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imperialism

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the quest for colonial empires

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subsidy

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a government bonus payment

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protectorate

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country dependent on another for protection

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spheres of influence

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regions where a particular country has exclusive rights over mines, railroads, and trade

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Open Door Policy

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declaration made by John Hay that all nations should have equal access to trade and investment in China

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dollar diplomacy

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Taft’s policy of influencing Latin American affairs through economic influence rather than military force

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When did McKinley annex Hawaii?

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July 7, 1898

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Henry Cabbot Lodge

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a senator from Massachusetts who encouraged expansion of the economy by strengthening the military

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List 3 superpowers in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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  • Great Britain
  • Germany
  • United States
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List 3 regions that the global superpowers were fighting for resources in.

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  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Latin America
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What significant thing did Japan do in 1894?

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invaded China and marked its emergence as an imperial power

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What did the 1875 treaty with Hawaii say?

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  • exempted Hawaiian sugar from U.S. tariffs
  • Hawaii promised not to grant territory or special privileges in the islands to any other country
  • added Pearl Harbor
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Who was Jose Marti?

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  • Cuban poet who led a revolt against Cuba and was banished for his beliefs
  • promoted independence for Cuba and moved to New York to write articles about it
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List the results of Japan trying to become a military and industrial superpower.

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  • invaded China
  • attacked Russian forces in Manchuria
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Who used The Examiner to get the U.S. to intervene in the Cuba-Spain conflict?

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William Randolph Hearst

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The U.S.S. main attack killed ____ soldiers.

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260

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How did the U.S.S. main attack affect the U.S. intervention and spark the Spanish-American war?

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Americans blamed Spain for the attack and declared war

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What general was appointed governor of Cuba in 1889?

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Leonard Wood

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Philippine Government Act

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established a governor and 2-house legislature to rule the Philippines

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How much did the U.S. pay Columbia for the Panama Canal?

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$10 million and a yearly rental of $250,000 for 99 years

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How many miles long is the Panama Canal?

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51 miles

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How many hours does it take to cross the Panama Canal?

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6-7 hours

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How many ships on average cross the Panama Canal in a day?

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36

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What 2 bodies of water does the Panama Canal connect?

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Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean

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What is the toll for crossing the Panama Canal per ship on average?

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$188,000

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How many men were recruited from the British West Indies to help build the Panama Canal?

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over 20,000

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What were the major problems that killed many during the Panama Canal’s construction?

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malaria and yellow fever

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What president came to power in Mexico in 1877?

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Diaz

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What goals did President Diaz want to achieve?

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  • impose order
  • attract foreign investors
  • expansion of railroads
  • improve mining industry
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How many executive elections did Diaz win and what did he use to win them?

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8; force and fraud

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Who came to power after Diaz and what did he achieve?

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Francisco Madero; placed an embargo on arms sales to his opponents, toppled the Diaz dictatorship, held a democratic election

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What is the Teller Amendment?

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  • once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the U.S. would leave the government and control of the island to its people
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How much did the U.S. pay Spain for the Philippines?

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$20 million

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The Jones Act granted Puerto Ricans _______________.

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U.S. citizenship

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35
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Who was the leading Mexican rebel?

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Poncho Villa

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36
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What general was assigned to find and capture the rebel?

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John J. Pershing

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How did the Mexican Revolution affect American views of Mexico?

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Americans viewed Mexico as unstable and a danger to U.S. security

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38
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How did the U.S. intervention both help and hurt Mexico?

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  • tried to establish a democracy and help Mexico’s economy
  • caused death and destruction
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arbitration

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the process by which two opposing sides allow a 3rd party to settle a dispute

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reclamation

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the process of making damaged land productive again

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recall

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enables voters to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election

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direct primary

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a nominating election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general election

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initiative

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gives voters the power to introduce legislation

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referendum

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a companion to the initiative

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What did Samuel M. “Golden Rule” Jones and Tom Johnson fight for?

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  • improved police force
  • improved municipal services
  • set a minimum wage for city workers
  • opened kindergartens for children
  • a new, fairer tax system
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46
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What was Roosevelt’s 1904 campaign slogan?

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the Square Deal

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What was the single sheet of paper listing all candidates that was developed in Australia?

