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When was the red cross founded

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1863

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What year was FDR's court packing scheme

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1937

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the largest denomination of US money ever created

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100,000 in 1934

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Profits dwindled, businesses went bankrupt & slid into debt. Caused loss of business confidence. 20% of the workforce unemployed. Let to the Pullman strike

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1893 Depression

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Gold Standard abandoned & turn to silver

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1933 (FDR)

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An American piece of legislation that guaranteed certain rights to people with disabilities

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1973 Rehabilitation Act

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GB1 American economy favored powerful not middle class, natioanal debt, employment fell, forced into low paying jobs, losing benefits of pensiosn & health, black & hispanic = hit hardest

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1992 - what went wrong (GB1)

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The South wanted slaves to count of citizens in order to increase the population, & therefore increasing the number of Southerners in the House of Representatives. The North argued that slaves were property & couldn't be counted. In the end, slaved came to be counted as 3/5 of a person

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3/5 Compromise

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American Revolution was different from the French Revolution in that it produced what

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a lasting constitution

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Battle during the civil war showing wooden warships were now obsolete

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Monitor vs. Merrimack

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April 5; a terrorist attack on the West Berlin La Belle discotheque that was frequented by U.S. soldiers. Libya blamed after telex messages intercepted from Libya's East Berlin embassy, & Reagan retaliated by ordering airstrikes against ripoli & Benghazi. At least 15 people died in the U.S. airstrikes on Libya - including a 15 - month - old girl said to have been adopted by leader Colonel Gaddafi - & more than 100 were injured.

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1986 Berlin discotheque bombing

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What year did India & Pakistan become nuclear powers

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1998, nearly resulting in a war in 1999

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Approx. how many people live in Asia

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3. 9 billion

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fought between the years 1618 & 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers. It occurred for a number of reasons. Although it was from its outset a religious conflict between Protestants & Catholics, the self - preservation of the Habsburg dynasty was also a central motive

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30 years war

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Approx. how many people live in South America

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330 Million

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roll back communism (aggression) - negotiations of many disagreements (diplomacy) - appeasement - containment/isolation of USSR

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4 Options towards Soviet Russia

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Approx. how many people live in the E. U

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460 Million

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Which was resulted in the beginning of the modern state system in Europe

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7 years war

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What were the Fourteen Points

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a plan for postwar world

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Under the post war constitution of Japan, who was the head of govt

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a prime minister selected by the diet

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WW 1914 Argentina,Brazil,Chile offered to negotiate dispute between US & Mexico

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ABC Powers

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where the king or queen has absolute power over all aspects of his/her subjects' lives

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Absolute Monarchy

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The theory popular in France & other early modern European monarchies that royal power should be free of constitutional checks

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absolution

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Dispute over the Hawar Islands

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Bahrain vs. Qatar

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Conflict over the Bakasi Peninsula; the ICJ ruled in favor of Cameroon

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Cameroon vs. Nigeria

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War between Northern & Southern States. South wanted to secede to preserve economic model, including slavery, & autonomy. North won

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Civil War

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What event best illustrates geopolitics

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Crimean War

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28 March 1854 - 1856; between Imperial Russia on one side & an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, The Piedmont - Sardinia, & (to some extent) the Ottoman Empire on the other. The majority of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea. Cigarettes were invented during the war. First war to have tactical use of railways. First war to have live reporting (via telegraph). Russia lost

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Crimean war

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War waged by the Argentine military (1976 - 1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment, torture, & executions by the military

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Dirty War

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As Pres. George H. W. Bush stated a desire to integrate the Soviet Union into the community of nations, the Cold War ended when communist regimes collapsed across Eastern Europe & the Soviet Union disintegrated

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End of Cold War 1989 - 91

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civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I

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English Civil War

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What reflects the chronological order of events in English history

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english civil war, restoration, glorious revolution

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a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes)

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French & Indian War

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Disputes over continental shelf & mineral deposits

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Gabon vs. Equatorial Guinea

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In response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the U. S. built an international coalition to defend Saudi Arabia and, after UN approval, to eject Iraq from Kuwait through Operation Desert Storm

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Gulf War I 1990 - 91

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Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English & French royal families & French noble families. (1337 - 1453) France vs. England, France won, lasted 116 yrs - a series of conflicts

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Hundred Years War

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1980 - 1988: Saddam Hussein attempted to gain more land. The US backed Iran

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Iran - Iraq War

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Dispute over access to the Gulf. In the Algiers Accord, Iraq gave up the territory to Iran

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Iran & Iraq (Gulf)

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Israel has invaded Lebanon 3 times, most recently in 2006

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Israel vs. Lebanon

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Fremont - "Pathfinder" California, Kearny - New Mexico, Winfield Scott - Vera Cruz to Mexico City (ended war), Zachary Taylor - Buena Vista

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Key Players of Mexican War

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War between British & Spaniards on American soil

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King George's War

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Bloodiest English - Native American conflict of the time. Leader of the Pokanokets, Metacomet, led attacks on several expanding colonist settlements. He formed an alliance with other tribes, but soon they were defeated due to lack of supplies

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King Philip's War

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(1846 - 1848) A war between the U. S. & Mexico, resulting in the cession by Mexico of lands now constituting all or most of the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, & Colorado

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Mexican War

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Acted as a supreme court for labor cases. Did more harm than good when it tried to limit wages, which led to strikes

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National War Labor Board

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(RN), 1971, no longer held long - held position against govt controls, now prices were frozen, dollar no longer valued as gold, it became floating dollar, federal jobs cuts

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Nixon's War on Inflation(RN),

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Dispute over islands in the strait of Hormuz

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Oman vs. UAE

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War between Britain & the Qing Empire that was, in the British view, occasioned by the Qing govt's refusal to permit the importation of opium into its territories. The victorious British imposed the one - sided Treaty of Nanking on China

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Opium War

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Conflict between Athenian & Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism. Possession of a naval empire allowed Athens to fight a war of attrition. Ultimately, Sparta prevailed because of Athenian errors/Persian

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Peloponnesian War

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After Pequots attacked Puritan settlement, killing nine, the colonists responded by burning Pequot village, killing 400

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Pequot War

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(GB1), 1991, a war fought between a coalition led by the U. S. & Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders

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Persian Gulf War

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Conflicts between Greek city - states & the Persian Empire, ranging from the Ionian Revolt (499 - 494 B. C. E. ) through Darius's punitive expedition that failed at Marathon. Chronicled by Herodotus. (131)

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Persian Wars

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Fought to quell Filipino resistance to American control of the Philippine Islands. Filipino guerrilla soldiers finally gave up when their leader, Emilio Aguinaldo, was captured (1898 - 1902)

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Philippine - American War

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The months following the collapse of Poland were known as the "phony war. "

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Phony War

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British vs. French (1702 - 13)

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Queen Anne's War

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War for American independence from Britain. Started with the Battle of Lexington & ended with the Battle of Concord. Americans aided by French

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Revolutionary War

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Russian event that preceded WWII & US - Soviet tensions

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Russian Civil War

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War between two foriegn powers that Roosevelt helped negiotate a peace treaty for, & recieved a Nobel Peacy Prize for his work

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Russo - Japanese War

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War between Prussia & Britain on one side & Austria, France & Russia on the other. Prussia & Britian won. Britian got Canada, India. Fought also in US called the French & Indian War

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Seven Years' War

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1962: Dispute over the Himalayan border between India & China

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Sino - Indian War

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(August 1, 1894 - April 1895) Qing Dynasty China & Meiji Japan over control of Korea. The principal result was a shift in regional dominance in Asia from China to Japan

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Sino - Japanese War

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Series of clashes that insued as railroads intruded into Native American lands

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Sioux Wars

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Israel captured golan heights, West Bank & Sinai. Later traded Sinai back to Egypt in exchange for recognition

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Six Day War

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War is caused by two parties, an aggressor & an appeaser - Deterrents are necessary b/c aggressors are present & deterrents will succeed - Credibility of a deterrent can only be demonstrated through capablility & the courage to use it - Confrontati

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Six Tenants of Appeasement of War

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1939 - 40 - following the signing of the German - Soviet Nonaggression Pact. When Finland refused to grant the Soviets a naval base & other concessions, Soviet troops attacked on several fronts in November 1939. A peace treaty in March 1940 ceded western Karelia to Russia & allowed construction of a Soviet naval base on the Hanko peninsula

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Soviet - Finnish War

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Between Spain & the US. US won, got Philippines & puerto rico & permitted american intervention in the caribean

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Spanish America War

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War Between authoritarian/military leaders (facists) vs. Communist. facist won

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Spanish Civil War

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Rebellion of Czech protestants against Catholic Ferdinand

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Thirty Years War was triggered by

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1954 - 1975. North tried to take over th South with help of Viet Cong. Eisenhower & Kenedy sent advisors, Johnson sent half a million troops. Tet offensive & My Lai massacre severe set back. Nixon & Kissinger negotiated cease fire & withdrawl. Lead to severe division of American society at home

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Vietnam War

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Like second war of independence. Fought over alleged violations of American shipping rights. American soldiers attacked Canada unsuccessfully, & Britain burned the White House. Most famous battle was Battle of New Orleans led by Andrew Jackson (after peace had been signed, but army not informed)

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War of 1812

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(GB1), William Bennett as there was a dramatic increase in drug use, & demand for illegal drugs, especially "crack" cocaine, political figures of both parties spoke heatedly about the need for a "war on drugs", but govt efforts to stop drug imports & reduce demand had little effect

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War on Drugs

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struggle for the English throne (1455 - 1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII

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Wars of the Roses

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the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife Sophie

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What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War

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Charles II made Louis XIV's grandson his heir, added to the Bourbon power

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What event led to the War of the Spanish Succession

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1973: Egypt & Syria attacked Israel. No changes in territory

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Yom Kippur War

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Bloodless revolution in England that overthrew King James II & replaced him with William & Mary. Ended Dominion of England, Massachusetts became a royal colony, & it inspired the Americans for their own revolution

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Glorious Revolution of England

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Democratic & nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany, Austria, Italy, & Hungary the revolutions failed

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Revolutions of 1848

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A turning point in English constitutional history; parliament offers a constitutional monarchy to William of Orange and Mary in 1689 to replace the Stuart line of kings.

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England's Glorious Revolution

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battle which was the "turning point" in the Revolutionary War

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Saratoga

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Overthrow of the Czar that brought Communists to poer under Lenin

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Russian revolution

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What was the immediate results of the French Revolution in 1789

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French middle class had increased power

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Words spoken by American army officer when US forces arrived in France in WWI. Refers to repaying debt to Lafayette's for helping Americans in Revolutionary war

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We are here Lafayette

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1789 - 1799

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French revolution

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1902 - 1903 - In December & January 1902 - 1903, "in an attempt to force payments on debts owed their nationals, Britain & Germany seized Venezuelan gunboats, bombarded some of its forts, & blockaded five ports," according to Dallek. A public outcry against European intervention in Latin America convinced Teddy Roosevelt that he should try to prevent further interventions, leading eventually to the Roosevelt Corollary, announced in December 1904

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Venezuelan Crisis (vs. Britain)

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1977 - Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam became head of the PMAC, which soon diverted from its announced socialist course. A popular movement, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party, began a campaign of urban guerrilla activity that was contained by govt - organized urban militias in 1977. Under the Mengistu regime, thousands of political opponents were purged, property was confiscated, & defense spending was greatly increased

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Communist takeover of Ethiopia

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1979 - a successful, bloodless coup established the People's Revolutionary govt (PRG) under Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. This govt's Marxist leanings & favorable stance toward Cuba & the Soviet Union strained relations with the U. S. & other nations in the region. A general election held in 1984, reestablished democratic govt, with Herbert Blaize as prime minister

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Communist takeover of Grenada

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Angola independence in 1975 & the MPLA assumed control of the govt in Luanda; Agostinho Neto became pres. The FNLA & UNITA proclaimed a coaliton govt in Nova Lisboa but by early 1976 the MPLA had gained control of the whole country. When Neto died in 1979, Jose Eduardo dos Santos succeeded him as pres. In the 1970s & 80s the MPLA govt received large amounts of aid from Cuba & the Soviet Union, while the U. S. supported first the FNLA & then UNITA

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Communist takeover of Angola

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group of white rebels attempted to seize control of the Mozambique govt but were quickly subdued by Portuguese & Frelimo troops. increased racial violence erupted, there was an exodus of Europeans from Mozambique. As the Portuguese left, they took their valuable skills & machinery, which had an adverse effect on the economy. Frelimo established a single - party Marxist state, nationalized all industry, & abolished private land ownership. Frelimo also instituted health & education reforms

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Communist takeover of Mozambique

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1981 - Nicaragua was taken over by the Sandinista party after a popular revolt. The Sandinistas were then opposed by armed insurgents, the U. S. - backed Contras, from 1981. The Sandinista govt nationalized several sectors of the economy but lost national elections in 1990. The new govt reprivatized many public enterprises. Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega returned to power after winning the presidential election of 2006

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Communist takeover of Nicaragua

