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ush terms
| Description | Term |
|---|---|
| first 10 amendements of the constitution | Bill of Rights |
| split legislative branch into 2 houses | Great Compromise |
| compromise that slaves would count for 3/5 of a person for tax/census reasons | 3/5 Compromise |
| belief that us was entitled (like religiously) to all the land between pacific & atlantic. from sea to shining sea | Manifest Destiny |
| president who signed the indian removal act | Andew Jackson |
| forced removal of CHEROKEES from the (current day) american south to OKLAHOMA | Trail of Tears |
| land that JEFFERSON purchased from NAPOLEON in 1815. doubled the us's size overnight | Louisiana Purchase |
| treaty that ended MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR & gave us TX, CA, NV, NM, AZ, and part of WY and CO | Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
| 1857 supreme court case that all black americans were not citizens & had no right to sue, also still in spavery even in free states. judge was ROGER TANEY | Dred Scott vs Sandford |
| era immediately post-slavery (1865-late 70s) | Reconstruction Era |
| govt agency that provided aid to former slaves in reconstruction era | Freedmen's Bureau |
| 1880-90 act that prevented chinese (& other asians) form immigrating to us | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| immigrant receiving station in NEW YORK. most of the people there were from europe | Ellis island |
| immigrant station on west coast in SAN FRANCISCO. saw large asian population | Angel island |
| ethnicity centered communities in urban areas | ethic enclaves |
| heavily crowded apartment buildings | tenements |
| idea towards american immigrants that regardless of location. anyone can gain american identity | melting pot |
| other idea that immigrants retain distinct cultural identity | salad |
| as education became more widespread, american education & culture became more standardized | Incorporation |
| act passed in 1936 that passed many regulations for factory workers, including limiting/ending child labor. signed by FDR | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| (in this context) idea during progressive area that emphasized not giving aid to poor and letting nature run its course. also kind of associated w/ eugenics | Social Darwinism |
| idea during progressive era that people were entitled to help their fellow man. mostly taken up by religious people | Social Gospel |
| policy of not interacting w/ other countries | Isolationism |
| president that kicked off the spanish-american war | McKinley |
| ship that exploded on feb 15 1898. kicked off the spanish american war 2 months later | USS Maine |
| resources in alaska | gold, oil, seafood |
| resources in hawai'i | pineapple & sugarcane |
| guy who helped buy alaska and | Seward |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT's policy advocating for china trading w/ all foreign nations | Open Door policy |
| general foreign policy by THEODORE ROOSEVELT | Big Stick policy |
| foreign policy by TAFT advocating for money/economic leverage as main form of interaction | Dollar Diplomacy |
| violent uprisings against foreign powers in china. by this one organized military group | Boxer rebellion |
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