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US History: Unit 1:Ch.’s 1-3.4
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What was the reason for French exploration and settlement of North America?_______ _______
What city became the center of French settlements in North America? ____________________
Puritan ministers encouraged a _____ _____ __________ to allow partial church membership for the children and
grandchildren of the original Puritans as a way to increase church membership.
In a series of court hearings, over 150 Massachusetts colonists were tried for witchcraft. This was known as the __________
_________ ________ and led to a decline in membership in the Puritan Church.
The colony of ________ __________was founded by Roger Williams and other religious dissenters who were tolerant of
other religions and Native Americans.
The New England colonies were established by ____________ & _______________ who practiced strict religious beliefs
and were NOT tolerant (forgiving) of other religions.
Because people lived in close proximity, communities in New England were often run through __________ ____________.
(Unless the king established the colony as a Royal colony.)
In 1686, the British king canceled the _____________ _____________ so that he could better control trade between the
colonies and Britain. .
________ _________ War occurred in 1675 against the Puritans in New England, resulting in the English removing the
Indian threat from New England. (Hint: Metacom)
The ______-________colonies were more diverse culturally and economically.
The Dutch settled the New Netherlands and its’ capital became __________ _____________.
In 1664, the _______________ conquered the capital of the New Netherlands and renamed it New York.
William Penn founded _______________ as a safe place for the religiously tolerant Quakers.
The ___________ ____________ was an English business firm that planned to make money by sending people to America to
find gold and ship the resources back to England.
Who were the Indians that befriended the Jamestown colonists, showing them how to grow native
crops?__________________
The 1st legislative assembly, similar to Britain’s Parliament, was found in the colonies in Virginia and it was called the
__________ ___ ______________.
Poor English and slave colonists staged an uprising against the governor of Virginia and his landowning supporters. This
rebellion was known as ______________ _____________.
________________ was the British economic theory that stated that the earth held a limited supply of wealth and that Britain
would gain power by controlling trade.
The Navigation Acts controlled trans-______________ trade by requiring that all goods shipped from the colonies were done
so on British ships.
The sea voyage that carried African Americans to North America was called the _________ ____________.
__________quickly became a major cash crop and an important source of wealth in colonial Virginia.
__________ ____________ was born into a poor Boston family, but became a wealthy printer, writer and businessman. He
was the father of the Enlightenment and a symbol of social mobility.
Christian worship changed in the 1730s and 1740s. Ministers preached individual salvation during sermons that attracted
enormous audiences. This religious revival became known as the ____________ _____________ and because of it
American colonists began to have more independent thoughts.
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US History: Unit 2:Ch.’s 3-4
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Anglo French Imperial competition during the French and Indian War laid the groundwork for the ____________
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The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the Seven Years War or the ________ ____ ___________ ______.
Migration of colonists past the Appalachian Mountains was stopped by a British law called the __________ ____ ________.
The Stamp Act by the British was a direct tax and the colonial response was the Stamp Act Congress which led to a
_______________ of British goods.
Two radical colonial groups that responded to British actions were the _______ of Liberty and ___________ of Liberty.
The colonial group responsible for communicating grievances against England officially among the colonies was the
_____________ ____ _______________.
Thomas Paine wrote ________ ________ and its importance to Independence is that it laid out the reason for revolution and
helped keep Washington’s army together at Valley Forge.
After the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolution, _________________ joined the Americans as their ally.
__________ ___________ served as the American ambassador who secured this nation’s alliance.
A young French general named ____________ ___ ___________ fought with Washington and helped trap the British and
end the war.
__________ ___________ served as commander of the Continental Army.
The Continental Army could be considered America’s 1st _________________ army because they were trained by Von
Steuben in European military tactics.
The Battle of Trenton was significant because Washington snuck across the __________ ____________ and surprised a
mercenary army of Hessian soldiers fighting for the British.
_________ ___________ was the winter campground of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war.
What was the final major battle of the Revolutionary War? ______________________
Who was the British general that surrendered the largest British Army in the America’s at the final battle?
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What treaty ended the French and Indian War?__________ ___ _________ of 1763.
What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?__________ ____ __________ of 1783.
