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New England colonies

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purtians: shipping fishing and mercantilism

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mayflower compact

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first written government

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house of burgesses

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modeled after Parliament with colonial governor and legislature

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Middle colonies

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mercantilism and staple crops

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southern colonies

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crops and slavery

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Locke’s 3 rights

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life, liberty, and property

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magna carta

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great charter that limited England king rights

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limited government

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government must obey come law

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social contract

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people give up rights to be governed

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French and Indian war

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french and Indians trade together, British and colonist attack them for lands, Ben Franklin calls on colonies to unite, Franklin fears french and Indians will take over their land/ culture

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common sense

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US ought to govern themselves; persuaded colonists to fight for freedom

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system that promised 50 acres of land to settlers coming to new world

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headright system

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system in which southern colonies relied on large farms

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plantations systems

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wealthy, upper class in southern colonies

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gentry

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religious group established on biblical teaching

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puritans

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religious group that started Pennsylvania

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quakers

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philosophy in which English government essentially left colonies alone to govern themselves

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salutary neglect

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18
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governments in which individuals elect others to speak for them

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representative government

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governments that must obey a set of laws

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limited government

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legislative government of the British government

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parliament

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21
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guaranteed key freedoms to British people

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English bill of rights

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7/4/1776

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the US formally declares independence; wins it later on (revolution)

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inalienable rights

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given by God, cant be taken by government

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leader of the antifederalist

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Thomas Jefferson

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!st government after revolutionary war, colonist feared too strong a government, made state government too strong and federal too weak, shays rebellion shows change

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articles of confederation

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Daniel shay

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revolution solder and hero

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27
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Virginia plan

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representation based on population

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NJ plan

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all states equal

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29
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slaves 3/5 compromise

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for every 5 count 3

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30
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great compromise

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house-population
senate-states equal

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31
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delegated

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federal

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reserved

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state

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concurrent

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both

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34
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separation of powers

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judicial, executive, legislative

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General search warrants that allowed British authorities to search whatever they wanted for whatever reason

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writs of assistance

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issued by George Washington III; forbade colonist from settling west of the Appalachian mountains

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proclamation of 1763

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37
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law which required tax to be paid on all printed material

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stamp act

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38
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law passed by parliament that started it had the authority to tax the colonist

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declaratory act

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39
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passed by parliament in response to the tea party

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coercive/ intolerable acts

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40
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idea that all men are created equal

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egalitarianism

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41
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1st amendment

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freedom of speech

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42
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2nd amendment

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right to bear arms

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43
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13th-15th amendments

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black rights

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44
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18th, 21st amendment

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prohibition

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45
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whiskey rebellion

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farmers rebelled due to an excise tax on whiskey

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lose interpretation

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government gets power necessary to govern even if not in constitution

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strict interpretation

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government can do only what the constitution says and nothing more

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federalist papers

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series of essays to persuade NY to ratify the constitution

49
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homestead act

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160 acres given to those that farm for 5 years

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manifest destiny

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God want us to own all land from Atlantic to pacific

51
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Indian removal act

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issued by Andrew jackson which started the trail of tears and the Indians were sent to oklahoma

52
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“stay out of my western hemisphere”

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Monroe doctrine

53
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gave us land from mexico

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Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty

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Marbury v. Madison

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court case that established the supreme courts authority for judicial review

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alien and sedition act

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acts passed by the federalist that established residency requirements for citizenship

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compromise of 1850

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compromise that allowed California to be admitted as a free state, by popular sovereignty and established the fugitive slave law

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inventor of the cotton gin

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Eli Whitney

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industrialization

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system that relies of manufacturing and factory mass production for economic survival

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tarriffs

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taxes imposed on imported products

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Seneca falls convention

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called for women to have the right to vote, 100-300 attended

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Elizabeth C. Stanton

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organized event and wrote speeches

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sojourner truth

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former slave, illiterate, fiery speaker, spoke out against slavery

63
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compromise of 1850

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north gets California as a free state, south gets tougher fugitive slave law, now slaves must go to Canada, nullified by dred Scott

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American system

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plan to unite country and make US economically self sufficient

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John brown

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seen as martyr by abolitionists, threat to southerners

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Wilmot Proviso

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Banned slavery in Mexican war land gains

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Harriet Tubman

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railroad to Canada

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1st state to secede

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south carolina

69
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place of the 1st shots fired during the civil war

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fort sumter

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deadliest day during the civil war (25,000)

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Antietam

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Gettysburg and Vicksburg wins date

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7/4/1863

72
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blockade Richmond, control Mississippi

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anaconda plan

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stonewall Jackson

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bull run

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northern black men fought for freedom such as 54th mass. infantry during civil war

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African American troops

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KKK

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hate group towards blacks, communist, Jews, etc.

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freed, educated and provide medical care for former slaves

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freedman’s bureau

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compromise to give Hayes, a northerner, the presidency officially end reconstruction in the south

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compromise of 1877

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what led to the death of native Americans and buffalo?

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transcontinental railroad

79
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belief that states should have great freedom to govern themselves

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states rights

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survival of the fittest

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social darwinism

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no government involvement

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Laissez faire

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steps of production

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vertical integration

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horizontal integration

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buying competition

84
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steel industry leader

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Andrew Carnegie

85
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when someone uses their money to use it for good deeds (Andrew Carnegie)

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philanthropist

86
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Carnegie book stating wealthy should make sure money was put to good use for people

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Gospel of wealth

87
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capitalize on farmer movement

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populist party

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farmer alliance

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Grange

89
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Late 1800s attitude that only US born citizens belong

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nativism

89
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whites from Europe come through

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Ellis island

90
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Asians come through

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angel island

90
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first and only president of the confederate states of america

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Jefferson Davis

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president of the US during the civil war

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Abraham Lincoln

92
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writer of the jungle

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upton sinclair

93
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put limits on cuba

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platt amendment

94
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US fight for cuba

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Teller amendment

95
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US will not threaten others, but is building military just in case

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big stick diplomacy

96
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start of world war 1

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sinking of the lusitania

97
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high risk involvement

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speculation

98
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Blacks leave the south for noth on WWI for jobs

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Great Migration

99
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radar, sonar, microwave, computer

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technology

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last German offensive

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Bulge

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code talkers; blacks- Tuskegee airmen

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navajo

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6/6/1944

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D-Day to take France back

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12/7/1941

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Pearl Harbor

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9/1/1939

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Germany invades poland

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gave money to nations in Europe destroyed after WWI

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Marshall plan

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failed attempt by CIA and JFK to kill Fidel castro

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Bay of Pigs

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USSR places nukes in Cuba pointed at US

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Cuban Missile crisis

106
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elderly health insurance

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medicare

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