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1
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Cultural diffusion can be

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Stopped

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Location of places, boundaries of countries, states, counties, and towns, atlas and road

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Thematic map

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Dry area on one side of a mountain

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Rain shadow effect

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Usually a desert

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Arid

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Found in middle latitudes along Southeastern coast of continents

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Humid subtropical

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Area found far from ocean in middle of latitudes marked by extreme seasons

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Steppes

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Cold temperatures and little to no precipitation, generally near poles

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Tundra

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Large scale movement of a portion of Earth´s crust over long periods of time

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Plate tectonics

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5 themes of geography

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  1. Location
  2. Place
  3. Region
  4. Human environment interaction
  5. Movement
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9
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In response to threats of the Soviet Union, Harry Truman issued a proclamation warning communist countries that the US would help any nation at risk of falling under communist control. As a result the Us for involved in the Korean War and Vietnam

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Truman Doctrine

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10
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Cold War ended with fall of ________

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Soviet Union

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11
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___________________ made Russia the most powerful

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Yalta agreement

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12
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Fight over spread of communism but no fighting occurred

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Cold War

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13
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Ending of WW2

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France freed from German occupation by combined forces of England, Russia, Canada, and US. Hitler and Axis were defeated

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US practiced isolationism again during WW2 until bombing at ________ by Japan

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Pearl Habror

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  • Allies met to discuss terms of treaty to en WW2
    -Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed peace
    -Germany would be split into 4 sections each controlled by one of the allies
    -Get plans to form United Nations
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Yalta Conference in Yalta, Russia

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15
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Avoiding conflict while Adolf Hitler tried to get revenge and attacked neighboring countries - Appeasement

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Start of WW2

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15
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6/6/1944 General Dwight D. Eisenhower and quarter of a million armed soldiers crosed English Channel into France and launched offense against Germany and company

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D-Day

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To resolve the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented set of economic policies _______-help stimulate economy (social security)

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The New Deal

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17
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_____ ______ caused many midwestern farmers to lose farms

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Dust Bowl

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18
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The US practiced ________ initially until Germany started sinking our ships - then the US became a superpower

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Isolationism

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10/29(1929 The Stock Market crashed causing others around the world to crash AKA ___________ considered beginning of the Great Depression

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Black Tuesday

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Ending of WW1

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-Treaty of Versailles 6/28/1919
-9 million soldiers and 10 million civilians died
-Germany felt i t was an unfair treaty
-Would later trigger WW2

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21
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Cause of WW1

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28th 1914

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22
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Strong devotion to one´s own country

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Nationalism

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23
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One country takes over another area

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Imperialism

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24
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Agreements developed between countries

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Allies

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25
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Countries build up their armed forces

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Militarism

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26
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“The war to end all wars”

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WW1

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27
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Sweeping social, economic, and political reforms passed by Republicans in Congress

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“Radical reconstruction”

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28
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Ensure equality of all mena regardless of race and rebuilt nations infrastructure destroyed during war - mainly south

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Reconstruction Act of 1867

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29
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Many stayed enslaved until the _______ amendment passed outlwaing slavery officially

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13th amendment

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29
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Began to free slaves after the war - Abraham Lincoln issued it, but it did not end slavery for all slaves immediately

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Emancipation Proclamation

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30
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Revolved around North burning down Southern lands/towns, trying to starve them of supplies and push them into submission - it worked!

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March to the Sea

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31
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A person who wants to end/stop slavery

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Abolitionist

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31
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General Sherman decided the South would not give up unless taken

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Sherman march to the sea

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32
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South couldn´t fight any longer and surrendered on April 9th 1865 in Virginia known as _________

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Battle of Appomattox Court House

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33
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1860 ________ was elected without even appearing on a ballot in southern states

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Abraham Lincoln

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34
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Amended the Fugitive Slave Act

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Compromise of 1850

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35
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1st Constitution 1639

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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36
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1620
- 1st government document to be signed in the land that became the US
-Established self government in the new world
-cited as one of the foundations of US constitution
-limited one man one vote

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Mayflower Compact

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37
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1619 1st law making body
-Purpose of passing laws and maintaining order in Jamestown colony of Virginia and settlements that grew around it

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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38
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New plan of government 1776-1777

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Articles of Conferderation

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39
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-Both have representative demotratic governments
-Sovereignty emanates from people
-Both have bill of rights protecting civil liberties

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US and TX Consitution similarities

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39
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What ended the war between Great Britain and the US?

