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"Corrupt Bargain": 1824 Election: clay gave his vote to John
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Quincy Adams for Cabinet position
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"Lincoln's Republicans": mid 1800s - opposed the
Causes of WWI: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism,
Nationalism
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EXPANSION of slavery
Central Powers ( WWI ): Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Ottoman Empire
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1st Battle of Bull Run: first major battle of Civil War
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Cesar Chavez: leader of migrant workers in America
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Adams-Onis Treaty: with Spain; gained FL for US
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: effort to limit the number of
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Alfred T. Mahan: "Influence of Sea Power Upon History" belief
that US needed to build powerful navy to be a world power
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Chinese immigrants
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more illegal
Alien and Sedition Acts: arrest and deport immigrants who
spoke negatively against the government
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Allies (WWI): US, Great Britain, Russia, France
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Allies (WWII): France, Britain, US, USSR
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American Literature: Nathanial Hawthorne (Scarlet Letter) -
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Cold War: rivalry between the US and USSR
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Compromise of 1850: settlement between slave and free
states, California came in as a free state, popular sovereignty for
Mexican cession, fugitive slave act
setting of a New England Puritan Town
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Compromise of 1877: ended Reconstruction
American system: effort to unite the nation: internal
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Containment: the US wanted to keep communism only in the
areas where it already existed
improvement (roads and canals), protective Tariff, national bank
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act: helped Unions, made monopolies
Anaconda Plan: North's strategy during Civil war - a) blockade
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D-Day: June 6, 1944: Allied invasion of Nazi occupied Europe at
Normandy, France
b)control Mississippi c)capture Richmond
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Dawes Act: effort to assimilate Native Americans, broke up
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Antietam: bloodiest SINGLE DAY of the civil war
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Appomatox Courthouse: ends Civil War
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Axis (WWII): Germany, Italy, Japan
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barb wire: ended the open range
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Battle of Midway: turning point in the Pacific
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Battle of the Bulge: turning point for US/GB against Germany
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Berlin Wall: symbol of "Iron Curtain"/Cold War
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Dollar Diplomacy: Taft - give money rather than military aid
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Big Stick Diplomacy: Theodore Roosevelt - use military if
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Domino Theory: idea that once one nation became communist,
reservations
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Detente: Nixon's idea of easing tension with communist
countries through diplomacy, not force
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Development of two-party system: federalists: loose,
wealthy, strong central government,manufacturing DemocraticRepublicans: strict, common, agriculture, strong state
the whole region would fall
needed
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Black Tuesday: 10/29/1929 - stock market crashes
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Dorothea Dix: prison reform
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Bonus Army: WWI vets gassed during protests b/c they did not
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Dred Scott v. Sanford: a slave remains a slave even if they are
taken to free territory
receive bonuses
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Booker T. Washington: thought Af. Ams should gain equality
through their economic impact, learning trades. Opened
Tuskegee institute
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Boss Tweed/Tammany Hall: Political Boss/NY Democratic
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Brady Bill: Bill Clinton
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Brown v. Board: overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
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Bull Moose Party: Progressive Party- 1912 Election - Theodore
Political Machine
Roosevelt
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Election of 1800: first time power switched political parties
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Eli Whitney/Cotton Kingdom: "necessary evil" - needed
slaves to harvest cotton in the south; increased the demand for
slavery
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Emancipation Proclamation: order by Lincoln to free all
slaves IN THE SOUTH ONLY
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Embargo Act of 1807: Jefferson's attempt to stop impressment
- hurt US economy
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Espionage and Sedition Acts: limited freedom of speech
during wartime
Causes of Secession: slavery, state's rights, sectionalism,
tariffs, election of Abraham Lincoln
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Federal Reserve Act: 1913 - Wilson; est. the Federal Reserve
Causes of Spanish-American War: Yellow journalism,
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Feminine Mystique/Betty Friedan: leader of women's
movement that changed the roles of women
U.S.S. Maine, de Lome Letter
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Ellis Island: immigration center for European immigrants
(located in NY)
Camp David Accords: Where Egypt and Israel agree to peace
treaty - led by Jimmy Carter
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Causes of the Great Depression: speculation, buying on
margin, overproduction, easy credit
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Flappers: 1920s women who challenged traditional roles danced "The Charleston"
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G.I. Bill: money provided to WWII veterans, job priority, low
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Jim Crow Laws/ Black Codes: laws passed to make it harder
interest loans to purchase a house
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Gettysburg: last push for the South into the North - fails ;
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Gilded Age: thin layer of prosperity that covers up
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Grant Scandals: Credit Moblier, Whiskey Ring
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Great Migration: African Americans moved from the South to
for former slaves to have rights
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Judiciary Act of 1789: established supreme court and 13
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Kansas-Nebraska Act: repealed Missouri Compromise,
Turning Point in the Eastern Theatre
district courts
corruption/poverty
allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide slavery issue by popular
