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Triangle Trade   trading system between 3 points  
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Jamestown   1st established english colony. lots of disease and starvation, cashcrop=tobacco  
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mercantalism   competition for wealth through trade main focus: to be self sufficent  
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Navigation Acts   colonial trade between england and colonies... 1.trade through english ports. 2. 3/4 of ship crew had to be english 3.only cash crops 4.must be english ships  
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Results of Navigation acts   Colonies ignored the acts so parliment got involved and put Masachusetts under military rule.  
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Jamestown labor   1.headright system: rich people paid for poor peoples voyage and the poor got 50 acres of land. 2.indentured servents:rich paid for poor to come and they paid back with work. 3.African Laborers: slaves  
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French&Indian war...cause   french were trying to expand to the northern empire and built fort duquense which conflicted with british plan for ohio brits sent military to drive out french french counter attacked brits and mini battles led to the war  
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French&Indian war...results   Brits and colonies won by surprise attack on french.  
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Salutary Neglect   Relaxed enforcement from england  
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House of Burgesses   In virgina. A representative government with upper and lower houses based on wealth, land, etc.  
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Enlightenment   Using reason and scientific method while looking at the world.  
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Great Awakening   Religious revival  
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Proclimation of 1763   Brits wanted to stop problems with native americans and said that noone could cross the appalachian mts. to the western lands.  
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Sugar Act   People were being accused of smuggling, so this act imposed laws such as... 1.halved the duty of foreign made molassis 2.placed duties on certain imports 3.strengthened law enforcement  
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Currency Act   Prohibited colonies from issuing their own money/currency  
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Stamp Act   George Greenville said that colonists had to purchase special stamped paper for all legal doccuments  
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Sons of Liberty/Stamp act protest   Sam Adams. Secret resistance group against stamp act  
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Stamp Act congress   Issued declaration of rights and grievances which stated that parliament lacked the power to impose taxes because the colonies werent represented in parliament  
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Stamp Act result   Colonies joined together and refused to import goods from british until the Acts were repealed.  
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Declaratory Act   Asserted parliaments power to make laws  
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Townshend Act   Townshend placed a direct tax on all imported materials. a 3-penny tax on tea. The colonies declared the taxes unconstitutional  
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Boston Massacre   Colonists were angry over townshend act. British soldiers were in Boston streets where mobs formed and fights broke out over jobs. Armed clash errupted and the massacre was seen as soldiers attacking defenseless citizens  
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Committiees of correspondence   line of communication between the colonies because they feared british plan to take americans to england for trial after attak on british ship(gaspee)  
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Tea Act   Granted british tea compant the right to sell tea without having to pay the taxes the colonial companies paid.  
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Boston Tea Party   Boston rebels disguised as indians dumped 18,000lbs of tea into the boston harbor  
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Intolerable Acts   put in place after tea party. laws included... 1.shut down boston harbor 2.quartering act(allowed british soldiers into private homes/buildings) 3.Masachusettes was put under military rule (thomas gage)  
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First Continential Congress   based off of committiees of corrospondence the colonies had 56 delegates come up with a declaration of colonial rights and wanted to run their own affairs and encouraged fighting back.  
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Concord   first battle of the revolutionary war. Gage sent troops to concord after hearing rumors of weapons being stored, troops were to create a detailed map of their findings. brits taken by surprise when 4,000minute men fired from behind walls brits retreat  
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Lexingotn   15min long battle. brits took on 70 minute men outside of lexington.  
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Patriots   P: loyal to colonies L: loyal to king  
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Bunkers Hill   commanders- B:gage C:washington Brits marched and colonists prepared on top of hill. colonies had advantage being on top. after 3 failed attempts, brits won becuase colonies ran out of amo. brits suffured many losses  
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Saratoga   Commanders- B:burgoyne&howe C:gates Turning point in war...colonies won by surrounding brits, brits surrendered. This changed brits strategy and the colonies got the french to help.  
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Philadelphia   commanders- B:howe C:washington brits won and captured phili.  