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US History: Unit 3: Ch.5
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Name three weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) that led to a call for a stronger central government?
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What rebellion of farmers in Massachusetts showed the framers the weakness of the Articles of
Confederation?_____________ ______________
What group opposed ratification of the Constitution? ___________________
What set of essays were written in newspapers across the colonies in support of the passage of the
Constitution?______________ ___________________.
One subject of the Federalist Papers was the fear of our founders that political parties would lead to ____________
______________.
The first key features of the new Constitution, called for a government that shares power between the central government and
the states and it is called _________________.
The second key features of the new Constitution was that each branch of government would be granted specific powers and
this was called ______________ _____ ______________.
The third key feature of the Constitution would be that the power of the central or national government would be
__________________.
Which of the founding fathers played the largest role in getting New York to ratify?_____________ ________________
(Hint: 1st secretary of the Treasury)
Who is often called the “Father of the Constitution?”_____________ ______________
A key compromise reached at the Constitution Convention was the __________-__________ _____________. It said that
Congress would be bicameral and that representation in one house would be based on a state’s population and in the other
house representation would be based on equality.
The slavery issue was solved at the Constitutional Convention by the _________ Compromise.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution were called the __________ ____ _______ and served as a protector of
individual and state’s rights.
One of the greatest accomplishments of the __________ ____ _________________ was the Northwest Ordinance, which
played an important role in territorial growth.
The NW Ordinance outlawed __________________.
The NW Ordinance called for _____________ _____________ to be placed in each territory.
The NW Ordinance instituted a method for territories to become ____________
__________________ influenced the James Madison with his philosophy of “separation of powers?”
The ______________ Branch makes laws.
The ______________ Branch interprets laws.
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History: Unit 4: Ch.’s 6-7
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What president set precedents, called for non interference in Europe and neutrality in his Farewell Address? ____________
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The ___________ Affair concerned France using secret agents to demand a bribe from American diplomats during John
Adams administration.
The _________ ____ ____________Acts were passed during Adam’s administration to help him defeat Thomas Jefferson in
the 1800 election.
This _________________rebellion occurred during Washington’s presidency and showed the strength of the new
Constitution because it was put down by a national army.
_______________ _________________ started the nation’s first political party known as the Federalists.
The greatest land purchase (size) in American History occurred during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency and it was called the
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______________& ______________(two men) were sent by Jefferson to explore this new territory.
Who did the United States fight in the War of 1812? ____________________
What were two major causes of the War of 1812? ____________________,_________________
The biggest significance of the War of 1812 was the development of our ________________ identity.
The ____________ _____________ warned European nations to stay out of American affairs in the Western hemisphere.
(Cause: Britain’s attempts at colonizing in South America)
The ___________-____________ Treaty led to the purchase of Florida and is an example of increased nationalism and
expansion in the early 1800’s.
The joint occupation of _______________ is also an example of increased nationalism and expansion in the early 1800’s.
The ___________ _______________, proposed by Henry Clay and the Whig’s called for the development of the nation’s
infrastructure and protection of its economy with tariffs.
The ___________ ____________ was completed in 1825 and connected New York City to the Great Lakes.
The ____________ Road was part of the nation’s infrastructure which was proposed by the Whig’s Henry Clay and Daniel
Webster.
Jacksonian Democracy included an expansion of ______________.
Campaigning for political office using songs and posters was part of Jacksonian Democracy and it led to the
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American _________________ developed under Andrew Jackson who was a strong proponent of Manifest Destiny.
The Tariff of _______________ (1828) placed a tax on imported goods from Europe and was used to protect American
industry from European competition after the War of 1812.
Southerner’s opposed the tariff because they had little industry and therefore indirectly paid higher prices for their products;
so therefore, this led to the ________________ crisis.
___________ __ ____________ was Vice-President to Andrew Jackson and resigned over the Tariff of 1828.
__________ ______________ ideology became a major cause of the Civil War because states came to believe they could
ignore the laws of the central or national government.
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US History: Unit 5: Ch.’s 8-10
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The Industrial revolution in America was kicked off partly by Eli Whitney’s invention of the _________ _________ which
increased the speed in which cotton seeds could be removed from the cotton.