vote
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Kent State incident: killing of four college students protesting
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Korean War: War between communist N.Korea and
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Korematsu v. US: government is lawful to relocate Japanese
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Laissez-Faire: hands off (referring to government's
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Lend-Lease Act: attempt of neutrality - US would trade with
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Levittowns: mass produced houses made assembly line style in
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Louisiana Purchase: land that doubled the size of America;
Vietnam War
Northern cities
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: gave the President the authority to
take necessary actions agains countries who are aggressive to
the US w/o approval from Congress ( LBJ -Vietnam)
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Americans into internment camps
Hamilton's Economic Plan: pay off national debt: tariff, taxes
and est. of National Bank
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Democratic S. Korea ///split among the 38th Parallel
relationship to business)
Harding: Tea Pot Dome Scandal, "return to normalcy"
Hartford Convention: during War of 1812 - New England
any nation deemed vital to our security
states threatened to secede - led to downfall of Federalist Party
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff: tried to help deal with the Depression
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Helen Hunt Jackson: "A Century of Dishonor" - wrote about
the sufferings of Native Americans
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Helsinki Accords: Gerald Ford - wanted to create more
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Henry Clay: American System
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Henry Ford: assembly line
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: sites of atomic bomb explosions
Post WWII America
explored by Lewis and Clark; went against Jefferson's strict
interpretation
cooperation with Eastern and Western Europe
(developed in Manhattan Project)
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Major Inventions of Industrialization: telegraph, light
bulb, telephone, elevators, typewriter
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Manifest Destiny: belief that the country was destined (by God)
to control from Atlantic to Pacific
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Mann v. Illinois: federal government can regulate interstate
Homestead Act: gave 160 acres of land to those who would go
West and farm it
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Homestead Strike/Haymarket Riot: made the public view
unions as radical
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Horace Mann: education reform
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Hudson River School: painting of American landscape
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Ida Tarbell: Standard Oil
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Indian Removal: Trail of Tears, development of Indian
trade
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Marbury v. Madison: judicial review
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Marshall Plan: $12 billion in aid to rebuild Europe
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being a supporter of communism
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Interstate Commerce Act: allowed Federal government to
Iran-Contra Affair: used profits from sales of weapons to Iran
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island hopping: US strategy in Pacific during WWII
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Jacob Riis: "How the Other Half Lives" - exposed terrible
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Jane Addams/Settlement House: part of Social Gospel/
Addams started the Hull House - offered assistance to
immigrants
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Jay's Treaty: treaty b/t US and Britain that temporarily kept us
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out of a war with Britain; Washington's attempt to deal with
impressment
Monopolists of late 1800s: Rockefeller (Standard Oil - first
Trust)/// Carnegie (steel/vertical integration/Bessemer
Process)/// Vanderbilt- railroad/// Morgan - banking
working and living conditions for immigrants
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MLK/Malcom X: MLK- non-violent protests - major leader of
the Civil Rights /// Malcom X - preached blacks should used any
means necessary
to aid Contras in Central America - Oliver North was blamed
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Missouri Compromise: maine free, missouri slave,
everything north of 36'30' parallel free, everything south of it
slave; first attempt to deal with the expansion of slavery
regulate RR
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Midnight Judges: last minute appointments by Adams, not
allowed by Jefferson, led to Marbury v. Madison and judicial
review
Indian Removal Act: forced NA's to move west of Mississippi
Rover
Melting Pot/ Cultural Pluralism: different cultures
assimilated into society/ presence of many cultures in society
Territory
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McCarthyism: idea of accusing people without evidence of
Monroe Doctrine: no more European colonization or
intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Morill Land Grant Act of 1862: gave states land to develop
agricultural colleges
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Mormons: led by Joseph Smith and later Brigham Young -
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went to Utah to escape religious persecution
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Muckrakers: progressive period reformers who wrote about
society's problems
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Vietnam - William Calley Jr. is responsible
NAFTA: Bill Clinton - free trade between Canada, US, Mexico
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Nativism: strong dislike for immigrants ; Know-Nothing Party
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Noah Webster: dictionary - "Americanized" english language
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Open Door Policy: John Hay; leave China open to US and
other nations to trade
Operation Desert Storm: US became involved in a war to
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Palmer Raids: raids/arrests on suspected communists after
WWI
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Pancho Villa: mexican rebel who came into US and killed 19
US citizens (almost started a war with Mexico)
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Pearl Harbor: surprise attack by Japan - brings USA into
WWII
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Pendleton Act: ended the Spoils System
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Pinckney's Treaty: with Spain - gave US access to use the
Mississippi River
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Plessy v. Ferguson: separate but equal
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Poll Taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses: ways to
keep African Americans from voting
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Popular Sovereignty: people decide on slavery issue
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Populist Party: bimetallism; graduated income
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Progressive Amendments: 16th - income tax /// 17th - direct
election of senators ///18th - prohibition /// 19th - women's
suffrage
Science v. Religion (1920s): Scopes Trial over the teaching of
Selective Service Act: authorized the draft to fight WWI
