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Adversary was Montezuma.Click for Answer: Cortes Click for Question/Definition: 1539 Spanish explorer trekked across the southeast from to the Mississippi River.Click for Answer: de Soto Click for Question/Definition: 1540 Spanish explorer who searched for the 7 of Cibola.Click for Answer: de Click for Question/Definition: 1519-1521 ExplorerClick for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Spanish Explorer Click for Answer: del Click for Question/Definition: 1535 French Explorer who searched for a NW to China.Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: 1608 French claimed Canada for France and founded Quebec.Click for Answer: de Champlain Click for Question/Definition: 1673 explorer journeyed down the Mississippi River.Click for Answer: Marquette Click for Question/Definition: French explorer all the way down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.Click for Answer: de La Click for Question/Definition: AKA Giovanni Caboto 1497 explorerClick for Answer: John Click for Question/Definition: AKA John Cabot 1497 English Click for Answer: Caboto Click for Question/Definition: English Explorer Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: English Explorer Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Portuguese 1487Click for Answer: Dias Click for Question/Definition: Portuguese explorer Click for Answer: de Gama Click for Question/Definition: 1513 Spanish explorer who discovered Pacific , crossed isthmus of panamaClick for Answer: Vasco Numiz de Click for Question/Definition: 1st european (Spanish explorer) to describe America from Florida through Arizona and setthe stage for the conquest of America.Click for Answer: de Vaca Click for Question/Definition: explorer in the 1530's. Conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of Lima.Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: 1513 Spanish explorer, 1st governor of Puerto Rico and discovered Florida while searching for the of youth.Click for Answer: Ponce de Click for Question/Definition: Columbus, Vespucci, da , Marco PoloClick for Answer: Explorers Click for Question/Definition: Cartier, de Champlain, , de La Salle, MarquetteClick for Answer: Explorers Click for Question/Definition: Cabot, Drake, Hudson, , Gilbert, FrobisherClick for Answer: Explorers Click for Question/Definition: Balboa, De Vaca, De , Cortes, De Soto, Pizarro, De Leon, Magellan, del CanoClick for Answer: Explorers Click for Question/Definition: War between Britain and the StatesClick for Answer: War of Click for Question/Definition: 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise, split the Louisiana Purchase into 2 territories and its settlers to accept or reject slavery by popular sovereignty. Enflamed slavery issue and led opponents to form Republican Party.Click for Answer: Kansas-Nebraska Click for Question/Definition: of land distributionClick for Answer: Headright Click for Question/Definition: divided world with a line which granted Spain all lands to the west of the line and all lands to the east.Click for Answer: Treaty of Click for Question/Definition: 1820 admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.Click for Answer: Missouri Click for Question/Definition: case concerning constitutional to abortionClick for Answer: Roe v. Click for Question/Definition: 1850 made it easier for owners to recapture runaway slavesClick for Answer: Slave Law Click for Question/Definition: 1824 case that affirmed and expanded the power of the federal govt. to regulate interstate commerce.Click for Answer: v. Ogden Click for Question/Definition: court case that established special protections for womenClick for Answer: Miller v. Click for Question/Definition: 1756-1763 pitted Britain against France for of North America AKA French and Indian WarClick for Answer: 7 War Click for Question/Definition: 1775 Organized continental army and comissioned George Washington to lead it then begin requisitioning men and supplies for the war .Click for Answer: 2nd Continental Click for Question/Definition: FDR programs to help the Great DepressionClick for Answer: The New Click for Question/Definition: Ratified in 1870, this amendment prohibited the denial or abridgment of the right to vote by the federal government or state governments on the of race, color or prior condition as a slave. Intended to guarantee African Americans right to vote.Click for Answer: 15th Click for Question/Definition: 1819 court case that that the constitution protected charters given to corporations by states.Click for Answer: Dartmouth v. Woodward Click for Question/Definition: 1819 banking court case where the Supreme Court propped up the idea of implied powers meaning the constitution be broadly interpreted. Also asserted the supremacy of federal power over state power.Click for Answer: v. Maryland Click for Question/Definition: AKA 7 WarClick for Answer: French and Indian Click for Question/Definition: amendment in 1865 that prohibited slavery and involuntary solitudeClick for Answer: 13th Click for Question/Definition: Court case that reversed Plessy v. Ferguson that established the separate but equal doctrine. Found segregation in schools unequal and initiated an effort to integrate the nations public schools.Click for Answer: v. Board of Education Click for Question/Definition: Amendment ratified in 1868 that provided citizenship to ex-slaves after the War and protected equal rights for all US citizens.Click for Answer: 14th Click for Question/Definition: Meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philidelphia in 1774. Denied Parliaments authority to legislate for the , condemned British actions toward the colonies, created