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a series of riots that erupted in LA during WWII, between sailors & soldiers stationed in the city & Mexican American youth gangs headed by pachucos, recognized because of the zoot suits they favored. racially charged atmosphere of Los Angeles. In response Eleanor Roosevelt wrote in her weekly column about the problems faced by the Mexican American community as a result of racism in the U. S

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Zoot suit riots

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The Burlingame Treaty, between the U. S. & China, amended the Treaty of Tientsin & established formal friendly relations between the two countries, with the U. S. granting China Most Favored Nation status. It was ratified in 1868. Importantly, Chinese immigration to the U. S. was encouraged. The treaty was reversed in 1882 by the Chinese Exclusion Act

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Burlingame Treaty

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1955: Mutual - security organization, originally composed of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, & Britain. formed to counter the threat of Soviet expansion into the Middle East. never very effective. Iraq withdrew after its anti - Soviet monarchy was overthrown in 1959. U. S. became an associate member, & headquarters were moved to Ankara, Tur. After the fall of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1979, Iran withdrew & CENTO was dissolved

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CENTO - Central Treaty Organization

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1997. prohibits all development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer & use of chemical weapons. It imposes reporting requirements, as well as inspections on chemical weapons sites located inside participating states. In 2006, 179 states were parties to the Convention

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Chemical Weapons Convention

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(MF) 1850, Both U. S. & England wanted to build a Panama Canal. This said that if either of us built it, we'd get the builder's permission to use it & would share the profits

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Clayton Bulwar Treaty

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1996, bans all nuclear weapons tests. 170 state members. Seen as an important step toward reducing the proliferation of nuclear weapons capabilities & promoting progress toward the ideal of nuclear disarmament, the CTBT provides for on - site inspections & periodic reporting by participating states

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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

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1987, places an absolute prohibition on the use of torture as state policy. requires to "take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction". the Convention also prohibits returning a person to a state in circumstances where he or she is likely to be tortured

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Convention Against Torture

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1979, Women's Bill of Rights, gender equity in work places, home and reproductive rights

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

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1961 comprising 30 member countries, dedicated to promoting increased economic development among its members & with 70 partner countries. It produces international agreements, standards & regulations that promote guidelines to facilitate economic development, trade & good governance. The OECD also publishes authoritative statistics & documents on macroeconomics, education, development & technology issues

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Convention on the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD Convention)

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1999; prohibits the production, use & transfer of antipersonnel landmines, & calls on parties to eliminate existing stockpiles & take measures to remove existing landmines from affected countries. called on to raise awareness about mines & ensure that mine victims are cared for, rehabilitated & reintegrated into their communities. more than 150 signatories by 2006. The U. S. is not a party, concerns about its impact on the landmines that defend South Korea from a possible attack from the North

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Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production & Transfer of Anti - Personnel Mines & on Their Destruction (1997 Mine Ban Treaty)

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1948, states that genocide ". is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent & to punish. " The treaty defines genocide as actions ". committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. " Article III specifically outlines those international crimes that include genocide, such as genocide itself, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct & public incitement to commit genocide, the attempt to commit genocide & complicity in genocide

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Convention on the Punishment & Prevention of Genocide

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1990, is one of the primary human rights treaties. requires States Parties to take "all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child's parents. "protects children's' rights through the juvenile justice system & calls for states to adhere to policies that accord with the best interests of children. has been ratified by 192 countries. The U. S. is not a party

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

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1954, establishes the basic rights of protection for refugees who are forced to leave their country of origin out of a well - founded fear of persecution. guarantees rights to those seeking asylum & states that refugees will not be forcibly returned to their state of origin as long as the threat of persecution continues. 140 parties as of 2006. U. S. is not a state party, is a party to its Protocol, which incorporates all provisions subject to some limitations

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Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

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1864. 1949. These conventions set norms for international law

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First geneva convention last

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1819 - Also known as the Adams - Onis Treaty. Spain sold Florida to the U. S. & the U. S. gave up its claims to Texas. Drawn up by John Quincy Adams

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Florida Purchase Treaty

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(TR) 1899 (first under McKinley) conference at which the Great Powers discussed arms reduction, demonstrated internationalism

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Hague Conference

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1899 & 1907 conventions were, along with the Geneva Conventions, among the first formal statements of the laws of war & war crimes in the nascent body of international law

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Hague Conventions

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(TR) Panama allowed US a 10 mile strip of land, work down under the army of Colonel Gorgas & direction under Colonel Goethals. U. S. garantee of independence for newly created Republic of Panama

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Hay Bunau Varillia Treaty

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(TR) negotiations with Colombia, six mile strip of land in Panama, $10 million, US could dig canal without British involvement

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Hay Pauncefote Treaty

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it left a legacy of bitterness in the hearts of the German people

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How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany

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States that the Indus & all tributaries must flow unblocked to the ocean

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Indus River Treaty

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(RR), 1987, Reagan & Gorbachev signed treaty to eliminate Soviet & American medium range nuclear missiles, Soviet economy cut back on military, treaty was gain for the West, more critical problem was nuclear testing, first joint reduction, on site inspection for the first time

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Intermidate Nuclear Forces Treaty

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1969; one of the primary international human rights treaties, provides that states parties shall avoid the practice or sponsorship of racial discrimination which has the effect of nullifying or impairing the exercise of basic human rights in any field of public life. establishes the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to monitor & report on state compliance. 170 state parties in 2006

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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

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Treaty in which Britain agreed to evacuate its posts on the US western frontier (1794)

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Jay Treaty

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International agreement that sets rules for the use of the world's oceans, which cover 70 percent of the Earth's surface.

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Law of the Sea Convention

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first major - power agreement regulating atomic weapons testing, banned explosions in the atmosphere, in outer space & under water

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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963

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In 1930, the Washington Naval Treaty has to be re - nogotiated. The Japanese try to get a 10:10:7 ratio but instead onl get a 10:10:6. They still had naval dominace in Western Pacific but were denounced as betraying natonal interests. The Prime minister was assinated after this.

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London Naval Treaty

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The most significant agreement in the recent history of the EU - signed by leaders of the EU's 12 member countries in 1991 & outlines steps toward further political - economic integration

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Maastricht Treaty

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A meeting of party delegates elected in state primaries, caucuses, or conventions that is held every four years. Its primary purpose is to nominate presidential & vice - presidential candidates & to ratify a campaign platform

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National convention

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(HT) 1949, created in 1949 organization whose members include the US, Canada, most western european nations & turkey all of whom agreedd to combine military forces & to treat a war against one as a war against one as a war against all

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Ethnic conflicts

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Northern China

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Continental shelf dispute, Norway claims fishing areas around Svalbard Islands

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Norway vs. Russia

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Agreement that stopped & monitored the spread of nuclear weapons to countries who did not have the bomb

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Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty of 1968

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with Great Britain extended U. S. sole dominion to the Pacific

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Oregon Treaty 1846

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June 1927 - Pact condemning "recourse to war for the solution of international controversies. " Aristide Briand foreign minister of France, proposed to the U. S. govt a treaty outlawing war between the two countries. Frank B. Kellogg, the U. S. Secretary of State, returned a proposal for a general pact against war, & after prolonged negotiations the Pact of Paris was signed by 15 nations

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Pact of Paris (Kellog - Briand Treaty)

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(JEC), decision whether extend for a considerable period or exterminate, decided the latter since he didn't want bitter relations with Panama

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Panama Canal Treaty

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Treaty with Spain which opened trade & redefined Florida boundary (1795)

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Pinckney Treaty

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(TR) 1905, Roosevelt & representatives from Russia & Japan work out treaty, Japan takes over Korea, Roosevelt wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Portsmouth Treaty

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1919 - Republican Majority Leader & Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge led opposition to the aspect of Wilson's League of Nations proposal that would commit the U. S. to the defense of other members of the League, but Lodge did not oppose the League outright. With Wilson's refusal to compromise, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty by wide margins in two votes on November 19

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Senate Rejects Versailles Treaty

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Ossetia is split between Russia (north) & Georgia (south). Many ethnic Russians live in South Ossetia

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South Ossetia

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(DDE), A regional defense pact pulled together by Dulles to prevent the "fall" to communism of South Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia

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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

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Why did millions of Germans turn against the leaders of the Weimar Repulblic

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They had signed the Treaty of Versailles

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a formal public agreement between the U. S. & one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate

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treaty

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engineered by Benjamin Franklin, enabled the fledgling republic to continue its struggle for independence

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Treaty of Alliance with France, 1778

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signed between russia & germany to stop wwI for them, Russia gave Germany finland, poland, ukraine, & baltic proividences

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Treaty of Brest - litovsk

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Treaty that ended the War of 1812 & maintained prewar conditions

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Treaty of Ghent

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After their defeat at the Battle of the Fallen Timbers in 1794, 12 Native American tribes signed the Treaty of Grenville, which cleared the Ohio territory of tribes & opened it up to U. S. settlement

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Treaty Of Grenville

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Ended Mexican War - US received Texas (with Rio Grande border) & other states - US paid Mexico $15 million dollars

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Treaty of Guadalupe - Hidalgo

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Treaty that concluded the Opium War. It awarded Britain a large indemnity from the Qing Empire, denied the Qing govt tariff control over some of its own borders, opened additional ports of residence to Britons, & ceded Hong Kong to Britain. (685)

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Treaty of Nanking

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Treaty of Paris (1259) - between Henry III of England & Louis IX of France

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Treaty of Paris 1259

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Ended French & Indian War

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Treaty of Paris 1763

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The British recognized the independence of the U. S. It granted boundaries, which stretched from the Mississippi on the west, to the Great Lakes on the north, & to Spanish Florida on the south. The Yankees retained a share of Newfoundland

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Treaty of Paris 1782

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Great Britain recognized American independence & control over western lands as far as the Mississippi

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Treaty of Paris (1810) - ended war between France & Sweden

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Treaty of Paris 1810

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Treaty of Paris (1814) - ended war between France & the Sixth Coalition

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Treaty of Paris 1814

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Treaty of Paris (1815) - followed defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo

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Treaty of Paris 1815

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Treaty of Paris (1856) or Congress of Paris - signed March 30 - ended Crimean War

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Treaty of Paris 1856

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Treaty of Paris (1898) - ended Spanish - American War

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Treaty of Paris 1898

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Treaty of Paris (1920) - united Bessarabia & Romania

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Treaty of Paris 1920

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Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 between the WWII Allies & Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Romania & Finland

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Treaty of Paris 1947

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Treaty of Paris (1951) - established European Coal & Steel Community

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Treaty of Paris 1951

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Ended Russo - Japanese War. (1905)

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Treaty of Portsmouth

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1905 - Treaty negotiated by Roosevelt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire between Russia & Japan, ending the Russo - Japanese War. Key was that it preserved the "Open Door" to China, a U. S. policy to allow free trade with that country

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Treaty of Portsmouth

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also known as the Treaty of Peace with Japan, was signed on September 8th, 1951 and came into effect on April 28th, 1952; officially ended WWII and provided compensation to victims of Japanese aggression

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Treaty of San Francisco

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Signed with Spain in 1795, the Treaty of San Lorenzo - also known as Pinckney's Treaty - gave the U. S. unrestricted access to the Mississippi River & established the border between the U. S. & Spanish Florida

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Treaty of San Lorenzo

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Treaty signed in Tianjin in June 1858, ending the first part of the Second Opium War (1856 - 1860). France, UK, Russia, & the U. S. were party. These treaties opened eleven more Chinese ports to the foreigners, permitted foreign legations in Beijing, allow Christian missionary activity, & legalised the import of opium. They were ratified by the Emperor of China in the Beijing Convention in 1860, after the end of the war

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Treaty of Tientsin

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Cities opened to foreign residents as a result of the forced treaties between the Qing Empire & foreign signatories. In the treaty ports, foreigners enjoyed extraterritoriality

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Treaty Ports

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A structure established in 1964 to promote third world development through various trade proposals

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UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)

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1. territorial waters: 12 nautical miles 2. EEZ: 200 n. m. 350 with extension of continental shelf. 3. Rights of passage through straits & territorial waters 4. right of innocent passage 5. freedom of scientific research

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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

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1977, adopted in response to an increase in the number of kidnappings & attacks on diplomats, state officials & representatives of international organizations, & provides for enhanced criminal penalties for such crimes. It requires states to adopt strict national laws against attacks on diplomats & to either try perpetrators or agree to their extradition

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UN Convention on the Prevention & Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents

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A bilateral alliance between the U. S. & Japan, created in 1951 against the potential Soviet threat to Japan. The U. S. maintains troops in Japan & is committed to defend Japan if attacked, & Japan pays the U. S. to offset about half the cost of maintaining the troops

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US - Japanese Security Treaty

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The U. S. Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the US govt organization responsible for most non - military foreign aid. An independent federal agency, it receives overall foreign policy guidance from the US Secretary of State

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USAID

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requires notification of consular officials when a foreign national is arrested. It enables the U.S. Embassy to help find a lawyer and monitor the prosecution of Americans who face criminal punishment in foreign countries.

