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Adversary was Montezuma.Click for Answer: Cortes Click for Question/Definition: 1539 Spanish explorer trekked across the southeast from to the Mississippi River.Click for Answer: de Click for Question/Definition: 1540 Spanish explorer who searched for the 7 cities of .Click for Answer: de Click for Question/Definition: 1519-1521 ExplorerClick for Answer: Magellan Click for Question/Definition: Spanish 1522Click for Answer: del Click for Question/Definition: 1535 French Explorer who for a NW passage to China.Click for Answer: Cartier Click for Question/Definition: 1608 French explorer claimed Canada for France and Quebec.Click for Answer: de Click for Question/Definition: 1673 explorer journeyed down the Mississippi River.Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: French explorer travelled all the way down the Mississippi to the Gulf of .Click for Answer: de La Click for Question/Definition: AKA Caboto 1497 English explorerClick for Answer: John Click for Question/Definition: AKA John 1497 English explorerClick for Answer: Giovanni Click for Question/Definition: English Explorer Click for Answer: Gilbert Click for Question/Definition: English Explorer Click for Answer: Frobisher Click for Question/Definition: Portuguese 1487Click for Answer: Dias Click for Question/Definition: Portuguese 1497Click for Answer: de Gama Click for Question/Definition: 1513 explorer who discovered Pacific Ocean, crossed isthmus of panamaClick for Answer: Vasco de Balboa Click for Question/Definition: 1st european (Spanish explorer) to describe America from Florida through Arizona and setthe stage for the of Native America.Click for Answer: Cabeza de Click for Question/Definition: Spanish explorer in the 1530's. of the Inca Empire and founder of Lima.Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: 1513 Spanish explorer, 1st governor of Puerto Rico and discovered while searching for the fountain of youth.Click for Answer: de Leon Click for Question/Definition: Columbus, , da Verazzanno, Marco PoloClick for Answer: Explorers Click for Question/Definition: Cartier, de Champlain, Cavelier, de La , MarquetteClick for Answer: French Click for Question/Definition: Cabot, Drake, Hudson, , Gilbert, FrobisherClick for Answer: English Click for Question/Definition: Balboa, De Vaca, De Coronado, Cortes, De Soto, Pizarro, De Leon, Magellan, del Click for Answer: Explorers Click for Question/Definition: War between and the United StatesClick for Answer: War of Click for Question/Definition: 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise, split the Louisiana Purchase into 2 territories and allowed its settlers to or reject slavery by popular sovereignty. Enflamed slavery issue and led opponents to form Republican Party.Click for Answer: -Nebraska Act Click for Question/Definition: of land distributionClick for Answer: Headright Click for Question/Definition: divided world with a line which granted Spain all lands to the west of the line and all lands to the east.Click for Answer: Treaty of Click for Question/Definition: 1820 admitted Missouri to the union as a slave state and as a free state.Click for Answer: Compromise Click for Question/Definition: case constitutional right to abortionClick for Answer: Roe v. Click for Question/Definition: 1850 made it easier for slave owners to runaway slavesClick for Answer: Fugitive Slave Click for Question/Definition: 1824 court case that affirmed and expanded the of the federal govt. to regulate interstate commerce.Click for Answer: v. Ogden Click for Question/Definition: court case that established protections for working womenClick for Answer: v. Oregon Click for Question/Definition: 1756-1763 pitted Britain against France for control of North AKA French and Indian WarClick for Answer: 7 War Click for Question/Definition: 1775 Organized continental army and comissioned Washington to lead it then begin requisitioning men and supplies for the war effort.Click for Answer: 2nd Congress Click for Question/Definition: FDR programs to help the Great DepressionClick for Answer: The New Click for Question/Definition: Ratified in 1870, this amendment the denial or abridgment of the right to vote by the federal government or state governments on the basis of race, color or prior condition as a slave. Intended to guarantee African Americans right to vote.Click for Answer: 15th Click for Question/Definition: 1819 case that ruled that the constitution protected charters given to corporations by states.Click for Answer: Dartmouth v. Woodward Click for Question/Definition: 1819 banking court case where the Supreme Court propped up the idea of implied powers meaning the constitution could be interpreted. Also asserted the supremacy of federal power over state power.Click for Answer: McCulloch v. Click for Question/Definition: AKA 7 WarClick for Answer: French and Indian Click for Question/Definition: amendment