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secret ballot

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Upton Sinclair

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published The Jungle in 1906

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Gifford Pinchot

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a conservationist, forester, and friend of Roosevelt’s who helped conserve the nation’s resources

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William H. Taft

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Roosevelt’s secretary of war and the president after him (27th president)

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Elkins Act

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forbade shipping companies from accepting rebates, or money given back in return for business

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Federal Reserve Act

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helped run the national banking system

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NAWSA

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

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54
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Ida Tarbell

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published 19 articles on the Standard Oil Company’s corrupt business practices

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Florence Kelley

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reformer who helped persuade the Illinois legislature in 1893 to prohibit child labor and to limit the number of hours women could work

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closed shop

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a workplace where all the employees must belong to a union

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open shop

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a nonunion workplace

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socialism

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the system under which the government or worker cooperatives own most factories, utilities, and transportation and communications systems

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Lawrence Veiller

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a settlement house worker who attacked irresponsible tenement owners; campaigned for improved housing

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard; strong supporter of civil rights

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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Americanization

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a process of preparing foreign-born residents for full U.S. citizenship

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political machines

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well-organized political parties in charge of public offices
- managed by political bosses

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Alexander Shepherd

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political boss who spent $20 million on civic improvements and new jobs in Washington D.C.

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Tammany Hall

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a democratic political machine in New York City that helped immigrants become naturalized and find temporary housing

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graft

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the acquisition of money/political power through illegal or dishonest methods

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67
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kickbacks

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payments of part of the earnings from a job or contract

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68
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What scandals occurred during Grant’s presidency?

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  • gold scandal
  • railroad credit scandal
  • whiskey ring scandal
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Who became president in 1876 after Ulysses S. Grant?

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Who became president and vice president in 1880?

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  • James A. Garfield was president
  • Chester A. Arthur was vice president (later became president when James A. Garfield was assassinated)
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Pendleton Civil Service Act

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established the Civil Service Commission to administer exams to people seeking government jobs

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What economic hardships did farmers face?

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  • oversupply
  • low prices for crops
  • high prices for land and machinery
  • high rates for freights
  • loans couldn’t be repaid
  • lost their farms
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cooperatives

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organizations in which groups of farmers pool their resources to buy and sell goods

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74
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graduated income tax

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taxed higher incomes at a higher rate

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Farmers’ Alliance

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a farmers organization that offered farmers low cost insurance; lobbied for tougher bank regulations, government ownership of railroads, and a graduated income tax

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Mary Elizabeth Lease

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leader of the Farmers’ Alliance movement who traveled the country urging people to take action

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77
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Interstate Commerce Act

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prohibited railroads from giving secret refunds to large shippers or charging more for short hauls

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gold standard

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type of monetary system in which a dollar is worth a specific amount in gold

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Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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required the government to buy silver each month and mint it into coins

80
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William McKinley

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became president in 1896; adopted a conservative platform upholding the gold standard

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old immigrants

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immigrants who came to the U.S. before the 1880s, mostly Protestants from northwestern Europe

82
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new immigrants

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immigrants who came to the U.S. between the 1880s and 1910s, mostly from southern and eastern Europe

83
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steerage

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poor accommodations in a ship’s lower levels

84
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Immigration Restriction League

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organization formed in 1894 that sought to impose a literacy test on all U.S. immigrants

85
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Chinese Exclusion Act

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denied citizenship to people born in China and prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers

86
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benevolent societies

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organizations that helped immigrants in cases of sickness, unemployment, and death

87
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Ellis Island and Angel Island

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served as immigration stations during the late 1800s

88
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Elisha Otis

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developed a mechanized elevator

89
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suburbs

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residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of a city

90
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tenements

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poorly built apartment buildings

91
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settlement houses

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community service centers

92
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Janie Porter Barrett

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founded one of the first African American settlement houses

93
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Social Gospel

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called for people to apply Christian principles to address social problems

94
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Caroline Bartlett

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organized People’s Church in Kalamazoo; established a free public kindergarten, gym, skill classes, sponsored creative activities, and a meals program for workers

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Frederick Law Olmsted

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designed Central Park in NYC

96
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ragtime

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a form of music that copied the foot stomping of audiences listening to folk songs
- Scott Joplin = King of ragtime

97
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Aaron Champion

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organized the first professional baseball team called the Cincinnati Red Stockings

98
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James Naismith

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invented basketball

99
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patent

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a guarantee to protect an inventor’s rights to make, use, or sell an invention

100
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George Westinghouse

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developed the compressed air-brake

101
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Orville and Wilbur Wright

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developed the airplane

102
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List innovations that were made in transportation in the late 1800s.