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Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

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1961, establishes the rights, privileges & roles of a diplomatic officer of a sending state in a host state. covers such areas as diplomatic immunity, exemptions from local, state & federal taxes, & the establishment of diplomatic posts. Essentially, the Convention establishes a framework for the protection of each state's sovereignty in diplomatic relations

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Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

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codifies customary international law with regard to the entry, modification, revocation & enforcement of international agreements. It entered into force in 1980. The U. S. is not a party but does recognize its principles as a restatement of customary international law

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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

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1986, but has not yet entered into force. It sets forth the rules for the agreements, modifications & revocations of treaties between states & international organizations. This treaty therefore acts in parallel with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States & International Organizations or Between International Organizations

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with Great Britain delimited northeastern U. S. (Maine) boundary

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Webster - Ashburton Treaty 1842

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(JT), followed by Aroostook War, 1842 between the US & the Brits, settled boundry disputes in the North West, fixed most borders between US & Canada, talked about slavery & excredition

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Webster Ashburton Treaty

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it allowed Germany to focus all their efforts on the Western front

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What impact did the Treaty of Brest - Litovsk have on Germany

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the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty or the Manila Pact, was an international organisation for defence collaboration established on September 8, 1954. The organization's headquarters was located in Bangkok, Thailand. It was dissolved in 1977. Members: Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Great Britain, U. S

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What was the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

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What year did the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty take effect What countries had nues then & now

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1970. U. S. U. K. China, Russia, France. Today Israel, Pakistan, & India

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(RR), 1985, Reagan believe SALT II Treaty favored Soviet Union - evil, soon Mikhail Gorbachev party leadership, Reagan's view caused anxieties among America's Western European allies, antinuclear demonstrations in Europe start, the Yuri Andropov proposed arms reduction that he knew Reagan would reject, he wanted to corrupt Europe's & US's relations, but that didn't really work

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Cold War Renewed

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Charlemagne, who ruled a very weak, decentralized empire, with no taxes. After his death, the empire was split under the treaty of Verdun, & eventually dissolved

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What was the first european empire after the fall of the Romans

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It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior

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What was the goal of Hitler's final solution

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a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire & European powers at the time during the second half of the 17th century. It marked the end of the Ottoman incursion into Europe. 1683 - 1699. The Ottomans ceded most of Hungary, Transylvania & Slavonia to Austria while Podolia passed to Poland. Most of Dalmatia passed to Venice, along with the Morea

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What was the Great Turkish War

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Russia wanted land on the Black Sea to gain access to the Mediterranean

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What was the main reson for the Crimean War

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May 25, 1963 - July 9, 2002 replaced by the African Union. Its intended purpose was to promote the unity & solidarity of the African States & act as a collective voice for the continent. dedicated to the eradication of colonialism & established a Liberation Committee to aid independence movements

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What was the Organisation of African Unity

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it upheld rights of free trade & choice of govt, & it became the plan for postwar peace

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What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter both during & after the war

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Towards the end of the middle ages between France & England

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When did the 100 years war take place

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The mid to late 14th century, killing 1/4 of europe

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When did the Black Plague affect europe

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1945 - 1946. They were the first international war crimes trials

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When did the Nuremburg Trials take place

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1918. The armistice was on Nov. 11 of the same year

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When did the US enter WWI

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A people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united beginning in 1818

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Zulu

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1920 - treaty between Italy & the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, issued to solve the dispute over some territories in current Slovenia & Croatia. Tension arose at the end of WWI, when the Empire of Austria - Hungary dissolved & Italy wanted to implement the borders agreed upon in the London Pact. 1922

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Traety of Rapallo

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Agreement that banned atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963

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1122 - 1204 liberally supported romantic poets & entertainers. The most celebrated woman of her time supporting chivalry, good manners, refinement, & romantic love

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Eleanor of Aquitane

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1394 - 1460 Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation & directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa

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Henry the Navigator

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1672 - 1725 Russian tsar r. 1689 - 1725. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages & technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg

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Peter the Great

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1694 - 1778. A French philosophe. Put in jail twice by Louis XV. Critical of Church & aristocracy. Wrote Candide

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Voltaire

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16th - 17th century queen of England during Renaissance. Shakespere & defeat of the Spanish Armada

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Elizabeth I

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1798 - He developed the cotton gin, a machine which could separate cotton from its seeds. This invention made cotton a profitable crop of great value to the Southern economy. It also reinforced the importance of slavery in the economy of the South

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Eli Whitney

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1803 - 1882 a famous American essayist & one of America's most influential thinkers & writers. First expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his essay Nature. Emerson made a living as a popular lecturer in New England & the rest of the country outside of the south

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1804 - 1864 a 19th century American novelist & short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature. Hawthorne is best - known today for his many short stories & The Scarlet Letter. Much of Hawthorne's work is set in colonial New England, & many of his short stories have been read as moral allegories influenced by his Puritan background

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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1805 - 1879 A prominent white abolitionist, journalist & social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, & as one of the founders of the American Anti - Slavery Society. After the abolition of slavery, he continued working on other reform movements, especially temperance & women's suffrage

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William Lloyd Garrison

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1811 - 1872 an American newspaper editor, reformer & politician. His New York Tribune was the most influential newspaper of the period 1840 - 1870. Greeley used it to promote the Whig & Republican parties. "Go West, Young Man!" he advised ambitious youth. Champion of the workingman, he attacked monopolies of all sorts & rejected land grants to railroads. Fought the extension of slavery

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Horace Greeley

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1811 - 1896 an abolitionist, & writer of more than 10 books, the most famous being Uncle Tom's Cabin which describes life in slavery

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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1813 - 1887 Theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman & reformer, & author. One of his elder sisters was Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. An advocate of women's suffrage & for temperance, & a foe of slavery, he bought guns to support Bleeding Kansas

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Henry Ward Beecher

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1819 - 1891 an American novelist, essayist, & poet. During his lifetime his early novels were popular, but his popularity declined later in his life. By the time of his death he had nearly been forgotten, but his masterpiece, Moby - Dick, was "rediscovered" in the 20th century. His short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" is among his most important pieces because It has been considered a precursor to Existentialist & Absurdist literature

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Herman Melville

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1834 - 1903 American - born, British based painter & etcher. Most famous work is Whistler's Mother. Whistler's belief that art should concentrate on the arrangement of colors led many critics to see his work as a precursor of abstract art

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James Whistler

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1836 - 1910 an American landscape painter. By 1857 his freelance illustration career was underway & he contributed to magazines such as Ballou's Pictorial & Harper's Weekly. His works, mostly engravings, are characterized by clean outlines, simplified forms, dramatic contrast of light & dark, & lively figure groupings

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Winslow Homer

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1841, Whig Party, issue = avoided banking, tariff, internal improvments, slavery, loose vs strict construction, died

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William Harry Harrison

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1845 - He went to Mexico to pay for disputed Texas & California land. But the Mexican govt was still angry about the annexation of Texas & refused to talk to him

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John Slidell

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1856 - 1925 A painter known for his portraits. He is usually thought of as an American artist, although he lived most of his life in Europe. Sargent's portraits subtly capture the individuality & personality of the sitters. In a time when the art world was focused on impressionism & emphasizing artistic individuality, Sargent emphasized his own form of Realism & regularly did commissioned portraits of the wealthy

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John Singer Sargent

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1903 - 1970 Russian - born American Jewish painter who is often classified as an abstract expressionist. Among the founders of the New York School, his work concentrated on basic emotions, often filling the canvas with very few, but intense colours, using little immediately - apparent detail. He killed himself

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Mark Rothko

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1912 - 1956 An influential American artist & a major force in the abstract expressionism movement. Pollock's style changed dramatically beginning in 1947. Died of car crash in 1956

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Jackson Pollack

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1913 - Ford developed the mass - produced Model - T car, which sold at an affordable price. It pioneered the use of the assembly line. Also greatly increased his workers wages & instituted many modern concepts of regular work hours & job benefits. Sloan, an American industrialist, helped found project

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Henry Ford

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1916 - Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico & Pershing was directed to follow him into Mexico. Pershing met with resistance & eventually left without finding Pancho Villa

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Pacho Villa

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3 - time candidate for pres. for the Democratic Party, nominated because of support from the Populist Party. He never won, but was the most important Populist in American history. He later served as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State (1913 - 1915)

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William Jennings Bryan

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354 - 430CE bishop of North Africa city of Hippo. Put Platonist, Manichaeanistc, & Hellenistic teachings into Christianity

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St. Augustine

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TR U. S. journalist who exposes in 1906 started an era of muckraking journalism 1866 - 1936

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Lincoln Steffens

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Secretary of State under Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. He was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, advocating an aggressive stance against communism around the world. He advocated support of the French in their war against the Viet Minh in Indochina & famously refused to shake the hand of Zhou Enlai at the Geneva Conference in 1954

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John Foster Dulles

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Secretary of State under Lincoln & Andrew Johnson. Best known for purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1967 for seven million dollars

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William Seward

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secretary of the navy who helped to found the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845; he published a history of the US to 1789 from 1834 to 1876; "Father of American History"

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George Bancroft

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Seductive female Double Agent of France & Germany in WWI

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Mata Hari

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Produced the move "The Birth of Nations" in 1915 which glorified the KK of Reconstuction days & defamed both blacks & Northern carpetbaggers

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D. W. Griffith

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He was chosen to round up immigrants that were questionably communists, & he ended up rounding up about 6000 people. `

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A. Mitchell Palmer

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Pres. of the Brotherhood of Car Porters & a Black labor leader, in 1941 he arranged a march on Washington to end racial discrimination

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A. Philip Randolph

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American composer who used jazz & folk tunes in his composition. His work is very tonal & consonant

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Aaron Copland

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Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531 - 1533

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Fransisco Pizarro

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An escaped slave who became a prominent speaker for Abolitionist movement. leader of antislavery, bought freedom, wrote North Star, book on slavery, free & equal

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Frederick Douglass

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America's most famous historian, observed how settling westward made Americans adventurous

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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Declared America no longer had a frontier, changed American psyche completely. (1893)

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Frederick Jackson Turner/"Significance of the Frontier in American History"

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Father of Scientific Mgmt

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Frederick W. Taylor

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Athiest German philosopher, known as a existentialist

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Fredrick Nietesche

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Led to Expeditions to Mexico in 1519 defeated Aztec Empire & established Spanish colonial rule

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Henan Curfs

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Classical Approach, Functions of Mgmt, 14 Principles of Mgmt, "Father of Modern Mgmt"

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Henri Fayol

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He was a african american born slave but now freedman. Worked for his boss only received portion of food harvested. He was forced to sign work contract, pass was needed to travel, was stopped & beaten, must call his boss mister, he was robbed, can't visit wife, or children after left

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Henry Adams

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Lodge was against the League of Nations, so he packed the foreign relations committee with critics & was successful in convincing the Senate to reject the treaty

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Helped orchestrate the Missouri Compromise & the Compromise of 1850 to hold the Union together

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Henry Clay

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poet, naturalist, from Massachussets, lived during the 19th century, loved the outdoors & sought God/the Divine in nature

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Henry David Thoreau

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Secretary of State to Nixon, opened diplomatic relations with China. Helped negotiate end of Vietnam war. Won Nobel prize in 1973

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Henry Kissinger

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Scientific Mgmt, Gantt Charts for Scheduling

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Henry L. Gantt

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1932 - Japan's seizure of Manchuria brought this pronouncement by Hoover's Secretary of State, Henry Stimson, that the U. S. would not recognize any changes to China's territory, nor any impairment of China's sovereignty

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Henry L. Stimson & Manchuria

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Mangerial Roles - Interpersonal, Informational, Decisional

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Henry Mintzberg

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English king who made himself head of the Church of England when Pope would not recognize his divorce. Since then, England has been Protestant

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Henry VIII

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a poet who wrote "Evangeline," "The Song of Hiawatha," & "The Courtship of Miles Standish;" he was the only American poet to be honored in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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TR 1906, Gives the ICC the power to set maximum railroad rates, finally giving the agency enforcement power

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Hepburn Act

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adminstrative man model of decision - making; 3 phases of decision making (Nobel prize winner)

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Herbert Simon

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He pioneered the field of social darwinism by applying Darwin's ideas to human behavior

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Herbert Spencer

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Head of luftwaffe during Battle of Britain

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Hermann Goering

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Spanish explorer & conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519 - 1521 for Spain

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Hernando Cortes

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Greek scholar, nickname was the "father of history", wrote "The Histories" (about Persian War vs. Greek city states)

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Herodotus

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archbishop of Canterbury during late 1100s

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Stephen Langton

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Archbishop of Canterbury. Defended Church against interference from the King. Murdered

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Thomas Becket

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PM of Britain at end of WWI. Wanted to punish Germany in Treaty of Versailles

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David Lloyd George

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poet who wrote the Iliad & the Odyssey

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Homer

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Wrote "the prince" which increased how to take & maintain power

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Niccolo Machiabelli

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Wrote Common Sense & American Crisis, urging American independence

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Thomas Paine

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wrote Divine Comedy (1313 - 1321), it describes the poets journey through hell, purgatory, & heaven

