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Thomas Jefferson

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Thought Louisiana Purchase was UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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John Rockefeller

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Standard Oil Monopoly

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Becomes president and removes Federal troops from the south.

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Uncle Sam Apple Picking

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Looking to EXPAND borders and AQUIRE new territory.

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Battle of Yorktown

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Cornwallis SURRENDERS because he is trapped on a peninsula by colonist and the French navy

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James Polk

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MANIFEST DESTINY and annexation of Texas and Oregon

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Reaganomics (Ronald Reagan)

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Tax cuts for the WEALTHY

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Abolitionist Movement

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Shower that America was DEEPLY DIVIDED over the issue of slavery

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Strikes

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The most effective tactic used by labor unions

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Marshall Plan / George Marshall

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A United States program of FINANCIAL AID for the reconstruction of EUROPE (1948-1952) To deal with ECONOMIC CHAOS IN EUROPE

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Causes of World War I

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Zimmerman Telegram, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Sinking of the Lusitania

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Effects of the New Deal

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Made it easier for government to pass WELFARE legislation

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Ida Tarbell

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muckraker who targeted the unfair practices of big business. Her articles about the standard oil company led to demands for tighter controls on CORPORATE MONOPOLIES

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Spanish-American War

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America received PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Guam, and Puerto Rico

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Truman Doctrine

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1947 - Stated that the U.S. would provide MILITARY COMMITMENTS to any nation threatened by Communism.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

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December 7, 1941 a day that will live in infamy. Japan attacks the US and America enters World War II.

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Great Migration

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Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for JOBS created by WWI.

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Mexican-American War of 1848

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Lead to the Compromise of 1850

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Nixon

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Regrets JUDGEMENT regarding the WATERGATE SCANDAL

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Monroe Doctrine

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Discourages European involvement in the WESTERN HEMISPHERE after the fall of the Spanish empire

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Enlightenment Thinkers

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Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire who influenced the American Government

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socal security act

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Provided OLD AGE COMPENSATION for retired workers

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Salutary Neglect

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An English policy that led to SELF GOVERNMENT in the colonies

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Criticism of New Deal

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-Cost too much $ -Didn't fix the depression -Over regulated the gov/econ

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Encourages Americans not to get involved in European affairs or stay/NEUTRAL/ISOLATED

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Washington's Farewell Address

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French and Indian War

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The reason Britain could TAX the colonist

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Congressional Reconstruction

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The plan to PUNISH THE SOUTH after the civil war

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Constitution

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Sets LIMITS on the power of the Federal Government

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18th Amendment

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Outlaws alcohol Unintended consequences- LED TO ORGANIZED CRIME

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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1962 Kennedy demands the weapons be removed from Cuba

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Fall of Berlin

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Ended the WWII in Europe

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Social Media

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A place to share information and bias

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Internet

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A place for consumers to purchase goods

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New England Colonies

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Poor Soil, Trade and Small Business, settled for Religious purposes

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Iran Hostage Crisis

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Jimmy Carter demands the hostages are released but they are not.

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Great Awakening

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RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT in the American colonies and taught colonists to challenge TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY.

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Zimmerman Telegram

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Presented a THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY because it proposed Mexico would invade the US

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Population Growth in the West

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RAILWAYS make getting and living in the West easier.

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assembly line workers

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Affected by machines doing jobs for them.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US. COMPLETION OF MANIFEST DESTINY

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