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Trenton   Washington took troops over deleware river on xmas night and invvaded hessians fort, capturing 980hessians. led to more victories and more men bagan to enlist in army  
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Yorktown   comanders- B:cornwallis C:washington last major batter, in virgina, pushed brits to island with nowhere to retreat, colonies won and cornwallis was decalred a coward by not attending ceremony.  
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Treaty of Paris 1783 (Who was there)   Colonies British Spain and France  
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Treaty of Paris 1783 (what they wanted)   Colonies: complete imdependence and gov't recognized. Brits: Think colonies are theirs, took over canada,think colonies will fail. France: supports american independence but fears strong america. Spain: wants land west of apps. wants to keep land in Fl.  
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Treaty of Paris 1783 (problems)   1.Brits didnt protect land and had conflicts with native americans 2.Treaty didnt state when brits had to leave, and now they wont. 3.causes alot of debt. longterm: debt, finance, slavery, womens rights  
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Land Ordinance & forming new states   colonies want to begin exploring west and they gained northwestern lands. 3steps to become state: 1.congress appoints governor 2.5,000voting residents=temporary constitution 3.60,000residents=set constitution  
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National Bank   Hamilton. Need to pay off debts and form currency  
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Federalist Party (main ideas)   Strong federal government. National banks. Industry&business. Standing army. Flexible constitution. pro-british  
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Democratic-Republican   Strong state government. farmers. no banks. strict constitution.pro-french. call up army at spur of moment.  
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Washington's Judiciary Act   Provided supreme court with 5 jucdices, set up 3 federal courts and 13 state courts, and allowed appeal process(allows people to question the constitution)  
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District of Columbia   dispute over where to put the nation's capitol, they decide washington D.C. because between the north and south.  
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Whiskey Rebellion   New government taxes whiskey and farmers became angry and rebelled. Governemnt showes power and farmers back down.  
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French Revolution   First foregin problem effecting trade and shipping, US does not get involved but it impacts our government.  
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Pickney's Treaty   Problems with spain and land: US wants more land and sends Pickney asking to share florida, US granted power to control the land.  
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Jay's Treaty   Treaty with Britain dealing with traede over the sea. Jay allowed Brits to stay in Canada and gave up all of our rights which destroyed our trade so people hated him.  
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Washington's Farewell Address   1. Avoid political parties 2. Avoid foregin affairs- stay neutral 3. Government must rotate- shorter terms  
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XYZ Affair   Over trade agreements, Adams sent ambassadors to France and French sent low level ambassadors (XYZ), French think they are superior and demands a bribe. Adams is embarassed.  
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Alien and Sedition Acts   This act brings Adams down. A series of laws limiting critizism about the governemnt. Raises limits on immigration on free speech, press.  
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions   Led by Jefferson and Madison. Upset by government control by Adams. States want more rights for themseleves. They can now make any law null and void.  
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Federalist Papers   The Federalist (85 essays by Thomas Jefferson defending the constitution)  
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War Hawks   People who advocate and support war.  
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Declaration of Independence (main deas)   Ideas & The Common Sense (writen by Thomas Pain about Americans needing Independance). Colonists were urged to fight for their Independence rights.  
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Olive Branch Petition   Colonists sent olive branch to king george II asking to return to the old peaceful ways.  
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War of 1812   Between Britain and France: the british force americans to fight with them, by seizing them at sea. Madison decided to go to war because he thought Brits were ruining US economy.  
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Embargo Act of 1807   Ban on exporting products to other countries.Thought it would hurt other countries but ended up hurting us.  
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Treaty of Ghent   On christmas eve, it declared an end to the war of 1812. War ended just as it started (suddenly).  
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Terms of Treaty of Ghent   1. Open trade between countries. 2. Joint occupation of Oregon Territory. 3.Rush-Bagot which limited number of warships on the great lakes. 4.Set northern boundries of Louisiana Territory (49th paralell)  
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Marshall Cases #1 Marbury vs Madison   Marbury wants court order for commissions to be delievered. Impact: supreme court asserts judicial review.  
