1942A U.S. History
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| Separatists | Pilgrims escaping persecution in England
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| Puritans | wanted to purify the Protestant Church
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| Ponce De Leon | Explorer who named Florida
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| Hernando Cortez | Led forces to conquer the Aztecs.
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| Jamestown | First American settlement
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| Enlightenment | Age of Reason
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| French and Indian War | War against colonists and British by French and Indians.
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| Proclamation of 1763 | Attempt by British to stop settlement west of Appalachians.
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| Sugar Act | Tries to reduce Colonial smuggling.
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| Boston Tea Party | An example of colonist’s rebellion to British rule
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| Battle of Lexington | First battle of Minutemen.
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| France | Ally of America in Revolution.
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| Intolerable Acts | Petition sent to the king by the Continental Congress.
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| John Locke | Influence on Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence.
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| Separation of Powers | Checks and Balances
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| James Madison | Exception to authors of the Federalist
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| Jonathan Edwards | Leader of the Great Awakening
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| Vice-President | Also President of the Senate.
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| Senator | 6 year term
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| President | Citizen since birth, 4 year terms
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| Constitution | Supreme Law of the Land.
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| 1st Amendment | Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly.
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| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President and purchased the Louisiana Territory
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| War of 1812 | Trade dispute.
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| Lyman Beecher | Leader of the Temperance Movement
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| Trail of Tears | Forced march of the Cherokees
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| Battle of San Jacinto | Guaranteed Texas Independence.
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| Harriett Beecher Stowe | Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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| Horace Greeley | One of the Founders of the Republican Party.
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| Dred Scott Decision | Did not guarantee that slavery would spread.
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| Abraham Lincoln | Won the election of 1860, upset many southerners, one of the factors in the Civil War
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| Robert E. Lee | Confederate commander
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| Ulysses S. Grant | Won the battle of Vicksburg, later commander of all U.S. forces, President of the U.S. from 1868-1876.
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| Seneca Falls Convention | A convention to discuss the rights of women
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| Scalawags | White southerners who joined the Republican Party.
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| Carpetbaggers | Northerners who moved south as unscrupulous businessmen.
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| Wounded Knee | Last battle to end the Plains Indian Wars.
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| William McKinley | His election led to the demise of the Populist Party.
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| Andrew Carnegie | Scottish Immigrant who made a fortune in Steel.
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| Laissez Faire | the idea that government should leave the economy alone and allow supply/demand to determine price
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| John D. Rockefeller | Head of Standard Oil.
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| Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the Telephone.
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| Eugene Debbs | President of the American Railway Union
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| Chinese Exclusion Act | Policy to decrease Chinese Immigration.
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| Thomas Edison | Invented the Light Bulb.
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| Graft | Illegal use of Political influence.
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| Tamany Hall | Name of New York Political Machine.
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| Muckrakers | Progressive Era journalists who liked to investigate and report corruption
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| Fourteen Points | President Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI
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| The Versailles Treaty | the treaty decided upon after the war, which provided the Central Powers with massive reparations
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