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Treaty of Paris

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40
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-Population is key per state
-Virginia Plan
-Passes federal laws
-Part of Congress

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House of Representatives

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40
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-2 per state
-New Jersey Plan
-Responsible for taking action on bills, resolution, amendments, motions, nominations, treaties by voting, and impeach treaties

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Senators

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41
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4 parts of the electoral process

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  1. Votes
  2. Electors
  3. States
  4. Senators and Representatives
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42
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Regulated by community as a whole - everything exchanged easily

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Socialism

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43
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Economic and political system in which a country´s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by state - capital gains = production

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Capitalism

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44
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Mantain/establish local government, set up schools, regulate state commerce, regulations for marriage, establish and regulate corporations

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State powers

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44
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Collect taxes, establish courts, regulate interstate commerce, regulate banks, borrow money, provide for general welfare, punish criminals

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Shared powers

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45
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Mantain military, declare war, establish postal system, set standards for weights and measures, protect copyrights and patents

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National powers

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46
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Constitution divided power of the state and government so no one has too mush power

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Federalism

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47
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4th president and “Father of the Constitution”

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James Madison

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48
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Wrote “Common Sense” -the 1st pamphlet to advocate for American independence

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Thomas Paine

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49
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Black leader and prominent figure in Nation of Islam who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in early 1960´s

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Malcom X

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49
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Wrote the 1st bill of rights - advocate for rights of colonists

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George Mason

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50
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Black nationalists
-1st black president of South Africa
-Made negotiations that let to South Africa´s successful ending of racial segregation

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Nelson Mandela

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51
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Black nationalists
-1st black president of South Africa
-Made negotiations that let to South Africa´s successdul ending of racial segregation

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Nelson Mandela

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51
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Baptist minister and social activist
-Led civil rights movement
-fought segregation
-assissinated in 1968

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Martin Luther Kind Jr

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52
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Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against British rule of India
-1st peaceful non-violent activist
-“Father of India”

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Mahatma Gandhi

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53
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Us realizes the number of limitations and decides to change the Articles of Confederation, but instead decided to rewrite the Constitution

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Constitutional Convention

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54
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British government strictly controls colonial economy including limitations on trade and discouragement from producing own goods and instead buy from Great Britain

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Mercantilism

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54
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-1st official Constitution
-Document that established functions of the national government of the US after it, declared independence from Great Britain
-Based on what colonists didn´t like about Great Britain
-Hated taxation and strict control

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Articles of Confederation

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55
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The freedom of private business to operate competitively for a profit with little government regulation

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Free enterprise

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56
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Where the US started
-1st successful English settlement

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Jamestown

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57
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Turning point during the American Revolution
-Persuaded Frensh to recognize American independence and provide military assistance
-Brought French into war as allies

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Battle of Saratoga

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58
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Great Britain cut off cupplies to try to make colonists surrender - triggered the war

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Intolerable Act

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59
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Great Britain begins taxing colonists to pay for the French and Indian war
-Stamp Act, Townshend Act resulted in Boston Tea Party

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Start of the American Revolution

60
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Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea on colonists

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Townshend act

61
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Responsability of citizenship

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Federal Taxes

62
Q

Made the King of England subject to laws

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Magna Carta

63
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Responsability of citizenship

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Federal taxes

64
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Made the King of England subject to laws

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Magna Carta

65
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Everyone votes on everything - Roman

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Direct democracy

65
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Republic - people vote/elect representative to make a decision

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Representative democracy

66
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An economic system where government is in absolute control (China)

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Command

66
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King/Queen - all power in hand of one individual

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Monarchy

67
Q

Total sum of all production within a single year

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Gross domestic product

68
Q

An economic system where both elements of free and command are used
Nice blend = success = US