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Marshall Cases #2 Fletcher vs Peck   Georgia tries to recover land. Impact: states cannot alter contracts after they are made.  
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Marshall Cases #3 McCulloch vs Maryland   Maryland taxes a branch of second branch of the national bank and the bank refuses to pay. Impact: states cant interfere with national government.  
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Marshall Cases #4 Dartmouth College   New Hampshire tries to alter dartmouth charter. Impact: helps free business from state legislature and attempts to alter its terms.  
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Marshall Cases #5 Gibbons vs Ogden   Issue over new york charter controlling steam boats. Impact: regulatory power of Congress to complete in itself. Forbade states to restrict interstate trade.  
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The Naturalization Act   Increased the amount of time it takes to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years.  
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Impressment   British forced colonists into their navy.  
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Adam's-Onis Treaty   Treaty between US and Spain declaring US got the land of Florida and set boundaries between US and Mexico.  
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The American System   Proposed by Henry Clay 1.Establish a protective tarrif (still have it today)Foreign Goods = more $ 2.National Bank 3.International Transportation Systems  
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American System-Internal Improvements   1.Roads 2.Canals  
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Tarrif of 1816   Tax to help rebuild transportation.  
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Monroe Doctrine   The idea of Europe staying out of the US. We said that they could not take anymore of our land.  
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Eli Whitney   Creator of the Cotton Gin  
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Missouri Compromise   Question over being a free or slave state. 1.Became a slave state 2.We took Maine out of Massachusettes 3.Maine became a free state  
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36'30 Parallel   Anything above line is free state, below is a slave state.  
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Election of 1824   The first time other people actually wanted to be president. States began to count popular votes. Won by John Quincy Adams.  
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The Jackson Administration   Andrew Jackson was known as the hero of the common man. He wants to represent the people.  
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Spoils System   Jackson fired his enemies and hired his friends. "A clean house" was when all presidents put in their own "crew".  
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Jackson relations with Native Americans   Indian Removal Act. He didn't agree with marshall courts decision that the Indians could stay so he went to the Indians at gun point and forced them to move (trail of tears).  
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Jackson Bank Issues   Congress renewed bank charter too early and Jackson vetoed the bank bill.  
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Trail of Tears   Jackson forced Indians to move.  
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sectionalism   pride and excessive regard for local and sectional intrests  
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Northern Sectionalism   immigration and industries, cities develop, railraods,network of fast communication.  
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Southern Sectionalism   Agriculture, slavery, rural society, economy relied on crops.  
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Wimont Proviso   California and all territories in the west will be closed to slavery. This divided Congress.  
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Compromise of 1850   Henry Clay. 1.California=free state 2.Utah and New Mexico decide about slavery 3.Texas and New Mexico boundry resolved 4.slave sale banned in D.C. 5. Fugitive Slave Act  
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Popular Soverignty   rights of residences of a slavery to vote for or against slavery  
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Fugitive Slave Act   required people in free states to help capture and return escaped slaves  
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personal liberty laws   forbade imprisonment of runaway slaves and gaurunteed them jury trials  
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Uncle Tom's Cabin   Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolisionist. A huge hit and helped strengthen northern feelings against slavery and portrayed the horrible lives of slaves.  
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Fredrick Douglass   A runaway slaves. Wants railroads and Nebraska and Utah to be states, obsessed with popular soverignty  
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Kansas-Nebraska Act   Dividing territory into Kansas and Nebraska, became a law and people saw hope in the West.  
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Bleeding Kansas   2 capitols in Kansas with opposite opinions in government.  
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Whig Party   Northern: opposed fugitive slave act & supported compromise of 1850 Southern: pro union and pro slavery  
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Whig Party Disappears   because of the Kansas Nebraska Act  
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The Know Nothing Party   it was formed by the american party who believe strongly in nativism. Northern: anti slavery & republicans Southern: pro slavery & democrats  
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Free Soil Party   opposed extension of slavery  
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Republican Party   opposed expansion of slavery in territories. Lincoln ran with their ideas.  
