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OGT Social Studies

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abolishes slavery   13th Amendment  
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African Americans are made citizens   14th Amendment  
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African American males get the right to vote   15th Amendment  
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Women get the right to vote   19th Amendment  
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The voting age is changed to 18 and older   26th Amendment  
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King or queen has all the power and makes all decisions   Absolute Monarchy  
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A system of discrimination against blacks in South Africa   Apartheid  
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This decision said segregation(separate but equal) was not equal and not legal anymore. This reversed Plessey Vs Ferguson   Brown Vs. Board of Education  
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your rights can be limited to prevent bad things from happening or to protect public safety if there is a   Clear and Present Danger  
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The tensions between US and USSR after WW2 where no battles were actually fought. US feared USSR would spread their influence of communism   Cold War  
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All business and business decisons are run and made by the government   Command Economy  
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individual rights can be limited to protect the group, the government feels they hae a   Compelling Government Interest  
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People who don't go to war because of religious beliefs   Conscientious Objectors  
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King/Queen shares power with a legislature and they make decisions together   Constitutional Monarchy/Limited Monarchy  
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Soviets put nuclear weapons in Cuba   Cuban Missile Crisis  
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A person with the support of his army controls the government and makes all decisions, not a king or queen   Dictatorship  
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Anything dealing with jobs, money or business   Economics  
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Moving out of an area or country to settle someplace else   Emmigrate  
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A new way of thinking that allows humans to think/reason to explain how things happen   Enlightenment  
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Moving into a new country   Immigration  
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When a stronger country takes over and controls a weaker country   Imperialism  
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Factories are formed and items are mass produced   Industrialization  
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Laws that discriminated against blacks and promoted segregation   Jim Crow Laws  
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printing things that you know are lies and can harm a person   Libel  
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Producers and consumers make their own decisions in business. Business is privately owned.   Market economy  
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Money is given to Europe to rebuild after WW2, also a way to stop communism   Marshall Plan  
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campaign against communists in the 1950's in the USA   McCarthyism  
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a main cause of WW1 because countries were building up their armies and weapons   Militarism  
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A combination of goverment and the people making decisions in business   Mixed Economy  
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When one company controls an entire industry or production of a good   Monopoly  
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A group fighting for African American rights   NAACP  
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rights can be limited to protect military operations   National Security  
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A cause of WW1, a belief that your country is the best and you have pride in your culture   Nationalism  
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protection treaty between USA and western Europe after WW2, also a way to fight against spread of communism   NATO  
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Decision to allow segregation, separate but equal,   Plessey Vs Ferguson  
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president shares power with legislature   Presidential Democracy/Representative  
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the countryside, not in the city   rural  
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saying things that can harm another person and are not true   Slander  
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movement to get women the right to vote   Womens Suffrage  
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The church/religious leaders make all decison in the government   Theocracy  
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economic/business decisions are made based on traditions or customs   Traditional Economy  
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This treaty ended WW1 and was very harsh on Germany   Treaty of Versaille  
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Giving money to countries such as Greece and Turlkey to help them stabilize their government will help stop the spread of communism   Truman Doctorine  
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in the city   Urban  
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to approach in a lazy way and not really enforce something   Laissez Faire  
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a system based on eliminating private property to end class struggles and create an ideal society. Government would control all business and make sure all people were taken care of   Communism  
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taxes on imports and exports   Tariff  
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A source that can be trusted and has knowledge or degree in the area they are discussing   reliable/credible source  
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Movement of African Americans from the South to the North   The Great Migration  
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One-sided information and ideas spread in order to get public support for your cause   Propaganda  
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American and French Revolution   What two revolutions were results of the Enlightenment  
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When many African Americans began to be recognized as musicians, artists, and writers   Harlem Renaissance  
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A strong point of view or prejudice   Bias  
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A movement to get minorities their rights in the 50's and 60's   Civil Rights Movement  
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How monarchs gain power   Heredity  
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Something written by a person that experienced the event first hand   Primary Source  
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Belief that monarch was put on the throne by God   Divine Right Theory  
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Like a dictatorship, when a small group rules   Oligarchy  
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Who is in control when a dictator is removed from power   No clear succession of power  
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Buying, selling and exchanging of goods within an between countries   Trade  
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Products leaving a country   Export  
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Products entering a country   Import  
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Is it better for a country's economy if they have more imports or exports?   Exports!  
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A tax placed on imports to protect domestic products   Tariff  
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Amendment that allows the government to collect taxes   16th  
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Congress created what to manage the nation's economy - they set the interest rate   Federal Reserve  
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The "Supreme Law of the Land"   Constitution  
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The only way to change the Constitution   Amendment  
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The court case that established "Clear and Present Danger"   Schneck v. U.S.  
