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US History 11 Exam Review
Review for History 11 Exam
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11th Grade
12/19/2013

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Buffalo
Definition
The main source of food of the Plain Indians
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Railroads
Definition
Used to ship longhorns for a large profit post-civilwar, lead to rapid settlement of the west
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Reservations
Definition

Places set aside to house animals or Native Americans where people aren't allowed to hunt.

 

They are government owned areas.

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Little Big Horn
Definition

Big Horn mountains in Montana are where Native Americans started to go instead of going to reservations.

 

Gerneral Custer died there.

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Sitting Bull
Definition
Lokota chief who believed in gaining power from the sundance, a sun dance he completed to defeat Custer by seeing the future in a death like trance.
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Wounded Knee
Definition
25 U.S. soliders and 200 Lakota Men died in a shoot-out at Wounded Knee Creek.
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Barbed Wire
Definition
Ended the days of cattle ranching and the cowboy lifestyle
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Laissez Faire
Definition

Let people do as they choose

 

Businesses ran by the people not the government

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Thomas Edison
Definition
Famous 1800s inventor who created the lightbulb.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Definition
1874 inventor created the telephone.
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Robber Barons
Definition
Great wealth gained from cheating the system
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Monopoly
Definition
company that owns all other businesses in the same business
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Trust
Definition
Merging business that did not violate laws, one person manages another person's property.
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Nativism
Definition
Anti-immigrant feelings
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Horatio Alger
Definition
Minister from Massachussets who wrote "rags-to-riches" novels.
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Ellis Island
Definition
Tiny island in New York Harbor where immigrants arriving on the East coast after 1892.
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Angel Island
Definition
California barracks to accomodate the Asian immigrants created for those awaiting immigration hearings.
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Gospel of Wealth
Definition
Philosophy that wealthy Americans should give back to the community.
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Grange
Definition

Patrons of Husbandry

 

First National Farm Association

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James Weaver
Definition
First African-American to serve in a cabinet
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Populism
Definition
Political movement founded in the 1890s, favored free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other large industries.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Definition
Upheld seperate but evil doctrine used by Southern states to perpetuate segregation after Civil War.
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Muckrackers
Definition
Investigative journalist reveals societal corruption.
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Progressivism
Definition
Political movement crossed party lines which believed that industrialism and urbanization had created social problems and that governement should be more active in solving problems.
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The Jungle
Definition
Published by Upton Sincliar and prompted the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
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Ida Tarbell
Definition
Published Muckracker in McClure's magazine, published a series of articles critical of the Standard Oil Company.
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W.E.B duBois
Definition
Fought for African-Americans to get the right to vote.
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Booker T. Washington
Definition
Fought for African-Americans to gain a proper education.
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Imperialism
Definition
Countries fighting to take over other countries and expand globally.
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Hawaii
Definition
Ruled by Queen Lilliuokalaui until she was overthrown and Hawaii was annexed becoming part of America.
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Spanish American War
Definition
America and Cuba versus Spain
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
Fantastic exaggerated journalism
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Rough Riders
Definition
Ex-sheriff and miners commanded by Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt who fought in Spanish American War.
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Phillipines
Definition
U.S. controlled after the Treaty of Paris until 1946 in which they were granted independence.
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Panama Canal
Definition
Large trading canal created during Roosevelt's time
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What are the main causes of WWII?
Definition

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism

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What are the Main causes of WWI?
Definition

The alliance system

 

The Naval race

 

The Balkan Crisis

 

Serbia and Astria-Hungary go to war

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Why did America get into World War I?
Definition

Sinking of the Lusitania

 

Sink of six merchant merchant ships by Germany

 

Zimmerman Telegram

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Treaty of Versallies
Definition
Treaty ended the first World War.
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Trench Warfare
Definition
Shooting from trenches in  order to avoid machine gun fire.
Term
Central powers
Definition

Germany

 

Austria-Hungary

 

Ottoman Empire

 

Bulgaria

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Allied powers (Great war)
Definition

France

 

Russia

 

Great Britain

 

Italy (Later)

 

U.S. (Later)