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Dread Scott Decision   He was a slave and his owner took him to Wisconsin (a free state) so Scott thought since he lived in a free state he would be free. He took owner to court and sued for his freedom  
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Results of Dread Scott Decision   1. Slaves didn't have rights of citizens 2. no right to freedom if lived in slave state 3.Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional violating the 5th Amendment regarding property.  
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54 40 or fight   polak newspaper slogan, referring to the 54, 40 which was the nothern limit of the disputed oregon territory.  
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Manifest destiny   belief that is was the U.S. destiny to expand westward into the pacific ocean and mexican territory  
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Joseph Smith   Played a major role in the religous community and formed a church in NY  
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William Loyd Garrison   Created the newspaper called the liberator. white abolitionist. The liberator wrote about emancipation of all slaves with no payments to slave holders.  
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton   the crazy lady who came with her weapon to fight for rights.  
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Texas Revolution   texans rebel against mexican rule over cultural differances and slavery.  
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Battle of the Alamo   Texans attacked and drove mexicans out of the alamo. tons of americans and mexicans died.  
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President Polk   polk favored war with mexico over the annixation of texas, could have been peaceful but the mexican gov't wasnt stable and the U.S. aspirations of new land caused problems.  
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Dorthea Dix   A women who pretended to be mentally ill, to get herself into a prison in order to see what needs to be done to fix things.  
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Hayne-Webster debate   debate over ending slavery. resulted in a motion to abolish slavery in state legislatures. the motion failed which closed the debate.  
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Election of 1860   Lincoln was elected even though he wasnt even represented on any southern ballotts. this led to the south questioning the northern authority which caused them to succeed from the union.  
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Goals of the Union   Union Anaconda plan: suqeez the life out of the south by... 1.blockade the confederate ports. 2.Blockade water ways and rivers. divide the south by the mississippi river. 3.capture the southern capital of Richmond.  
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Goals of the Confederates   defensive tactics. want to become their own free territory (confederate states of america)  
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Advantages of the Union   very powerful and industrialized more rail roads and supplies with a greater population.  
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Advantages of the Confederacy   Good generals and dedicated soldiers willing to die for the south.better trained soldiers and $ from cotton  
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Union & Confederate presidents   U:Lincoln C:Davis  
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1st Battle Bull Run   1st-near D.C. Generals: U-McClellen C-Lee&Jackson. Union was winning at first but South ended with a victory. Lincoln hired McClellen as head general  
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Antietam   3 battles(one of bloodiest in history) Generals: U-McClellen C-Lee&Jackson. Union was lucky and found confederate plans. considered a draw but given to the union because confeds retreated. McClellen was fired.  
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Gettysburg Day 1   Generals: U-Buford&Meade C-Hill. Accidental battle confederates were on offense, shoe warehouse and the union had high advantage but cnfederates won. seized gettysburg  
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Gettysburg Day 2   Generals: U-Chamberland C-Lee&Longstreet. Union attacks confederates, back and forth battle which resulted in union victory  
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Gettysburg Day 3   Generals: U-Meade&Gregg C-Lee&Pickett Picketts charge, confederates want to bomb the Union. Confederates lost, under-estimated the Union Power. Union victory, Lee never recovered.  
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Vicksburg   Union general-Grant. Grant sent men on horse and foot to capture railroads and vicksburg, they surrounded and seized vicksburg. Union Victory and the plan to split the south in 2 was complete. Gettysburg address was given.  
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Forts Donelson   Union general: Grant. Grant captured both confederate forts in key points because both lie on rivers. stretegic win for Union.  
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7 Days Battle   Generals: U-McClellen C-Lee. confederates had few soldiers but still won, McClellen retreats.  
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Radical Republicans   Sumner and Stevens were the leaders. They want harsh punishment for the South and to destroy them.  