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Dante Alighieri

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Wrote History of the Standard Oil Company in 1904 which exposed the monpolistic practices of the Standard Oil Company. Strengthened the movement for outlawing monopolies. A muckraker novel

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Ida Tarbell

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wrote The Art of Love

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Ovid

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wrote the Decameron, recounts how a group of young Florentines fled during the Black Death

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Giovanni Boccacio

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Wrote the plays Oedipus the King & Antigone, he introduced the third actor into his plays

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Sophocles

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Wrote Utopia. Would not recognize Henry VIII as head of Chruch in England. Was beheaded for this, & later made a Saint

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Thomas More

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Wrote Women & Economics (1898), a plea for female economic independence. The vote alone is not enough. Her thinking inspired feminists, especially in 70s & 80s

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Charlotte Gilman

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most famous Latin poet

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Virgil

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Two transcendentalist authors. Emerson - Poet, philosopher, "The American Scholar. " Thoreau - Poet, mystic, "Walden: Or Life in the Woods. "

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Emerson & Thoreau

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a female lyrical poet

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Sapphos of Lesbos

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English banking family the financed Britian's efforts against Napolean. Still functioning today

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Rothschilds

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English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania

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Quakers

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English explorer of Australia, New Zealand Hawaii, antarctica & West Coast of North America

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Captain James Cook

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English explorer to americas, introduced tobacco & potato from American to England

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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English industrialist whose pottery works were the first to produce fine - quality pottery by industrial methods

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Josiah Wedgwood

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English inventor & entrepreneur who became the wealthiest & most successful textile manufacturer of the early Industrial Revolution. He invented the water frame, a machine that, with minimal human supervision, could spin several threads at once. (604)

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Richard Arkwright

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English King who fought in the Crusades. Robin Hood was loyal to him

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Richard the Lion - Hearted

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English monarch, issued the Statues of Realm (1301), it set a precedent for changing law by legislation rather than administrative decision

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Edward 1

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English naturalist. He studied the plants & animals of South America & the Pacific islands, & in his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) set forth his theory of evolution

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Charles Darwin

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English politician who supported American revolutionary war, but opposed French Revolution

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Edmund Burke

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English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. They founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629

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Puritans

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English will never relinquish this piece of Spain

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Gibraltar

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Enivisioned a "final competition of races," in which the Anglo - Saxons would emerge victorious. In the book Our Country, Strong argued that the American country & people were superior because they were Anglo - Saxon. Helped write the Yellow Press

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Josiah Strong

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Essayist, poet. A leading transcendentalist, emphasizing freedom & self - reliance in essays which still make him a force today. He had an international reputation as a first - rate poet. He spoke & wrote many works on the behalf of the Abolitionists

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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used poetry to reflect her own personal experiences as a black woman, also to appeal to urban black readers, lived in chicago and extremely involved with civil rights movement

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Gwendolyn Brooks

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was a Hungarian - born America nuclear physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" early member of the Manhattan Project charged with developing the first atomic bombs

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Edward Teller

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was a Jewish American U. S. politician & a founding member of the Socialist Party of America. In 1919 he was convicted of violating the Espionage Act & twice denied a seat in the House of Representatives though elected repeatedly

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Victor L. Berger

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was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer & folklorist. Swedish parents H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "dubitably an American in every pulse - beat. " He was a successful journalist, poet, historian, biographer, & autobiographer. won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln & one for his collection The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg

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Carl Sandberg

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Was challenging Johnson & had a good chance of winning until Robert Kennedy decided to run

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Eugene McCarthy

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Was shot by a white man the night of Kennedy's television address

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Medgar Evers

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Was the Commander of the US Asiatic Squadron in Hong Kong when he was ordered to go to the Phillipines in the event of a war. He was victorious over an attacking Spanish fleet but was unable to continue battle on land due to insufficient numbers & had to wait for backup to slowly assemble in America

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George Dewey

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was the long - time leader of the American Federation of Labor who helped define the structure & the economic & political goals of the American labor movement. Founded the AFL in 1886. He was influenced by the writings of Marx

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Samuel Gompers

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was, with Frederick Jackson Turner, the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He supported the new deal

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Charles A. Beard

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British entrepreneur & politician involved in the expansion of the British Empire from South Africa into Central Africa. The colonies of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) & Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) were named after him

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Cecil Rhodes Asante

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British general during the revolutionary war, who surrendered to Washington at the Battle of Yorktown

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Charles Cornwallis

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British secretary of state during the French & Indian War. He brought the British/colonial army under tight British control & started drafting colonists, which led to riots

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William Pitt

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British writer, wrote Jungle Book

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Rudyard Kipling

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Charles "The Hammer" Martel this Frank established the Carolingian Empire & defeated the Gaul's in the Battle of Tours

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Charles Martel

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Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Honore de Balzac

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Who were realist writers

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Charles the Great, he was king of the Franks from 768 to 814 & king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. regarded as the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, Through military conquest & defence, he solidified & expanded his realm to cover most of Western Europe & is today regarded as the founding father of both France & Germany & sometimes as the Father of Europe. His was the first truly imperial power in the West since the fall of Rome

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Charlemagne

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Congregationalist minister who followed the social gospel & supported social reform. A prolific writer whose newspaper columns & many books made him a national leader of the Social gospel movement

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Washington Gladden

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Early - 16th - century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, & Peru

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conquistadors

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Early 1900's writer who exposed social & political evils in the U. S. Muckraker novel, How the Other Half Lives. It shocked the middle class & deeply influenced Theodore Roosevelt

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Jacob Riis

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Early Indian sacred 'knowledge' - the literal meaning of the term - long preserved & communicated orally by Brahmin priests & eventually written down. (175)

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Vedas

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Early Shang writing was found on these

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Oracle Bones

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He called for an end to traditional practices such as widow suicide

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Why is Ram Mohun Roy considered the "father of modern india"

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He commanded the main expedition inland on Mexico in 1847. He was known as "Old Fuss & Feathers" because of his resplendent uniforms & strict discipline. He was unable to do as he pleased because of his inadequate number of troops, the terrain, disease, etc. He battled his way to Mexico City by September 1847

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Winfield Scott

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He led an army to support the Pope in the 960's against the Lombard Magnates & was crowned by the pope the First Holy Roman Emperor

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King Otto I

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He ran against FDR & disliked the New Deal. He voiced his opinions on the radio

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Charles Coughlin

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He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 & the Pulitzer Prize in 1952. A Farewell to Arms was written in 1929 & told the story of a love affair between an American ambulance driver & a British nurse in Italy during WW I. He shot himself in the head with a shotgun in 1961

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Ernest Hemingway

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He started an order of Monks & provided a set of regulations for them stressing poverty, chastity, & obedience

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St. Benedict

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He stopped the Norse/Viking invasion of England in the 800's

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King Alfred

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He was a Navy secretary & much of the readiness of the army was owed to him & Theodore Roosevelt

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John D. Long

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He was a represenative of the French Republic who came to America in order to recruit Americans to help fight in the French Revolution

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Citizen Genet

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He was an English philosopher & writer who said the people have the right to give a govt its authority

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John Locke

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Head of SS & Gestapo. Also supervised holocaust

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Heinrich Himmler

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Headed the Committee on Public Information

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George Creel

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Healer for czar Nicolas during WWI, gave advice on how to run the govt. Later killed by jealous noblemen

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Grigori Rasputin

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historian writer, wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars

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Thucydides

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historian, wrote On The Republic

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Cicero

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In 1924, founded The American Mercury, which featured works by new writers & much of Mencken's criticism on American taste, culture, & language. He attacked the shallowness & conceit of the American middle class

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H. L. Mencken

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Invaded England from Normandy in 1066. Established tight feudal system & centralized monarchy in England

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William the Conqueror

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Invented mechanical reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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Invented the first typewriter. Gutenberg bible first book printed from it

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Johann Gutenberg

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What was the pen name of a woman writer

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George sand

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Writer of novels stressing rags to riches stories of boys

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Horatio Alger

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Expression used by Southern authors & orators before the civil War to indicate the economic dominance of the Southern cotton industry, & that the North needed the south's cotton. In a speech to the Senate in 1858, James Hammond declared, "You daren't make war against cotton!. Cotton is king!"

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King Cotton

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King of Belgium (r. 1865 - 1909). He was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa & became the ruler of the Congo Free State (to 1908)

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King Leopold II

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Unified rule came from this conquerer in 3100BCE & founded Memphis

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King Menes

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interactive point - of - purchase displays that are typically four feet high, have pedestal - mounted high - tech screens, & take up only a few square feet of floor space

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kiosks

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Helped open up California, a general in the Civil War, & displacer of Navajo

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Kit Carson

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A king who reigned (322 - 298BCE) who starved himself to death after becoming a Jainist monk

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Chandragupta Maurya

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Penn, an English Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1682, after receiving a charter from King Charles II the year before. He launched the colony as a "holy experiment" based on religious tolerance

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WIlliam Penn

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Persian King who led first invasion of Greece, expanded Persia & built a canal from the Red Sea to the Meditteranian

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Darius

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Arab historian. He developed an influential theory on the rise & fall of states. Born in Tunis, he spent his later years in Cairo as a teacher & judge. In 1400 he was sent to Damascus to negotiate the surrender of the city. (336)

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Ibn Khaldun

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Arab prince, leader of the Arab Revolt in WWI. The British made him king of Iraq in 1921, & he reigned under British protection until 1933

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Faisal

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legendary king who was half man & half god. He went on a journey to find eternal youth with his friend Eucles. He died in the end

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Gilgamesh

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British - American explorer of Africa, famous for his expeditions in search of Dr. David Livingstone. Stanley helped King Leopold II establish the Congo Free State

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Stanley, Henry Morton (1841 - 1904)

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Chosen by the 2nd Continental Congress to write the Declaration of Independence to tell the king why Americans no longer wanted to belong to Britain

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Thomas Jefferson

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French revolutionary who called for execution of the king & others. Later considered not radical enough & was himself killed by other revolutionaries

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Georges Danton

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King George the third was the king of England in the 1770's. Though he was a good man he was not a good ruler. He lost all of the 13 American colonies & caused America to start to gain its freedom

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George III

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Last king of France before French Revolution. Tried to compromise with constitutional monarchy. Later fled, but was captured & beheaded

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Louis XVI

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Last Aztec emperor, overthrown by the Spanish conquistador Hernn Corts

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Moctezuma II

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Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260 - 1294) & founder of the Yuan Empire. Chinggis Khan's grandson who consolidated Mongol rule all over China

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Khubilai Khan

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Which leaders used modernization to keep their countries independent

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Muhammad Ali & King mongkut

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Sioux chief at the Battle of Little Bighorn

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Crazy Horse

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Sioux chief who took up arms against settlers in the Great Planes. Present at the Battle of Little Bighorn

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Sitting Bull

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They controlled Persia after the death of Alexander. Their king was one of Alexander's generals

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Seleucids

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A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution. An outlaw in his youth, when the revolution started, he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico & fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata. (819)

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Francisco Pancho Villa

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Captain in the American Revolutionary War. He is mostly known for leading a small army of farmers in Shays' Rebellion, which was a revolt against the state govt of Massachusetts from 1786 - 1787

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Daniel Shays

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Chinese nationalist revolutionary, founder & leader of the Guomindang until his death. He attempted to create a liberal democratic political movement in China but was thwarted by military leaders

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Sun Yat - Sen

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Economist who wrote American Capitalism & The Affluent Society

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John Kenneth Galbraith

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Edison invented the light bulb at the turn of the century, revolutionizing the American way of life

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Edison

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Executed by the British during the Revolutionary War who famously said 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. '

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Nathan Hale

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Family that ruled Russia from 17th century until Russian revolution

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Romanovs

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Famous bank robber in 1930s

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John Dillinger

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Famous contemporary of Babe Ruth. Later developed rare nervous system disease now known as 'Lou Gehrig disease. '

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Lou Gehrig

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Famous English pirate in 17th - 18th century

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Captain William Kidd

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Famous US Marshall in Dodge City, took part in famous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone AZ in 1881

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Wyatt Earp

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Father of Alexander the Great, conquered Greece

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Philip 2

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Founded National Council of Negro Women, promoted teaching of black history

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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Founded order of mendicant (beggars) friars. (1182 - 1226) who preached for alms (money) to live holy lifestyles

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St. Francis

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founded Stoicism

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Zero of Cybrus

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Founded the National Consumer's League, which wanted legislation to protect consumers from being cheated or harmed by big business. Also was the state of Illinois' first chief factory inspector & lead an advocate for improved factory conditions

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Florence Kelley

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Founder in 10s & 20s of Birth Control movement. Later headed Planned Parenthood Federation

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Margaret Sanger

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Founder of Austrian school of economics. Started the neoclassical revolution

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Carl Menger

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Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 & 530 B. C. E. he conquered Media, Lydia, & Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran & the subject peoples

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Cyrus

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Founder of the American Red Cross

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Clara Barton

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Founder of the short - lived Qin dynasty & creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221 - 210 B. C. E. ). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states & standardization. (163)