the continental assoc. and endorsed a call to take up arms.Click for Answer: 1st Continental Click for Question/Definition: Court case in 1896 that the doctrine of separate but equal and upheld a Louisiana law requiring that blacks and whites occupy separate rail cars.Click for Answer: Plessy v. Click for Question/Definition: English, traded with the Indians, mapped the Chesapeake Bay, instituted military , and helped make Jamestown, Virginia a successClick for Answer: Captain John Click for Question/Definition: Hired by England to find the passage to ChinaClick for Answer: Hudson Click for Question/Definition: founded Province of Click for Answer: Penn Click for Question/Definition: responsible for establishing the first English colony in the New World, on June 4, 1584,[2] at Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina,known as "The Lost , order to conductsearch of El DoradoClick for Answer: Sir Walter Click for Question/Definition: tribe of Native Americans who live in the Pacific Northwest region (Columbia River Plateau) of the United States, covered parts of Washington, , and Idaho, in an area surrounding the Snake, Salmon and the Clear Water RiversClick for Answer: Nez Click for Question/Definition: influenced by national and religous rivalries, as seen in works by early Protestant historians the period of Spanish imperialism, the unfair depiction of Spain and Spaniards as bloodthirsty cruel, intolerant, greedy and fanaticalClick for Answer: Black Click for Question/Definition: the first governing document, or constitution, of the United States of America, set the for operations of the "United States" confederationClick for Answer: Articles of Click for Question/Definition: an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, declared that the Thirteen Colonies were independent of the Kingdom of Britain written by Thomas JeffersonClick for Answer: Declaration of Click for Question/Definition: an American politician and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the most influential Founding of the United States, Father of the Constitution,supervised the Louisiana Purchase, led the nation into the War of 1812Click for Answer: James Click for Question/Definition: fifth President of the United States (1817-1825), Opponent of the Federalists, Diplomat for Click for Answer: Monroe Click for Question/Definition: most critical Founding Fathers of the United States, major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and regarding electricityClick for Answer: Frankilin Click for Question/Definition: was a central and critical figure in the founding of the States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation, 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America.[2] He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797Click for Answer: George Click for Question/Definition: second President (1797–1801), Opponent of Stamp Act 1765, on committee that drafted the of IndependenceClick for Answer: John Click for Question/Definition: Compromise of 1850 - Fugitive Slave Act amended enforcing penalties with regard to runaways; CA as Free, abolition of slave trade; UT territory created; NM territory created; TX annexed.Click for Answer: Millard Click for Question/Definition: Black ; Jim Crow laws; CRA 1866; 14th AmendmentClick for Answer: Andrew Click for Question/Definition: 15th Click for Answer: S Grant Click for Question/Definition: Organized US steel Corp(1901); International Harvest Corp(1902); Northern Securities Corp; Rockefeller OIL; Vanderbilt RAILROAD; Carnegie STEEL; Panama Canal; Industrial for WWI;Click for Answer: Theodore Click for Question/Definition: Great Depression; Refused to do too much,thought the should not interfere. Federal Farm board; lent money to farmers in S, but would not permit relief. 1932 - Reconstruction Finance Corp. Banking Act of 1932.Click for Answer: Herbert Click for Question/Definition: terms; New Deal;Administrations:(CCC),(AAA),(TVA),(HLC),National Recovery Admin,FDIC,(PWA),(CWA),(SEC),FHA,(WPA),(RA); Ended Depression, Entered WWII, New roads and buildings; Act; CASH and CARRY; After attack on Pearl Harbor, was declaredClick for Answer: D Roosevelt Click for Question/Definition: Dropped A-bomb on and Nagasaki;Japan surrendered in 1945;Truman Doctrine-$400 Mil in military aid to Greece and Turkey to keep communism out; Marshall Plan - to rebuild Europe.Click for Answer: Harry Click for Question/Definition: Watergate/opening of China; only president to resign; Ceasar Chevez-mex immigrant fought for = pay for imm. workers; NFWA later changed to UFW; he eventually gained bargaining agreements for workers.; 27th Amendment; Roe v Wade; Last troops from VNClick for Answer: Richard Click for Question/Definition: End of Cold War; wall came downClick for Answer: Reagan Click for Question/Definition: civil rights/vietnam/war on poverty; 24th - abolished poll tax; 1968 MLK murderedClick for Answer: Lyndon Click for Question/Definition: Name 5 Jamestown failed.Click for Answer: Lack of food, indian attacks, malaria/disease, concentrated on looking for gold and leader did not respond to of the wilderness. Click for Question/Definition: Which house has representation?Click for Answer: Senate Click for Question/Definition: Which house is based on in state?Click for Answer: of Representatives Click for Question/Definition: What are the branches of government?Click for Answer: Executive, Legislative and Click for Question/Definition: What can the Executive do?Click for Answer: Approves or vetoes bills, makes treaties, grants pardons and reprieves, enforces laws, officers to armed forces, Commander in Chief of armed forces, head of state, appoints or removes cabinet members and