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US History
Semester 1
142
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11th Grade
12/20/2010

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George washington
Definition
First President, Pres. of Constitutional Convention, created the cabinet
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madison
Definition
DR, peacetime military, father of constiution, secretary of C.C. war of 1812
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1787
Definition
formation of territories
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constiutional convention
Definition
rewrite articles of Confederation
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great compromise
Definition
offered a two house congress. each state has equal representation.
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franklin
Definition
elder, wiseman of philidelphia
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articles of confederation
Definition
two levels of government shared power.
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confederation
Definition
states at power over some matters, governement had power over the rest
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3/5ths compromise
Definition
3 out of every 5 slaves were counted as population. taxation/representation
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bicameral
Definition
two house legislature
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desestablished
Definition
take down
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veto
Definition
rejection made by the president
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federalist party
Definition
hamilton, big central government
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anti-federalist
Definition
opposed stong gov. aganist the constituition, wanted A.of C.
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federalist papers
Definition
85 essays written by federalist leaders (hamiltion, Madison, Jay)
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amendments
Definition
additions to the constitution (27)
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bill of rights
Definition
rights to the people
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1st amendment
Definition
freedom of speech, religion, press, and assemble
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2nd amendment
Definition
right to bear arms, purpose of malitia
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3rd amendment
Definition
no solider shoud live in house without consent of owner
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4th amendment
Definition
must have a serach warrent, right to privacy
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5th amendmentf
Definition
plead the fith:no self incrimination
no double jeapordy
gov. can take your property for = compensation
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6th amdendment
Definition
right to attorney, right to speedy and public trial,
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7th amendment
Definition
if fined more than 20 dollars, right to trial by jury
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8th amendment
Definition
no excessive bail, no cruel or unusual punishments
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9th amendment
Definition
rights of the people, federal law cannot take away rights.
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10th amendment
Definition
power to the states, state can add to the amdendments within their states
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22nd amendment
Definition
president can only serve two terms
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17th amendment
Definition
young get to directly elect senators.
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ratification
Definition
offical approval
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three branches of governemtn
Definition
legislative, executive, judicial
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legislative
Definition
make the laws
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executive
Definition
carry out laws
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judicial
Definition
interpret the law
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checks and balances
Definition
prevent one branch from having too much power
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alexander hamilton
Definition
wanted big gov. run by elites, federalist, washingtons secretary
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thomas jefferson
Definition
midnight judges, louisana purchase
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marbury v. madison
Definition
marbury sued madison for not being appointed a judge
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judicial review
Definition
can devlare an act of congress unconstitutional.
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judiciary act of 1789
Definition
filled in details of washingtons judicial branch
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monroe doctrine
Definition
us cannot be involved w/ european affairs
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jackson
Definition
not tempered (D),westerner, VETO
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education reform
Definition
publice education for all
Horace Mann
Term
mentally ill reform
Definition
dorothea dix
meet needs of mentally ill, instituions for mental
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anti-navy flogging movement
Definition
cat o'nine tails
Term
JQ adams
Definition
DR, corrupt bargain, won but not by popular vote
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impeachment
Definition
process of accusing a public official of a wrong doing
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missouri compromise
Definition
maintain the balance between free/slave states
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spoils system
Definition
jackson fired officials, replaced them with friends
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cabinet
Definition
presidents advisors
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certificate of manumission
Definition
document saying slaves were free
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black codes
Definition
literacy tests
poll tax
grandfather clause
white primary
Term
literacy tests
Definition
reading/writing test
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poll tax
Definition
pay tax on voting
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grandfather clause
Definition
only cote if grandfather is able to vote
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white primary
Definition
whites are the best, whites can vote
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1861-1865
Definition
years of civil war
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radical republicans
Definition
punish the south, military rule, voting rights for blacks
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john wilkes booth
Definition
killed lincoln
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ulysses s. grant
Definition
general of the north
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andrew johnson
Definition
became president after lincoln
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lincoln
Definition
republican, president of the south when south seceede
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popular sovereignty
Definition
right to vote for/aganist slavery
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confederate states of america
Definition
seceeded states
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jim crow laws
Definition
legalizes segregation
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13th amendment
Definition
abolished slavery
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14th amendment
Definition
equal protection
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15th amendment
Definition
right to vote, free men can vote
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reconstruction
Definition
rebuilding after the civil war
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robert e. lee
Definition
general of south, expeirienced
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california admission
Definition
gold rush, free state, 30 36 line
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slavery
Definition
bad in south, blacks, natives
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jefferson davis
Definition
president of the south
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secession
Definition
abandenment, withdrawl from the union
first half of civil war
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socio economic diagram
Definition
plantation owners =slaves
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john brown
Definition
harpers fairy raid, promoted the killing of white men
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dred scott
Definition
slave, owner took him to north then died
not free
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emancipation proclmation
Definition
all slaves of a confederacy are free as of jan.