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League of Nations
Definition
Woodrow Wilson's general association of nations to preserve peace, present future wars by pledging to respect and protect each other's territory and political independence.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
President at the end of the Great War who created the League of Nations.
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Red Scare
Definition
Fear of the spread of communism post-world war two.
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Sacco and Venzetti
Definition
Two anarchist immigrants were found guilty of murder because of their ethnicity and political standing.
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Great Migration
Definition
Migration for African Americans north looking for work.
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Flappers
Definition
Young, dramatic, and stylish woman.
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Harlem Renaissance
Definition
1920s flowering of African American art.
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Speakeasies
Definition
Taverns or saloons used as secret alcohol havens during prohibition
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Scopes Trial
Definition
Trial resulted in the creation story being forbidden from being taught in schools.
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Great Depression
Definition
Stock market crash causing mass poverty
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Margin
Definition
Buying on credit
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Hoovervilles
Definition
Homeless shanties during Hoover's presidency
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Dust Bowl
Definition
Midwest goes through drought during great depression
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Black Tuesday
Definition
Day the stock market crashed
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The New Deal
Definition
Programs formed to get people out of the Depression.
Term
F.D.I.C
Definition
Federal deposit insurance corporation provides government insurance for bank accounts up to a certain amount.
Term
CCC
Definition
Civillian conservation corps, employed single men for natural resource conservation
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TVA
Definition
Tennesse valley authority, built hydroelectric plants and dams aimed at improving seven southern states and attracting industry to the south
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PWA
Definition
Public works administration provided employment in construction of airports, parks, schools, and roads.
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Social Security
Definition
Major goal was to provide some security for the elderly and for unemployed workers
Term
100 Days
Definition
Reforms made by FDR in his first 100 days in office
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Axis Powers (WWII)
Definition

Germany

 

Italy

 

USSR

 

Japan

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Allies (WWII)
Definition

US

 

UK

 

France

 

China

Term
Beginning of WWII
Definition

Rise of dictators 

 

Militarism 

 

Germany attacks Poland

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Blitzkrieg
Definition
Lightning Warfare
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Hitler
Definition
Nazi dictator of Germany
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Stalin
Definition
Soviet dictator of Russia
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FDR
Definition
US leader, internationlist
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Churchill
Definition
British leader
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Concentration Camps
Definition
Prisond for political prisoners
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Holocaust
Definition
Mass extermination of Jewish people during WWII
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Mussolini
Definition
Facist dictator of Italy
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Manchuria
Definition
Resource rich providence of Northern China that was invaded by Japan
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Pearl Harbor
Definition
US harbor bombed, prompted US to join WWII
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Stalingrad
Definition
Captured by German troops but then was recaptured by the Soviets
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Midway
Definition
Admiral Yamamoto wanted to attack midway the last American base in the North Pacific next to Hawaii.
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Kamikaze
Definition
Japanese Suicide Bombers
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Manhattan Project
Definition
Secret US Nuclear Project
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Eisenhower
Definition
President post-WWII
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General MacArthur
Definition
General who invaded the Phillipines
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Hiroshima
Definition
Japanese City was bombed with Little Boy.
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Nagasaki
Definition
Japanese city was bombed with Fat Man
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Cold War
Definition
War of tension, arms races, and space races between countries
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Containment
Definition
Plan to contain communism
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JFK
Definition
Cuban Missile Crisis, Construction of Berlin Wall, and Bay of Pigs
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LBJ
Definition
President after JFK, made America go deeper into Vietnam
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Berlin Airlift
Definition
Food and supplies air lifted to Berlin
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Marshall Plan
Definition
European Recovery program for America to aid and rebuild their economy
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Truman Doctrine
Definition
Aid free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure
Term
Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition
Soviet Missiles in Cuba
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Bay of Pigs
Definition
Failed attempt to overthrow castro
Term
16th Ammendment
Definition
Legal for federal government to tax income of individuals directly
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17th Ammendment
Definition
Directly vote for senators
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18th Ammendment
Definition
Prohibition
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19th Ammendment
Definition
Women's Suffrage
Term
21st Ammendment
Definition
Ended Prohibition
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