Eli Whitney also invented ______________ ____________ for the production of muskets.
Westward growth occurred in early 1800’s with a belief known as _____________ ______________; that God had ordained
that the United States would one day stretch from sea to sea.
________________ was a reform movement began in the 19th century and called for the prohibition of alcohol.
_________________ was a reform movement began in the 19th century and called for the prohibition of slavery.
____________ _____________ started a reform movement in Massachusetts in the early 19th century as superintendent of
schools in Massachusetts.
_______________ ______ _____________ was the leader of the women’s rights movement in the mid 1800’s who co-wrote
the Declaration of Sentiments.
The ___________ ___________ ______________ was a women’s right’s convention was held in 1848.
_______ ___________ was a preacher who led a bloody slave revolt in the mid 1800’s.
______________ _______ __________ was a famous white abolitionist who believed in immediate emancipation and said,
“I am in earnest, I will not equivocate?”
______________ _______________ was freed slave, famous orator and abolitionist who wrote the North Star.
The ________ sisters fought for the prohibition of slavery and women’s rights.
The ______________ Compromise was passed in 1820 and outlawed slavery above the 36’30” parallel.
________________ entered the country as a free state in the Compromise of 1820.
The ___________-__________ War was fought in 1846 over disputed territory in Texas.
The ____________ _______________ was Congressional legislation that would have outlawed all slavery in territories
acquired from the war fought between 1846-1848.
The ______________ ____ ___________ allowed California to enter as a Free State, outlawed slave trade in the District of
Columbia, paid Texas for disputed territory, and the included the Fugitive Slave Act.
The ____________-_____________ Act of 1854 was written by Stephen Douglas and called for the slavery issue in two new
territories to be determined by the people.
______________ ______________ means the people of a territory would decide the slavery issue by voting.
____________ ___________ was the Supreme Court case that upheld slavery.
______________ ___________ was a white abolitionist who attempted a slave uprising at Harper’s Ferry.
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US History: Unit 6: Ch.’s 11-12
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In Lincoln’s ___________ ____________, he cautioned the attendee’s to ‘not forget the price that was paid
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The significance of President Lincoln’s ___________ _____________ was a call to preserve the Union.
Lincoln, during the Civil War, suspended _________ _________ and other civil rights.
_________ ____________ was the head of the Union army at the end of the Civil war and signed the peace agreement at
Appomattox Court House.
_________ ____ ___________ was the head of the Confederate Army at the end of the Civil War.
_________ ___ _________ was the Confederate General and hero at the Battle of Bull Run.
__________ ___ ___________ led the Union “March to the Sea” and introduced “Total War.”
_____________________ was the 1st battle of the Civil War and occurred in South Carolina.
_____________________ was the bloodiest single day of battle in the war and Lincoln signed the Emancipation
Proclamation afterwards.
_______________________ was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River and a decisive battle in the North’s
completion of the Anaconda Plan.
____________________was the turning point battle in the Civil War and the last time that the head of the Confederate army
invaded the North.
The Battle of _______________occurred because this city was the center of trade in the Confederacy and where the center
of its railroads met.
Lincoln issued the __________ ______________ and it freed all slaves in rebelling states.
_____________ ___________ __________ ___ ______ ___ ____ _______(hint: a bunch of words!) was as much a factor in
causing the Civil War as the slavery issue.
Which side during the Civil War enjoyed a larger population? __________________
(Union or Confederate)
Which side during the Civil War enjoyed more railroad mileage? ________________
(Union or Confederate)
Which side during the Civil War enjoyed more industrial output? ________________________
(Union or Confederate)
Lincoln’s 10% Plan was part of ________________ Reconstruction and it was meant to make it easier on the South to reenter the Union.
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner supported the Wade Davis Bill and were all part of _____________________
Reconstruction, which was an attempt to make it harder on the South to re-enter the Union.
Efforts to redistribute land to ex-slaves after the war included the systems of ________ -__________ and
__________________ farming.
_______________ College was started in the South specifically for African Americans after the Civil War.
The ____________ _______________ was started during Reconstruction to aid former slaves in providing education, food,
clothing, and land.
