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| A contract made by the voyagers on the Mayflower agreeing that they would form a simple government where majority ruled and freedoms would be granted. |
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Virginia House of Burgesses |
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| First representative government group in the American colonies. Famous delegates include Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. The House met for the first time at Jamestown, VA |
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His trial and eventual acquittal (1735) set a precedent for establishing freedom of the press in America.
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THOMAS PAINE
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| Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. |
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John Locke had a huge influence on all of Thomas Jefferson's philosophical thoughts and ideals especially writing the Declaration of Independence |
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| French Enlightenment Thinker who inspired our founding fathers to come up with the 3 Branches of Government |
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| French Enlightenment thinker who influenced Jefferson in that the government needs the "consent of the governed" (people's) approval |
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Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) served as the foundation for this first attempt at a national government and while a failure, it was the lessons learned under the articles that helped strengthen the government formed by the Constitution. |
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| DANIEL SHAYS, A FARMER FROM MASSACHUSETTS LED A REBELLION AGAINST THE STATE BECAUSE HE FELT HE WAS BEING TAXED TOO MUCH. IT WAS A WAKE UP CALL FOR THE US TO HAVE A STRONGER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT |
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A COMPROMISE TO SATISFY SMALL AND LARGE STATES
1. FOR SMALL- 2 SENATORS FROM EACH STATE
2. LARGE STATES IN REPRESENTATIVES BASED ON POPULATION (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) |
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| FOR REPRESENTATION IN THE SOUTH, FOR EVERY 5 SLAVES, THEY WILL BE COUNTED AS 3 PEOPLE FOR POPULATION IN THE HOUSE |
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| The balance between national and state power, as well as the types of powers identified in the Constitution. |
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| Delegated powers are those powers specifically assigned to the Federal Government |
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| All powers not specifically delegated the Federal Government are to be reserved or saved for the State Governments. |
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| Concurrent means "at the same time", in this case concurrent powers are those that both the federal and state governments have simultaneously. |
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The legislative branch of US government is the US Congress. The upper-house of Congress is the US Senate, the lower-house is the House of Representatives |
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| The executive branch of US government is composed of the President, his advisors and all federal agencies and their heads. |
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| The judicial branch of US government is composed of the Supreme Court and all of the lower federal courts as created by Congress. The most significant power of the judicial branch is that of judicial review, first stated by Chief Justice John Marshall in the 1803 case of Marbury vs. Madison. |
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Things not specifically said in the constitution.
The Presidents Cabinet is an example of this. |
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THE PRESIDENTS ADVISORS
THE 1ST ONE WAS WASHINGTONS ADVISORS:
THOMAS JEFFERSON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Henry Knox, and Edmond Randolph |
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LOSSE INTERPRETER OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, HE OUTLINED 4 PROPOSALS THAT THE US MUST DO TO MOLD INTO A FINANCIAL NATION. HE WAS A RIVAL OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
1. PAY OFF NATIONAL DEBT
2. START A BANK
3. HAVE A PROTECTIVE TARRIFF
4. ESTABLISH A WHISKEY TAX |
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| 3rd President of the United States and the Secretary of State under Washingtons 1st Cabinet. Under Jeffersons administration, the United States was able to make the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of America and starting the vision of a Westward Empire |
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| Obtained in 1803 From France, this doubled the size of the United States and gave is New Orleans, a major port for trading. Thomas Jefferson negotiated the deal with Napoleon |
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| Fought Against the British due to blockades and impressment of sailors. The victory confirmed American independence and strengthened our nationalism. |
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| Ended the War of 1812 in which Britain was set to return most land in the great lakes region and recognize that United States land in that region is in fact theirs |
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| Washingtons plan during his administration and was a key goal in the United States foreign policy |
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| Proclamation in 1823 by President James Monroe. Basically, it warned European nations not to get involved in political matters in Central and South America. |
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MARBURY V. MADISON