ratified in 1865 that prohibited slavery and solitudeClick for Answer: 13th Click for Question/Definition: Court case that reversed Plessy v. Ferguson decision that established the separate but equal doctrine. Found in schools unequal and initiated an effort to integrate the nations public schools.Click for Answer: v. Board of Education Click for Question/Definition: Amendment ratified in 1868 that citizenship to ex-slaves after the Civil War and protected equal rights for all US citizens.Click for Answer: 14th Click for Question/Definition: Meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philidelphia in 1774. Parliaments authority to legislate for the colonies, condemned British actions toward the colonies, created the continental assoc. and endorsed a call to take up arms.Click for Answer: 1st Continental Click for Question/Definition: case in 1896 that established the doctrine of separate but equal and upheld a Louisiana law requiring that blacks and whites occupy separate rail cars.Click for Answer: Plessy v. Click for Question/Definition: English, traded with the Indians, mapped the Chesapeake Bay, instituted military discipline, and helped make , Virginia a successClick for Answer: Captain John Click for Question/Definition: Hired by England to find the passage to ChinaClick for Answer: Henry Click for Question/Definition: founded Province of Click for Answer: Penn Click for Question/Definition: for establishing the first English colony in the New World, on June 4, 1584,[2] at Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina,known as "The Lost Colony", order to conductsearch of El DoradoClick for Answer: Sir Walter Click for Question/Definition: tribe of Native Americans who live in the Pacific Northwest region (Columbia River Plateau) of the United States, covered parts of Washington, , and Idaho, in an area surrounding the Snake, Salmon and the Clear Water RiversClick for Answer: Nez Click for Question/Definition: influenced by national and religous rivalries, as seen in works by early Protestant describing the period of Spanish imperialism, the unfair depiction of Spain and Spaniards as bloodthirsty cruel, intolerant, greedy and fanaticalClick for Answer: Legend Click for Question/Definition: the first governing document, or constitution, of the United of America, set the rules for operations of the "United States" confederationClick for Answer: Articles of Click for Question/Definition: an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, declared that the Thirteen were independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain written by Thomas JeffersonClick for Answer: of Independence Click for Question/Definition: an American politician and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States, Father of the ,supervised the Louisiana Purchase, led the nation into the War of 1812Click for Answer: James Click for Question/Definition: fifth President of the United States (1817-1825), of the Federalists, Diplomat for JeffersonClick for Answer: James Click for Question/Definition: most critical Founding of the United States, major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricityClick for Answer: Benjamin Click for Question/Definition: was a central and figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation, 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America.[2] He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797Click for Answer: Washington Click for Question/Definition: second President (1797–1801), Opponent of Act 1765, on committee that drafted the Declaration of IndependenceClick for Answer: John Click for Question/Definition: Compromise of 1850 - Fugitive Slave Act amended enforcing penalties with regard to runaways; CA as Free, abolition of slave trade; UT territory created; NM territory created; TX annexed.Click for Answer: Fillmore Click for Question/Definition: Black Codes; Jim Crow laws; CRA 1866; 14th Click for Answer: Johnson Click for Question/Definition: 15th Click for Answer: Ulysses S Click for Question/Definition: Organized US steel Corp(1901); International Harvest Corp(1902); Northern Securities Corp; Rockefeller OIL; Vanderbilt RAILROAD; STEEL; Panama Canal; Industrial workers for WWI;Click for Answer: Theodore Click for Question/Definition: Depression; Refused to do too much,thought the Government should not interfere. Federal Farm board; lent money to farmers in S, but would not permit relief. 