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Johnson's Plan   1. South swear allegence to the Union 2. Southern states declare succession illegal 3.Ratify the 13th amendment  
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13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments   13:abolish slavery 14:citizen's rights 15:voting for blacks  
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Sherman's March   Sherman plans to march through and destroy the South. Burned everything to the ground  
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Emancipation Proclamation   Freedom of Southern Slaves; not border states  
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Johnson's Impeachment   He was not doing his job and found guilty by one vote  
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Reconstruction Act of 1867   Radicals had majority so they did whatever they wanted and didn't recognize any other plans. South was put under military law in 5 districts.  
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Hirem Revels   First black senator.  
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Wade-Davis Bill   Want congress to not be in charge of reconstruction. They don't want 10% majority.  
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Carpet Bagger   northern who moved to the south after the civil war.  
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Scallawag   A white southerner who joined the Republican party after the Civil War.  
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Share Cropper   A plantation owner who gives parts of his land to poor families and they have to give a majority of the money from their crops to him.  
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Lincoln's Assasination   In the theater with his wife, Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilks Booth.  
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Lincoln's 10% Plan & Attitudes towards the south   Lincoln wants linient and easy readmission to the Union.New State government approves of 10% of people on the voting list1.swear allegience to the Union 2. Form government and send members to congress 3.Pardon to all citizens except high ranking officials  
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Border States   Maryland,Delaware,Kentucky,Missouri  
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Ironclads   Ship  
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Joseph Hooker   Union General- ladies man  
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Robert E. Lee   Confederate General. Battles: Won the 7 days battle in Richmond, Chanslersville  
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Ulysses S. Grant   Union General. Battles: Tennesse, led battles along mississippi, fort henry and donalson, and siloh  
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McClellan   Union General. Lead in 7 days Battles at Richmond & Anteitem. Fired by Lincoln for being too cautious after Antietem.  
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A.P. Hill   Confederate General. Obsessed with battle led in Gettysburg day 1.  
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Stonewall Jackson   Confederate General. Lead Bull Run. Killed in chancellorsville.  
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Election of 1876   Republican was Rutherford B. Hayes and the Democrat was Samuel Tildin. The problem was that Tildin had won the popular vote, and there was no electoral majority vote, so the House had to decide.  
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Election of 1876 Deal   The deal made was that the Democrates said Rutherford could be President only if he ends Reconstruction, and also if he sends Federal money to help rebuild the South!  
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Tenure of Office Act   Says the President can't remove people from the Cabinet; only congress can. Used to give reasons to impeach Johnson.  
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Copperheads   Northern democrates who wants peace in the South.  
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Freedman's Bureau   Lincoln made it before war. Helped blacks and poor whites open schools and hospitals, etc..  
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Black Codes   Discriminatory laws towards blacks.  
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Johnson's Reconstruction Plan   Punish the South. 1.Swear alliegence to Union 2.Southern states declare succession illegal 3.Ratify 13th amendment 4.Pay war debts  
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Appomattox Court House   Generals Grant and Lee met at little village in virginia. South was given generous grants and now we had to start reconstruction. Where south surrendered.  
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Social/Economic Situations after the civil war   South:Food shortage, in debt, union blockade created shortages of supplies. North: positive affect, industries boomed, living standards decline, industry makes money.  
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Political Changes after Civil War   Federal government assumed complete political power. Ended a threat of succession. They all shared the same currency and obeyed federal government.  
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Thomas Edison   First research lab that produced electrical power.  
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Edwin Drake   Used a steam engine to drill for oil.  
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Strike   work stopage intended to force an employer to respond to demands  
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Scab   someone who works during a strike  
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Henry Bessemer   The Bessemer process produces steel from iron. Steel used for railroads, barbed wire, etc..  
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Black list   List of 500 actors, writers, producers who are not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged comunist connections.  
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Yellow Dog Contract   joining a labor union, a worker would be forced to say I will not join a labor Union.  
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Christopher Sholes   Made typewritter; now women could have jobs.  
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Alexander Gram Bell/Thomas Watson   Telephone  
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George Pullman   Made railroad cars. Had his own little town for the workforce. sleeper car.  
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Transcontinental Railroad   Connected the central paciific and union pacific railroads. Gold spike connected them.  
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John Rockefeller   Started the standard oil company, made a monopoly.  
