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Term
Amend the Constitution
Definition
75% of the states must ratify amendments approved by congress
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War of 1812
Definition
war between France and Britian
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Missouri Compromise
Definition
petitioned to become a free state
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Herman Melville
Definition
wrote "Moby Dick"
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Definition
wrote "The Scarlet Letter"
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Susan B Anthony
Definition
woman's rights and abolitionist
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Frederick Douglass
Definition
escaped slave abolitionist leader
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Seneca Falls Convention 1848
Definition
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Luretia Mott women's suffrage
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Definition
(supreme court) blacks couldn't be or weren't ever going to be citizens under the US constitution
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Checks & Balances
Definition
system that enforces the seperation of powers and ensures that each branch has the authority and ability to restrain the powers of the other
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Marbury v.Madison
Definition
was the first time the supreme court declared something unconstitutional and established the concept of judicial review in the U.S.
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Brown v.Board of Education
Definition
(1954) United States supreme court declared state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional
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Thomas Paine
Definition
founding father of the US, author, radical, inventor
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19th Amendment
Definition
prohibits any US citizen the right to vote based on sex
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Bill of Rights
Definition
name of the first 10 amendments of the US Constitution. (James Madison)
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Declaration of Independence
Definition
July 4th by the us constitution that said the 13 American colonies then at war with Great Britian were now independent states and no longer apart of the British empire
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Constitution
Definition
has the Bills of Rights. Defines how the government works. The right of the citizen
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Prohibition
Definition

outlawing alcoholic beverages nationwide 1920 - 1933

 

(18th amendment)

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Women's Suffrage Movement
Definition
the right of women to vote and run for office
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Magna Carta
Definition
document that King John of England was forced to sign. The beginning of the gov in England.
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Signed by pilgrims men agreed to form a temp governemnt and bound by its laws.
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Rorshach Test
Definition
is an ink blot test that projects one's personality; a projective test
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President Roosevelt
Definition
involved with the New Deal; provided relief to citizens
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Gandhi
Definition
lawyer and leader of the Indian National Congress Campaign. Known for non-violence. Civil disobedience are the best approaches to protest
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World Population 1930
Definition
2 billion
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reproof
Definition
reprimand
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deviant
Definition
behavior that doesn't conform to social norms
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supply
Definition
the amount of a product or service avaliable to consumers
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demand
Definition
how much consumers are willing to pay for the product or service
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The Higher the Demand
Definition
the higher the price
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The Lower the Demand
Definition
lower price
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recession
Definition
a general business slump in the national economy
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depression
Definition
drastic decline in the national economy; decreasing business, falling prices, unemployment
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inflation
Definition
increase in prices occurs when general price level for all goods and services in an economy increases
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deflation
Definition
a reduction in the general level of prices as a result of a severe decline in economic activity
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Production
Definition
firms transform the resources and raw materials into goods/services
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barter
Definition
the direct exchange of one good for another good/service
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Nuclear Family
Definition
family with a husband, wife, children
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Socialization
Definition
all people learn the rules according to which they are expected to behave
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Civil Rights for Blacks
Definition

1.passage of affirmative action legislation

2. desegration of public schools

3. passage of the 13, 14, 15, 24 amendment

4. passage of anti-lynching laws

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International detente
Definition
relaxation of tension between nations similar to the end of the cold war
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Ethnocentrism

Definition

the belief that one’s own culture is superior to all others and is the standard by which all

other cultures should be measured

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Changes in population
Definition
births, deaths, immigrants
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US Railroad Lines Growth
Definition
wheat production, insurance companies, steal production, iron mining
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Great Britian
Definition
the first to experience urbanization
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Nile River
Definition
under the control of Great Britian in 1914
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Africa on European
Definition
imperialism which is where one country conquers land of another
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Marco Polo
Definition

merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia 1271-1295

first to travel across Asia

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Ferdinand Magellan
Definition

sailed around the world in 1519-1522

first to sail around the world

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Vasco da Gama
Definition
the first European to reach India by sea sailing the tip of Africa
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3/4

 

Definition
states must ratify amendments approved by Congress
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100%
Definition
of the seats in US House of Reps is up for election every 2yrs
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33%
Definition
of the seats in the US senate is up for election
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13th Amendment
Definition
slavery abolished in 1865
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14th Amendment
Definition
citizenship of former slaves part of the constitution
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15th Amendment
Definition

unconstitutional to restrict voting based on race 

slaves the right to vote

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19th Amendment
Definition
women's right to vote
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Line of Authority
Definition