National CEO Click for Question/Definition: What can the Legislative do?Click for Answer: coin money, maintain a military, declare war on other countries, interstate and foreign commerce Click for Question/Definition: a two year term, start laws that make people pay taxes, decide if government officials should be put to trial before the senate, has power to impeachClick for Answer: of Representatives Click for Question/Definition: Serve 6 year terms, confirm or treaties, confirm or disapprove presidential appointments, hold trail for a government official who commits a crime against the country, power to remove official from officeClick for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: What is the of Tears?Click for Answer: The government forced 15,000 Cherokees to Georgia for Oklahoma. At least 4000 died on the way. 1838 Click for Question/Definition: What did Hoover do about the Depression?Click for Answer: He refused to do much to help because he thought government should not interfere with business and people's lives-lead to super-state=loss of freedom. Click for Question/Definition: Anti-slavery extrmist-John Brown and his followers took 5 proslavery men from cabins in Kansas and them.Click for Answer: Bleeding Click for Question/Definition: What events fueled the pre-civil war conflict over ?Click for Answer: Territorial (compromise 1850), fugitive slave act, Kansas Nebraska act, Bleeding Kansas Click for Question/Definition: What is the of the American two party system?Click for Answer: Allows for greater representation of the . Click for Question/Definition: What did Johnson's Great Society programs do?Click for Answer: Supplied federal funds to school districts, set up a program for disadvantaged preschoolers, provided for federal intervention to protect African American registration and voting in six states, set up an insurance program for over 65 years old. Click for Question/Definition: in the US is...Click for Answer: Incomplete and NOT operating as it might because it remains a work in . Click for Question/Definition: SlaveryClick for Answer: 13th Click for Question/Definition: "equal protection"Click for Answer: 14th Click for Question/Definition: Why were the Founders afraid of tyranny?Click for Answer: because they feared that the majority might try to undermind the of minorities and threaten individual rights. 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Click for Question/Definition: What were added to the Bill of Rights immediately AFTER the Civil War?Click for Answer: 13th, 14th and Click for Question/Definition: Who the Agricultural Adjustment Act?Click for Answer: Franklin Click for Question/Definition: Which President during the Civil War; and ended slavery?Click for Answer: Lincoln Click for Question/Definition: Which President set precedents for the President's role in ?Click for Answer: Washington Click for Question/Definition: Which President challenged to send a man to the moon?Click for Answer: John Click for Question/Definition: Who established the Tennessee Authority?Click for Answer: Roosevelt Click for Question/Definition: Laws are , discussed and voted on in CongressClick for Answer: Role of Branch Click for Question/Definition: makes laws official. The approves and carries out laws passed by the legislative branch. The President approves and carries out laws by the legislative branch.He appoints or removes cabinet members and officials. He negotiates treaties, and actsClick for Answer: Role of Branch Click for Question/Definition: oversees the court system of the U.S. the Court rules whether something is constitutional or unconstitutionalClick for Answer: Role of Branch Click for Question/Definition: Who establish the FDIC?Click for Answer: Roosevelt Click for Question/Definition: Uses false color and 3-D to show changes in altitudeClick for Answer: Relief Click for Question/Definition: Climate of a region color or patternsClick for Answer: Map Click for Question/Definition: Detailed and accurate graphic representation of cultural and natural features on ground. Includes manmade features like , bridges, and mines. shows relative position land elevation of mountains, landforms and bodies of waterClick for Answer: Topographical Click for Question/Definition: Includes country names, borders, physical ocean features and island names, boundaries, divisions and .Click for Answer: Political Click for Question/Definition: When representatives gathered to a constitution they turned to what?Click for Answer: The Magna Carta which was written 575 years before the . Click for Question/Definition: What was the main weakness of the Articles of ?Click for Answer: Each state retained sovereignty and congress. Click for Question/Definition: Under the Articles of Confederation, congress NOT do what?Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Projected the parallels of growing further apart as they left the equator.Click for Answer: Mercator Click for Question/Definition: Map split into sections in center of land -made distance hard to measureClick for Answer: Goode Click for Question/Definition: 1963 the best. used by US service, National Geography society and most educational institutions.Click for Answer: Robinson Click for Question/Definition: What is ?Click for Answer: Increased soil erosion, leads to imparied water cycle in specific and ultimately the earth. Click for Question/Definition: What is warming?Click for Answer: Increased amount of carbon in the atmosphere=greenhouse effect Click for Question/Definition: What is development?Click for Answer: Increased competition for resources (coal) and increased local pollution levels like acid rain. Click for Question/Definition: What is growth?Click for