Seneca Falls: declaration of sentiments; women's right;
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Seward's Folly: America's purchase of Alaska
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act: outlawed monopolies
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Sit-ins: NC A&T students used sit-ins at all white restaurants
as a form of boycott against racism
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Social Darwinism: survival of the fittest
Spark that started WWI: assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
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speakeasies: underground saloons
Spoils System: also known as patronage - put friends in office
who were not qualified
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Stalingrad: turning point in Eastern Europe during WWII
Star Wars (SDI): led by Reagan - increase defense spending
program to use space technology in defense
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suffrage: the right to vote - early America was white male land
owners
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Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools: allowed for
busing in order to integrate schools
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Tariff of Abominations: tariff signed by John Quincy Adams
that many opposed - led to SC Nullification Crisis
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tax/government owns RR to lower the costs for farmers
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Schenck v. US: federal government can limit free speech if the
evolution
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Platt Amendments: America retains influence in Cuba after
Spanish-American War
Sacco and Vanzetti: Italian Americans put to death for
speech presents a "clear and present danger"
defend Kuwait from Iraq
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Rosie the Riveter: icon of woman in factory (WWII)
murder charges w/little evidence
New Deal Agencies: Tennessee Valley Authority - provided
electricity to SE USA /// FDIC - insured bank deposits /// Social
Security - provided unemployment and retirement income
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My Lai Incident: killing of innocent citizens by US during
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Roosevelt's Corollary: expanded on Monroe Doctrine; US
could intervene if nation had trouble paying off its debt
Teller Amendment: America promises not to take over Cuba
after Spanish American War
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Texas v. Johnson: flag burning is constitutional
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Thomas Nast: brings down Boss Tweed with cartoons
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Queen Lillukalani: Queen of Hawaii; overthrown
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Title IX: equality for women in education - especially in sports
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Reasons for Imperialism: money, markets, materials,
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Transcendentalism: self-reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson
missionaries
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Red Scare: fear of communism
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Robber Barons: someone who gets rich at the expense of the
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Robert LaFollett: Progressive Governor from Wisconsin
Roe v. Wade: abortion is legal
Treaty of Versailles: ended WWI, treated Germany very
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: exposed problems with
working conditions - Progressives used this as prime example for
their cause
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Truman Doctrine: assist fre people trying to keep from
becoming Communist
poor
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Treaty of Ghent: ended war of 1812
harshly, USA never ratifies it
Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln (10% Plan), Johnson's plan
too lenient. Radical Republicans/Congressional (break south
into military zones)
Transcontinental Railroad: built by Chinese and Irish
immigrants
Reconstruction Amendments: 13th - freed slaves 14th
citizen if born in US, due process 15th - right to vote for black
men
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UN/SEATO/NATO: military alliances that agreed to collective
security
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Uncle Tom's Cabin: by Harriett Beecher Stowe - stirred up
abolition feelings " So you're the little lady who started this big
war"
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Upton Sinclair: The Jungle
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US goes from Neutrality to Involvement (WWI):
Unrestricted submarine warfare by Germans, Zimmerman Note,
sinking of Lusitania
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US v. Nixon: forced Nixon to release Watergate tapes
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Utopian Communities: wanted to form perfect communities
(Brook Farm, Oneida, New Harmony) failed because people are
lazy
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Vicksburg: Grant lays siege on Vicksburg; Union able to
control the Mississippi and split the Confederacy into 2
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Vietnamization: Nixon - removed US troops from Vietnam
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: established
nullification
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War of 1812 causes: impressment of US sailors by the British
Navy; Tecumseh's confederation
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War of 1812 outcomes: rise of Jackson (battle of New
Orleans), northern border of the Louisiana Territory set with
Britain
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War Powers Act of 1973: if president deploys troops, he must
notify Congress within 48 hours so they can approve the
deployment
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Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union military alliance with Satellite
Nations
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Washington's Farewell Address: 1. no two party system 2.
do not entangle in foreign affairs 3. good government is based on
religion and morality
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Washington's Precedents: cabinet and 2 four year terms
Watergate Scandal: Nixon's aides break into the Democratic
National Headquarters - eventually resigns over it
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WEB DuBois: thought Af. Ams should gain equality through
education. Helped est. the NAACP
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Whiskey Rebellion: first test of new government, farmers
refused to pay tax, federal marshals sent to collect, farmers
rebelled, Washington sent troops to enforce tax
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William Jennings Bryan/Cross of Gold Speech:
presidential candidate for Democratic Party (1896) - address
about advocating bilmetallism
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Wilmot Proviso: banned slavery from all territories gained
from Mexico, WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY CONGRESS
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Women's Reform Movement: right for women to vote
Worchester v. Georgia: Cherokee could not be forced from
their land; Jackson disobeys
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XYZ Affair: french ambassadors wanted to charge $250,000
to negotiate with American officials; Adams' attempt to deal with
impressment
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Yalta Conference: plan for postwar Europe - divide Germany
into four zones
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Yellow Journalism: exaggerated journalim to ignite US
emotions