Which amendment freed the slaves? __________
Which amendment granted citizenship to ex-slaves? ________
Which amendment granted the right to vote to ex-slaves? ________
The ___________ _____________ were passed in the South during Reconstruction to regulate the lives of ex-slaves.
The ______________ was a vigilante group was born during reconstruction, in the South, to intimidate ex-slaves.
_________ __________ and ________ ________ were methods used in the South to resist racial equality by limiting
suffrage for African Americans.
_____________ _______________ was impeached during Reconstruction for breaking the Tenure of Office Act specifically,
but really because he opposed Radical Reconstruction.
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US History: Unit 7: Ch.’s 13-16
USH (11a,b,c,d)(12a,b,c,d)(13a,b,c,d)(14a)
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The _______________ industry in the US played the largest role in the development of big businesses like
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The __________________ railroad played a huge role in the development of the west by connecting eastern cities to the
Pacific Ocean.
__________________ Immigrants played the largest role in the development of the western end of the transcontinental
railroad.
__________ ____ ________________ was the head of Standard Oil Company which controlled 90% of the oil production in
the US at one time.
_______________ and ________________ were two businesses practices which helped Robber Barons like Andrew
Carnegie and J.P. Morgan grow wealthy by controlling entire industries.
_______________ __________________ invented the electric light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph.
______________ _____________ was the processing station for immigrants coming to the US from Europe.
Beginning in the 1860’s, the immigration trend changed from more immigrants coming from Northern and Western Europe
to immigrants arriving in America from ______________ and ________________ Europe.
The _________________ ______________ ___ ____________ was a Union started by Samuel Gompers which limited its
members to whites and skilled workers.
__________ _________ was the Chief of the Sioux Indians who led them in the Ghost Dance.
The Ghost Dance led to an Indian massacre at ___________ _________ Creek.
Eugene V. Debs led the American Railway Union during the _____________ strike in 1894.
The _______________ was born as a Civil Rights Organization in 1905 at the Niagara Falls Convention.
___________ ____ ____________ was a famous muckraker, or investigative journalist, who attacked Standard Oil Company.
The _____________ _____________ Act outlawed Chinese immigration in 1882.
Americans feared unions in the late 19th century as a front for anarchists or ________________.
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US History: Unit 8: Ch.’s 17-19
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The ____________ _______________ War in 1898 was to free Cubans from Spanish rule and was a culmination of the
debate over American expansion.
Three reasons given for American _____________ in the late 19th century was cultural superiority, military and international
trade.
After American success in the 1898 war, Emilio Aguinaldo led a revolt against American control of this the
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____________________(s) were a Progressive reform of the early 20th century that allowed citizens to write legislation.
__________________ (s) were a Progressive reform of the early 20th century that allowed citizens to remove an elected
official
A ___________________ was a special election where citizens vote on an initiative.
The Roosevelt ____________________ was an add on to the Monroe Doctrine.
The ______________ _________________ warned European powers to not interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
The _______________ Canal was completed in 1914 at a cost of $400 million dollars.
The US went from neutrality to engagement in WWI because of unrestricted _____________ warfare.
Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved to northern cities during WWI in what became known as the
__________ ______________.
Many Americans were afraid of Eugene V. Debs and American unions as a front for__________________.
President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI was called his _____________ _____________.
The ____________ _______ ______________was the predecessor to the United Nations and the United States never joined
it after WWI.
The ____________ Amendment called for the Direct Election of Senators.
The __________ Amendment prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol during the Prohibition era.
The _________ Amendment established women’s suffrage.
_________ __________ exposed the filthiness of the meat packing industry.
The _________________ was a book which exposed the meat packing industry
__________ ________ was a famous female reformer who established a settlement house for easing the transitions of
immigrants to American culture.
The _____________ House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois.
___________ v. _____________ was the Supreme Court case that established “Separate but equal.”
__________ _______ __________ were passed in the South to segregate whites and blacks after Reconstruction ended in
1877.
