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English
10th Grade
01/18/2007

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When was the romantic period
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late 18th, early 19th century
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Haymarket Riot
Definition
labor related riot in chicago
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Head Start
Definition
Preschool program for children from low income families
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Ho Ci Minh Trail
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Supple route used to carry troops and supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam
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Iran-Contra
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U.S. secretly used money to support the Nicaraguan contras; during Reagan administration
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Korean War
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Conflict over the future of the korean peninsula; fought between 1950-1953; ended in a stalemate
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Laissez Faire
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Doctrine stating that government generally should not interfere in private buesiness
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League of Nations
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International organization formed after WW1 that aimed to ensure security and peace to all its memebers
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Lend Lease Act
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Law that authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense he believes was vital to American security
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Lost Generation
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Group of writers in 1920s who believed America was lost in a materialistic world; left for Europe
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The Manhattan Project
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Secret American project during WW2 to develop an atomic bomb
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Marshall Plan
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Program of American economic assistance to Western Europe
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McCarthyism
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Term used to describe senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist smear act
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Monroe Doctrine
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Declaration by president Monroe; The U.S. would oppose efforts by any outside power to control a nation in the Western Hemisphere
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Napalm
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Flammable chemical dropped from U.S. planes during Vietnam War
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New Deal
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Used to describe President Roosevelt's relief, recovery, reform programs during the Great Depression
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Plessy V. Ferguson
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Supreme Court decision that segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities were equal
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The Populists
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Follower of the peoples party formed to advocate larger money supply
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Progressive Era
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Variety of reforms were enacted at the local, state, federal laws
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