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Shi Huangdi

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French General who helped American Revolution & later became important in French Revolution

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Marquis de Lafayette

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French leader at end of WWI. Wanted to punish Germany in Treaty of Versailles & compenate France

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Georges Clemenceau

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French Protestant who stress the doctrine of free destination. Establish Central of group in Geneva Switzerland

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Jean Calvin

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French protestants of the 16th - 17th century persecuted by Roman Catholic Church. Louis XIV banned them, & many fled to America

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Huguenots

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French queen beheaded with her Husband Louis XVI in French Revoltuion

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Marie Antoinette

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Mexican priest & former student of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, he led the forces fighting for Mexican independence until he was captured & executed in 1814

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Jose Maria Morelos

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Mexican priest who led the first stage of the Mexican independence war in 1810. He was captured & executed in 1811

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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Mexican revolutionary leader. He attacked New Mexico, which almost caused war

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Villa Pancho

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Mexican workers that were brought to America to work when so many men & women were gone from home during WWII that there weren't enough workers

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Braceros

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Lead Arab rebellion against the Turks in WWI

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Lawrence of Arabia

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Lead Austrian empire 13th - 20th century

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Hapsburgs

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Leader of Jacobins in French Revolution

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Jean - Paul Marat

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Leader of Mormons

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Brigham Young

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Leader of Pan - African movement in Ghana

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Kwame Nkrumah

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Leader of slave rebellion on french island of St. Dominique. Created independent republic of Haiti 1804

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Francois Toussanit Loveture

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Leader of SU, followed melankov; attacked Stalins method of rule. Lost power because of conservative opposition

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Khruscher

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Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain (1895 - 1898). He proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in 1899, but his movement was crushed & he was captured by the U. S. Army in 1901

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves & gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British & French

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Francois Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture

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Leader of the pro - Western govt in South Vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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Leaders who came about during the debate over the Tariff of 1816. Webster (North) supported partial protection, but not the entire amount. Calhoun (South) was in favor of the tariff. Clay (West) also supported the tariff. This system entailed first, the protective tariff, & then with the benefits of the tariff & increase in national industry, the money could then be used to improve roads & transportation among the states

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Clay, Calhoun, Webster

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Mohawk leader who supported the British during the American Revolution

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Joseph Brant

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Queen 19th - early 20th century during British industrial revolution & height of empire's power. Also highly moral, leading to Victorian Age

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Queen victoria

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Queen of Egypt (1473 - 1458 B. C. E. ). Dispatched a naval expedition down the Red Sea to Punt (possibly Somalia), the faraway source of myrrh. There is evidence of opposition to a woman as ruler, & after her death her name was frequently expunged

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Hatshepsut

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Queen of Hawaii who disliked Americans & was overthrown when sugar prices dropped. Planters wanted the independent Republic of Hawaii & requested annexation from the US

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Queen Liliuokalani/Hawaii

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Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794

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Jacobins

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Revolutionary & leader of peasants in the Mexican Revolution. He mobilized landless peasants in south - central Mexico in an attempt to seize & divide the lands of the wealthy landowners. Though successful for a time, he was ultimately assassinated. 819

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Emilano Zapata

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Rode through MA warning people that the British were coming at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War

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Paul Revere

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Ruling family of France until the French Revolution

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Bourbons

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Russian Bolshevik Leader who was responsible for turning Russia to communism

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Lenin

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Russian czar of 16th century, who battled with his nobles & was known for his cruelty

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Ivan the Terrible

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Russian tsar (r. 1613 - 1645) A member of the Russian aristocracy, he became tsar after the old line of Muscovite rulers was deposed

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Mikhail Romanov

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Samuel Adams played a key role in the defense of colonial rights. He had been a leader of the Sons of Liberty & suggested the formation of the Committees of Correspondence. Adams was crucial in spreading the principle of colonial rights throughout New England & is credited with provoking the Boston Tea Party

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Samuel Adams

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The Tories were colonists who disagreed with the move for independence & did not support the Revolution

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Tories

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Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror

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Maximillien Robespierre

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Roman politician who assassinated Caesar

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Brutus

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One of the original settlers of Jamestown. Captured by Native Americans, saved by Pocahontas

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Captain John Smith

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an American engineer & inventor. solved the problem with a wooden jetty system that narrowed the main outlet of the river, which caused the river to speed up & cut its channel deeper, so allowing year - round navigation

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James Eads

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The 1884 nomination for the Rebublican presidential candidate. Pan - Americanism stated that events in the Americans affected the U. S. & we thus had reason to intervene. Pushed the "Big Sister" Policy & said we should open Latin American markets to Yankee traders

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James G. Blaine

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the Father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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James tried to attend the University of Mississippi & encountered violent opposition so Kennedy sent in troops for him to graduate

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James Meredith

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Scot who invented the condenser & other improvements that made the steam engine a practical source of power for industry & transportation. The watt, an electrical measurement, is named after him

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James Watt

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Social reformer who worked to improve the lives of the working class. In 1889 she founded Hull House in Chicago, the first private social welfare agency in the U. S. to assist the poor, combat juvenile delinquency & help immigrants learn to speak English. Provided such services as English lessons, day care, child care classes, & playgrounds

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Jane Addams

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Indian statesman. He succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as leader of the Indian National Congress. He negotiated the end of British colonial rule in India & became India's first prime minister (1947 - 1964)

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Jawaharial Nehru

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Swiss film maker

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Jean - Luc Godard

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Jean Gottmann (October 10, 1915 - February 28, 1994) was a French geographer who was most widely known for coining the term megalopolis to describe the condition of the Boston - Washington corridor. His main contributions to human geography were in the sub - fields of urban, political, economic, historical & regional geography

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Jean Gottmann

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First woman to serve in Congress. Suffragist & pacifist, voted against US involvement in WWI & WWII

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Jeanette Rankin

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Pres. of the Confederacy

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Jefferson Davis

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African American who won 4 gold medals at Olympic games in Germany under Hitler (a blow to Nazi notions of a master race)

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Jesse Owens

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Conservative group in 50s & 60s, particularly concerned about Communists. Seen as extreme

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John Birch Society

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In 1859, the militant abolitionist John Brown seized the U. S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry. He planned to end slavery by massacring slave owners & freeing their slaves. He was captured & executed

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John Brown

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Southern leader who championed slavery & States' rights. He led nullification movement, & his thinking helped point the way to the civil war

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John Calhoun

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American businessman - founder of Standard Oil Co. (major monopoly)

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John D. Rockefeller

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An American philosopher, psychologist, & educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the U. S. & around the world. He is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism, a pioneer in functional psychology, & a leading representative of the progressive movement in U. S. education during the first half of the 20th century

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John Dewey

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As Secretary of State. he viewed the struggle against Communism as a classic conflict between good & evil. Believed in containment & the Eisenhower doctrine

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John Foster Dulles

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Pres. of the Second Continental Congress

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John Hancock

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February 12, 1880 - June 11, 1969 a leader of organized labor who served as pres. of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. He was a major player in the History of coal mining. He was the driving force behind the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, which established the United Steel Workers of America & helped organize millions of other industrial workers in the 1930s

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John L. Lewis

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an important philosopher of the English Enlightenment. He believed that the rights to life, liberty, & ownership of property were given by God & could not be taken away by govts. His philosophy influenced the framers of the Constitution

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John Locke

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Commander of US troops in WWI in Europe

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John Pershing

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The assassin of Lincoln, fanatically devoted to the Confederate cause

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John Wilkes Booth

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As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop (1588 - 1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's govt & shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present - day Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world

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John Winthrop

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An American folk hero who traveled throughout the mid - west encouraging people to plant orchards

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Johnny Appleseed

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Senator who led an effort to identify 'communists' who he said had infiltrated the federal govt. Often used 'guilt by association. '

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Joseph McCarthy

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Owner of the "New York World," helped originate & title the practice of sensationalistic "yellow journalism. "

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Joseph Pulitzer

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Pres. of Argentina (1946 - 1955, 1973 - 1974). As a military officer, he championed the rights of labor. Aided by his wife Eva Duarte Pern, he was elected pres. in 1946. He built up Argentinean industry, became very popular among the urban poor. (823

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Juan Peron

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Spanish conquistador of 15th - 16th century, who conquered Puerto Rico & Florida

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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A century - long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable

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Little Ice Age

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1920s jazz popular, also time of attacks on convention in many areas of American life

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Jazz Age

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3500 to 1200 BCE - mixture of copper & tin to create bronze - developed in China & Middle East between 4000 & 3000 BCE - better quality & adaptibility than stone - signals end of Stone Age

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Bronze Age

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Period from 1815 - 1821 that followed the War of 1812 where the last Federalist candidate was defeated & the issues of slavery were emerging as a result of the Missouri Compromise. James Monroe defeated the last Federalist candidate in 1816, & won unopposed in 1820

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Era of Good Feelings

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Period of Great African American artistic accomplishment that began in the 1920s in the Harlem neighborhood of NYC

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What was the Harlem Renaissance

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10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Middle Stone Age. Ancient cultural stage, or level of human development, that existed between the Paleolithic Period, with its chipped stone tools, & the Neolithic Period, with its polished stone tools. Mesolithic usually refers specifically to a development in northwestern Europe that began about 8000 BC, after the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, & lasted until about 2700 BC

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Mesolithic Era

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A time of philosophical movement in eighteenth century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics.

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Enlightenment Era

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Ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development, characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools, 2. 5 million to 10,000 years ago. Use of fire & tools for making shelters

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Paleolithic Era

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New Stone Age in which people learned to polish stones to make tools like saws and drills; how to make fire

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Neolithic Era

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Two main architectural styles of this era:

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Romanesque & Gothic

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1920s era of freewheeling popular culture. People defied prohibition & indulged in new styles of dancing & dressing, rejected many traditional moral standards

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Roaring Twenties

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The 1870's - 1890's was a dark period in American politics filled with corruption, which rivaled today's. Dubbed "The Era of Good Stealings," the gilded age was arguably when politicians first recognized the seemingly deep pool of corporate money & also when many of them signed their souls over to the corporations

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Era of "Good Stealings"

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A period during which an individual is continuously unemployed

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Unemployment spell

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a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christianity in the Reformation, the rise of humanism in the Italian Renaissance

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Middle Ages

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A period of intense artistic & intellectual activity, said to be a 'rebirth' of Greco - Roman culture. Usually divided into an Italian Renaissance, from roughly the mid - fourteenth to mid - fifteenth century, & a Northern trans - Alpine Renaissance (407,445)

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Renaissance (European)

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a period of intense economic development & wealth transfer in the U. S. Following Reconstruction, this period corresponded with the Second Industrial Revolution & the greatest economic, territorial, industrial, & population expansion in American history

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Gilded Age

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a period of prolonged recession

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depression

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a decision - making method in which an individual or a sub group is assigned the role of a critic

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Devil's advocacy

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a decision - making method in which group members build on each others' ideas & generate many alternative solutions

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Brainstorming

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a decision - making method in which group members use computers to build on each others' ideas & generate many alternative solutions

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Electronic Brainstorming

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a decision - making method in which members of a panel of experts respond to questions & to each other until reaching agreement on an issue

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Delphi technique

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a decision - making method that begins & ends by having group members quietly write down & evaluate ideas to be shared with the group

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Nominal group technique

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A decision made by the Supreme Court that has no dissent. A unanimous decision by the Court is 9 - 0

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Unanimous decisions

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Part of elaborate religion in which chief god was Re, the sun god

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Egyptian religion & Egyptian Book of the Dead

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Who were the two main gods of Zorostrianism

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1)Ahura 2)devil

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Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual & cultural isolation

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Crusades

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Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders

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Delhi Sulatanate

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The obligatory religious duties for all Muslims: Confession of faith, Prayer, Fasting during Mamadan, Zakat, Hajj

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Five Pillars

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Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad (570 - 632 C. E. ) on the basis of his reception of divine revelations, which were collected after his death into the Quran. divergent populations include Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims, & many smaller branches & sects, practiced by Muslims, from Nigeria to Indonesia, centered in the Middle East

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Islam

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City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, & ritual center of the Islamic religion

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Mecca

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Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam

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Muhammad (570 - 632 C. E. )

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An adherent of the Islamic religion; a person who 'submits' (in Arabic, Islam means 'submission') to the will of God. )

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Muslim

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20th cent movement, associated with Karl Barth, that reasserted role of revelation and proclamation over role of reason or emotion in theology and religion

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Neoorthodoxy

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The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 300 million members worldwide. [1] It is considered by its adherents to be the One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ & his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago

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Russian Orthodoxy

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Branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son - in - law Ali. Shi'ism is the state religion of Iran

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Shi'ite Islam

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State religion in Japan. Derived from beliefs in natural spirits & until recently linked with belief in divinity of emperor & sacredness of Japanese nation

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Shinto

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Indian religion founded by the guru Nanak (1469 - 1539) in the Punjab region of northwest India. After the Mughal emperor ordered the beheading of the ninth guru in 1675, Sikh warriors mounted armed resistance to Mughal rule

