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Lusitania

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submarine warfare. Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat

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Woodrow Wilson 14 points

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was a goal to help establish peace and stability in Europe

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League of nations

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an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson. Us did not join

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Open door policy

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Fearing that European imperial powers would try to gain control over Chiness exports and markets, The United States insisted on the Open Door Policy that would leave China open for US trade and commerce

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consumerism

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People who spend a lot of money on goods and services

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US farmers 1920 overproduction

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Cause the agriculture prices to drop

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Cause of G.D stock market crash

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Hopes of making high returns on their money. Lost everything others were financially ruined as broker and banks began to call in loans. Prices dropped drastically

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Harlem renaissance

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transformed African American identity and history. but it also transformed American culture in general. Never before had so many Americans read the thoughts of African Americans and embraced the American community’s productions, expressions, and style. (Art, music, and literature)

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FDR- new deal

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the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt. It focused on American’s by offering relief (food and shelter),recovery (jobs),and reform (government controlling businesses). He wanted to end Lassiez faire

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Liberal vs Conservative

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Liberal noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform. Conservatives disposed to preserve existing conditions, institution or to restore traditional ones, and to limit changed

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Dec 7, 1941

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Japanese airplanes began the first wave of bombing on the Pacific fleet at the Pearl Harbor. “The day that will live infamy”

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Big 3 names

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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin

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Rosie the Riveter

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Was a that described a woman who worked in the factory as a riveter while her boyfriend served in the marines.The Rosie the Riveter became a symbol of those women who entered the workforce to fill the gap left vacant bu men serving in the war.

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