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| The first Supreme Court Case in US history that established the act of JUDICAL REVIEW. JOHN MARSHALL was the Supreme Court Chief Justice who decided the case. |
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Established under the Supreme Court Case Marbury vs. Madison by John Marshall. This "review" allows the Supreme Court to hear cases and declare them Constitutional or Unconstitutional. |
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| The first Supreme court chief justice that presided over some famous cases such as Marbury vs Madison and McCulloch vs Maryland and Gibbons vs Ogden. He was famous for pointing out that judicial review was necessary in US Supreme Court |
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| Inventor of the Cotton Gin and made the concept of Interchangable Parts, parts that are exactly alike that can be replaced. |
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| The production of goods in large quantities. Changes in manufacturing for the better during the Industrial Revolution |
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| Social and economic reorganization that took place as machines replaced hand tools and large-scale factory production developed. |
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Transporting of goods around America became faster with national roadways instead of rivers. The Canal system connected NYC to the great lakes region. |
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a series of agreements passed by Congress to maintain the power between free and slave states (North vs. South)
Missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine admitted as a free state |
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Treaty with Spain to gain Florida and some land in the Oregon territory |
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appealed to the common citizen, this president had a no-nonsense attitude with humble origins and spoke to the people as one of theor own, not rich and elitist. |
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| Congress passed this act in 1830 to get Indians to negotiate terms for moving west. |
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| Cherokee indians were forced off their land and most of their tribe was killed along the way to moving west off their sacred land to reservations west in Oklahoma |
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SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
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| Women's rights meeting that was held to come up with the "Declaration of Sentiments" in that women were starting to fight for rights that were better than the present conditions. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the leaders of the meeting. |
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WOMEN REFORMERS OF THE 19th CENTURY |
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| Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Womens Rights), Lucretia Mott (Womens Rights), Sarah Grimke ( Abolition of Slavery), Sojorner Truth (abolition of Slavery) all were women who wanted change for womens rights. This included abolition of slavery, alcohol, and a betterment of women on the home, education, and the workplace. These women changed history. |
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| Led a group of 80 followers to attack and kill nearly 60 white people in Virginia before being caught by state and federal troops and hung for murder. |
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The 19th century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into the Mexican Territory (Southwest UNITED STATES)
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| Territories Gained from Westward Expansion |
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Annexation of Texas
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Teritory |
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| In 1837, Samuel Morse created this invention that carried messages, tapped in code across copper wire. Telegraph wires connected towns to cities and cities to cities on the east coast within years, eventually spreading westward. |
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Major impact on transportation in America, railroads replaced many canals in the way that goods were shipped across the United States. In the 1840's Railroads travelled at 10 mph, 4 times faster than any canal boat. A major turning point in US HISTORY.
-CANALS (ERIE)
NATIONAL ROADS BUILT |
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MARKET REVOLUTION INVENTORS |
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Market Revolution is when people began to buy and sell goods and stopped producing things for their own use.
John Deere- invented the first steel plow and took less animal power to pull.
Cyrus McCormick- invented the mechanical reaper. The reaper did the work of five workers. |
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Why did Americans Head West? |
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1. To escape religious presecution
2. find new markets for commerce (trade)
3. claim land for farming, ranching and mining
4. locate harbors on the Pacific Ocean
5. Look for a job
6. spread the idea of democracy and Manifest Destiny |
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| was able to gain land by annexing Texas, Oregon Territory and to negotiate treaties for other land to help shape America. We also went to war with Mexico and gained Southwest territory |
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| 1849 was the gold rush to California, causing a great westward move for Americans. People wanted to "strike it rich". San Francisco had 1000 people in 1848 and 35, 000 in 1849 |
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Abolitionists believed in abolishing slavery in the United States. Most abolitionists lived in the North, however some did exist in the south.
