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US History, Inventors, Presidents, Explorers

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Stamp Act   Pot is set to Boil. Official stamp on all documents  
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Sugar Act   Taxed colonies on sugar, wine, and molassess  
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Tea Act   Allowed British East India co. to sell tea to colonies w/out paying taxes. Resulted in Boston Tea Party  
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Declaratory Act   Asserted British govt. right to impose taxes  
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Townsend Act   Duty tax, search and seizure  
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Quartering Act   British soldiers permitted to live in colonist homes for free  
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Boston Massacre   6 colonist were shot in Boston during scuffle btwn solonist and British troops  
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Trail of Tears   Cherokees departure to Oklahoma  
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Ecomienda   Oppression of Native Americans by Spanish Conquistadors who were granted trusteeship over indigenous people  
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Conquistidors   Soldiers  
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Requerimeinto   Threatened to enslave Native Americans if Spanish demands weren't met  
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Black Legend   Spanairds oppression of Native Americans  
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The Great Migration   Resulted from the persecution of the Puritans  
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Toleration Act   Freedom of relilgion in Baltimore to anyone professing to believe in Jesus  
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Treaty of Tordesillas   Divided land btwn Spain and Portugal  
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Homestead Act   Ended reign of large land owner; Gave 160 acres to farmers to farm for 5 yrs  
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Oregon Trail   Began in Missouri and followed Kansas River; Due to land hunger; Concept of Manifest Destiny  
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Mexican American War   Dispute over border; Gold found in Ca; Mexico had defaulted on loans to US  
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo   Mexico accepts Rio Grande as border; Ceded New Mex & Ca to US  
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Manifest Destiny   O'Sullivan wrote; Opened new markets & annexed foreign land  
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Magna Carta   House of Lords and House of Commons; Needed royal assent for a bill to become law; Britain, 1215 sovereign rule  
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Declaration of Independence   Was drafted to rally colonists against Britain and towards rebellion with promises of equality to men, and right to be free and pursue happiness  
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Preamble   To form a more perfect union; Estab. justice; Ensure domestic tranquility; Common defense; General welfare; Secure blessings of liberty  
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Articles of Confederation (Shortcomings)   Federal gvt assumed all power; Economy was weak; Couln't maintain order or protect people  
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Articles of Confederation   Left too much power to central gvt.  
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Constitution   Adhered to principles fought for in the Revolutionary War  
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Bill of Rights   Citizens felt rights were not properly outlined in Constitution and insisted that Bill of Rights be added before they would agree to ratification of Constitution  
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Consitutional Convention   Framers wanted a gvt with checks and balances; Great Compromise; Commercial Compromise; 3/5th Compromise  
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Andrew Carnegie   Steel developer  
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John Rockefeller   Standard Oil Company  
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JP Morgan   'Bankers Bank; Bought Carnegie Steel  
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Alenander G. Bell   Phone inventor  
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Christoper Sholes   Typerwriter inventor  
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Thomas Edison   Light bulb, phonograph, dictaphone, mimegraph  
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Edward Drake   Steam engine  
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Westinghouse   Airbrakes for r/r cars; generating electricity  
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President   elected by voters  
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Senate   Elected by voters in their own state  
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House of Representatives   Elected by qualified voters in their own state; can impeach president  
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Congress   Maintains military; Declares war; Regulate intersate and foreign commerce  
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Two Party System (Strength)   Greater representation of the people  
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Two Party System (Weakness)   Excludes opinio outside the 2 parties  
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Marbury vs Madison   'Judicial Review'; Unconstitutional to force appts that were wrong  
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Dred Scott   Fueled Civil War; Slave that sued for freedom based on the fact that he lived in a free state; Was denied;  
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Plessy vs Ferguson   'Seperate Car Act'; Seperate bu not equal doctrine  
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Brown vs Board of Education   End of segregation in public schools  
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Roe vs Wade   Woman had right to end pregnancy  
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George Washington   Set presidential presidence  
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George Washington   French and indian War  
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George Washington   Prime mover oin steps leading to Constitutional Convention  
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Thomas Jefferson   Silent member of Congress  
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Thomas Jefferson   Drafted Declartion of Independence  
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Thomas Jefferson   Wrote bill estab religious freedom  
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Abraham Lincoln   Civil War  
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Abraham Lincoln   Built up Republican Party  
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Abraham Lincoln   Emancipation Proclamation  
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Abraham Lincoln   commissioned Lewis and Clark for expedition of Louisiana Purchase  
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Franklin D Roosevelt   Great Depression  
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Franklin D Roosevelt   New Deal  
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Franklin D Roosevelt   'Good Neighbor' Policy  
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Franklin D Roosevelt   Wanted to keep US out of war with Europe  
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Franklin D Roosevelt   Pearl Harbor  
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John F Kennedy   Progress and the Peace Corps  
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John F Kennedy   Cuban Missle Crisis  
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John F Kennedy   Space Exploration  
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Lindon B Johnson   A Great Society  
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Lindon B Johnson   Medicare ammendment to SS Act  
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Lindon B Johnson   VietNam  
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Richard Nixon   Foreign Policy  
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Richard Nixon   Suspicious of media, rivals and bureaucracy  
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Ronald Reagan   Ended Cold War  
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Ronald Reagan   Great Communicator  
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Ronald Reagan   Lowered Taxes  
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Ronald Reagan   Peace through strength  
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Susan B Anthony   Women's right to vote  
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Susan B Anthony   Suffrage movement; the 'cause'  
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Jackie Robinson   1st Black Major League Baseball player  
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Cesar Chavez   Migrate workers in Ca  
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Cesar Chavez   Boycotted grape producers in Ca  
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Cesar Chavez   'Farm Workers Association'  
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New England Colonies   Mass, RI, Connecticut  
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New England Colonies   Sought religious freedom  
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Mid-Atlantic Colonies   Va, Maryland  
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Mid-Atlantic Colonies   Agriculturally based  
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Mid-Atlantic Colonies   Firm basis for the growth of slavery  
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Southern Colonies   NC, SC, Ga  
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Southern Colonies   Rice, tabacco, cotton  
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