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Sikhism

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Movement aimed at making churches more responseive to social problems, such as poverty. Said Christ's message was also about social reform. Movement led by Washington Gladden - taught religion & human dignity would help the middle class over come problems of industrialization

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Social Gospel

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Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries

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Sunnis

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the study of religion

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theology

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Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law & the social core of Muslim urban societies

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ulama

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In 313, Roman emporer constantine I adopted it as his & the empire's religion, resulting of its spread westward from palestine

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When did Christianity get it's big break

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In the 7th century, stated by Muhammed in Mecca

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When did Islam begin

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A religion originating in ancient Iran with the prophet Zoroaster. It centered on a single benevolent deity - Ahuramazda, Emphasizing truth - telling, purity, & reverence for nature, the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good & evil

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Zoroastrianism

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Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation & helped create conduits of trade & knowledge between Asia & Europe

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Jesuits

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calculation of potential money multiplier

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1/required reserve ratio

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Power & National Security - Domestic Impact Conception - Ideological Principle Conception

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3 concepts of National Interest

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Absolute advantage (natural & acquired) Comparative advantage (David Ricardo) Factor Proportions theory ( Heckscher & Ohlin). Some empirical contradictions (Leontif)

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3 core Classical Trade Theories

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The Federal Reserve Board controls the supply of money, sets the discount rate, performs open market operations, regulates banks & other financial institutions, & supervises the FDIC

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5 functions of the Fed

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Tax - Exempt organizations set up by interest groups to engage in political activities

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527 groups

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Y = A f (L,K,H,N) sets out the relationship between the quantity of inputs used in production & the quantity of output from production

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Production Function

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a business function that involves money management

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finance

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intracultural communication

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1 culture communication

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open the channels of communication, preview the message, altercast & disdain

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4 major functions of feedforward

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positive - negative, person - focused message, immediate - delayed, low - monitored - high - monitored & supportive - critical

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5 dimensions of feedback

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I - IT(impersonal) & I - Thou(interpersonal) communications

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Buber

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the process of exchanging messages between a sender & a receiver

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communication

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adjustment of behavior to fit the behavior of others

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Communication accomodation theory

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Ways of Communicating, Can be rich(face to face) or poor(e - mail)

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Communication Channels

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inescapable, irreversible, complicated, emphasizes content & relationship, governed by rules

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communication characteristics

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emotional tone of relationship as it is expressed in the messages that the partners send & receive

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communication climate

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the message should: 1. be understood as the communicator intended it to be understood 2. Achieve the intended effect the communicator intended to achieve 3. Be ethical

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Communication competence

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one: be aware of communication with yourself & others 2: effectively use & interpret verbal msg. 3:effectively use & interpret nonverbal msg. 4: listen & respond thoughtfullly to others. 5: appropriately adapt messages others

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communication principles for a lifetime has 5 principles

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software applications that enable users to electronically communicate through computers with people around the world

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communications program

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The second person is the person spoken to; using the second person allows the writer to maintain some personal relationship with the reader

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considering the point of view for your communication, describe how writing in the second person is done

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The information, ideas or suggested actions that a communicatior wishes to express what is said

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Content

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a message that communicates information about the subject being discussed

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content messages

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a listening style that focuses on the content of the message

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content oriented listeners

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physical & psychological environment for communication

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context

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any communication between two people

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contextual interpersonal behavior

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Revising is a finishing step to improve the communication based on the editing phase & the feedback from the reveiwers. You revise or rewrite your draft to make it into a more formal presentation

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describe the revising phase

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Past - express actions or make a statement about something that happened in the past. Present - expresses action or makes a statement about something happening inthe present time. Future - expresses action or make a statement about something happening at a future time

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describe three common forms of tense you will use in your communication

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messages that describe the seekers position without evaluating others

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descriptive communication

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these models propose that the nature of communication is different in various stages of interpersonal relationships

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developmental model

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Which part of language communicates your meaning explicitly & leaves little doubt for the thoughts you are trying to convey

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direct speech

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a communication pattern in which we ignore someone's presence as well as what they are communicating

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disconfirmation

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interpersonal (figurehead, leader, liaison), informational (monitor, desseminator, spokesperson), decisional (entrepreneur, distrubance handler, resource - allocator, negotiator)

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10 roles involved in mgmt

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top (upper) - pres., chief executive; middle - district manger, base commander; first - line (lower - level, front - line, supervisory) - foreman, head nurse

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3 levels of mgmt

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technical, interpersonal, conceptual

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3 skills involved in mgmt

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planning, organizing, leading, & controlling

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4 functions of managers

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planning, organizing, staffing, directing & controlling

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5 management process functions

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line, staff, functional, general, & administrators

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5 Types of managers

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Frenchman Henri Fayol "father of modern mgmt", first to distinguish the functions of mgmt, developed 14 principles of mgmt

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Classical (administrative) Mgmt

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a message that expresses a lack of caring or respect for another person

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disconfirming response

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once procedures, policies, & other plans have been est. & are working, mgmt should focus on the exceptions where performance does not meet standards

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exception principle

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scientific study of work - use systematic procedures, gather info, est. method of performance

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first principle of Scientific Mgmt

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work to be divided b/w mgmt & workers

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fourth principle of Scientific Mgmt

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Scientific Mgmt, "One Best Way", Science of Bricklaying

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Frank & Lilian Gilbreth

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deal w/ a critical aspect of the firm - quality of mgmt & continuous availability & updating of managerial competence

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manager performance & development

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planning must occur before other mgmt functions can take place

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primacy of mgmt

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select workers systematically & scientifically

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second principle of Scientific Mgmt

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provides the right people to fill the structure designed by the organizing function. human resources (personnel) mgmt

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staffing function

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Douglas McGregor; traditional mgmt (X) views man as lazy, w/o initiative, etc. vs. (Y) - motivation is internal, desire to work like desire to play, etc

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Theory X & Theory Y

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training workers in methods developed by Sci. Mgmt, providing incentives, giving leadership support

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third principle of Scientific Mgmt

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are responsible for a single area of activity

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Functional managers

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managers responsible for facilitating team activities towards accomplishing a goal

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Team Leaders

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Managers who design & carry out operational plans for the ongoing daily activities of the firm

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Supervisory Management

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Managers who design & carry out tactical plans in specific areas of the company

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Middle Management

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The American Temperance Society was formed in Boston in 1826. It persuaded people to stop drinking or lesson their drinking

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Temperance

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the time of day or time in history in which the communication is taking place

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temporal (time) context

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the time between an act & the consequences the act produces

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Temporal immediacy

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AL 1863, when 10 percent of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the State could form a govt & adopt a new constitution that banned slavery

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Ten Percent Plan

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Representatives of the 3rd estate

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Tennis Court oath was made by

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Despite its unification as a nation, Italy suffered from which of the following problems

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tension between industrial N & agricultural south

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1866 - enacted by radical congress - forbade pres. from removing civil officers without senatorial consent - was to prevent Johnson from removing a radical republican from his cabinet Johnson violated, led to impeachment

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Tenure of Office Act

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tenure

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term

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1 to 30 years. Under 1 year, they are usually referred to as money market instruments

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term of most bonds

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abolish

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terminate

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An American labor union originally established as a secret fraternal order & noted as the first union of all workers. It was founded in 1869 in Philadelphia by Uriah Stephens & a number of fellow workers. Powderly was elected head of the Knights of Labor in 1883

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Terrence Powderly

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A thing or action that signifies an area has been clamed

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Territorial Maker

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The waters near states' shores generally treated as part of national territory. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provides for a 12 - mile territorial sea (exclusive national jurisdiction over shipping & navigation) & a 200 - mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) covering exclusive fishing & mineral rights

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territorial waters

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The study of how humans use space & objects to communicate occupancy or ownership of space

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Territoriality

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fixed space that an individual assumes some right to occupy

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territory

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WJC garage - Twin Tower, Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Tim McVeigh & Terry Nichols, bomb Olympic Stadium because = abortion there

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Terrorist Plot

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Texas officially entered Union as slave state in 1848 after Mexican American War with Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Texas enters Union

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A radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South. Leader of the radical Republicans in Congress

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Thaddeus Stevens

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a philosopher who taught that everything was made of water

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Thales of Miletus

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States that the border between 2 states in water lies along the thalweg, the line of fastest flow of a river

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Thalweg Principle

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What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain

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That Hitler's advances could be blocked

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It was designed to assist industry, labor, & the unemployed. there were maximum hours of labor, minimum wages, & more rights for labor union members, including the right to choose their own representatives in bargaining

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That National Recovery Administration

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What was the largest immigration decade in US history

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The 1910s. The 1980s were the second

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A trade bloc comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru & Venezuela. The trade bloc was formerly called the Andean Pact & came into existence with the signing of the Cartagena Agreement in 1969

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the Andean community

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a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia & the Pacific. It was founded in 1966 with 31 members states & has now grown to include 64, including the US, many europen nations, & all asian nations, including the stans. Headquartered in Philippines

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the Asian Development Bank

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a political, economic, & cultural organization of countries located in Southeast Asia. Formed on August 8, 1967, by Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, & the Philippines, as a non - provocative display of solidarity against communist expansion in Vietnam & insurgency within their own borders

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the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe

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the Balkan Peninsula

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invokes the concept of universal jurisdiction to allow anyone to bring war crime charges in Belgian courts, regardless of where the alleged crimes have taken place. The law took effect in 1993 & was expanded the following year after 10 Belgian soldiers were killed in Rwanda. The law reached prominence after the Rwandan Genocide

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the Belgium War Crimes Law

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The Declaration of Independence

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the birth certificate of the U. S

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What happened as a result of the Sepoy Mutiny

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the british gov. took direct command of India

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Which of the following events occurred after the US joined the war

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The bulgarians & turks surrendered

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What publishes the CPI every month

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics

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all the individuals & units that play a role in the purchase decision making process

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the buying center

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an economic trade organization between 5 nations of Central America. established December 13, 1960 between the nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua in a conference in Managua. Costa Rica joined the CACM in 1963. collapsed in 1969 with the Football War between Honduras & El Salvador, reinstated in 1991. not achieved the further goals of greater economic & political unification that were hoped for at the organization's founding,

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the Central American Common Market

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a confederation, or alliance, consisting of 11 former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, & Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan discontinued permanent membership as of August 26, 2005 & is now an associate member. its purpose was to "allow a civilized divorce" between the Soviet Republics

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the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

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speakers change their speaking style based on who their audience is

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the communication accomodation theory

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What are the two houses of the Legislature called

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The Congress

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What was the first treaty to recognize & regulate diplomacy

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The Congress of Vienna in 1815

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A written record of everything said in both houses of Congress

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the Congressional Record

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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional organization involving the six Persian Gulf Arab States with many economic & social objectives in mind. Created May 25, 1981, the Council is comprised of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates

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the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

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Underlying assumptions & beliefs that influence behavior & contribute to the observable culture

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the core culture

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an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. open to those who accept the principle of the rule of law & guarantee fundamental human rights & freedoms to their citizens. One of the main successes of the Council was the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950, which serves as the basis for the European Court of Human Rights

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the Council of Europe

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Approx. 12%. It has hovered between 11 & 15% since the 1970s

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the current poverty rate in the U. S

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What makes up a nation's Balance of Payments

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The current, capital, & reserve accounts

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What event was strongly influenced by economic problems

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The declaration of war by France on Prussia

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De facto segregation is segregation of races that actually exists, though not by law. De jure segregation is segregation of races by law

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the difference between de facto segregation & de jure segregation

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The International Criminal Court is a permanant war crimes tribunal. The International Court of Justice rules on disputes between states

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the difference between the ICC & the ICJ in the Hague

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unitary system gives the main powers to the central govt. State, provincial, & local govts are all created by the central govt. non - central govts have only the powers that are appointed by the central govt. the federal system develops when a number of states or providences federate, or form a union, eventually in order to establish a nation. In a govt using the federal system, the powers of the govts are jointly shared between the central govt & the more local

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the difference between Unitary & federal systems of govt

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Protectionism is often shortsighted & fails in the long run

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the effect of a "Protectionist policy" on the global economy

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It allows Congress to Stretch its powers as needed

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the Elastic Clause

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Who elects the Pres. & Vice - Pres.