Abolitionists were of all races. OUTLAW OF SLAVERY! |
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| Born into Slavery, Douglass was taught to read and write by the wife of his slave owner. He then realized that education and knowledge will be the key to escape and success. He went on to escape slavery and start a newspaper called THE NORTH STAR, in which he guided many slaves on the run to freedom in the north! |
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| The name that was given to the process in which slaves escaped and fled to the North, as far away as Canada in a "Underground" or secret system. Harriet Tubman was a key figure in helping slaves. |
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| If you were a slave and escaped, you were considered a criminal and must be returned to slave owners. |
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| was the leading "conductor" of teh Underground railroad. The railroad was a network of abolitionists who hid fugitive slaves on a north path. Tubman helped nearly 300 slave escape to freedom. |
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
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| Congress repealed the Missouri Compromise by introducing popular sovereignty (vote on their own fate) in Kansas-Nebraska territory where slavery was prohibited. |
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| White Abolitionist who led a revolt at Harpers Ferry, VA and in Kansas also known as the "Bleeding Kansas" raid. |
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DRED SCOTT VS. SANFORD (1857) |
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| The supreme court ruled that Congress could not prohibit (ban) slavery in any U.S. territory. Dred Scott lived in a free state for a couple of years after living in a slave state. Scott said that made him free. But the Supreme court said slaves had no rights, therefore he cannot have freedom. |
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| Elected President in 1860, he pledged the urge to stop slavery in the United States. He also was responsible for putting America back together after the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclimation, which formally ended slavery. |
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to break away from something. In this case the state of South Carolina seceeded from America and then many other states followed to creste the Confederate States (SOUTH) vs The North (UNION) |
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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION |
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| January 1st 1863 Lincoln's executive order said that all slaves behind Confederate lines are now free. |
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LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS |
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| Remade America in that he told that America was founded for the right reasons and now civil war was tearing it apart. "We as America shall not perish from this earth." |
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Ended Slavery in the United States (Constitutional Law) |
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Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. Made former slaves citizens. |
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Gave citizens the right to vote in elections. This included former slaves. NO WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE! |
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| The term used after the civil war to describe putting a "broken" America back to gether again. North +South = REUNITE |
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| A federal agency set up after the civil war to help African Americans get clothes, supplies, and to set up schools for education |
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| discrimination laws passed after the civil war in the south that restricted African Americans rights. They could not travel without permits, carry weapons, serve on juries, testify against whites and marry whites. |
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| This started as a "social" club that used FEAR and Discrimination against former slaves, and African Americans and people who were non-white. The goal of the KKK was to restore "white supremacy" |
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| The first elected Black Senator in the United States. Elected in 1871 |
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| Act that was passed by Congress that broke up Indian reservations in the West and aimed to "Americanize" them. The Indians wound up losing 66% of the land that was given to them in the Indian Removal Act of 1930 when sent to "Reservations" |
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| Congress passed this act to give away 160 acres of free land to citizens and allow African Americans the chance to relocate from southern towns to Kansas. |
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"Robber Barons"
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Captains of Industry
"Big Business Owners" |
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Andrew Carnegie- Started the steel industry and became rich by expanding his company.
John D. Rockefeller- Oil Industry giant that used the process of contracts and trustees to get rich off the profits that are made
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| Were constructed after Big Business owners took advantage of workers by long hours, low pay and poor working conditions. Unions used collective bargaining to get some of the things to make working safe and affordable. Strikes happened if owners did not compromise. |
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| The process in which people began to move to cities (urban) and look for jobs. However too many people causes overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in cities. |
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Plessy vs Ferguson
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| Supreme Court case that established "seperate but equal" facilities. This case was finally overturned in 1954 by Brown vs Board of Education |
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Life at the Turn of the 20th Century |
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Advancements in Life, Technology, Science and Thought:
- Architecture
- Sports
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Subways
- City Planning
- Camera
- Education (Schools)
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America As a World Power
for 1st Time |
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Spanish American War
In 1898, the US went to war to help Cuba win Independence from Spain. This war made America a military power finally after 120 years. |
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The Progressive Era Movement |
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An era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by Big Business and Industrialization
1. Exposing corruption
2. Exposing poor working conditions in factories.s advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization |
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Journalists who expose the problems in America and demand change
Jacob Riis: Photography
Upton Sinclair: The Jungle (Abook that exposed poor factory conditions) |
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An extention of the Monroe Doctrine, Teddy Roosevelt said that if Latin America gave problems to American Expansion, then the US would be forced to police them.
"Speak softly but carry a big stick" |
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| The Panama Canal was built to make transportation faster and easier between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The United States built it with a payoff to Panama |
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In 1867, Willam Seward purchased Alaska from the Russians for 7.2 million dollars. It was known as an ICEBOX, but it was later found to have an abundance of oil and became a state in 1949 |
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| Law in 1917 that required men to register for military service and get "drafted" at random |
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SCHENCK VS. UNITED STATES (1919) |
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During wartime, freedom of speech is limited.
Charles Schenck distributed leaflets to people calling world war 1 a "Deed against humanity" and thus created a "clear and present danger" to America by producing "speech" that was dangerous |
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WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Women gained the right to vote in 1920 with the 19th Amendment.