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Grange   Farmers upset because the governemnt missused land grants putting them in debt.  
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Granger Laws   Farmers came up with them against railroads. Political action taken to sponser state and local land acts. Established maximum passenger rates and did not allow discrimination.  
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Inerstate Commerce Act   Reestablished the right of the federal government to supervise the railroad & established a 5 member interstate commerce commission.  
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Populis Party   The movement of people. "People's Party" Demanded reform to lift debt and give people a voice in the government. Increase in money supply and graduated income tax and loan programs.  
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Government Reforms   Popular vote, single terms, secret ballot to end fraud, and 8 hour workday.  
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Andrew Carnegie   Industrial mogual, took over all businesses involving steel. Had a monopoly.  
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Panic of 1893   First national depression.  
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J.P. Morgan   A banker who became successful through the use of monopolies.  
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Verticle & Horizontal integration   Verticle: Process in which Carnigie bought out his own suppliers. Horizontal: Buy out competing steel producers.  
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Haymarker Affair   workers rebellion in Chicago  
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Lockout   Management locked workers out of factories.  
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Monopoly   When one company buys out all other companies in that feild and takes full ownership.  
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National Labor Union   William Sylvis, white men allowed, 8 hour work days.  
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Knights of Labor   Uriah Stevens, anyone allowed, neutral settlement, no fighting, arbiration. No strikes.  
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American Federation of Labor   Samuel Gompers, mostly skilled white men, higher wages, shorter work week, collective bargaining, compromise.  
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Railroad Union   Eugene Debs, anyone involved with the railroad industry, higher wages. Like striking.  
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Industrial Workers of the World   William Haywood (Big Bill) supported srikings.  
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United mine workers   Mary Jones (Mother Jones) got women in families involved in strikes, got higher wages, and didn't want children to work.  
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Farmer's Allience   For farmers to be educated about survival tips.  
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Political Machine   Control of a political party in a city, offers services to voters and businesses in exchange for political and financial support.  
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Settlement House   A community center providing assistance to immigrants in bad neighborhoods.  
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Ellis Island   New York Harbor  
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Angel Island   San Fransisco Harbor; harsher conditions  
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Ghetto   A city neighborhood in which a certain minority group is pressured to live in.  
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Culture Shock   Confusion and anxiety from being in a new place.  
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Melting Pot   A mixture of people from different cultures and races that mix together and create one large American culture.  
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Nativism   Favoritism towards native born Americans; anti immigration  
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Row Houses   Attached single family houses connected by one wall  
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Dumbell Tenements   Long narrow tall buildings. Unsanitary.  
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Urban Problems   Unsanitary water, fire hazard, gangs, high crime rate.  
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Gentlemen's Agreement   Japan's government agreed to limit immigrantion of unskilled workers to the United States.  
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Chinese Exclusion Act   Banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, and merchants.  
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poll tax   an anual tax that formally had to be paid in some southern states by anyone wishing to vote  
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muckraker   journalists who exposed the corrupt sides of business and public life in the cities in the early 1900s  
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Jane Addams   Influencial Woman who founded the Hull house and other settlement houses.  
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Initiative   Bill originated by people rather than law makers.  
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Referendum   Vote on the initiative.  
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Recall   Procedure for removing a public offical from office by a vote of people.  
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17th Amendment   Direct Election of Senators  
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19th Amendment   Women gain the right to vote.  
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Jim Crowe Laws   Laws enacted by southern states and local governments to seperate whites and blacks in public and private faculties.  
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Tamany Hall   New York Cities powerful democratic political machine run by Boss Tweed.  
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Plessy vs Fergusen   1896 case in which the supreme court ruled that seperation of races in public was legal which established the "seperate but equal doctrine".  
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New Immigrants   Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese and Japanese, West Indies and Mexico.  
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Old Immigrants   Great Britain, Ireland, Geremany, northern and western europe  
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Alien Land Law   Asian immigrants could not own land or property.  
