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American History 1st test
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11th Grade
08/30/2010

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Christopher Columbus
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mission was to find alternate route from Spain to India, but instead found the Americas
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Thomas Hobbes
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believed that social order was man made and therefore could be changed by people and believed that people were ruled because they allowed themselves to be ruled
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John Locke
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saw people as good and rational. believed in an original equality of all people
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Jacques Rousseau
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social contract: agreement between a king and his subjects whereas the subject consents to being ruled and the king agrees to protect them, but this can dissolved by the subjects when they want to
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George Washington
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Commander of the Continental Colonial army, first president, and on the $1 bill
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James Madison
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"father of the constitution" came up with the separation of powers and the checks and balances system
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William Penn
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Founder of Pennsylvania
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Middle Passage
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route used to bring slaves to America
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Abraham Lincoln
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president during the civil war. wrote the emancipation proclamation.
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Robert E. Lee
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General of the confederates
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Chattel Slavery
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Slaves were treated like livestock, much like cattle
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Ben Franklin
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U.S. ambassador to France. inventor. on the $100 bill
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Ku Klux Klan
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hate group in the south created to terrorize black people. ku klux comes from the greek kuklos which means circle. but its also been said to stand for the sounds of loading and locking a rifle
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Jefferson Davis
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president of the confederacy
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Thomas Jefferson
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wrote the constitution, 3rd president, bought Louisiana in the Louisiana purchase
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5th Amendment
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cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. and you do not have to testify against yourself
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1st amendment
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freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press
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2nd amendment
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right to keep and bear arms
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3rd amendment
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no quartering of troops/ right to privacy
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4th amendment
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illegal search and seizure
. right to bodily privacy
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6th and 7th amendments
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speedy trial by jury
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8th amendments
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no cruel and unusual punishment
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