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Enlightenment

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Shifted the focus from god to humans, introduced the idea of progress, and argued that people could improve their own situations and make decisions on how to live rather than just having faith in god and waiting for salvation and a better life after death

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Salem Witch Trials

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1692

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Sir Issac Newton

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Introduced the key principles of physics, including gravity

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Copernicus

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Argued that the planets rotated around the sun not the earth

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Sugar Act(the revenue Act)

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Aimed to raise revenue by taxing goods imported by Americans

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Declaratory Act

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Which claimed for parliament the power to tax or make laws for the Americans “in all cases whatsoever”

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Tea Act

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In 1773 the British east company sought and obtained from parliament concessions that allowed it to ship tea directly to the colonies rather than only by way of Britain

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December 16, 1773

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Bostonians thinly disguised as Native Americans boarded the ships and threw the tea into the harbor. This was the Boston Tea Party

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The shot heard round the world

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70 minuteman awaited the British on the village green a shot was fired it is unknown which side fired first

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Olive Branch Petition

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George Washington pleaded to King George 3 to intercede with Parliament to restore peace

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The Federalist Era

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George Washington received almost all the votes of presidential electors

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Alien Act

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Raised new hurdles in the path of immigrants trying to obtain citizenship

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Sedition Act

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Widened the powers of the Adams administration to muzzle it’s newspaper critics

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The War of 1812

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Democratic republican James Madison won the election of 1808 over Federalist Charles Pinckney, but the federalist gained seats in both houses of congress

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The Monroe Doctrine

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Latin American nations began declaring independence British and American leaders feared that European governments would try to restore the former new world colonies

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Marbury v. Madison

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1803 establish the supreme court’s power of judicial review over federal legislation

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The Missouri Compromise

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The Missouri territory, the first territory organized from the Louisiana purchase

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Indian Removal Act

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The removal of all native Americans tribes to an area west of the Mississippi River

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Trail of tears

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The forced march under u.s. Army escort of thousands of Cherokee Indians of the west

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The Kansas Nebraska Act

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Aroused a storm of outrage in the North, which views the repeal of the Missouri Compromise

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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Aroused a storm of outrage in the north, which viewed the repel of the Missouri compromise as the breaking of solemn agreement

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The Dred Scott Decision Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

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Dred Scott sued for his freedom on the basis that his owner had taken him to a free state

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The election of 1860

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William H. Seward vs. Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln led. In popular votes but was short of a majority of popular votes, he did have the needed majority in electoral college votes and won the election.

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The Secession Crisis

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On December 20, 1860, South Carolina, by vote of special convention, succeeded from the Union. February 1, 1861 six more states had followed suit. (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas)

