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United States History, Government and Citizenship Flashcards

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What was the European Colonization? Who were the European powers? what was the main motive?

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the invasion, settlement and estbalishment of control of the americas. The european powers: spain, france, and england. The main motive was the Northwest Passage

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Who was Christopher Columbus

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Found the New World- The Americas

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Who is Hernan Cortez?

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Discovered the Aztec wealth and began the first phase of spanish colonization of the americas.

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What was the oldest city in the united states that was founded by the spanish?

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St. Augustine

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What was the first permanent English Colony in the Americas?

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Jamestown

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What was Americas first Puritan settlement?

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Plymouth colony

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What was the first legislative assembly in the colonies?

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House of Burgesses

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What is the Mayflower?

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An english ship that transported the puritans to the new world.

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what was the mayflower compact?

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the first document of self-governmance signed by the mayflower passengers.

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What was the American REvolution?

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Colonist revolt against great britain

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why did the colonist revolt against the britains?

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it started with the taxes that the british imposed on the colonist

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what were the causes of the american revolution? (what things were put on them?

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The stamp act. the townshed acts, boston massacre, boston tea party

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what was the stamp act?

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tasx put on the american colonies

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what was the townshed acts?

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a series of law. the laws taxed goods imported to the american colonies

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what was the boston tea party?

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a protest by the american colonist

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what was the boston massacre?

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british soldier shot and killed severla people in boston. paul revere and samuel adams used this as propoganda for reveloutionary war

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what were the first political parties?

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the federalist and the democratic-republican party

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what is the articles of confederation?

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the first u.s. constitution , weak central government

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what was the magna carta?

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english law that established that individuals have natural rights of security, liberty and property

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john adams was with what political party? what did that political party favor?

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federalist. strong central government

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thomas jefferson was with what political party? what did that political party favor?

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democratic-republic, small government

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what is westward expansion? what was it fueled by?

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movement of settlers into the american west. fueled by gold rush, oregon trail and manifest destiny.

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what was the oregon trail?

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a mjaor route from missouri to oregan that pioneers used to migrate west

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what was the manifest destiny?

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belief that the united states was destined by God to expand control and spread democracy

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25
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what was the lousiana purchase?

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land deal between the united states and france.

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26
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what was the erie canal? why was it important?

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man-made waterway that connects the atlantic ocean-through new york city- great lakes. It allowed people to travel.

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27
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Who was the war of 1812 fought between?

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the british and the united states

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28
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what treaty settled the war of 1812?

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the treaty of ghent

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29
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what was the antebellum period?

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period between war of 1812 and the civil war

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30
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what was the civil war?

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a problem between the north and south as they became divided.

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31
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what were some positive affects of the civil war?

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abolished slavery, passing 13th, 14th and 15th amendment

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32
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what is the 13th amendment?

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abolished slavery

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33
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what was the 14th amendment?

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granted equal civil and legal rights

34
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what was the 15th amendment?

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denying a citizen the right to vote based on color

35
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when people migrate to another country, it is usually because something pushes them away from their native country and pulls them to a new place, this is called what?

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a push-pull factor

36
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what is agrarianism? (what is most associated with)

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agriculture, farming

37
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what is industrialization? (based on what)

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manufactured goods

38
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what was the 19th amendment?

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granted women the right to vote

39
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what is the chinese exclusion act of 1882?

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prohibited immigration of chinese laborers

40
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what is the sherman antitrust act?

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outlawed monopolisitic business practices

41
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what is the federal reserve act?

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established the federal reserve system and central bank to oversee monetary policy

42
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What was WWI also known as? What was the start of WWI?

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the great war. the assassination of archduke ferdinand

43
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who were the allied powers?

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france, britain, russia and united states

44
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who were the central powers?

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austria-hungary, germany, ottoman empire, bulgaria

45
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who was the president during WWI?

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woodrow wilson

46
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what was the espionage act during WWI?

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made it illegal to interfere with the operation of the military

47
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what ended WWI? What was signed?

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The treaty of versailles

48
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what was the interwar period? What does it mean?

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the period between the end of WWI and the start of WW2

49
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what was the roaring 20as?

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social and political change for modern america

50
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what is the harlem renaissance?

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cultural mecca for African Americans

51
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what was langston hughes? what was louis armstrong?

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poet and jazz musician

52
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what was the great depression?

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economic downfall in the industrialized world

53
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what was the dust bowl?

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farming families set to migrate across the united stated for better loving and working conditions

54
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what was the new deal?

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a series of programs and projects that was established by franklin d roosevelt

55
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Why was the united states reluctant to enter WW2?

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because of the economic crisis at home

56
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what makes the official start of ww2?

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germany invades poland

57
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what caused the united stated to join WW2?

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attack on pearl harbor

58
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what caused the end of WW2?

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attack on hiroshima and nagasaki. Japan surrenders, which ends the war

59
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what was the cold war?

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geopolitical tension between the united states and its allies ,

60
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why is it called the cold war?

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there were no large scale fighting, but small proxy wars, military build ups, which almost started another war.

61
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what does containment mean? what war was this strategy used for?

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strategies to prevent the spread of communism. the cold war.

62
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what is the domino theory? what war was this strategy used for?

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political event in one country will cause something similar in neighboring countries. cold war.

63
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what was the truman doctrine?

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united stated would provide political, military and economic assistance

64
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what is the marshall plan?

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european recovery program. provides aid to western europe.

65
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what is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?

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alliance between territories of north american and europe

66
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what is the bay of pigs invasion?

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a failed attempt to overthrow fidel castro

67
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what was the brown v. topeka?

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supreme court ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools

68
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what were jim crow laws?

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laws that were used to enforce racial segregation in public areas

69
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what was the first wave of feminism?

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goal of the movement was equal rights for women. Met at seneca falls to outline womens political strategies. Industrial revolution played a large role in this.

70
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What was the partition of India?

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British empire agreed to give india its independence after WWII. This split india into two independent dominions. pakistan and india

71
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what is the korean war?

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war between north and south korea.

72
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what was the vietnam war?

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conflict between north vietnam and south vietnam.

73
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what is the 60 day war?

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war between israelis and arabs. ended with significant friction and ownership of what is now the gaza strip.

74
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what was the persian gulf war?

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two phase war: operation desert shield and operation desert storm. Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait

75
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What was the iraq war?

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second persian gulf war. united stated and britain invade iraq

76
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what is separation of powers? What are the powers?

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divided into three branches. legislative, executive and judicial branch.

77
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what is the constitution?

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document outlining the overarching laws and division of powers.

78
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what does the legislative branch include?

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house of representatives and senate q

79
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how is the house of representatives distrubuted?

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by the states population

80
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how is the senate chosen ?

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includes 100 members who are elected for 6 years. two from each state. 1/3 of the seats renewed every two years.

81
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how many justices is the supreme court made up of?

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9

82
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does each state have its own constitution?

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yes

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