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US History: Unit 9: Ch.’s 20-23
USH (16a,b,c,d)(17a,b,c)(18a,b,c,d,e)(19a)
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______________________ was the political and economic philosophy that raised fears in the US and became known as the
Red Scare.
____________ ________________ was the American entrepreneur that brought mass production techniques to the
production of automobiles making them affordable for everyone?
The _______________ was a new technology that improved communication more than any other in the 1920.
“Talkies” were ______________ with sound.
_________ _________________is often considered the Father of Jazz.
________ _______________ was the city in which Jazz originated.
______________ ________________was one of the greatest African American writers in the 1920’s during the Harlem
Renaissance.
_____________ _______________ was a famous jazz music producer and composer who brought Jazz to mainstream
America.
_________ _______ ____________ was the name of a street which was a center of Jazz in New York City.
One cause of the Great Depression was industrial and agricultural __________________ during the 1910’s and throughout
the 1920’s which led to surpluses.
Because of inflation and rising unemployment, _________-______________ by consumers was a major cause of the Great
Depression.
The __________ _________ crashed on October 29, 1929.
Drought and high winds caused the _____________ ___________ in the Midwest in the 1920’s, which led to farmers losing
their land.
Widespread unemployment during the Great Depression led many men to leave their families and move to _______________
or shantytowns on the outskirts of large cities across the United States.
The _____________ was one of Roosevelt’s most successful works programs, providing electricity for thousands of people
in northern Alabama and western Tennessee.
The _____________Act was passed as part of Roosevelt’s New Deal and protected Unions rights to collective bargain.
During the Second New Deal, the __________ ____________ Act was passed which provided for old age pensions and
worker’s compensation.
__________ _____________ was a symbol of social progress and women’s activism during Roosevelt’s administration.
The person that played the largest challenge to Roosevelt’s domestic leadership was _________ _______, governor of
Louisiana, who had his “Share Our Wealth” plan.
The Supreme Court provided a political challenge to Roosevelt by identifying some of his programs as unconstitutional.
Roosevelt’s threatened ____________ _____________ to add sympathetic judges to the New Deal to the Supreme Court.
The political challenge to President Roosevelt’s international leadership was with the debate on US entry into WWII.
Roosevelt answered with the ___________ ______, which consisted of the provisions such as Cash N Carry and Lend/Lease.
____ ____________ _________ was the union leader of the Brotherhood of Railroad Car Porter’s who threatened Roosevelt
with a huge march on Washington, DC and secured passage of the Fair Employment Act as a result. (outlawed discrimination
in defense industries)
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US History: Unit 10: Ch.’s 24-27
USH (19b,c,d,e) (20a,b) (21a,d) (22a)
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Japan led a surprise attack against American naval forces at ________ __________ on December 7, 1941.
The ___________ ______________ Act was part of the Neutrality Acts which called for the US to trade fifty retired
Destroyers in exchange for leases on British naval bases.
The Battle of ___________________ was considered the turning point in the war in the Pacific.
____-______was a major invasion of Europe by Allied forces to open a second front against Germany during WWII.
Hitler and his new wife Eva Braum committed suicide during the _____ _____ __________.
_________ __________ was the process of gearing the American economy for WWII.
______________is saving food, gas, or raw materials for a war effort.
The 1st atomic bomb was built and detonated at ___________________, New Mexico.
The ___________________ provided $400 million dollars to war-torn Europe to help it rebuild and attempt to avert another
depression and world war.
________________ was the defense alliance the US joined after WWII to show a commitment to Europe.
The ________________ Doctrine called for a containment policy in Greece and Turkey.
Stopping the spread of ______________________ was the major goal of Containment.
In 1949, _______________ went through a Communist Revolution and Mao Ze Dong became their leader.
The US attempted to contain Communism during the __________ _______ from 1950-1953.
Senator ________ ___________ made accusations against Communists in Washington, DC that led to the 2nd Red Scare in
the 1950’s.
The ________ __________ occurred after WWII and led to a huge population increase and migration of where people lived
from the cities to suburbs.
___________ ________ was one of the earliest mass produced suburbs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower passed the ____________ ______________ ______ for military and civilian purposes.
