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| mayflower compact | agree to be governed by a government they create
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| Thomas Paine | wrote a book on why colonists should leave great Britain
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| Article of Confederation | first try at the US government, too much power to the states
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| great compromise | bicameral, 2 legislative branches, House of Representatives and the senate
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| declaration of Independence | left Great Britain
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| Judicial review/Marbury v Madison | the law is unconstitutional
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| Bill of Rights | constitutionally guarantees individual rights/anti federalist would agree to the constitution.
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| Separation of powers | each branch has different powers to ensure none get too powerful
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| Monroe Doctrine | Keep Europe out of Latin America
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| Seneca falls | Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton, these women went there to fight for the right to vote. Women were given the right to vote.
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| Louisiana Purchase | doubled the size of the USA, manifest Destiny
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| Trail of tears | Andrew Jackson sent Native Americans to the west, Mean and killed many, fought native Americans, old hickory
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| Kansas Nebraska Act | slavery in the new states, free or slave, territories vote on slaves
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| Homestead act | free land in the mid west
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| Dawes act | Americanizing the Native Americans
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| robber barons | JD Rockefeller (oil) Andrew Carnegie (steel) monopolies
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| monopolies | One owner that eliminates competitions
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| Social Darwinism | strong survive, laissez faire
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| Sherman Anti Trust act | Teddy Roosevelt breaks up the monopolies
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| industrial revolution | growth of urban middle class, immigration rises
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| urbanization | moving from a country to city for a job
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| Chinese exclusion act | gentlemen's agreement , limited number of Chinese immigrants. nativism
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| nativism | Americas way is best, leave jobs to Americans, not immigration
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| new immigrants | China and japan, Italy and eastern Europe. people coming for jobs
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| Plessey v Ferguson | separate but equal
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| Jim crow laws | made separate facilities legal
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| progressive era | size of government grew, government controlled more aspects of business and society
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| federal reserve act | control money supply
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| Jacob Riis | Muckrakers, brought attention to how the poor people lived. He did it so others would know how things were.
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| Prohibition and its repeal | 18th amendment, started prohibition (the banning of alcohol)
the 21st amendment ended prohibition
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| Pure food and drug act | what is in the food. Food had to have labels on them to let the consumers know exactly what they were eating.
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| NAACP | advance the rights of African Americans.
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| Upton Sinclair | wrote the book The Jungle, it was a book about the meat factories and how filthy things were.
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| Booker T Washington | keep African American culture, use education to further self
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| open door policy | allowed USA to trade with China
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| Yellow Journalism | used by the media to sell not just papers but to sell a movement by the government.
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| Schenck v US | free speech is limited during war time.
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| nativism and causes in the 1920's | Sacco and Vanzetti, put to death in the 1920's because they were different. lack of civil rights, nativism
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| Harlem Renaissance | African Americans wrote books and music about the culture of the African Americans of the 20's
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| Stock Market crash and the great depression | causes: too much stuff made unemployment increased, too many poor people, too many owing money and losing jobs so they cannot pay for stuff
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| Public Works Program | New Deal programs to create jobs
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| Rationing/Coupons | using materials for war, not consumers. Rationing is when you can only get a certain amount of something
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| GI Bill | used to attract soldiers and to thank them. the gi bill pays for the servicemen to go to college or help them in buying a home
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| McCarthyism | Fear of communism during the cold war
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| Gideon v Wainwright | Government must provide an attorney to someone who cannot afford one. This attorney is free to the person and is paid for by the government
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| Brown v Board | Separate but equal is not legal. This case overturned Plessey v Ferguson. It allowed blacks to attend all white schools
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| Containment in southeast Asia | USA stopped the spread of communism, example is Korea and Vietnam
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| Roe v Wade | right to privacy, which led to women's right to choose abortion.
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| fall of berlin wall | started the end of communism. USA won the cold war
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| Graying of America | the amount of baby boomers is greater than the workforce, so younger people need to work more to support them.
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| Terrorism Attack on 9/11 | led to the Patriot Act, which US citizens gave up rights for security. It was an attack on the world trade center in NY City
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| NAFTA | Canada, USA, Mexico all trade without tariffs
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| LBJ's Great Society | governments attempt to end poverty. programs were put into place for people with needs and is paid by the government
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| 1st amendment | free speech, free religion
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| systems of checks and balances | three branches of government to ensure that no one branch becomes too powerful over the others
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| Manifest Destiny | from Atlantic ocean to the Pacific
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| Miranda v Arizona | a person who is arrested has the right to remain silent...
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| Immigration | why they came, religion, jobs, western Europe/Irish
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| FDR New Deal | ended the depression, gave money to build roads, bridges and to provide jobs, grew the size of government
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| New Deal Policies | social securities, work projects
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| National recovery Act | Minimum wage
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| Life in the city | pollution, crowded, multiple cultures melted together (melting pot)
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| transportation | steam, roads, railroads, canals
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| federalist | strong national government
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| John Adams | Lawyer, President, Boston Massacre
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| Andrew Jackson | treatment of native Americans was poor, banks, wanted to weaken the banks, gave friends jobs, import tax, so south hated him
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| Missouri Compromise | will new states be free or slave
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| XYZ Affair | illegal to say anything bad about the government
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| Article of Confederation | first try at US government, too much power to the states
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