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The Homestead Act and the Morrill Land Grant Act
The homestead act granted 160 acres of government land free of charge to any person who would farm it for at least five years. The Morrill Land Grant Act offered large amounts of federal government land to sates that would establish "agricultural and mechanical" colleges. The founding of many nations large state universities occurred under the provisions of this act."
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The Emancipation Proclamation
Declared free all slaves in areas still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863
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John Wilkes Booth
Shot Lincoln in the back of the head at the Fords Theater in Washington D.C.
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Freedmans Bureau
To provide food, clothing, and education and generally to look after the interest of former slaves
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Civil Rights Act
In 1886 congress declared that all citizens born in the U.S. Are, regardless of race, equal citizens under the law. This act became the model for the 14th amendment to the constitution
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The Fifteenth Amendment
Ulysses S. Grant was president when republican leaders decided it would be politically expedient to give the vote to all blacks
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Federation of Labor (AFL)
Represents labors concerns about wages, hours, and safety conditions
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The Spanish-American War
The Cuban revolt against Spain in 1895 threatened American business interest in Cuba. Theodore Roosevelt encouraged popular support in direct American military intervention on behalf of Cuban independence
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Theodore Roosevelt and progressive reforms
On September 6, 1901 president McKinley was shot he died on September 14th Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president to date at age 42
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Antitrust Policy (1902)
Roosevelt ordered the justice department to prosecute corporations pursuing monopolistic practices
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903
Granted the United States control of the Canal Zone in Panama for $10 million and annual fee of $250,000
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Panama Canal
Construction began in 1904 and was completed in 1914
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Niagara Movement
W.E.B Dubois founded the movement which called for federal legislation to protect racial equality and to grant full citizenship rights
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Emergency Quota Act
The law became effective in 1922and reduced the number of immigrants annually to about 40 percent of the 1921 total
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The Crash
Stock market crash in 1929
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Black Thursday
October 24, 1929 saw the trading of almost 13 million shares; this was a large number for that time and prices fell
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Black Tuesday
The market fell about 40 points, with 16,5 million shares traded
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Hoover's Depression Policies
Congress passed the Agricultural Marketing Act, which created the Federal Farm Board. The board had a revolving fund of $500 million to old commodities. Such as wheat and cotton and hold them for higher prices
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Banking Act of 1933 or the Glass-Stegall Act
Establish the Federal Deposit insurance Corporation to insure individual deposits in commercial banks and to separate commercial banking from the more speculative activity of investment banking
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Public works Administration
Had 3.5 billion to distribute to state and local governements for building projects such as schools, highways, and hospitals
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National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA) 1933
The goal was the self-regulation of business and the development of fair prices, wages, hours, and working conditions
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Pearl Habor
December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
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Korematsu v. United States(1944)
The Supreme Court upheld sending Issei (Japanese Americans from Japan) and Nisei (Native-born Japanese Americans) to concentration camps
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The Cold War and Containment
In February 1947 Great Britain notified the United States that it could no longer aid the Greek government in its war against Communist insurgents
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Truman Doctrine
Truman agreed that the United States must support free peoples who we're resisting Communist domination
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Anti communism
On February 9, 1950 Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin stated that he had a list of known communists in the state department
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Korean War
On June 25, 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea
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Fidel Castro
In January 1959 overthrew the dictator of Cuba
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Under Eisenhower the CIA had began training some 2,000 men to invade Cuba and to overthrow Fidel Castro
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Bay of Pigs
On April 19, 1961 the force to overthrow Castro at the Bay of Pigs;Opposing forces printed them down, demanded their surrender and capture some 1,200 men.
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1964 Civil Rights Act
Outlawed racial discrimination by employers and unions, created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce the law and eliminated the remaining restrictions on black voting
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James Earl Ray
He assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. On April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee
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Vietnam
After defeat of the French in Vietnamese in 1954 the u.s. Sent military advisors to South Vietnam to aid the government of Ngo Dinh Diem
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Watergate
June 17 a security officer and men for the committee for reelection of the president broke into a Democratic headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex in D.C. The authorities caught the men going through files and installing electronic eavesdropping devices. (Nixon)
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Carter Foreign Policy
Carter negotiated a controversial treaty with Panama affirmed by the senate in 1978 that provided for the transfer of ownership of the canal to Panama in 1999 and guaranteed its neutrality
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The Iranian Crisis
In 1978 a revolution forced the shah of Iran to flee the country, because the u.s. Supported the shah with arms and money the revolutionaries were anti-American calling the U.S. The "great satan"
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Iran-Contra
In 1985 and 1986 several Reagan officials sold arms to Iranians in hopes of encouraging them to use their influence in obtaining the release of American hostages in Lebanon
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Operation Just Cause
The bush administration had been concerned that Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was the cause of the drug trafficking between South America and the U.S.
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Persian Gulf Crisis
On August 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. U.S. Banned trade with Iraq and froze Iraq and Kuwaits asserts in the US
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North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA)
Eliminated most tariffs and other barriers among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
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Communism
System in which the state controls economic activity in the nation
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Socialism
The central government controls the production of distribution of goods, services, and labor in the nation
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Democracy
Form of government which majority rule
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Monarchy
King or Queen leads the nation
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Autocracy
Ruler has unlimited power uses power in an arbitrary manner
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Monarchy
Ruled by a king or queen who holds complete control over subjects. Ruler sometime claims birth and divine rights
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Dictatorship
The ruler holds absolute power to make laws and command the army
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Theocracy
Ruled by a group of religious leaders (Taliban in Afghanistan)
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Aristocracy
A group of nobles controls the economy and government
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Oligarchy
A small group of powerful and wealthy people rule the nation with the support of military
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Military
A committee of military officers or junta rule the nation
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Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution preserve human rights

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