EOC Review History Ms. Garcia + Pictures (IDEAS/CONCEPTS) 2nd of 4 – Flashcards
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            Concept used to justify imperialism; "survival of the fittest".

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        Social Darwinism
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            Principles that led to conflict over slavery in Kansas and Nebraska territory.

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        Popular Sovereignty
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            Most significant impact of the Jacksonian Era on American politics.

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        Extension of voting rights
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            Name for pre-Civil War era

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        Antebellum
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            Issued to free slaves and prevent Britain from entering Civil War for South

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        Emancipation Proclamation
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            Reason Britain considered joining South in Civil War

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        cotton
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            Strategy to win Civil War, blockade ports, capture capital, divide and conquer

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        Anaconda Plan
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            13th, 14th and 15th Amendments; Free slaves, equal protection of law; voting rights

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        Civil War Amendments
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            Law that forced policy of assimilation on Native Americans

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        Dawes Act
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            Plan that angered Allies helping Germany to pay WWI reparations

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        Dawes Plan
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            Book/movie that symbolized the struggles of farmers and Populists

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        The Wizard of Oz
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            Document giving power to the people; Supreme Law of the Land

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        Constitution
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            1st 10 Amendments to Constitution added to protect citizens from the govt.

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        Bill of Rights
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            Gives US citizens right to criticize govt.; free speech, press, religion

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        1st Amendment
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            Philosophy of total equality; govt. takeover and worker ownership of businesses

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        Socialism
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            Principle that balanced power in govt. so no one group had too much power.

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        Separation of powers
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            Principle of government in which each branch watches the others

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        Checks and balances
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            Philosophy to disobey laws that are unjust; Thoreau, Gandhi, King Jr.

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        Civil disobedience
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            US foreign policy until early 1900s; concerned only with domestic issues.

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        Isolationist
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            Lincoln's original war goal to unite the North and South

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        preserve the Union
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            Organization established to discourage Republicans and blacks from voting

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        Ku Klux Klan
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            The action taken by the South following Lincoln's election in 1860.

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        Secession
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            Large groups of Southern and Eastern European immigrants post 1890

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        New immigrants
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            Houses located near ethnic neighborhoods to help immigrants.

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        settlement houses
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            Political movement opposed to big businesses and bad urban conditions

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        Progressivism
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            Organizations that wanted higher wages, shorter workdays, better conditions

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        AFL/Knights of Labor
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            Movements started by WEB DuBois to help create well educated black leaders

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        Niagara Movement
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            Creation of NAACP, Great Migration, Niagara Movement were ways blacks opposed

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        Jim Crow Laws
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            Journalism which led to Meat Inspectors Act and Pure Food & Drug Act

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        Muckraking
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            Journalism that led to Spanish-American War by exaggerating the truth

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        Yellow Journalism
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            Organization during WWI that controlled wartime production

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        War Industries Board
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            Wilson's plan for work peace called for creation of League of Nations

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        Fourteen Points
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            Attitude in the 1920's that led to quotas/restriction on immigration

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        Nativism
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            "New women" of the 1920s

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        Flappers
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            Economic condition of the 1920s that led to stock market Crash, Depression

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        over-speculation, margin bullying
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            Organization who tried to ban the use of alcohol

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        WCTU
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            Policy/law that led to a wide disregard for the law during 1920s

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        18th Amendment/Prohibition
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            Constitutional Amendment that established women's suffrage

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        19th Amendment
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            Movement of racial pride and celebration of African American art, music, etc.

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        Harlem Renaissance
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            The reform movement to end slavery

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        abolition
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            FDR's plan to help country's economy recover from the Great Depression

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        New Deal
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            Expanded the role of the federal government in lives of Americans

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        New Deal
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            Policy/agency that paid farmers to limit production and destroy crops

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        Agricultural Adjustment Act
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            Plan following WWII to establish general security and peace of world

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        Atlantic Charter
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            Policy of Britain and France allowing Germany to take territory to avoid war

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        Appeasement
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            Rose to power because of European depression; took over weak democratic govt.

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        Totalitarianism
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            US foreign policy to stop expansion of Communism

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        containment
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            Organization that meets in New York designed to keep world peace

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        United Nations
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            Economic concept that encourages people to buy on credit

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        consumerism
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            Plan giving aid to democratic countries in Europe to stop spread of communism

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        Marshall Plan
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            Policy that granted education benefits to war veterans

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        GI Bill of Rights
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            Population explosion after WWII in the 1940s and 1950s

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        Baby Boom
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            Alliance of the Communist counties of Europe and Asia

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        Warsaw Pact
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            Global conflict between Soviet Union and US from 1945 to 1990

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        Cold War
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            Post WWII movement out of inner cities caused by use of cars and highways

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        Suburbinization
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            Organizations that lobby Congress for special interests

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        Political Action Committee (PAC)
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            Separation of races in South Africa that ended because of economic sanctions

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        apartheid
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            Rapidly growing immigrant group that has revived nativism in the US

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        Hispanics
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            US foreign policy with Soviet Union at end of Cold War; eased tensions

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        Detente
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            Movement in 1970s to grant full equality to women

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        Equal Rights Amendment
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            Militant civil rights movement, with leaders like Malcolm X

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        Black Power
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            Period of fear and paranoia of Communist takeover in US

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        Red Scare
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            Political philosophy of Reagan to reduce the role of federal govt.

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        conservatism
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            Dominant demographic trend (movement of people) of last half of 20th century

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        suburbanization
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            Two largest immigrant groups to US since the 1960s

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        Asians and Latin Americans