1932 - Reconstruction Finance Corp. Banking Act of 1932.Click for Answer: Hoover Click for Question/Definition: terms; New Deal;Administrations:(CCC),(AAA),(TVA),(HLC),National Recovery Admin,FDIC,(PWA),(CWA),(SEC),FHA,(WPA),(RA); Ended Depression, Entered WWII, New roads and buildings; Neutrality Act; CASH and CARRY; After attack on Pearl Harbor, was Click for Answer: Franklin D Click for Question/Definition: Dropped A-bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki;Japan surrendered in 1945;Truman -$400 Mil in military aid to Greece and Turkey to keep communism out; Marshall Plan - to rebuild Europe.Click for Answer: Harry Click for Question/Definition: Watergate/opening of China; only president to resign; Ceasar Chevez-mex immigrant fought for = pay for imm. workers; NFWA changed to UFW; he eventually gained bargaining agreements for workers.; 27th Amendment; Roe v Wade; Last troops return from VNClick for Answer: Richard Click for Question/Definition: End of Cold War; wall came downClick for Answer: Ronald Click for Question/Definition: civil rights/vietnam/war on poverty; 24th - abolished poll tax; 1968 MLK murderedClick for Answer: Johnson Click for Question/Definition: Name 5 Jamestown failed.Click for Answer: Lack of food, attacks, malaria/disease, concentrated on looking for gold and leader did not respond to challenges of the wilderness. Click for Question/Definition: Which house has equal ?Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Which house is on population in state?Click for Answer: of Representatives Click for Question/Definition: What are the branches of government?Click for Answer: Executive, and Judicial Click for Question/Definition: What can the Executive do?Click for Answer: Approves or vetoes bills, makes treaties, grants pardons and reprieves, enforces laws, commissions officers to armed forces, Commander in Chief of armed forces, head of state, appoints or cabinet members and National CEO Click for Question/Definition: What can the branch do?Click for Answer: coin money, maintain a military, declare war on other , regulate interstate and foreign commerce Click for Question/Definition: serve a two year term, laws that make people pay taxes, decide if government officials should be put to trial before the senate, has power to impeachClick for Answer: of Representatives Click for Question/Definition: Serve 6 year terms, confirm or disapprove treaties, confirm or disapprove presidential appointments, hold trail for a government official who commits a crime against the country, power to official from officeClick for Answer: Senate Click for Question/Definition: What is the of Tears?Click for Answer: The government 15,000 Cherokees to leave Georgia for Oklahoma. At least 4000 died on the way. 1838 Click for Question/Definition: What did Hoover do the Great Depression?Click for Answer: He refused to do much to help indidviuals he thought government should not interfere with business and people's lives-lead to super-state=loss of freedom. Click for Question/Definition: Anti-slavery -John Brown and his followers took 5 proslavery men from cabins in Kansas and murdered them.Click for Answer: Bleeding Click for Question/Definition: What events fueled the pre-civil war conflict over ?Click for Answer: Territorial expansion (compromise 1850), slave act, Kansas Nebraska act, Bleeding Kansas Click for Question/Definition: What is the benefit of the two party system?Click for Answer: Allows for greater representation of the . Click for Question/Definition: What did President Johnson's Great Society do?Click for Answer: Supplied federal funds to school districts, set up a program for disadvantaged preschoolers, for federal intervention to protect African American registration and voting in six states, set up an insurance program for people over 65 years old. Click for Question/Definition: in the US is...Click for Answer: Incomplete and NOT operating as it might because it a work in progress. Click for Question/Definition: Ended Click for Answer: 13th Click for Question/Definition: "equal protection"Click for Answer: 14th Click for Question/Definition: Why were the afraid of majority tyranny?Click for Answer: because they that the majority might try to undermind the freedoms of minorities and threaten individual rights. 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Click for Question/Definition: What amendments were added to the Bill of Rights AFTER the Civil War?Click for Answer: 13th, 14th and Click for Question/Definition: Who passed the Adjustment Act?Click for Answer: Franklin Click for Question/Definition: Which President Served during the Civil War; and slavery?Click for Answer: Lincoln Click for Question/Definition: President set precedents for the President's role in government?Click for Answer: Washington Click for Question/Definition: President challenged scientists to send a man to the moon?Click for Answer: John Click for Question/Definition: Who the Tennessee Valley Authority?Click for Answer: Roosevelt Click for Question/Definition: Laws are , discussed and voted on in CongressClick for Answer: Role of Legislative Click for Question/Definition: makes laws official. The approves and out laws passed by the legislative branch. The President approves and carries out laws passed by the legislative branch.He appoints or removes cabinet members and officials. He negotiates treaties, and actsClick for Answer: Role of Branch Click for Question/Definition: oversees the court system of the U.S. the Court rules whether something is constitutional or unconstitutionalClick for Answer: Role of Judicial Click for Question/Definition: Who establish the FDIC?Click for Answer: Roosevelt Click for Question/Definition: Uses false color and 3-D shading to show changes in Click for Answer: Relief Click for Question/Definition: Climate of a using color or patternsClick for Answer: Map Click for Question/Definition: Detailed and accurate graphic representation of cultural and features on ground. 