1. President

2. VP

3. Speaker of the House of Reps

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Topographical map
Definition
contour lines are joining equal points of the elevation; shows the shape of earth's surface
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Pacific Ocean
Definition
largest ocean
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Nile River
Definition
world's longest
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
(1840) the US was destined by God to expand across North America to the pacific ocean
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Mesopotamia
Definition
between Tigris & Euphrates rivers
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Great Wall of China
Definition
to protect the chinese from the Huns who were barbarans from Mongolia trying to conquer every area. Huang-di built great wall
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Greek Philosophers
Definition

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

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Koran
Definition
the holy book of Islam
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Mecca
Definition
holiest city of Islam
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Caste system
Definition
a division in society groups of higher power and lower power socially
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Ponce de Leon
Definition
(1513) sailed and discovered Flordia and claimed it for Spain
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Cortez
Definition
(1519) sailed to Mexico and in 1532 crashed the Aztec civilization; conqured south america
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Pizarro
Definition
(1532) traveled to Peru and conqured the Inca empire
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The French Penal Colony

of Devil's Island

Definition

was located off the coast of the French Guyana;

the only french speaking south american nation

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Causes for the

American Revolution

Definition

1. The Tea Act of 1773

2. The Stamp Act

3. Colonist had to house troops

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Sugar Act of 1764
Definition
the first tax specially meant to generate money for the British government
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The Currency Act
Definition
forbade colonist from issuing paper money
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
Definition
Declaration of Independence
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War of 1812
Definition
between Britian & US alleged British violations of American shipping rights
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Abolitionist
Definition

Federick Douglass, William Lloyde Garrison,

Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman,

Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown

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Leading to War
Definition

1.Sherman's march

2. General Lee surrenders

3. Reconstruction

4. 13th amendment

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Baby Boom
Definition
1946 - 1964
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Legislative Branch
Definition
belongs to the House of Reps; pass federal laws, can overide the president, veto bills by 2/3 vote
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Executive Branch
Definition
president is head and can serve 4 year term twice.
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Judical Branch
Definition
the supreme court which interpret the laws
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Collect Property tax
Definition
local governments
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Collect income tax
Definition
federal government
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Erosion & Deposition
Definition
factors that generate and affect landforms
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Antarctica
Definition
southernmost continent in the world
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Cold War
Definition
US and soviet union
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Cultural diffusion
Definition

the process by which a cultural trait, material object, 

idea, or behavior pattern is spread from one society to another

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market
Definition
brings buyers and sellers in contact with each other
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market economy
Definition
United States
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What nation defeated the Spanish Armada in the 16th century
Definition
France
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Coercive Acts
Definition
are names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parlimant in 1774 relating to Britian Colonies on North America
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Truman Doctrine 
Definition
was a policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere
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New Deal
Definition
is a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as President of the United States, which lasted from 1933 to 1937. The programs were responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery, and reform.
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Black Sea
Definition
 inland sea bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and various straits 
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Caspian Sea 
Definition
 is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
(1862) The proclamation promised freedom for slaves held in any of the Confederate states that did not return to the Union by the end of the year.
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Concurrent Powers

 

Definition
 powers shared by the federal and state governments. These powers include the ability to make laws, roads, defense, parks and enforcement for police, prisons, health, and environment, to name a few.


Term
Five Themes of Geography
Definition

Location

Place

Region

Human-environmental interaction

Movement

 

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Geomorphology
Definition
The study of landforms
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Natural Resources
Definition

 

are things provided by

nature that have commercial value to

humans, such as minerals, energy, timber,

fish, wildlife, and the landscape

 

Term
Renewable resources
Definition

 

are those that can

be replenished, such as wind, solar

radiation, tides, and water

 

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Nonrenewable resources
Definition

 

are those that

cannot be replenished. These include

fossil fuels such as oil and coal and metal

ores.

 

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Sons of Liberty
Definition

 

was the

protest group headed by Samuel

Adams that incited the Revolution

 

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Boston Massacre
Definition

 

On March 5,

1770, soldiers fired on a crowd

and killed five people

 

Term
The Boston Tea Party
Definition

 

On

December 6, 1773, the Sons of

Liberty, dressed as Mohawks,

dumped tea into the harbor from

a British ship to protest the tea

tax.

 

Term
continental divide
Definition
seperates the rivers and streams that flow toward the Pacific Ocean from those that flow toward the Atlantic Ocean
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Global Warming
Definition

exhaust from cars

deforestation of the rain forest

burning of fossil fuels

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Martin Luther
Definition
was a German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation.He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money.
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Articles of confederation 1777

 

Definition
states' rights
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cognitive psyc
Definition
human perception, thought, memory
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