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Mixed

69
Q

Market with no government control

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Free market

70
Q

Move up in social class

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Social mobility

71
Q

Government regulation with maximum-minimum limit

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Price control

72
Q

Economic market where one company dominates the whole market through control of price, production, and supply, no competition so the firm can set price. Illegal in the US

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Monopoly

73
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Major US regions

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Northwest
Midwest
Northeast
Pacific
Southwest
Southeast

74
Q

Time Zones:
Pacific
Mountain
Central
Eastern

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Pacific back 2 hours
Mountain back 1 hour
Central (TX)
Easter forward 1 hour

75
Q

Most important thing to find when settling

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Water

76
Q

Texas regions

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-Mountains and basins
-High plain
-Central plain
-Gulf Coastal plain

77
Q

5 types of maps

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-Physical
-Political
-Economic
-Historical
-Population

78
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Shows a particular topic such as population density, world religion, etc

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Reference map

79
Q

The American Revolution ended in ____
Final battle in ___

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1781
Yorktown

80
Q

The american Revolution was caused by

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Taxation without representation

81
Q

The big 4 of the industrial revolution

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  1. Transportation
  2. Communication
  3. Farming
  4. Inventions
81
Q

The war between the north and the south

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Civil War

82
Q

3rd Industrialization

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-Digital revolution
-Automation and digitalization through use of electronics and computers
-Invention of the internet
-Discovery of nuclear energy

83
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2nd Industrialization

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-Scientific discovery
-Production of steel
-Raildorad production let to increased industrialization
-Urbanization everywhere

84
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1st Industrialization

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South:
-Agricultural and industrial
North:
-Textile industries
More rivers:
-More interested because of their cash crops like tobacco and cotton

85
Q

He invented interchangeable parts

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Eli Whitney

86
Q

Great Britain lost and the US gained it´s independence

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American Revolution

86
Q

Outlawed trade between America and any foreign port effectively closing American economy
- Led up to War of 1812
- Increased hostility between US and Great Britain

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Embargo Act

87
Q

Lived in the forest area of TX

A

Caddo

88
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Commanders on horseback that controlled much of TX and hunted buffalo

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Comanche

88
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Lived in the coastal area of TX

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Karankawa

88
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Lived on the high plains area of TX

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Apache

89
Q

Nasa is founded and placed in Houston “Manned Spacecraft Center”

A

1962

90
Q

Dicovery of _____ takes TX from an agriculture state to a(n) _____ state

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oil
oil state

91
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TX Constitution is adopted

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1876

91
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June 19th 1865

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Juneteenth - African American slaves are emancipated

92
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Proclamation of peace between states

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1866

93
Q

TX cash crop

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Cotton

94
Q

Every 3-6 years the surface teperature of the Pacific Ocean neaar the equator becomes warmer and changes weather around the world

A

El Niño

95
Q

Battle of Revenge

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San Jacinto

96
Q

1st President of Texas

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Sam Houston

97
Q

Mexican American war over land

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1846

98
Q

Texas admitted and joins as the 28th state

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1845

99
Q

Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna (the future president of Mexico) at the battle of _____

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San Jacinto

100
Q

Mexico banned immigrants in

A

1830

101
Q

1836 Texans are defeated by the Mexican army at the Battle of the

A

Alamo

102
Q

1835- Texas Revolution begins at the Battle of _____

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Gonzales

103
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Most famous
-The 1st European explorer to actually search the lands of TX looking for Cibola (7 cities of gold)

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Cabeza de Vaca

104
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“Father of Texas”
1st person to bring in people from America aka the “old 300”

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Stephen F. Austin

105
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Began his search for the mythical 7 cities of gold soon after Cabeza de Vaca.
His exploration involved large areas of modern day Arizona, NEw Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma and TX

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

106
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The 3 G´s

A

Gold
God
Glory

107
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Spanosh explorer who mapped the coast of TX and the surroundin coastlines in 1519
His maps are the 1st records of Texas history

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Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

108
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Teaching __________ allows students to select a region

A

maps

109
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Texas economy is ________

A

interdependent

110
Q

Best way to measure country´s economy

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Gross domestic product

111
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A system of government in which powers are divided and shared by a central government and it´s sub-divisional government

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Federalism
(US government)