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The Jungle   Upton Sinclare- portrays the dangerous and unhealthy conditions in the meat packing industry  
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Grandfather Clause   To reenstate white voters who failed the literacy test or couldnt pay poll tax; clause states even if they failed those things they were still entitles to vote if he his dad or his grandpa had been eligible to vote.  
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Square Deal   President Teddy Roosevelt's Program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big businesses.  
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The Coal Strike   In winter, they wanted a 9 hour workday, 20% raise, the right to organize a union. Teddy intervened and settled the strike.  
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Pure Food and Drug Act   This halted the salfe of contaminated foods and medicine & called for a truth in labelings.  
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Progressive Movement   1.protect social welfare 2.promote moral improvement 3.create economic reform 4.fostering efficiency  
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Commission System   City government composed of a 5 memeber committee where different people were in charge of different departments  
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progressivism   favoring progress, change, improvement, and reform  
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Robert La Follette   "fighting bob" a reformer in wisconsin. Led the way in regulating big business.  
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18th Amendment   Prohibition  
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff   Created under the Taft Administration, the Payne Bill:lowered rates on imported manufactured goods. Aldrich Bill: Made fewer cuts and increased rates. The tariff was a compromise that moderated rates.  
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Public Land Dispute   Angered conservationists because Taft appointent Balliger who did not approve of conservation to run the western lands.  
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Bull Moose Party   republicans were in shambles formed when rebulicans refused to vote. Roosevelt in charge.  
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1912 Election   Parties: Democrat: Wilson Progressive: Roosevelt Republican:Taft Socialist:Debs; Wilson won!  
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Wilson's Administration   Wants to break trusts and expland governement roll in social reforms.  
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act   Prohibited corporations for aquiring stock of another which would create a monopoly.  
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Underwood Tariff   Reduced tariff for the first time since the Civil War  
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Federal Income Tax   Because of lowered tariff rates, the government had to replace the previous revenue so they created the 16th amendment legalizing a federal income tax.  
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Federal Reserve System   One of Wilson's main successes, financial reform, stregthened the way banks would run and adjusted the money cirrculation.  
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Impearilism   stronger country over weaker country, politically, economically and culturaly  
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Reasons for American Imperalisim   1) Desire for military strength 2) Thirst for new markets 3) Belief in cultural superiority 4) Economc competition  
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Queen Liliuokalani   Monarch Government, not happy with americans in Hawaii, wanted US men out  
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US public opinion split   Imperalistic...; manifest destiny, good fro trade, business, and more land, Anti-Imperalistic...; not right to take over others when we hated being controled by the Brits  
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Spanish-American War   We want Cuba for military base and land for trade.  
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Causes for Spanish-American War   Yellow Journalism (articles showing whats going on in Cuba), DeLome letter, Letter to spain said bad things about US, Main reason: U.S.S. Maine Explosion at cuban harbor.  
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Valeriano Weyler   Over al spanish general, mean and moved cuban population to concentration camps  
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Philippines   Filipeno people want to rebel and we helped them, the battle resulted in the US winning over the Spanish.  
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George Dewey   US Admeral in the Navy  
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Cuba   US was not prepared at all and didn't have any advancements since civil war  
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Rough Riders   Diverse group of men formed by Roosevelt  
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Leanord Wood   Curidinal in charge of military in Cuba for the US  
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Teddy Roosevelt (during war with spain)   In charge of Rough Riders and led many battles  
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Kettle Hill/San Juan Hill Battle   Missed named battle, 2 years long, US won  
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Treaty of Paris 1898   1) US gained territories: Cuba, Philppines, Guam, and Puerto Rico 2) US paid spain 15 mil. for territiories  
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Alfred T. Mahan   Admerinal of US navy, Mahan urged govt' officials to build up naval power in order to copmpete with other powerful nations.  
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Foraker Act   Ended military rule and set up civilian rule; provisions- 1) us oppionts governer in upper house 2)it was eleceted by the puerto rican people  
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Insular Cases   Question if the new territories are US citizens, they were supreme court cases which determinded that populations in new accuqried territories were not citizens or protected by the consitutition.  