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| During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson layed out a plan to promote world peace. This included no secret treaties among nations, freedom of the seas for all, and the last of the 14 points was a LEAGUE OF NATIONS, which failed because certain countries rejected Wilsons plan. |
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| The treaty that ended World War I. |
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| Attitudes towards europeans after the war led to profiling and racism. Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested and charged with murder of a factory manager in Massachussetts. After saying they were innocent, providing alibis, and there was no evidence to link them to murder, Sacco and Vanzetti were sentenced to die in the electric chair. |
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STOCK MARKET CRASH OF
1929 |
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| Caused the Great Depression and ended the prosperity that was felt by Americans in the 1920's. The crash caused great economic hardship for Americans and had lasting effects for most of the 1930's |
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PROHIBITION
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| The 18th Amendment prohibited (didnt allow) alcohol to be sold, drank, and distributed in the United States. Organized crime (MOB) ran bootlegging and secret bars became speakeasies to sneak in drinks |
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African American Ideas:
1. Politics
2. Art
3. Literature
4. Music
All of these things flourished in Harlem (NYC) and spread rapidly across the United States.
Harlem Renaissance key people:
1. Marcus Garvey-Radical
2. Langston Hughes-Poet
3. Louie Armstrong-Musician
4. Bessie Smith-Female Vocalist |
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| American inventor of the Ford company and revolutionized industry with his ASSEMBLY LINE , which made production of cars faster and more efficient. |
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| During the Great Depression (early 1930's) a drought occured in the Great Plains in the United States. After farmers spent years and millions of dollars planting new crops in their fields, they were forced to leave their lands in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado. These lands became known as the "DUST BOWL"? |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised a "New Deal for the American people". That "deal" focused on 3 goals:
1. RELIEF
2. RECOVERY
3. REFORM |
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NEW DEAL RECOVERY PROGRAMS |
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1. FEDERAL SECURITIES ACT- Established the SEC Securities Exchange Commission) to watch the stock market.
2. CCC- Civilian Conservation Corp (Jobs)
3. TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority
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| crimes against humanity for Hitler and the Nazis. Killed 11 million people in Europe during World War II |
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June 6, 1944 where American troops stormed the coast off of Normandy, France. It was the attack to push Nazi troops back to Germany |
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Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec 7th , 1941 bringing the United States into World War II |
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Korematsu vs the United States (1944) |
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| After Pearl Harbor, the United States government feared that Japanese Americans posed a threat to our country so they were put into internment camps. The Supreme Court ruled that the internment was in fact Constitutional |
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| was dropped twice in Japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed. Nearly 200,000 people were killed. The war quickly ended after that. |
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A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in which neither nation confronted each other directly on a battlefield.
FEAR! and PROPAGANDA! |
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| Said by England's Winston Churchill, the "iron curtain" was used to describe How Soviet Union has seperated Communism from the rest of the world and will continue to do so behind an "iron curtain" |
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TRUMAN DOCTRINE AND MARSHALL PLAN |
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President truman gave 400 million dollars in econimuic aid to Greece and Turkey to help them and not be influenced by Communism.
Marshall Plan was more aid to European countries to help them as well. |
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| When US planes dropped food and other supplies to West Berlin in June of 1948 to help people after the Soviet Union put a blockade of supplies and food to people in Germany. |
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Noth Atlantic Treaty Organization- (NATO)- countries like the US/Great Britain/Canada pledged that if one country was being attacked by an aggressor, then they will have each others backs |
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Used to describe the "race to space" between the US and the Soviet Union.
