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APUSH Terms 2
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11th Grade
05/12/2013

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Jacob Riis
Definition
Muckraker, wrote How the Other Half Lives
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Dawes Severalty Act
Definition
1887. Allowed US to portion Indian land to individual Indians, sell rest.
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Missouri Compromise
Definition
1820. Missouri= Slave State, Slavery only allowed under line.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Definition
1676. Bacon torches Jamestown, drives Berkeley out. Br. gov. establishes Br. controlled gov. in Virginia.
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Taft-Hartley Act
Definition
1947. Took away power of Unions.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Definition
One of the founders of the NAACP (Nat'l Association of Advancement of Colored People)
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1949 (two big things)
Definition
Soviet atomic bomb test.
China falls to Communism.
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Sputnik (year)
Definition
1957
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Eisenhower Doctrine
Definition
If other country attacked, US will help (Middle East)
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Betty Frieden
Definition
Wrote Feminine Mystique
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Watergate Scandal (who)
Definition
Nixon
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King Philip's War (other name, year?)
Definition
Metacom's Rebellion
1675-8
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Pequot War (year. what?)
Definition
1634-8
Connecticut settlers v. Pequot
CT settlers won
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Pope's Rebellion (year?)
Definition
1680
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Proclamation of 1763
Definition
Cannot move west of Appalachian
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Alexander Hamilton's Financial Plans
Definition
Bank of US
Excise Taxes
Assumption of State Debts
Tariffs
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Jay Treaty
Definition
1794
Pro- Britain. Remove troops from US, US pays debts
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XYZ Affair (year, begins what?)
Definition
1797
Begins Quasi War with France
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Quasi War
Definition
1798-1800
W/ France
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War of 1812
Definition
1812-15
W/ England
Battle of New Orleans boosts morale
Era of Good Feelings begins
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Battle of New Orleans
Definition
1815, after Treaty of Ghent signed
Andrew Jackson
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Treaty of Ghent
Definition
1814
Ended War of 1812
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Hartford Convention
Definition
1814-15
Federalists in Northeast meet, consider secession. Mad abt. Louisiana Purchase, Embargo of 1807
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Embargo of 1807
Definition
W/ France and England during Napoleonic Wars
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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
By Thomas Jefferson
1803-4
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Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
Definition
US won't recognize territory gained by force
1931
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Arsenal of Democracy (Who, what?)
Definition
FDR
US can sell weps to Britain bc Hitler
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Lend-Lease Act
Definition
US can lend weapons to other countries, they'll pay back later
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Export Control Act
Definition
No more trading w/ Japan
1940
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Tripartite Act
Definition
Axis of Evil wassup
(Germany, Italy, Japan)
1940
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Bay of Pigs
Definition
Fail w/ Cuba
1961
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Definition
First woman Supreme Court Justice
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NOW
Definition
National Org. of Women
1966
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Phyllis Schlafly
Definition
Women's rights activist against the Equal Rights Amendment
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Rachel Carson
Definition
Wrote Silent Spring
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EPA (What? Year?)
Definition
Environmental Protection Agency
1970
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