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U.S History 1st sem Flashcards

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What connected Asia to North America and brought the first Americans to the continent?

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land bridge the bering straight

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Who was Christopher Columbus?

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He discovered the Americas and the Indians.

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What was Jamestown?

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First permanent english settlement

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What was the Triangle Trade?

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Trading system between Europe Africa and america

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What was the French and Indian War and what did it Lead to?

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French and British = war debt = british impose taxes = taxation w.out representation

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What was the Boston Massacre?

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British troops killed 5 americans

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What was the Declaration of Independence?

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Declared independence from Britain - july 4 1776

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What were the Articles of Confederation?

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First constitution

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What is the system of Checks and Balances?

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Allows for on branch to check/ limit the power of another

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What is the Constitution?

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Framework for our government

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What is the Bill of Rights?

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First 10 amendments/ a change to the constitution

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When and what was the Louisiana Purchase?

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Doubled the land of the U.S - 1803 T jeff

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What was the Trail of Tears?

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Force migration of native americans - perilous route - death

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What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

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Birth of the women’s right movement - first women’s right convention

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What was the Abolitionist Movement?

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Attempts the eliminate slavery

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What is manifest Destiny?

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America should control whole continent - from sea to shining sea

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What was the Gold Rush and when?

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Gold is discovered in california - leads to mass immigration 1848

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What was the Dred Scott Decision

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african americans were not citizens

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What was the Civil War?

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War between north and south over slavery

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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Slaves are free in all states that are in a state of stated rebellion

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13th Amendment

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ended slavery

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14th Amendment

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equal protection under the law and everyone is a citizen

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15th Amendment

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all men can vote cannot be denied based on race

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What was Reconstruction

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rebuilding of the south - post civil war

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What was the Homestead Act?

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1862 - government gave land 21+ have to WORK the land for 5 years

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What was the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Railroad goes across the continent

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What is Laissez Faire?

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Let you be - let it be - government is hands off business. No regulation true capitalism

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What is Capitalism?

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Profit - private ownership/individuals own

29
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Who were Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan and what were they known for?

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Business lords - industrialists - industrialist - tycoons - monopolist - oil - steel - banking

30
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What are Jim Crow Laws

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legal segregation

31
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What is a muckraker?

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Investigative journalist - dear diary - meatpacking bad

32
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What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire?

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Trapped workers in burning building 8th floor - jump or burn - managers locked the door the prevent theft. Leads to safety labor laws

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What is Prohibition?

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No booze - illegal to manufacture distribute

34
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What was Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal?

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Government gives a fair deal to workers, consumers, owners

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What was significant about the 1912 presidential election.

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Teddy Roosevelt creates a third party = bull moose party = splits republican party = wilson wins as a democrat

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What was the 19th Amendment?

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Women can vote

37
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Define Imperialism

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big country take over small country

38
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What was the Open Door Policy?

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All countries can equally screw over china. No spheres of influence

39
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What is the significance behind “Remember the Maine”

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triggered the spanish american war - uss maine blew up in Havana cuba to hell with Spain

40
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What was the Lusitania?

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British liner had some Americans on it. Sunk by german U-boat

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What was the Zimmerman Note?

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Germany to mexico - tell mexico to link up

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What was the selective service act?

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draft

43
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Who was Woodrow Wilson and what were his 14 points?

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President during WWI - 14 points was a peace plan - league of nations

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What was the Red Scare? What led to it?

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Fear of communist after the Bolshevik revolution. Palmer raids hunting communist/socialist also leads quota system to limit immigration

45
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Who Was Henry Ford and what was the Assembly Line?

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Automotive lord - work comes to the worker - more efficient - more production - cheapers goods

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What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

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Condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies

47
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What was the Scopes Trial?

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Monkey trail - evolution vs fundamentalism

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What were Flappers?

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Young women who went against traditional ideas of proper dress and behavior

49
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What was Fundamentalism

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literal interpretation of religious text

50
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What was the 18th Amendment?

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Prohibition of booze

51
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What were Bootleggers?

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Sold booze illegally also manufactured booze

52
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What were Speakeasies?

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Secret bars

53
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What was the Great Migration?

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African Americans move from south to north for economic opportunity - WWI industrial jobs

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What was the Harlem Renaissance?

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Cultural birth of African American culture jazz poetry art

55
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Who was Charles A. Lindbergh?

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First man to fly across the Atlantic ocean

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