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antietam
Definition
draw, lee found/predicts mcllealns plans
bloodiest battle
diplomatic turning ponit
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appomattox
Definition
surrender at court house, union win
lee surrenders
ends war
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vicksburg
Definition
union controls mississippi
south splits in two
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bull run
Definition
picknikers, stonewall jackson
psychlogical
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gettysburg
Definition
lee goes to get shoes..runs into union
3day war
grape shot and canaster
Term
shiloh
Definition
johnston killed while hunting
south lost great general
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attrition
Definition
wearing down of troops
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total war
Definition
burned city, march to the sea
destroy everything in path
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sherman
Definition
north general
total war
Term
election of 1860
Definition
abraham lincoln (R)
Stephen Douglas (ND)
John brekenridge (SD)
john bell (C. Union)
Term
stonewall jackson
Definition
bull run
Term
compromise of 1877
Definition
withdrawal of troops of south/louisana
solved presidential dispute
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imperailasim
Definition
policy in which nations extended their control of weak territories
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isolationism
Definition
avoiding war
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washingtons farwell adress
Definition
no president should serve more than 2 terms.
no secert alliance with european affairs
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boxer rebellion
Definition
boxers attacked foreigners
china
Term
big stick policy
Definition
teddy rosevelt, talk nicely dont use force
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queen Liluokalani
Definition
queen of Hawaii
Term
roosevelt corollary
Definition
us would use force aganist econmic intrest in latin america
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john d. rockefeller
Definition
oil company, used trust to gain total control of oil industry
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vanderbilt
Definition
built the railroads
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andrew carnegie
Definition
railroad and steel, monoply
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teddy rosevelt
Definition
26th president, panama canal,rough riders
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protectorate
Definition
coutnry whose affairs are controlled by stronger governemnt
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progressives
Definition
reforms
solutions, goals
approach aganist yellow journalism
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railroads
Definition
trans continental
reliable local transit
developing/settling west
Term
plessy v. ferguson
Definition
seperate but equal is equal
NAACP
Term
monopoly
Definition
complete control over an industy wages, production, shorter hours
Term
union issues
Definition
bad working conditions
Term
causes of industial era
Definition
wealth of naturla resources gov. support, growing urban population
Term
cherokee
Definition
indians
Term
buffalo
Definition
hunted by natives, food/supply
Term
assimilation
Definition
minoritys group adoption of the beliefs and way of ilfe of the dominant culture
Term
edison
Definition
created light bulb, moving pictures
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bell
Definition
made telephone
Term
social darwinsim
Definition
passing on traits, most desired
Term
upton sinclair
Definition
wrtoe the jungle
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the jungle
Definition
exposed bad working conditions, meat packing
yellow journalism
Term
corporation
Definition
investors running a company
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scabs
Definition
immigrants who came to work when workers went on strike
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simmerman note
Definition
message sent by german to mexico..attack the US
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wilson
Definition
pres. of US
Term
fourteen points
Definition
first 5 preventing
next 8 boudries
#14 creation of league of nations
Term
league of nations
Definition
created to create peace, us did not agreed
Term
1917
Definition
when us joined, russia leaves
Term
1914-1918
Definition
years of world war I
Term
causes
Definition
secret salliances, imperalism, assisination
Term
franz ferdinanad
Definition
assasination started the war
Term
treaty of versailles
Definition
established new nations, boarders
germany takes blame of WWI
Term
trench warfare
Definition
planned, dig trenches
battle somme
Term
big four
Definition
wilson
george
orlando
Term
lusitania
Definition
american ship that sank
Term
triple entente
Definition
france
britain
russia
Term
central powers
Definition
germany austira hungry
ottowman empire
Term
schlieffen plan
Definition
germanys plan
two fronts
Term
treaty of brest litovsk
Definition
end war between germany and russia
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dough boys
Definition
american soliders
high morals
Term
u boats
Definition
german submarines
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fist battle of the somme
Definition
jluy 1916
1.2 million died..7miles gained
Term
progressive taxes
Definition
the more gov. makes the more for pay
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henry cabot lodge
Definition
opposed war
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war industires boy
Definition
icrease efficiency and disourage waste in war related industires
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hoover
Definition
food administration
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llyod george
Definition
british rep to treaty of verseilles
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