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HUSH Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mayflower Compact | Live in a civil society according to own laws |
| Proclamation of 1763 | attempt to prevent the colonists from going west |
| Stamp Act | measure to tax the American colonists to pay for war costs |
| Boston MAssacre | skimrish between british troops and american colonists |
| Lexington and Concord | initial skirmishes between british solidiers and american colonists |
| 3/5 compromise | 3/5 of te slaves were counted for sensuses, etc. |
| Articles of Confederation | weak nationa government with most of the governmental powers held by the states |
| Indian removal Act | relocated indians forcefully and caused trail of tears |
| Farewell Address | Washington warned about political parties, foreign affairs and alliances |
| Monroe Doctrine | U.S opposed further European colonization of and interference with independant nations |
| Jacksonionan Democracy | movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to aristcracy |
| Erie Canal | joined the atlantic ocean to the great lakes |
| Lowell MIlls | combined the textile processes of spinning and weaving under one roof. |
| Cotton Gin | increased productivity but also slavery |
| William Lloyd Garrison | prominent American abolitonist |
| Frederick Douglass | american social refomer, escaped from slavery |
| Horace Mann | arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn the nations unruly children to disciplined children |
| Transcendentalism | inherent goodness of both man and nature |
| Missouri Compromise | could not have slavery above the 36 30 line |
| John Browns raid | killed innocent people to help africans achieve rights |
| Free Soil Party | opposed to the expansion of slavery |
| Compromise of 1850 | ended confrontation between southern slave states and northern states |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | created the territories of kansas and nebraska and repealed missouri compromise |
| Popular Soverignty | consent of the people |
| 54th Mass | black regime |
| radical republicans | incredibly liberal, fought for black rights |
| habeas corpus | lincoln supsended to protect the people |
| emancipation proclamation | freedom to slaves in rebellion states |
| Gettysberg Address | examined founding principles of the US |
| black codes | took away basic rights from blacks |
| non-intercourse act | restricted trade from britain and france until they obeyed neutrality acts |
| 18th | prohibition |
| 13th | ended slavery |
| dred scott | took away blacks right to voteq |
| sedition and esionage acts | took away free speech and expression |
| 17th | choose own senators |
| sherman anti-trust act | gov't controled buisness affairs and scandals |
| new deal | FDR full fledge relief program |
| homestead act | how much land farmers could have |
| Munich conference | permitting anexation of sudetenland |
| fall of france | german invasion of france |
| battle of britain | air battle between british and luftwaffe |
| cash and carry | allow allies to buy american arms so they wouldnt fail and need american help |
| lend-lease | "chewed gun" lending weapons to britain |
| manhattan project | develop first atomic bomb |
| yalta/potsdam | discuss postwar europe reorganization/reexamine last conference |
| marshall plan | us rebuild plan for europe postwar WWII |
| truman doctrine | us would support greece and turkey to prevent fall to soviets |
| 38th parallel | between north and south korea |
| mcarthyism | accusing citizens of being communist |
| deterrence | consequences of armed conflict outweight possible gains |
| brinksmanship | taking big risks so opponent will back down |
| bay of pigs | failed invasion of cuba |
| geneva accords | try to unify vietnam and and restore peace in indochina |
| ho chi minh trail | support system for vietcong with men and arms |
| tet offensive | vietcong and NV attacked SV |
| my lai | americans killed 500 villagers for no reason |
| vietnamazation | expand, equip, and train SV forces |
| kent state | 4 students killed and 11 wounded by national guardsmen |
| Dawes Act | auhtorized prez to survey indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments |
| laissez-faire | hands off approach to gov't |
| compromise of 1877 | the removal of all federal troops from confederate states, construction of another transcontinental railraod |
| sharecropping | landowner allows a tenant to use land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land |
| freedmans bureau | us fed gov't agency that aided distressed freed slaves |
| 14/15th | reconstruction after civil war and extended rights to all men, including freed blacks |
| open door policy | all european nations and the US could trade with china |
| yellow journalism | exploits, distorts or exaggerates the news to attract readers |
| roosevelt corollary | authorized US intervention in the affairs of neighboring countries |
| Pure food and drugs act | enforces labeling on food and improved health standards |
| 19th | women voting right |
| square deal | conserve resources, control corporations and consumer protection. (TR) |
| harlem renaissance | blacks moved to cities and embraced their culture through the arts |
| Red Scare | workers revolution and political radicalism |
| Palmer Raids | US gov't trying to deport communists, anarchists and radicals |
| Scopes Trial | charged with teaching evolution |
| Fair Labors Standards Act | established minimum wage and working hours |
| WPA | gave college kids and creatives jobs to stimulate the economy |
| Stonewall Inn | sparked gay rights movement |
| Gospel of Wealth | (carnegie)the wealthy entrepreneur must assume the responsibility of distributing his fortune in a way that it will be put to good use, and not wasted on frivolous expenditure |
| SNCC | non-violent black protest group |
| Black panthers | violent black supremacy group |
| EPA | can't pollute waters, etc. |
| Plessy V Ferguson | said seperate but equal was okay |
| Great Society | the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched during this period. |
| Montgomery Boycott | the wealthy entrepreneur must assume the responsibility of distributing his fortune in a way that it will be put to good use, and not wasted on frivolous expenditure |
| Birmingham | strategic movement organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the unequal treatment that black Americans endured in Birmingham, Alabama. |
| March on Washington | large political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African-Americans |
| Watergate | political scandal involving the administration of the United States President Nixon in 1972 |
| Iran Hostage Crisis | diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. 52 US citizens were held hostage for 444 days |
| SALT I | two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union - the Cold War superpowers - on the issue of armament control |
| Camp David Accords | peace agreement between Israel and Egypt which was signed in 1979 at Camp David (USA) |
| Reagonomics | Reduce government spending, Reduce income and capital gains marginal tax rates, Reduce government regulation Control the money supply to reduce inflation |
| Iran-Contra | Reagan, agreed to facilitate the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. At least some U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan contras. |
| American with Disabilities Act | wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability |
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