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The Electoral College

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in 1588, the Spanish Armada met defeat at the hands of

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the English

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put into motion on 10 October 2000 when Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia & Tajikistan signed the treaty. EurAsEC was formally created when the treaty was finally ratified by all five member states in May 2001. EurAsEC grew out of the CIS Customs Union. All the members of EurAsEC are also members of the older Commonwealth of Independent States & the relationship between the two organisations is ambiguous

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the Eurasian Economic Community

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a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO & non - NATO countries in Europe & those parts of Asia on the European pheriphary. The member states meet to cooperate & consult on a range of political & security issues. It was formed on May 29, 1997 as the successor to the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC)

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the Euro - Atlantic Partnership Council

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based on the Barcelona Process & European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The Barcelona Process, developed after the Barcelona Conference in successive annual meetings, is a set of goals designed to lead to a free trade area in the Middle East by 2010. Eventually it will integrate free trade with the EU

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the Euro - Mediterranean free trade area

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a system of European Union agricultural subsidies which represents about 44% of the EU's budget. These subsidies work by guaranteeing a minimum price to producers & by direct payment of a subsidy for crops planted. This provides some economic certainty for EU farmers & production of a certain quantity of agricultural goods

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the european Common Agricultural Policy

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It is the EU's financing institution, founded in 1957. Located in Luxembourg, its goal is to further the economic goals & carry out the agreements of the EU within, & with other nations

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the European Investment Bank

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What started the decline of the Ottoman Empire

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The failed 1689 battle of Vienna

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the tendency for people to over - emphasize dispositional, or personality - based, explanations for behaviors observed in others while under - emphasizing the role & power of situational influences on the same behavior. In other words, people tend to have a default assumption that what a person does is based more on what "kind" of person he is, rather than the social & environmental forces at work on that person

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the Fundamental attribution error

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To unite Ireland & kick out the british. The IRA is Sinn Fein's militant wing

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the goal of Sinn Fein

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What sector are labor unions most influential in

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The govt (public sector)

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Why did the British style of gov. in Nigeria work better with the Hausa - Fulani than the Igbo & Yoruba

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the Hausa - Fulani were accustomed to a strong central gov

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Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials

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The holocaust

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What role does the House play in an impeachment trial

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The House gathers the evidence

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The Idealist approach assumes that a foreign policy based on morals, legal codes, & international norms is the most effective foreign policy because it encourages unity & cooperation among states rather than competition & conflict

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the Idealist Approach to Foreign Policy

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is one of the two bodies that comprise the inter - American system for the promotion & protection of human rights

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the Inter - American Commission on Human Rights

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an autonomous judicial institution based in the city of San José, Costa Rica. Together with the Inter - American Commission on Human Rights, it makes up the human rights protection system of the Organization of American States (OAS), which serves to uphold & promote basic rights & freedoms in the Americas

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the Inter - American Court of Human Rights

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A specialized agency of the UN to deal with labour issues. Founded in 1919, it was formed through the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles, & was initially an agency of the League of Nations. It became a UN body after the demise of the League & the formation of the UN at the end of WWII. The organization seeks to strengthen worker rights, improve working conditions & living conditions, create employment, & provide information & training opportunities

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the International Labour Organization (ILO)

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It seperates Korea from Japan, is part of Pacific Ocean. Numerous international shipping lanes pass through the strait, including those carrying much of the traffic bound for the ports of southern South Korea. Both South Korea & Japan have restricted their territorial claims in the strait to 3 nautical miles from shore, so as to permit free passage through it. Passenger ferries ply numerous routes across the strait

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the Korea Strait

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U. S. has been an attractive target for FDI for all of the following reasons except:

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the lack of competition

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A Latin American trade integration association, based in Montevideo. Its main objective is the establishment of a common market, in pursuit of the economic & social development of the region. Its members are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay & Venezuela. It is the successor to LAFTA

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the Latin American Integration Association

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Commonly used bills such as the 1,5,10, & 20 dollar bills last about 2 years. For the 2, 50 & 100, it can be over 4 years

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the life span for a US treasury note

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As the market in the U. S. & other advanced nations matures, the product becomes more standardized & price becomes:

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the main competitive weapon

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as a country gains colonies, its military grows to protect them

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the most probable link between militarism & imperialism

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Which of the following two theories justify some limited & selective govt intervention to support the development of certain export - oriented industries

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The new trade theory & theory of national competitive advantage

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How is the number of representatives chosen for each state

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The number is based on the state's population

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An international organisation of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy & a free market economy. It originated in 1948 as the Organisation for European Economic Co - operation (OEEC), to help administer the Marshall Plan for the re - construction of Europe after WWII. Later its membership was extended to non - European states, & in 1961 it was reformed into the OECD

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the OECD - Organisation for Economic Co - operation & Development

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a bilateral or multilateral Air Transport Agreement which: liberalises the rules for international aviation markets & minimises govt intervention — the provisions apply to passenger, all - cargo & combination air transportation & encompass both scheduled & charter services; or adjusts the regime under which military & other state - based flights may be permitted

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the Open skies agreement

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an international organization for security. In its region, it is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management & post - conflict rehabilitation. The Organization for Security & Co - operation in Europe has 55 participating states from Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, Central Asia & North America. The OSCE's Secretariat (headquarters) is located in Vienna, Austria. The Organization also has offices in Copenhagen, Geneva, The Hague, Prague & Warsaw

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the Organization for Security & Co - operation in Europe

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One cultural problem a researcher faces when doing primary research is:

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the overuse of up - to - date maps

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an inter - governmental consultative organ which aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean & represent their interests. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum; the name was changed in 2000 to better reflect the correct geographic locations of its member states both in the north & south Pacific

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the Pacific Islands Forum

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tangible or concrete environment in which communication takes place

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the physical context

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The introduction to the Constitution

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the preamble

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Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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The puritans in 1629

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Inverse if a neutral balance of payments is to be obtained

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the relationship between a nation's capital & current accounts

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A Revisionst approach to foreign policy seeks to alter territorial, ideological, or power distribution to the state's advantage

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the Revisionist Approach to Foreign Policy

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Since the 1960s, there have been two notable trends in the demographics of the multinational enterprise. These two trends have been:

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the rise of non - U. S. multinationals & the growth of mini - multinationals

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What role does the Senate play in an impeachment trial

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The Senate acts as the jury

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In the US, who needs to approve treaties, & with what percentage

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The senate, by a 2/3rds vote

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An agreement by which the people give up their freedom to a powerful govt in order to avoid chaos

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the Social Contract

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will be a continent - wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free - trade organizations eliminating tariffs for non - sensitive products by 2014 & sensitive products by 2019

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the South American Community of Nations

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an agreement reached at the 12th SAARC summit at Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on 6 January 2004. It creates a framework for the creation of a free trade zone covering 1. 4 billion people in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan & the Maldives. The seven foreign ministers of the region signed a framework agreement on SAFTA with zero customs duty on the trade of practically all products in the region by end 2012

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the South Asia Free Trade Agreement

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proposed by Ziaur Rahman, the then - pres. of Bangladesh, established December 8, 1985. SAARC is an association of 8 countries of South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, & most recently admitted, Afghanistan. These countries comprise an area of 5,127,500 km2 & a 1/5 of the world's population. encourages cooperation in agriculture, rural development, science & technology, culture, health, population control, narcotics control & anti - terrorism

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the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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Who is the leader of the House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the House

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The Status Quo Approach to Foreign Policy seeks to maintain the territorial, ideological, or power distribution of the state

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the Status Quo Approach to Foreign Policy

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What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression

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The stock market crash of 1929

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the highest court in the land

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The Supreme Court

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Pejorative term for Americans traveling or living abroad who remain ignorant of local culture & judge everything by American standards. The term is taken from the title of a book by Eugene Burdick & William Lederer

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the Ugly American

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Took effect in 1994. Establishes 12 mile barrier around nations, & 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zones. The us has signed, but not ratified it

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the UN convention on the law of the sea

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During the cold war, who was pakistan mainly allied with

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The US

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Who did Libya side with during the cold war

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The US

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Who is brazil's biggest trading partner

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The US

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During the cold war, who was India mainly allied with

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The USSR

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Who is the leader of the Senate

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The Vice - Pres

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Who is next in line if something happens to the Pres.

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The Vice - Pres., followed by the Speaker of the House

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a partially dormant European defence & security organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 with the accession of West Germany & Italy in 1954. Its two stated aims were: to afford assistance to each other inr sisting any policy of aggression, to promote unity & integration of Europe. merged into EU

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the Western European Union

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Antartica. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in North Africa, which is the size of the U. S

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the world's largest desert

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state that acquires prestige & power by developing attractive cultural forms & staging elaborate public ceremonies (as well as redistributing valuable resources) to attract & bind subjects to the center. (186)

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theater - state

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gov by religious leaders, who claim divine guidance

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theocracy

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Daughter of a bear keeper & was married to Justinian

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Theodora

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Austrian journalist & founder of the Zionist movement urging the creation of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine

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Theodore Herzl

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Dislike work, Lack ambition, Are irresponsible, Resist change, Prefer to be led

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Theory X assumes that workers:

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Willing to work, Capable of self control, Willing to accept responsibility, Imaginative & creative, Capable of self - direction

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Theory Y assumes that workers are:

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Way of the Elders' branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka & much of Southeast Asia. Therevada remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods (181)

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Theravada Buddhism

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By Thomas Paine in the America Crisis

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These are the times that try men's souls

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requires that _ should declare the causes which impel them to the separation

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they

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What do the terms "faulty analogy,"asserted conclusion","loaded question", and"non sequitur" have in common

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They are examples of flaws, or fallaciesin logic

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misuse of abstractions & a lack of common core experience are main contributors to which communication barrier

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They are the the main contributors to language barriers

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How did the reigns of Alexander III & Nicholas II help pave the way for revolution

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They both upheld an autocratic govt without reforms

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Why did Britain & France declare war on Germany after invading Poland

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they had promised to uphold the independence of Poland

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why are speaking & listening skills important

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they hold societies together

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What does the use of kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture

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they valued national honor more than individual life

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Why were thousands of U. S citizens put in internment camps during the war

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They were of Japanese descent & falsely labeled as enemies

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physical appearance, body shape, academic accomplishments, social skills, value system, relationships, behavior, goals, ambitions, aspirations

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things self - image is composed of

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An institution in which scholars pursue research in public policy. Largely funded by endowments & grants, think tanks work to improve public awareness of policy issues (through publications) & to influence the govt to act upon issues of national importance

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think tank

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human communication as action

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think: one way - linear

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The use of nongovernmental organizations to implement public policy

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Third - order devolution

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A market in which the person who receives the good differs from the person paying for the good

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Third - Party - Payer Market

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The tendency of 3rd parties to arise with some regularity in a nominally 2 - party system

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Third - Partyism

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political, military, & economic turmoil that beset the Roman Empire during much of the third century C. E. : frequent changes of ruler, civil wars, barbarian invasions, decline of urban centers, & near - destruction of long - distance commerce. (157)

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third century crisis

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Practice of dividing consumers into tow or more groups with separrate demand curves & charging different prices to each group

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Third Degree Price Discrimination

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Political parties that can be described as ideological, single - issue orientated, economically motivated, & personality driven. Examples include the Free Soil Party, Know - Nothings, Populist, & Bull Moose Parties. In 1996 Ross Perot created a new national third party called the Reform party

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Third political parties

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Paid political ads 30 seconds in duration

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Thirty - second spots

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American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, & motion pictures

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Thomas Edison

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Who patented the movie camera

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Thomas Edison

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Patriot who used written words to argue for independence who wrote: Common Sense

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Thomas Paine

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behavior followed by reinforcement tends to be repeated

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Thorndike's Law of Effect

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Ruler derived absolute monarch to rule from God

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thory of divine right proposed that

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A rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain, one grows legumes, & one lies fallow. It gradually replaced two - field system in medieval Europe

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three - field system

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Technical accuracy & coverage, arrangement & flow, & presentation & delivery

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three areas to focus on when preparing a speach

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Topic sentence, support sentence, & closing sentence

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three basic components of a paragraph

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Past - express actions or makes a statementabout something that happened in the past. Present - expresses action or makes a statement about something happening in the present time. Future - expresses action or make a statement about something happening at a future time

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three common forms of tense you will use in your communication

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Location of a nuclear power plant accident in 1979. Caused panic & intense criticism of nuclear power programs in general

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Three Mile Island

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The substitution bias, the introduction of new items, & quality changes

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Three problems with the CPI

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Keep communication channels open, maintain an environment conducive to communication; & communicate effectively

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three responsibilities of commanders & supervisors - their staffs & subordinates - when it comes to orginizational communication

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financial institutions that receive most of their funds from the savings of the public; they include savings banks, savings & loan associations, & credit unions

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thrift institutions

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How is culture primarily passed on

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through culture

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used when cost trade - off info is a major consideration in planning, used to determine the least cost in reducing total project time

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time cost models

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a deposit in a financial institution that requires notice of intent to withdraw or must be left for an agreed period; withdrawal of funds prior to the end of the agreed period may result in a penalty

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time deposit

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orders information from a beginning point to an ending one, with all the steps developed in numerical or time sequence

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time method of issue arrangement

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Those who perfer that message communcated by others be breif

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Time Oriennted Listeners

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a consumer will place a premium on enjoyment nearer in time over more remote enjoyment. high time preference means a person wants to spend their money now & not save it

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Time preference

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timing how long it takes good workers to complete each part of their jobs

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Time study

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Member of a prominent family of the Mongols' Jagadai Khanate, Timur through conquest gained control over much of Central Asia & Iran. He consolidated the status of Sunni Islam as orthodox, & his descendants, the Timurids, maintained his empire. (336)

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Timur

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taxes (money) given to the church

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tithe

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Provision for the Education Amendments of 1972 that bars educational institutions receiving federal funds from discriminating against female students

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Title IX

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part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; outlaws discrimination in employment on basis of race, color, religion, nat'l origin, or sex

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Title VII (part of EEO)

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Why did thousands of Boers move north in the Great Trek

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to escape the British

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Why did Bismark seek alliances that later became the Triple Alliance

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to isolate France

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What was the main purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884 - 1885

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to prevent fighting of European nations over the division of Africa

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After a Bill passes the first House of the Congress, where does it go next

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To the other House

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If a Bill passes through both Houses of Congress, where does it go next

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To the Pres.