Answer: Increased for food. Click for Question/Definition: How does regional natural resources impact relations?Click for Answer: Competing transportation costs for ore, coal, and steel will determine the location of steel mills. Click for Question/Definition: How does regional resources impact international relations?Click for Answer: Possession of rare minerals ( South Africa) and large deposits of energy resources (Saudi Arabia) strenghten a states in global affairs. Fewer resources can be overcome (Japan). Click for Question/Definition: How does consumption of resources world economy?Click for Answer: Mineral and over use=shortages=economic decline in certain areas. Click for Question/Definition: Natural rate =Click for Answer: Birth and Death Click for Question/Definition: INTRODUCED IN THE 20TH CENTURY, PRESERVES BOTHE THE SHAPE AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE GLOBE; HOWEVER, IT IS DIFFICULT TO NDERSTAND OREIENTATION AND BECAUSE THE CONE IS AT A MERIDIAN, ONE SECTION IS ALWAYS MISSINGClick for Answer: Projections Click for Question/Definition: LOCATION ACCESSIBLE FROM MANY Click for Answer: Cities Click for Question/Definition: Sailed on 3 year voyage the worldClick for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: first all water trade route between Europe & AsiaClick for Answer: De Gama Click for Question/Definition: Inspired Click for Answer: Polo Click for Question/Definition: WWI the US economy...Click for Answer: Economy of U.S. expanded at unprecedented Click for Question/Definition: during WWIIClick for Answer: Dwight Click for Question/Definition: President WWIIClick for Answer: Wilson Click for Question/Definition: cold temps; permafrost; no trees/tall plants; shrubby vegetations w/roots that don't penetrate subsoil; mosquitoes because of standing Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Variable rainfall; wet and dry seasons; high amounts of ; # of high tree species; unusually high # of speciesClick for Answer: Tropical Click for Question/Definition: Less than 30 cm of rainfall; aren't always hot, some cold at night, some cold year round; cacti-succulents; desert mice, snakes, nocturnal speciesClick for Answer: Desert Click for Question/Definition: Destruction of large areas of forest due to cutting by humansClick for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Use of fossil fuels, coal, oil, gas, & gasoline has increased levels of carbon dioxide in lower atmosphereClick for Answer: Warming Click for Question/Definition: production has negative impact by increaing human activity; hyrdroelectric projects alter terrainClick for Answer: Development Click for Question/Definition: As human population increases, farming, construction, , & energy development decreaseClick for Answer: Population Click for Question/Definition: , glass, & aluminumClick for Answer: Resources Click for Question/Definition: Raw petroleum, iron, , & uraniumClick for Answer: Nonrenewable Click for Question/Definition: What are the duties of the of Representatives?Click for Answer: Tax laws, to impeach President, decide if gov. officials go to trial Click for Question/Definition: What are the fo the Senate?Click for Answer: Power to remove official from office; hold trials for govt. officials and Confirm/disapprove treaties or Presidential . Click for Question/Definition: What is a of the 2 party system?Click for Answer: Allows for representation of people Click for Question/Definition: Britain; 1215; Need assent for bill to become lawClick for Answer: Carta Click for Question/Definition: Protection for accused of crimeClick for Answer: 5th Click for Question/Definition: Five : Speech, religion, press, assemble, peacefully protestClick for Answer: 1st Click for Question/Definition: Right to bear Click for Answer: 2nd Click for Question/Definition: Quatering Click for Answer: 3rd Click for Question/Definition: Unreasonable /seizureClick for Answer: 4th Click for Question/Definition: Right to due Click for Answer: 5th Click for Question/Definition: to vote for womenClick for Answer: 19th Click for Question/Definition: Poll tax Click for Answer: 24th Click for Question/Definition: Voting age lowered to Click for Answer: 26th Click for Question/Definition: New Click for Answer: Wilson Click for Question/Definition: DestinyClick for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: RepublicanismClick for Answer: Eisenhower Click for Question/Definition: maps that use colors, lines, symbols, tints, and shading to demonstrate physical characteristics of the area and often include roads and other artificial objects.Click for Answer: Physical Click for Question/Definition: The forests occur along the equator. There are only two seasons—wet and Click for Answer: Forest Click for Question/Definition: cold, long winters; very short mild season,snow all year, low deciduous , mosses, lichensClick for Answer: Arctic Click for Question/Definition: cool, wet winters; warm, dry precipitation, broadleaf deciduous treesClick for Answer: Humid Click for Question/Definition: hot , no dry seasonClick for Answer: Subtropical Click for Question/Definition: cold to mild all year, low precipitationClick for Answer: Subarctic Click for Question/Definition: long, cold winters; short, cool summersdry air - mountains, low ,Click for Answer: Highlands Click for Question/Definition: warm-cool , no dry seasonClick for Answer: Marine West Click for Question/Definition: cool summer, cold Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: dry, warm and cool, wet winterClick for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: moisture to support vegetationClick for Answer: Semi-Arid |
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