Sputnik-1st satellite in space by Russia
USA- first nation to have man step on the moon. |
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| Ethel and Julius Rosenberg |
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| were accused of spying by Americans and selling secrets to the Soviet Union. They were put on trial and executed in 1953. |
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was used to describe Senator Joseph McCarthy who caused a scare saying that there were communists among American Government and in the media, therefore causing a scare in America for Communist takeover. FEAR!!!!!!! |
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| the theory that if one country falls to communism, all of the countries in Asia will fall. |
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| War fought in Korea from 1950-1953. US forces helped South Korea while North Korea was communist. The war ended in a stalemate (tie). North and South Korea have a renewed conflict today. |
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| war fought to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam in the 60's and early 1970's. US forces fought on the side of South Vietnam against the North Vietnamese Communists (HO CHI MINH) |
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1950's /1960's POP CULTURE |
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| The birth of Rock N Roll. The teenager, Drive in Movies, drug culture, and Color Television all were part of American society. |
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BROWN vs BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954)
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| Landmark Supreme court case that made the segregation of public schools unconstituional. This case overturned PLESSY vs. FURGUSON which made "seperate but equal" |
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First African American appointed to the Supreme Court of the US. He was instrumental in taking down segregation (Plessy vs Ferguson) and winning cases like Brown vs Board of Education in 1954. Thurgood Marshall was a great civil rights leader. |
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CRISIS AT LITTLE ROCK
(1957) |
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| Little Rock Arkansas 1957, black students were blocked from going to school by the Governor (he sent in state troops) . President Eisenhower sent in (National) troops to help the LITTLE ROCK "9" enter the school. |
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| Refused to take a seat on the back of the bus in 1955. Martin Luther King then led the Montgomery Alabama bus boycotts. This sparked the Civil Rights movement and changed America. |
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| Perhaps the greatest driving force of civil rights in America. He was influenced by Gandhi and said that struggle to freedom was the only way. Equality was what he set out for-and achieved. |
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MIRANDA vs. ARIZONA (1966) |
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| Supreme court case in 1966 that changed the way that criminal rights were read to people who were arrested |
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These were just some of the things that happened in 1968:
1. TET OFFENSIVE
(Vietnam War heats up)
2-Riots in Chicago, Detroit over Civil Rights
3-MLK shot and killed
4- Robert Kennedy (JFK brother) shot and killed
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| Supreme Court Case that was controversial was over a womans right to have an abortion. NOW (National Organization of Women) protested for this case. In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that women do have the right to choose an abortion during the 1st three months of pregnancy. This case is highly controversial in America today. |
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Epidemic that caused great FEAR because of the lack of cure and the mysterious nature as to why people were sick. Blood transfusions, needle sharing and unprotected sex are causes of the deadly disease |
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| A day that lives forever as Terrorists destroyed the Twin Towers in Manhattan, flew a plane into the Pentagon in Washington DC, and killed thousands of innocent Americans. |
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Geography Of the
United States |
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| The major Geographic Features of the United States are: The Mississippi River (Trade), The Rocky Mountains American Desert (arid), and the Erie Canal (NY). The coastline of America allows ports for trade. |
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Granger Movement was largely a Farmers Movement in the 1870's. Farmers sought to:
1. correct farm abuses of the government during reconstruction
2. Gain political power for pro-farm laws
3. Led to the Populist Party and eventually a progressive movement (change) |
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| "Sensationalizing" events in newspapers to drum up public feeling and interest in United States affairs. "Remember the Maine" was a typical Yellow Jornalism example in teh Spanish American War |
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| During the course of the Cold War, tensions rose and fell many times. One period of relaxation developed in the early 1970s and became known as "Détente," a French word meaning "release of tensions." It was hoped that the new relationship would herald a permanent improvement in relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union, but differences in outlook led to an increasing number of conflicts. |
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Washingtons Farewell Address |
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| After 2 terms as president, Washington urged the US government to "steer clear of foreign alliances". This policy was essential for America's growth as a nation. |
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| In March of 1925, Tennessee made it illegal to teach evolution in schools. John Scopes, a biology teacher, was arrested and tried for teaching Darwins theory of evolution. Scopes was considered a fundamentalist, who was skeptical of traditional theories |
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| Attorney General Palmer appointed J. Edgar Hoover to conduct "RAIDS" that jailed suspected immigrant communists, broke into their homes disregardingh their civil rights and deporting them almost immediately |
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| Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery book that told the story of the true nature of life in the south for slaves. The Literature was the best selling book of the 19th century and helped the anti-slavery abolitionist support movement that eventually led to the Civil War in the United States. |
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ANDREW JACKSON'S
SPOILS SYSTEM |
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System under Jackson in which awarded his "loyal" supporters government jobs |
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NOW
(National Organization for Women) |
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Feminist Organization in the United States that seeks to expand women's rights and end sex discrimination
(Founded in 1966) |
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| Supreme Court case that established a Constitutional right to legal counsel for those who are charged with a felony (crime punishable by imprisonment or death penalty) |
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Definition
PLACING OF INTERESTS OF ONES OWN REGION ABOVE THE INTERESTS OF THE WHOLE NATION
NORTH- INDUSTRY
SOUTH-SLAVERY |
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