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Click for Question/Definition: the Articles of Confederation, congress could NOT do what?Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Projected the of latitude growing further apart as they left the equator.Click for Answer: Map Click for Question/Definition: Map split into sections in center of land masses-made hard to measureClick for Answer: Goode Click for Question/Definition: 1963 the best. used by US geographic service, National Geography society and most institutions.Click for Answer: Map Click for Question/Definition: What is ?Click for Answer: Increased soil erosion, leads to imparied water cycle in specific ecosystem and the earth. Click for Question/Definition: What is warming?Click for Answer: Increased amount of carbon in the atmosphere=greenhouse effect Click for Question/Definition: What is development?Click for Answer: Increased competition for scarce resources (coal) and increased local pollution like acid rain. Click for Question/Definition: What is growth?Click for Answer: demand for food. Click for Question/Definition: How does regional natural impact international relations?Click for Answer: Competing transportation costs for ore, coal, and steel will determine the location of steel mills. Click for Question/Definition: How does regional natural resources impact international ?Click for Answer: Possession of rare minerals ( South Africa) and large deposits of energy resources (Saudi Arabia) strenghten a states in global affairs. Fewer resources can be overcome (Japan). Click for Question/Definition: How does consumption of resources world economy?Click for Answer: depletion and over use=shortages=economic decline in certain areas. Click for Question/Definition: Natural rate =Click for Answer: Birth and Death Click for Question/Definition: INTRODUCED IN THE 20TH CENTURY, PRESERVES BOTHE THE SHAPE AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE GLOBE; , IT IS DIFFICULT TO NDERSTAND OREIENTATION AND BECAUSE THE CONE IS BISECTED AT A MERIDIAN, ONE SECTION IS ALWAYS MISSINGClick for Answer: Projections Click for Question/Definition: ACCESSIBLE FROM MANY AREASClick for Answer: Successful Click for Question/Definition: Sailed on 3 year voyage around the Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Opened first all water trade between Europe & AsiaClick for Answer: De Click for Question/Definition: ColumbusClick for Answer: Marco Click for Question/Definition: After WWI the US ...Click for Answer: Economy of U.S. at unprecedented rates Click for Question/Definition: General WWIIClick for Answer: Eisenhower Click for Question/Definition: President during Click for Answer: Wilson Click for Question/Definition: cold temps; permafrost; no /tall plants; shrubby vegetations w/roots that don't penetrate subsoil; mosquitoes because of standing waterClick for Answer: Tundra Click for Question/Definition: Variable rainfall; wet and dry seasons; high amounts of light; # of high tree ; unusually high # of speciesClick for Answer: Forest Click for Question/Definition: Less than 30 cm of annual rainfall; aren't always hot, some cold at night, some cold year round; cacti-succulents; desert mice, snakes, nocturnal Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Destruction of large areas of forest due to clear cutting by Click for Answer: Click for Question/Definition: Use of fossil fuels, coal, oil, natural gas, & gasoline has increased levels of carbon in lower atmosphereClick for Answer: Warming Click for Question/Definition: Petrolrum production has negative impact by increaing human activity; hyrdroelectric alter terrainClick for Answer: Energy Click for Question/Definition: As human population increases, farming, construction, mining, & energy development Click for Answer: Growth Click for Question/Definition: Paper, glass, & Click for Answer: Renewable Click for Question/Definition: Raw , iron, copper, & uraniumClick for Answer: Nonrenewable Click for Question/Definition: What are the of the House of Representatives?Click for Answer: Tax laws, power to impeach President, if gov. officials go to trial Click for Question/Definition: What are the fo the Senate?Click for Answer: Power to remove official from office; hold for govt. officials and Confirm/disapprove treaties or Presidential appts. 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