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The three branches of government   Executive, Legislative, Judicial  
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The branch that enforces the laws - includes the president   Executive  
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The branch that interprets laws   Judicial  
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That branch that makes the laws   Legislative  
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Why were three branches put into place?   Checks and balances  
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An area with one or more common characteristics or features   Region  
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Types of human activities that will change physical geography of an area   Logging and mining  
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Reasons why people have chosen to migrate throughout history   Political, social, economic and environmental  
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Movement from one country into another or movement into a country   Immigration  
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Movement out of a country   Emigration  
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The act, process or policy of making something worldwide in scope or application   Globalization  
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Native to an area   Indigenous  
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Being mutually dependent   Interdependence  
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Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map   Topography  
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A person or document that provides information   Source  
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A source in which you can trust the author   Reliable or credible  
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Used to persuade someone to your point of view   Propaganda  
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Statements or arguments based on a false or invalid inference   Logical fallacies  
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Supporting ideas that are not explicitly presented in the source   Unstated assumptions  
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An oversimplified opinion or idea   Stereotype  
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Gave us freedom of press, religion, petition, assembly and speech   1st amendment  
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Allowed for the direct election of senators   17th amendment  
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Outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes as requirements for voting   24th amendment  
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To critically look at something and come to a decision   Analyze  
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To make a judgement about something   Critique  
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To give the meaning to something   Define  
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To show that something is true or false by using evidence or reasoning   Demonstrate  
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To come to a conclusion about something   Determine  
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To make judgments about some idea using evidence   Evaluate  
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To provide reasons for something in order to make it clear and understandable   Explain  
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To provide a brief account of the main ideas following the progress or history of the subject   Trace  
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The number of ideas or pieces of evidence needed to answer a four point question on the OGT   4  
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Court case that allows for affirmative action   Bakke v. CA  
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Type of ideas that led to the American Revolution, U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, French Revolution, Latin American Wars for Independence   Enlightenment  
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The century during which the Enlightenment period occurred   17th  
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Person that believed that the job of government was to protect rights of the people - Natural Rights   Locke  
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Thinker that promoted separation of powers   Montesquieu  
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Philosopher who promoted freedom of speech   Voltaire  
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The country where the Industrial Revolution began   Great Britain  
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Improved technology during the Industrial Revolution resulted in what for agriculture   Greater output and lower prices  
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Where many people moved to find jobs during the Industrial Revolution   Cities - Urbanization  
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Characteristics of cities during the Industrial Revolution   Dirty, slums, tenement apartments, diseases, high crime, crowded, no heat  
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Characteristics of working conditions in factories during the Industrial Revolution   Dangerous, long hours, little pay, women and children worked, dirty  
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The reasons labor unions were organized   Better pay, better conditions, shorter working hours, benefits  
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The invention that allowed for mass production and caused prices of goods to drop   Assembly line  
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The class of people created as the standard of living began to rise   Middle class  
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Movements that developed in response to the poor living and working conditions   Progressive and Populist  
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Characteristics of immigration to the United States during the Industrial Revolution   Received low pay, often established their own section of the city  
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Stronger nation having political, economic, and social control over a weaker nation   Imperialism  
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Idea that the West must "civilize" backward nations   White Man's Burden  
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The reason a colony exists   To benefit the colonial power  
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The reasons for imperialism   The need for markets and natural resources  
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When the United States became an imperialistic power   After the Spanish-American War  
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What nations did the US acquire   Guam, Puerto Rico, Phillipines  
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American businesses fueled acquisition of what island   Hawaii  
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The president with a "big stick policy"   Teddy Roosevelt  
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Results of the "big stick policy"   Building of the panama canal and US intervenes in Latin America  
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Imperialism result in Japan   Japan became more modern to protect herself from imperialistic actions  
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Imperialism in China resulted in   China separated into Spheres of Influence.  
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US policy with China   Open Door Policy  
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Result of imperialism in Africa   Civil wars today  
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WWI MAIN causes   Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism  
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Advanced (modern) weapons used during WWI   Submarines, machine guns, tanks, planes, gas  
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Immediate cause of WWI   Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand  
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Central Powers in WWI   Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria  
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Allies in WWI   Great Britain, France, Russia, US  
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Initial US involvement in WWI   Neutral - sold supplies to both sides  
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Reason US entered WWI   German unrestricted submarine war policy  
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Name of movement of African Americans moving north to find factory jobs during WWI   Great Migration  
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President Wilson's plan for a lasting peace   14 point plan - not as harsh as Treaty of Versailles  
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Ended WWI, very harsh toward Germany   Treaty of Versailles  
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The League of Nations was established to prevent further war. Reasons why it failed   US did not join, had no real power to prevent a  
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