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  • airplane
  • railroads
  • automobile engines
  • passenger trains
103
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telegraph

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sent messages over long distances using a system of dots and dashes
- invented by Samuel F.B. Morse

104
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Alexander Graham Bell

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invented the telephone

105
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Christopher Sholes

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developed the typewriter

106
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Thomas Edison

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invented the light bulb and opened one of the first electric power plants in New York City

107
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capitalism

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private businesses run most industries and competition determines how much goods cost and workers are paid

108
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free enterprise

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supply, demand, and profit margin determine what businesses produce; free market with little government regulation

109
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Karl Marx

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developed communism

110
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corporation

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organizers raise money by selling shares of stocks to stockholders

111
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trust

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a group of companies turn control of their stock over to a common board of trustees

112
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monopoly

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exclusive economic control of an industry

113
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George Pullman

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created the passenger car train

114
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Sherman Antitrust Act

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outlawed all monopolies and trusts that restrained trade

115
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amnesty

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full pardon

116
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Andrew Johnson

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Lincoln’s vice president who became the 17th president after his death; democrat, slaveholder, and former Tennessee senator; first president to be impeached

117
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Black Codes

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African Americans couldn’t hold meetings without whites, travel without permits, own guns, attend schools with whites, serve on juries, or own a dog

118
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Frederick Douglass

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embraced policies of Restoration and publicly supported voting rights for African Americans; led the way for African American rights

119
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Freedmen’s Bureau

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aided millions of southerners left homeless and hungry by the war; distributed food and clothing, provided jobs, set up hospitals, and operated schools

120
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Tenure of Office Act

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required Senate approval of a replacement before the president could remove an appointed official who had been confirmed by the Senate

121
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Ku Klux Klan

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founded in 1866 to prevent African Americans from voting
- burned homes, schools, and churches and stole livestock

122
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Enforcement Acts

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3 laws that empowered the federal government to combat terrorism with military force and to prosecute guilty individuals

123
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Civil Rights Act of 1875

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prohibited businesses that served the public from discriminating against African Americans

124
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sharecropping

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a system in which a farmer worked a parcel of land in return for a share of the crop, a cabin, seed, tools, and a mule
- drawbacks were debt and being tied to a 1 crop system of cotton

125
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crop-lien system

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arrangement in which sharecroppers promised their crops to merchants in exchange for supplies on credit

126
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poll taxes

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fixed taxes imposed on every voter

127
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literacy tests

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tests that barred those who could not read from voting

128
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Jim Crow laws

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laws that enforced segregation in the South

129
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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Supreme Court ruling that established the “separate-but-equal” doctrine for public facilities

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Madame C.J. Walker

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African American entrepreneur; one of the first women in the U.S. to become a millionaire

131
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Booker T. Washington

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believed African Americans should concentrate on achieving economic independence and discouraged them from protesting against discrimination; founded the Tuskegee Institute

132
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Ida B. Wells

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civil rights activist, journalist, and teacher; focused on stopping the lynching of African Americans

133
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Fort Sumter

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major port city of the south; a strategic location in the harbor of Charleston, SC
- on April 12, the first shot of the Civil War was fired here by Confederate forces

134
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What advantages did the north have?

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  • greater population
  • had more equipment and railroads
  • controlled resources
135
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What advantages did the south have?

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  • home field advantage
  • defensive tactics of Robert E. Lee
136
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What was the capital of the Confederacy?

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Richmond, Virginia

137
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Lincoln’s 3-part strategy

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1) capture Richmond
2) gain control of the MS River
3) set up naval blockades in the south

138
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What mistake did the south make in assessing its war resources?

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assumed they’d receive foreign aid from Britain and France

139
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What were the colors of the Union and Confederate uniforms?

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  • Union = blue
  • Confederacy = gray
140
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What hardships did soldiers experience?

