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US HISTORY FINAL
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11th Grade
01/22/2012

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columbian exchange
Definition
global transfer of living things
new world= america
old world=europe
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Hernando Cortez
Definition
conquisodor of mexico
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conquisiddors
Definition
explorers seeking gold and silver
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encomienda system
Definition
natives farmed ranched and mined for spanish landlords
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mesitzo
Definition
mixed spanish/native american population
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Proclamation of 1763
Definition
line along applichans where colonists cant cross
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Ailen and Sediation aCts
Definition
1798, to end immigrant threats to the government
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Intolerable Acts
Definition
shut down boston harbor, appointed thomas gage as governor as result
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Whiskey Rebellion
Definition
revolt against tax on the manufactor sale and distribution of whiskey, marked the first use of armed force to assert federal authority
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Marbury v madison
Definition
judical review
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monroe doctrine
Definition
US stays out of eurpean affairs
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Trail of tears
Definition
cherokees forced to move to camps in the west
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Treaty of Gudalupe hidalgo
Definition
signed between us and mexico.
rio grande=border between mexico and texas
new mexico and california part of the us
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compromise of 1850
Definition
issue of succession,
north= free states
south=slave states
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dred scott decision
Definition
ensured slavery, states slaves werent free in a free state
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gettysburg turning point
Definition
Confederates were defeated, General Lee gave up hope of invading North
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Reconstruction Act of 1867
Definition
in the south, to end slavery.
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dawes act
Definition
americanize native americans, broke up reservations and gave land to native americans
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exodusters
Definition
african americans moved from post reconstruction south to kansas
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homesteader
Definition
free land to any citzen a head of a household
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morill act
Definition
federal land to states to help finance agricultural colleges
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alexander graham bell
Definition
invented the telephone
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Henry Bessemer
Definition
cheap manufacturing process to remove inpurities
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Edwin l drake
Definition
steam engine to drill oil
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Thomas Alva Edison
Definition
perfected the light bulb
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Christopher Sholes
Definition
typewriter
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Credit Mobilier
Definition
formed by Pacific Railroad, charged customers 3 times the actual price
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inerstate commerce act
Definition
government could control railroad activities
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Sherman antitrust act
Definition
no trusts that interfered with free trade between states and countries
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Vertical integration
Definition
buying out suppliers
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Americanization movement
Definition
americanize other cultures
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Pendleton civil service act
Definition
bipartisan civil service commission thru merit system.
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Tammany Hall
Definition
Boss Tweed, political machine in NYC
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PLessy v ferguon
Definition
seperation of races didnt contradict 14th ammendment
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The Jungle
Definition
Upton Sinclair. conditions o stockyards, exposed unsanitary conditions
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progressive movement goals
Definition
protect social welfare, moral improvement, economic reform and efficency
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NAACP goal
Definition
equality among races
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nineteenth ammendment
Definition
gave women right to vote
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sixteenth ammendment
Definition
raised tarriffs for a better source of money
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Carrie Chapman catt
Definition
Womens rights suffragist, leader of NAWSA
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Clayton Anti trust act
Definition
prohibited corporations from aquiring other stocks that would give them complete control
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Panama Canal
Definition
cuts across centrl america to reduce travel time.
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Rosevelt Corollary
Definition
intervene to prevent YOU from intervening, to protect economic interests inlatin america
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dollar diplomacy
Definition
guarentee loans made to foreign countries
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missionary diplomacy
Definition
us could deny or not recognize latin american government not in favor of us interests
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Pancho villa
Definition
opposed carranza government. shot down americans off a train.
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john pershing
Definition
general sent to mexico to capture pancho villa
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Jose Marti
Definition
cuban politcal activist, poet and journaist. started cuban resistance movement. wanted to free cuba from spanish control
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De Lome Letter
Definition
Mckinley was a coward
Term
Boxer Rebellion
Definition
revolt in china led by "boxers". Wanted free themselves from control of Europeans
Term
platt amendment
Definition
us could buy land from cuba and reserved the right to intervene
Term
allies (Triple Entente)
Definition
france, britan and russia
Term
central powers (triple alliance)
Definition
Germany, austria hungary, ottoman empire
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espionage and sedition acts
Definition
spying and speaking out against country. fined or jail time
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big four
Definition
wilson,=us
clemenceau=france
lloyd geroge=britain
orlando=italy
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fourteen points
Definition
rejected by the senate, no democratic repersentation
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
reparations on germany, removal of their colonies, war guilt clause= weaknesses
established 9 new nations =strenths
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rosevelt won peace prize for
Definition
negotiating peace between russia and japan
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