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Undergraduate 1
12/15/2009

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Montesquieu
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Thought of Checks and Balances
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John Locke
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Wrote Treatise on Government
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Hobbes
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State of nature was nasty, brutish and short. We need a monarchy.
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Thomas Paine
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Wrote Common Sense and American Crisis
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George Washington
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The Indispensable Man
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James Madison
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Wrote Virginia Plan! Father of the constitution!
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Patterson
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New Jersey Plan
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Sherman
Definition
Great Comprimise
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George Mason
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From Virginia. Wouldn't sign because he wanted a bill of rights.
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Adam Smith
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Wrote Wealth of Nations. Father of modern economics.
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Guvenoir Morris
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NOT A GOVERNOR! Wrote the preamble to the constitution.
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Carnegie
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Robber Baron, Carnegie Steel. Wrote Gospel of Wealth.
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Rockefeller
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Standard Oil, Robber Baron. Richest man EVER.
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J.P. Morgan
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Banker, Robber Baron
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Vanderbilt
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Railroads, built extravagant mansions. Robber Baron to the Max.
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Gould
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Railroads, Robber Baron
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William Graham Sumner
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Social Darwinist. "What the social classes owe each other." The rich man is the forgotten man.
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Plato
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He thought democracy was dumb. Philosopher kings was the way to go.
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Aristotle.
Definition
Structure is the key to government. "Auxiliary Precautions."
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James Henry Hammond
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Gave "Mud Sill" Speech. He liked his "Ham'n'(d) Cheese" sandwiches made by someone else.
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Horatio Alger
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Author of books about Rags to Riches.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Progressive. Said people should be free from poverty, but also free from the government.
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Teddy Roosevelt
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I don't need to know about this man. (?)
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Herbert Hoover
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Everyone hated him.
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FDR
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt. WWII, Great Depression, made the "New Deal" programs.
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Jane Adams
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"Call for a good time!" Ran the Hull (Whore) house. Settlement Act. Helped out immigrants.
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Magret Senger
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Birth Control, Feminist.
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Emmett Till
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Little boy from chicago. Said, by baby, to some girl. Was brutally murdered.
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Betty Friedan
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Free Dan and Betty too! Feminist. Change the way women view themselves. Change the way men view women. Pro-abortion.
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Timothy Leary
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LSD professor. You have a right to get high, man.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Brtan!! YOU WILL NOT CRUCIFY US ON A GCROSS OF GOLD! Hated gold standard, populist, almost won a bunch of times.
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Alex Tocwueville.
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This place is alright, man. Wrote about democracy in america, the attitude.
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Fredirick Jackson Turner.
Definition
Jackson Hole! Wrote about Frontier. What will happen when it's gone?
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Marcy Tweed
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The "Boss" Tweed. Tammany Hall. Political Machine.
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Judge Taney
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Dred Scott Case! Dred scott was trying to obTANEY some rights.
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Justice Warren
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Judicial Activist. War-in Court! Brown v. Board.
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Winthrop
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City on a hill. It's Windy-throp on hills.
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Calhoun
Definition
Slavery is good!
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Jeremy Rubin!
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Yippie Manifesto!
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Uptown Sinclair
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Wrote "The Jungle" Mukraker. Sinclair gas stations are mucky.
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Micheal Mulane
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Mulan+E, Disney, Tinckerbell, Rule of law only works if we believe in it!
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Anti Slavery.... but anti blacks voting? Weirdo.
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Alexander Hamilton
Definition
Duh
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Jefferson
Definition
Duh
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Brutus, Cato
Definition
Anti-federalists.
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Malcom X
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Black Panther party. Muslim. Black Supremacy.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Definition
duh.
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