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US History
final review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mayflower compact | agree to be governed by a government they create |
| Thomas Paine | wrote a book on why colonists should leave great Britain |
| Article of Confederation | first try at the US government, too much power to the states |
| great compromise | bicameral, 2 legislative branches, House of Representatives and the senate |
| declaration of Independence | left Great Britain |
| Judicial review/Marbury v Madison | the law is unconstitutional |
| Bill of Rights | constitutionally guarantees individual rights/anti federalist would agree to the constitution. |
| Separation of powers | each branch has different powers to ensure none get too powerful |
| Monroe Doctrine | Keep Europe out of Latin America |
| Seneca falls | Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton, these women went there to fight for the right to vote. Women were given the right to vote. |
| Louisiana Purchase | doubled the size of the USA, manifest Destiny |
| Trail of tears | Andrew Jackson sent Native Americans to the west, Mean and killed many, fought native Americans, old hickory |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | slavery in the new states, free or slave, territories vote on slaves |
| Homestead act | free land in the mid west |
| Dawes act | Americanizing the Native Americans |
| robber barons | JD Rockefeller (oil) Andrew Carnegie (steel) monopolies |
| monopolies | One owner that eliminates competitions |
| Social Darwinism | strong survive, laissez faire |
| Sherman Anti Trust act | Teddy Roosevelt breaks up the monopolies |
| industrial revolution | growth of urban middle class, immigration rises |
| urbanization | moving from a country to city for a job |
| Chinese exclusion act | gentlemen's agreement , limited number of Chinese immigrants. nativism |
| nativism | Americas way is best, leave jobs to Americans, not immigration |
| new immigrants | China and japan, Italy and eastern Europe. people coming for jobs |
| Plessey v Ferguson | separate but equal |
| Jim crow laws | made separate facilities legal |
| progressive era | size of government grew, government controlled more aspects of business and society |
| federal reserve act | control money supply |
| Jacob Riis | Muckrakers, brought attention to how the poor people lived. He did it so others would know how things were. |
| Prohibition and its repeal | 18th amendment, started prohibition (the banning of alcohol) the 21st amendment ended prohibition |
| Pure food and drug act | what is in the food. Food had to have labels on them to let the consumers know exactly what they were eating. |
| NAACP | advance the rights of African Americans. |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote the book The Jungle, it was a book about the meat factories and how filthy things were. |
| Booker T Washington | keep African American culture, use education to further self |
| open door policy | allowed USA to trade with China |
| Yellow Journalism | used by the media to sell not just papers but to sell a movement by the government. |
| Schenck v US | free speech is limited during war time. |
| nativism and causes in the 1920's | Sacco and Vanzetti, put to death in the 1920's because they were different. lack of civil rights, nativism |
| Harlem Renaissance | African Americans wrote books and music about the culture of the African Americans of the 20's |
| Stock Market crash and the great depression | causes: too much stuff made unemployment increased, too many poor people, too many owing money and losing jobs so they cannot pay for stuff |
| Public Works Program | New Deal programs to create jobs |
| Rationing/Coupons | using materials for war, not consumers. Rationing is when you can only get a certain amount of something |
| GI Bill | used to attract soldiers and to thank them. the gi bill pays for the servicemen to go to college or help them in buying a home |
| McCarthyism | Fear of communism during the cold war |
| Gideon v Wainwright | Government must provide an attorney to someone who cannot afford one. This attorney is free to the person and is paid for by the government |
| Brown v Board | Separate but equal is not legal. This case overturned Plessey v Ferguson. It allowed blacks to attend all white schools |
| Containment in southeast Asia | USA stopped the spread of communism, example is Korea and Vietnam |
| Roe v Wade | right to privacy, which led to women's right to choose abortion. |
| fall of berlin wall | started the end of communism. USA won the cold war |
| Graying of America | the amount of baby boomers is greater than the workforce, so younger people need to work more to support them. |
| Terrorism Attack on 9/11 | led to the Patriot Act, which US citizens gave up rights for security. It was an attack on the world trade center in NY City |
| NAFTA | Canada, USA, Mexico all trade without tariffs |
| LBJ's Great Society | governments attempt to end poverty. programs were put into place for people with needs and is paid by the government |
| 1st amendment | free speech, free religion |
| systems of checks and balances | three branches of government to ensure that no one branch becomes too powerful over the others |
| Manifest Destiny | from Atlantic ocean to the Pacific |
| Miranda v Arizona | a person who is arrested has the right to remain silent... |
| Immigration | why they came, religion, jobs, western Europe/Irish |
| FDR New Deal | ended the depression, gave money to build roads, bridges and to provide jobs, grew the size of government |
| New Deal Policies | social securities, work projects |
| National recovery Act | Minimum wage |
| Life in the city | pollution, crowded, multiple cultures melted together (melting pot) |
| transportation | steam, roads, railroads, canals |
| federalist | strong national government |
| John Adams | Lawyer, President, Boston Massacre |
| Andrew Jackson | treatment of native Americans was poor, banks, wanted to weaken the banks, gave friends jobs, import tax, so south hated him |
| Missouri Compromise | will new states be free or slave |
| XYZ Affair | illegal to say anything bad about the government |
| Article of Confederation | first try at US government, too much power to the states |
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