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Teller Amendment   1) US has not intention to take over Cuba (calms cuban people down) 2) Treaty of Paris guarnteees Cuban freedom  
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Platt Amendment   To get Cuba to behave: 1)Cuba can't make treaties w/ foreign nations 2)US has right to interfer w/ any means in Cuba 3)Cuba can't go in debt 4)*US built guantanimo Bay military base and prision were the worst criminals went.  
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Emilio Aquinaldo   Filipino Rebillion leader who hates the US  
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Philippiean-American Wars   Caused by Philly wants independence, Filies used Gorillea Warfare which was very effective, results: we put population into designated zones to watch them.  
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Open Door Policiy   John Hay 1)US economy depends on China trade, if anything interfers the US will react 2) US has right to intervine and protect  
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Boxer Rebellion   Chinease secret society with one goal- to get rid of forreigners  
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Panama Canal   Us took it from France, We helped panamaians rebel and stage a reveloution, then built a cnal through panama which helped the trade.  
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Roosevelt Corollary   Attachment to Monroe doctrine says eurpoe has to stay out of central America  
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Eurpoeans fears of influence   territories controlled by foreign nations set up ports  
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Wilsion Watchful WEight Policy   US carefully watching Mexico, looking for reason to get involved.  
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John J. Pershing   US general in Mexican- American conflict, he was sent to borders to keep control and brings the military, the US was not 100% focused on Mexico so pershing was pulled and became general in WW1  
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Causes of WW1   NAtionalism, imperalism, militarism, and alliances  
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Nationalism   Extreme patriotism for ones country  
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Militarism   Build up of armed forces  
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Alliances   1) Triple-Alliances-germany, a.h., Italy (later added bulgaria, and ottoman empire to become central powerS) 2) triple-entente= france, brit, russia, (later added 23 nations to become the allies including the US)  
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Start of WW1   Franz Ferdinand and Sophie- killed by seriban nationalst named Gavrilo Princip who was a member of the black hands society.  
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Reasons US entered the War   1) unrestricted submarine warefare 2) lusitania 3) zimmerman warefare  
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Western Front   Between France and Germany; Added Belgium  
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First Battle of the Marne   Allys attacked Germans, 4 days of fighting, Germans retreated. German retreat left Schlieffen Plan in ruins.  
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Stalemate   No one wins a fight  
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Trench Warfare   Fighting in trenched, awful conditions  
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No Man's Land   area between trenches  
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Selective Service Act   Act passed by congress because the government needed more fighting power.  
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Battle of Somme   Trench warfare, British attacked Germans. In the end both sides suffered half a million losses.  
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Verdun   Trench warfare Germans launch massive attack against French. Each side lost a lot  
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Battle of Ypres   Germans let out a fog of Chlorine, suffocating 2 french divisions, left a big gap in the battle line.  
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Battle of Tannenburg   Russians attacks Austria and Germany, Germany counterattacked, regaining east Prussia and drove Russians into retreat.  
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WWI Weapons of War   poison gas, machine guns, tanks and airplanes.  
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Treaty of Versaille   1 year long, 32 nations represented, the big 4 leaders were 1.United States 2.Great Britain 3. France 4.Italy, not represented were Russia and Germany. US did not sign treaty.  
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14 points   A plan for peace, specific ideas.. 1-4. causes of war 5.freedom of seize 6-13.new borders 14.league of nations  
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League of Nations   all nations come together and solve problems without war, didn't work because there was too much anger and the US did not join. Members.. 1.Japan 2.US 3.Britain 4.France 5.Itlay  
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Espionage & Sedition Act   A person could be fined up to 10,000$ and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or war effort  
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American Expeditionary Forces   Led by Pershing; Included men from widely seperated parts of the country. Pershing wanted the force to act as an independent fighting force.  
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War Industries Board   Led by Baruch; it encouraged companies to use mass production techniques to increase efficency, also urged them to elimanate waste by standardizing prodeucts, set productions quotas that allocated raw materials  
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War Bonds   debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war  
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Displaced Persons   army veterans with no home, no money, and nothing to go home to  
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