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11th Grade
05/28/2010

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26th Amendment
Definition
Changed voting age to 18
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Betty Friedan
Definition
Leader of the Feminist Movement, Author of the book, "The Feminine Mystique"
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Communist Supporters in Vietnam
Definition
Vietcongs
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Landmark Legislation signed into law by LBJ in1964 that made it illegal to discriminate against minorities
Definition
Civil Rights Act
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
Definition
Failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 which was an attempt to remove Fidel Castro from power
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Amendment that established the order of succession should the president and Vice-president be incapacitated
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25th Amendment
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Two treatis signed in 1972 and 1979 b/w the US and USSR lim,iting the number if nuclear weapons for each
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S.A.L.T 1&2 treaties
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Judiciary Act of 1789
Definition
Created federal court sytstem/supreme court
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Excise Tax
Definition
tax on certain goods
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XYZ Affair
Definition
Adams sent 3 diplomats to France to negotiate a peace settlement
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Alien and Sedition Acts 1798
Definition
Alien act - extends immigration time to 5-14 years

Sedition act- made it illegal to publish false statements
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Virginia and Kentucky resolution
Definition
Result from alien and sedition act - says they have the right to ignore unfair federal law
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Eli Whitney
Definition
Created the Cotton Gin & Interchangeable parts
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Jay's Treaty
Definition
British friendly treaty
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Pickney's Treaty
Definition
Gave US the right to use mississippi river
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Whiskey Rebellion
Definition
in response to excise tax
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Laissez-Fair
Definition
Hands on approach
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Marbury Vs Madision
Definition
Established Judicial Review
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Lousiana Purchase
Definition
Jefferson wanted New orleans and bought it for $15 from Napolean, doubled the size of the USA
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Lewis and Clark & Sacajawea
Definition
Sent to discover newly acquired land/ from Louisiana purchase
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Impressement
Definition
Kidnapping of sailors and being drafted into British War
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Embargo Act
Definition
Not trading with british because they were drafting/impressementing US sailors
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War 1812
Definition
First Major war, caused by impressement
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Star Spangled Banner
Definition
Francis Scott Key
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Non-Intercourse Act
Definition
Trading with others but Brittan and France
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Necessary Evil
Definition
Jefferson's opinion of slavery
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Nationalism
Definition
Extreme pride in one's nation
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Erie Canal
Definition
Connected great lakes with Hudson river and with the Atlantic Ocean
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Adams's Onis Treaty
Definition
Treaty with Spain where we gain Florida for $5 million
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James Monroe Era nick name
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Era of Goof Feelings
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McCulloch Vs. Maryland 1819
Definition
Federal Government has the power over state government
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Missouri Compromise
Definition
Established 360 degree free state line with the newly acquired land
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Henry Clay's American System (3)
Definition
Attempt to improve economy

Protective tariff

New National Banks
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Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
Definition
Ended Mexican-American war. US turned over huge land called Mexican Cession
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Corrupt Bargin
Definition
Henry Claytells people to vote for John Quincy Adams
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Nickname of Tariff of 1828
Definition
Tariff of Abominations
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Impeachment
Definition
Formal charge of wrong doing (Kicked out of office)
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Gibbons Vs. Ogden
Definition
Federal government can negulate interstate trade
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Spoils System
Definition
Where president can appoint anyone to office/government system
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Worchester Vs. Georgia
Definition
Indians sure for right to stay b/c Jackson tried to force them out
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Nat-Turner's Rebellion
Definition
Slavery Revolt which lead to less freedom for african americans
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Author of, "Democracy in America"
Definition
Alexis de Tooqueville
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13th Amendment
Definition
abolioshed slavery
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14tjh Amendment
Definition
Equal protections of citizens
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15th Amendment
Definition
Suffrage for African Americans
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Who lead the Radical republicans and what did they do?
Definition
Thaddeus Stevens

Demandand aggressive destruction of slavery and confederate nationalism
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Definition
Legalized segregation of races
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Name of Ulysses S. Grant era
Definition
"Era of Good Stealings"
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Jim Crow Laws
Definition
laws to keep races seperate in the south
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Credit Moblier Scandal
Definition
"HUSH MONEY"

Congress pays 4X more to build transcontinental railroad
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Credit Moblier Scandal
Definition
"HUSH MONEY"

Congress pays 4X more to build transcontinental railroad
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Battle of Little Big horn
Definition
Tremedous victory for Sioux indians
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Proposed bill that would prohibit slavery in any territory that we acuired from Mexico if the US won the Mexican War
Definition
Wilmot Proviso
Term
Group of srtists who began to produce works of art that empasized American Landscapes
Definition
Hudson River School
Term
Agreement that added California as a free state and also ratified a stronger fugitive slave law`
Definition
Compromise of 1850
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Reformer concerned about the conditions for the mentally ill and imprisoned; wanted to expasize Rehabilitation to improve their lives
Definition
Dorthea Dix
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What are the outcomes of the Great society?
Definition
HUD, Head Start, Medicare
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Who was Ho Chi Minh
Definition
Leader of Vietnam
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