112
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Symbol of hope, freedom, and equal opportunity
The universal symbol for freedom

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Statue of Liberty

113
Q

“One from many”
“Out of many”

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E Pluribus Unum

114
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American soldier, actor, and songwriter. One of the most decorated combat soldiers of WW2

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Audie Murphy

114
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Inventor widely known for inventing the cotton gin. One of the key inventions of the industrial revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South

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Eli Whitney

115
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Trade between 3 regions, offsets the trade imbalances between different regions

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Triangular trade

116
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An act to promote the efense of the US. A policy that had US supplying the UK, Soviet Union, Frane, China, and other allies with food, oil, and material between 1941-1945

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Franklin D. Roosevelt´s “Lend Lease Act”

117
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State and local laws introduced in southern US in late 19th early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation

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“Separate but equal” created the Jim Crow Laws

118
Q

Court case
Equality for all
No one should be separated

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Brown vs. the Board of Education

119
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Landmark supreme court decision in which the court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the Constitution

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

119
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Thomas Jefferson paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Pruchase which doubled the size of the US.
The Indian Removal Act May 28th 1830 removed Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
Slaughter of millions of buffalo.
1st Indian reservation was in Oklahoma

A

Westward Expansion

120
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___________ laid the foundation for public schooling in the south for Anglos and African Americans

A

Reconstruction

121
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Court case
Black people not protected under the Bill of Rights
Before the Civil War ended

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Dred Scott vs Sandford

122
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Wrote the National Anthem

A

Francis Scott Key

123
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US policy toward western hemispehere
Warns European nations the US would not tolerate durther colonization or puppet monarchs

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Monroe Doctrine

123
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Granted Missouri as a statehood (slave state) and Maine as a free state to restore political balance

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Missouri Compromise
11 vs 11

124
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15th Amendment

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Freedom to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

124
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18th Amendment

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Prohibition (illegal to sell, transport, or manufacture liquor)

124
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19th Amendment

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Right for women to vote

125
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14th Amendment

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Gave citizenship to former slaves “due process” and “equal protection clause”

126
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13th Amendment

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Abolish slavery and fored labor

127
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8th Amendment

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Freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment

128
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7th Amendment

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Jury trial in civil cases

129
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6th Amendment

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Rights of a person on trial for a crime

129
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5th Amendment

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Right to due process, freedom from self incrimination, double jeopardy, right to remain silent

130
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4th Amendment

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Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

130
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A
131
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3th Amendment

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Quartering of soldiers

132
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2nd Amendment

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Right to bear arms

133
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1st Amendment

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Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition

134
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Created because the colonists still had a huge mistrust towards the new government.
The 1st 10 Amendments

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Bill of Rights

135
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British Parliament´s 1st direct tax on the American colonies
Taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, dice, and playing cards

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Stamp Act

136
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The ability to declare a legislative or executive act in violation of the constitution

A

Judicial review

137
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1803
A case that established the principle of judicial review in the US.
Americans courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes that they find to violate the constitution

A

Marbury vs. Madison

138
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Decides the constitutionality of federal laws and revolves other disputes about federal laws.
Include the Supreme Court

A

Judicial Branch

139
Q

Carries out and enfornces laws.
Includes the president, vife president, cabinet, and executive departments

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Executive Branch

140
Q

Made up of the House and Senate collectively. Congress makes and passes laws, declares war, controls taxing and spending policies

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Legislative Branch

141
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Used to prevent the power of the government from being in the hands of one person such as England

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Division of powers/divided government

142
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Wrote “taxation without representation”

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James Otis

143
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Began due to a conflict between Englan and France over control of the Ohio River Valley

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French and Indian War

144
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The government controls the economy of a country and controls it´s states

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Command economy

145
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Government controls everything

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Totalitarian
(North Korea and Cuba)

146
Q

You can go out and start a business

A

Capitalist society

147
Q

People´s culture disappears on a large scale and are substantially replaced by traditional dominant cultural traits

A

Acculturation

148
Q

You do not own anything.
The government rules alone

A

Communism (Mexico)

149
Q

Spaniards brought ______ when they first arrived

A

Catholicism

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