___________________ was launched by the Soviet Union and became the 1st object launched into space.
President Truman ordered the ______________________ of the US military.
President Eisenhower started _______________ as a civilian space agency in charge of building rockets which would enable
space exploration.
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US History: Unit 11: Ch.’s 28-31
USH (20c,d)(21b)(22b,c,d,e)(23a,b,c,d)(24,a,b,c,d,e)
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_________________ ____ _______________ and Richard Nixon campaigning against each other in the 1960 Presidential
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_______________ played an important role in the 1968 Presidential Debate.
___________ ______________ became dictator of Cuba during the Cuban revolution in the 1950’s.
The ___________ ____ ___________ was failed CIA mission where American trained Cuban refugees to invade Cuba,
attempting to overthrow Cuba’s dictator.
The ___________ _________ _____________occurred when President Kennedy discovered that the Soviet Union was
secretly installing nuclear weapons in Cuba.
_________ _______________ was the 1st Professional black baseball player to integrate baseball.
___________ v. _________ ___ __________________ overturned Plessey v. Ferguson.
Martin Luther King wrote “______________ __________ ___ _____________ __________” after his arrest which outlined
his beliefs about Civil Disobedience.
Martin Luther King’s “____ ________ __ ___________” speech was given in front of the Lincoln Memorial
The __________ _________ Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in public places.
The ___________ __________ of 1965 outlawed Literacy Test requirements.
The Earl ___________ Court expanded the rights of the accused in the 1960’s.
___________________ was a Supreme Court case that expanded individual rights.
President Kennedy’s replacement, ___________ ___ _____________, instituted a “War on poverty.”
The __________ ____________ consisted of welfare systems designed in the 1960’s.
One aspect of President Johnson’s domestic policy was ___________, which granted medical insurance to the poorest
Americans.
James Earl Ray assassinated _________ ___________ ________ in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Sirhan Sirhan assassinated _____________ ____________, Attorney General, and Democratic candidate for President of the
US in 1968.
At the __________________National Convention in 1968, Mayor Richard Daley ordered thousands of police to disperse
protestors outside the convention and it turned bloody.
___________ _______________ led SNCC or the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee.
SNCC was the student arm of the SCLC or the _____________ _______________ ____________ __________________.
SNCC organized ______-_______like the one at the Woolworth’s in North Carolina.
SNCC organized __________ __________ like the one where the bus was firebombed in Anniston, Alabama.
The Korean War and the ________________ War were both fought by the United States to contain Communism.
The ______Offensive was the turning point in the preceding war because it showed the American people that the war was far
from over.
Many in the Counter-Culture were _____-war.
Betty Friedan started NOW or the _____________ _____________ ___ ________________, which worked to secure
passage of a Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution.
Tom Hayden and the SDS, or Students for a Democratic Society were one example of the ____-______ movement.
__________ __________led the United Farm Workers in strikes to earn better pay and working conditions for unskilled
Mexican workers on large farms in the west.
__________ ___________ wrote about the dangers of pesticides like DDT and their effect on the environment.
___________ Day was started in the 1970’s to make everyone more aware of their environment.
The _____________ ____________ Agency is the government agency responsible for protecting our environment.
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US History: Unit 12: Ch.’s 32-34
USH (24f) ( 25a,b,c,d,e,f,g)
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President Richard Nixon opened relations with ___________________.
__________________was a scandal which caused the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
President ____________ _________________ pardoned Richard Nixon.
__________v.___________ was the Supreme Court case which legalized abortions.
President Jimmy Carter successfully negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt known as the ___________
__________ _______________ ______________.
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President Carter ordered a failed rescue mission during the __________ ___________ Crisis in 1979.
_________________ was President Reagan’s economic plan to end the recession by cutting the budget and cutting taxes.
The ________ __________Affair was President Reagan’s greatest failure.
__________ was the economic plan signed by President Clinton to open trade between Canada, Mexico, and the United
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__________ ___ _______ defeated Al Gore in the disputed election of 2000.
The terrorist attacks on September 11 led George W. Bush call for a __________ ____ __________.
________ ____________ was the terrorist network responsible for 9/11.
The ______________ is the enemy in war in Afghanistan.
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