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  • homesickness
  • lack of food and clothing
  • disease, infection, and malnutrition
141
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Elizabeth Blackwell

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first professionally licensed female doctor in the U.S.

142
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Clara Barton

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established the Red Cross

143
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habeas corpus

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protection against unlawful imprisonment

144
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Ulysses S. Grant

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  • led Union forces in the west
  • 18th president
145
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The bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history was the ______________.

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Battle of Antietam

146
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war of attrition

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to continue fighting until your opponent runs out of men, supplies, and the will to fight

147
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total war

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strategy where an army destroys its opponent’s ability to fight by attacking civilian, economic, and military targets

148
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What were the terms of the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse?

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  • Confederate officers could keep their side arms
  • all soldiers would be fed and allowed to keep their horses and mules
149
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What was the railroad junction of the south?

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Corinth

150
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What was the key to the north winning the war?

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Vicksburg

151
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Robert E. Lee

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Confederate military general

152
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Bill of Rights

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10 amendments that guarantee specific rights

153
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What Republican was named the 3rd president in 1801?

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Thomas Jefferson

154
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Monroe Doctrine

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President Monroe vowed to oppose European attempts for expansion

155
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Harriet Tubman

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the most famous and successful conductor on the Underground Railroad

156
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Eli Whitney

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invented the cotton gin

157
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Susan B. Anthony

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campaigned for property rights for women in New York

158
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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

159
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Abraham Lincoln

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won the election of 1860 and became the 16th president

160
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John Wilkes Booth

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killed Abraham Lincoln in 1865

161
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Bureau of Indian Affairs

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the government agency responsible for managing American Indian issues

162
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Sitting Bull

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an important leader of the Sioux resistance

163
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Geronimo

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Apache leader who fled the San Carlos Reservation; his surrender marked the end of armed resistance to the reservation system in the Southwest

164
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long drives

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long overland treks on which cowboys herded cattle from ranches to rail lines

165
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railhead

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a town located along a railroad

166
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barbed wire

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a cheap fencing material patented by Joseph Glidden

167
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John D. Rockerfeller

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one founder of the Standard Oil Company

168
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Andrew Carnegie

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leader of the steel industry

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anarchists

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people who oppose all forms of government

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Federalists

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favored ratification of the Constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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feared a powerful national government

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depression

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a sharp drop in business activity and a rise in unemployment

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Articles of Confederation

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a plan for a national government; the first written constitution of the U.S.; went into effect in 1781

174
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Treaty of Paris 1783

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granted the U.S. independence + land from the Atlantic coast westward to the MS River and from the Great Lakes south to Florida

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Battle of Yorktown

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battle where the British surrendered and ended the Revolutionary war

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Common Sense

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pamphlet that raised support for the Revolution and called for the end of British rule (written by Thomas Paine)

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Lexington and Concord

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where the first shot of the Revolutionary War was fired

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Intolerable Acts

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laws that closed the port of Boston, revoked the colony’s charter, and ordered local officials to provide food and shelter for British soldiers

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Stamp Act

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levied a tax on printed matter of all kinds (legal documents, newspapers, playing cards)

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William Penn

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founded Pennsylvania for the Quakers

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James Oglethorpe

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founded Georgia

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Mayflower Compact

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the first governing document in America; established a self-governing colony

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Mayflower

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the name of the boat that the pilgrims used to reach America

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Roanoke Island

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the first attempt to settle in Virginia; led by Sir Walter Raleigh

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Hernan Cortes

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conquered the Aztec Empire and built Mexico City

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Christopher Columbus

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tried to reach Asia in 1492 by sailing west across the Atlantic but landed in San Salvador

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feudalism

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a system where feudal nobles pledged loyalty/military assistance to more powerful leaders in return for land and protection from invasion

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Paleo Indians

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the first Americans who followed animal herds through North America

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1st Amendment

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freedom of the press, speech, assembly, religion, and petition

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2nd Amendment

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right to bear arms

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5th Amendment

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no person must testify against themselves in a court of law

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13th Amendment

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abolished slavery

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15th Amendment

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male voting rights, no discrimination

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19th Amendment

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gave women the right to vote

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Woodrow Wilson

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became president after Taft; 28th president

History (20 decks)

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