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WJC Pres sued industry to stop marketing cigars to kids & accept great federal regulation

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Tobacco

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The last of the three shogunates of Japan

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Tokugawa Shogunate

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Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900 - 1168 C. E. ). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization

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Toltecs

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Chief judge of the spanish inquisition, known for his severity

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Tomas de Torquemada

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The highest level of managers; includes CEO's, pres.s, & vice pres.s, who develop strategic plans & address long - range issues

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Top Management

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cemetery containing burials of young children, possibly sacrificed to the gods in times of crisis, found at Carthage & other Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean

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tophet

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should be stated as specifically as possible

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topic of the speech

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has words or phrases for all entries & usually has little or no punctuation after entries

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topic outline

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a speaker explains an idea in terms of its component part

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topical method of issue arrangement

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What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort

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total war

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Form of govt in which govt's powers are unlimited

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totalitarianism

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A person own guidelines or standards as to approprate & inapprate toush

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Touch Ethic

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A subunit of county govt in many eastern & Midwestern states

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Town or township

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These acts put a light import duty on such things as glass, lead, paper, & tea. The acts met slight protest from the colonists, who found ways around the taxes such as buying smuggled tea. Due to its minute profits, the Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770, except for the tax on tea. The tax on tea was kept to keep alive the principle of Parliamentary taxation. (1767)

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Townshend Acts

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a composer & performer of songs; traveling ballad singer

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trabadour

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Polls conducted by media outlets to gauge the potential outcome of a political election on a periodic basis

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Tracking poll

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Copyright Clause does not give Congress the power to regulate trademarks

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Trade - Mark Cases

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Conflict is unnecessaryconflict is to be feared,conflict is harmful,conflict is a personal failure, immediately stop conflict remove all evidence of conflict including people

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Traditional Conflict

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An economy in which customs & habits from the past are used to resolve most economic issues of production & distribution

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Traditional Economy

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Legitimacy that accepts aspects of politics because they have been institutionalized over a long period of time

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traditional legitimacy

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The tendency for a resource that has no price to be used until its marginal benefit falls to zero

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Tragedy of the commons

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AJ The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled from North Carolina & Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, & Arkansas - more than 800 miles (1,287 km) - to the Indian Territory. More than 4, 00 Cherokees died of cold, disease, & lack of food during the 116 - day journey

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Trail of Tears

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looks for permanent traits of personality which distinguish leaders from non - leaders or effective leaders from non - effective ones

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trait approach

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Trading network linking North Africa with sub - Saharan Africa across the Sahara

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trans - Saharan Caravan Routes

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checkable & debitable account balances in commercial banks & other types of financial institutions, such as credit unions & savings banks; any accounts in financial institutions from which you can easily transmit debit - card & check payments without many restrictions

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transaction deposits

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each person in the communication act is both speaker & listener; each person is simultaneously sending & receiving messages

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transactional communication mean

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Leaders who lead primarily by using social exchanges

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Transactional leaders

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simultaneous sending & receiving, all elements are constantly in motion & you cannot not communicate

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transactional modes of communication

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a method of measuring the money supply by looking at money as a medium of exchange

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transactions approach

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holding money as a medium of excahnge to make payments (the level varies directly with nominal GDP)

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transactions demand

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Cable from Newfoundland to Ireland to revolutionize international communication

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Transatlantic cable/telegraph

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any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

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Transcendentalism

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Union Pacific: Began in Omaha in 1865 & went west. Central Pacific: Went east from Sacramento & met the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah on May 10, 1869, where the golden spike ceremony was held. Transcontinental railroad overcharged the federal govt & used substandard materials

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Transcontinental railroad

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Separatist movement in Moldova

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Transdniester Republic

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Payments the govt makes to the public for which it receives no current goods or services in return

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Transfer payments

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uses resources to convert inputs into some desired output

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transformation process

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Leaders who stimulate & inspire followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes

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Transformational leaders

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is a firm that strives to be Global & Multi - domestic! ie: It must strive to achieve economies of scale whilst locally responsive

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Transnational Corporation

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the full, accurate, & timely disclosure of information (dictionary. com definition)

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transparency

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the crime of fighting against one's own govt

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treason

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Two Confederate diplomats were dispatched to go to Europe on a mail steamer to try & gain support from Britain & France. The Union stopped this steamer & removed the two Confederate diplomats

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Trent Affair

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Court of original jurisdiction where case begins

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Trial Court

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the consumer tries the new product on a small scale to improve his or her estimate of its value

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trial: adoption process

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common pattern linking Africa, The Americas, & Europe

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Triangle of Trade

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Accidentally killed 141 workers, prodded concerns that raised new questions of human & immigrant rights & of existing labor laws

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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A system in which, from the time of the Han Empire, countries in East & Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states, acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China. (279)

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tributary system

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A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods & labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, & other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec & Inca economies

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tribute system

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If the rich become richer then the money will "trickle down" to the middle & poor classes making them more wealthy

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trickle down Theory

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A form of language that arouses strong emotions in listeners

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Trigger Word

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Original Allies in WWI: Britain, France, & Russia

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Triple Alliance

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1. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy 2. GB, France, Russia

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Triple Alliance & Triple Entente

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Original Central Powers in WWI: Germany, Austria - Hungary, & Italy

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Triple Entente

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Wilson called for a war against these three things, tariff, banks, & trusts

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triple wall of privilege

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Greek & Phoenician warship of the fifth & fourth centuries B. C. E. It was sleek & light, powered by 170 oars arranged in three vertical tiers. Manned by skilled sailors, it was capable of short bursts of speed & complex maneuvers

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trireme

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Equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer & the Tropic of Capricorn. It is characterized by generally warm or hot temperatures year - round, though much variation exists due to altitude & other factors. (370)

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tropics

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Involves only your goals

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True Self - Esteem

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MacArhur called for air strikes on China during Korean War. Truman said no, MacArthur disagreed publicly. Truman removed him for insubordination

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Truman - MacArthur controversy

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HT 1947, Pres. Truman's policy of providing economic & military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece & Turkey

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Truman Doctrine

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belief in the integrity, character, & ability of a leader

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Trust

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Funds for govt programs that are collected & spent outside the regular govt budget; the amounts are determined by preexisting law rather than by annual appropriations. The Social Security trust fund is the largest of these

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Trust funds

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an official who is expected to vote independetly basedon his or her judgment of the circumstances; one interpretation of the role of the legislator

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trustee

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The view that an elected representative should act on his or her own best judgment of what public policy requires

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Trustee approach

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Last years of the reign of Ottoman sultan Ahmed III, during which European styles & attitudes became briefly popular in Istanbul

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Tulip Period

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Member of Inca aristocracy who led a rebellion against Spanish authorities in Peru in 1780 - 1781. He was captured & executed with his wife & other members of his family

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Tupac Amaru II

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What was significant about the Battle of Midway

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Turned the tide of the war against the Japanese

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the proportion of the voting age public that votes, sometimes as the nubmer of registered voters that vote

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turnout

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USG the corrupt part of Tammany Hall in New York City, started by Burly "Boss" Tweed that Samuel J. Tilden, the reform governor of New York had been instrumental in overthrowing, Thomas Nast exposed through illustration in Harper's Weekly

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Tweed Ring

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Form of pricining in which consumers are charged both an entry & a usage fee

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Two - part tariff

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An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in state or national elections. Third parties have little chance of winning

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Two - party system

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Sept. 1947, Stalin speech that the country is split into two camps, east and west. First person to acknowledge this.

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Two Camps Doctrine (Zhdanov Doctrine)

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the globalization of markets & the globalization of production

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two main components of globalization are:

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NATURAL ADVANTAGE (climate, resource availability, eg: abundant labor) ADVANTAGE (technology or developed skills eg: training)

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Two types of "Absolute Advantages"

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Burkian & Representative delegate

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Two Types of Delegate

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self - imposed prophecies & imposed prophecies by others

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two types of self - fulfilling prophecies

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Record for lifetime batting average

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Ty Cobb

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FDR 1934, provided for the drafting & guidelines of a Constitution for a 10 - year "transitional period" which became the govt of the Commonwealth of the Philippines before the granting of Philippine independence, during which the US would maintain military forces in the Philippines. The nation did not want to have to support the Philippines if Japan attacked there

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Tydings McDuffie Act

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Practice of requiring a customer to purchase on good in order to purchase another

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Tying

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Single idea & single accomplishment

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types of bullet statements

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Feed forward Controls, Concurrent Control, Feedback Control, Control Systems & after the fact controls

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Types of Controls

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coercive, reward, legitimate,expertise, & referential power

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Types of power

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members are from different departments in an organization

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Types of teams: horizontal team

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a manager & his subordinates. Might involve three to four levels of management

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Types of teams: vertical

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consists of members from different departments who have gotten together to achieve a task, usually the team is disbanded when the project is acomplished

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Types of teams:task force

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the downing of a U.S. spy plane and capture of its pilot by the Soviet Union in 1960

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U - 2 Incident

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U. S. & 50 other countries founded the UN

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U. N. 1945

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established diplomatic relations with China

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U. S. - China 1979

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JEC Mohammed Reza Pahlavi became Iran "shah" & ayatollah khomeini didn't like this, shah wanted "white revolution", & shah exiled Khomeini, who later directed Islamic Republic, & kept hostages, Carter tried to help, he froze all Iranian assets in US, & also sent USS Nimitz in Gulf of Oman where 8 were killed, 2 eventsIran became victim of Iraq30 after RR became pres.

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U. S. Embassy at Tehran, Iran

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A federal agency responsible for spreading information favorable to the U. S. around the world

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U. S. Information Agency

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Ship that exploded in Havana harbor, blamed on Spanish, sparked war

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U. S. S. Maine

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J. P. Morgan's steel empire, first billion - dollar corporation

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U. S. Steel Corporation

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A group of Turkic - speakers who controlled their own centralized empire from 744 to 840 in Mongolia & Central Asia

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Uigurs

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, the Umayyads ruled an empire that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate

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Umayyad Caliphate

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The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh - century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community

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umma

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An organization of nearly all world states, created after WWII to promote collective security

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UN

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attack principles or practices considered to be at odds with the values of most Americans. Many object to the use of the term on the grounds that it is vague, shortsighted, & intolerant. The House of Representatives maintained a Committee on Un - American Activities (HUAC) for several years. It was especially known for investigation of alleged communists

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un - American

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The founding document of the UN; it is based on the principles that states are equal, have sovereignty over their own affairs, enjoy independence & territorial integrity, & must fulfill international obligations. The Charter also lays out the structure & methods of the UN

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UN Charter

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outlined key policies for sustainable development; produced Agenda 21 & the Rio Declaration

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UN Earth Summit

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Comprised of representatives of all states, it allocates UN funds, passes non - binding resolutions, & coordinates third world development programs & various autonomous agencies through the ECOSOC

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UN General Assembly

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The UN's executive branch, led by the secretary - general

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UN Secretariat

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A body of five great powers (which can veto resolutions) & ten rotating member states, which makes decisions about international peace & security including the dispatch of UN peacekeeping forces

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UN Security Council

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Attempted to resolve the Palestinian - Israeli conflict by exchanging land for peace.

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UN Security Council Resolution 242

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Rights such as life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness, which are derived from the doctrine of natural rights

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Unalienable rights

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Agreement passed by the Senate that establishes the rules under which a bill will be debated, amended, & voted upon

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unanimous consent decree

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extent to which managers can understand or predict which environmental changes & trends will affect their businesses

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Uncertainty

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extent to which members of a culture feel threatened by unknown or uncertain situations

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uncertainty avoidance

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MF 1852, a novel published by harriet beecher stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal & immoral caused Civil War, Europe applauds

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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UN Conference on Population & Development in Cairo, Egypt in 1994. Called for a program of action to foster family planning & improve the access of women in such areas of education

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UNCPD

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The French were infuriated with the US after Jay's Treaty, so began to attack American ships at sea

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Undeclared naval war with France

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FP 1830, Harriet Tubman, a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North

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Underground Railroad

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To assign meaning to messages

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Understand

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the act of interpreting a message by following syntactic symantic & pragmatic rules

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understanding

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October 13, 1913 - Lowered tariffs on hundreds of items that could be produced more cheaply in the U. S. than abroad

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Underwood Tariff Bill

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a market coverage strategy in which a firm decides to ignore market segment differences & go after the whole market with one offer

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undifferentiated marketing: targeting strategies

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an inductive style, in which the speaker lays out supporting evidence & then draws a conclusion, leading the listeners to be drawn into the argument

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unfolding organizational speech structure

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Those regulations passed by Congress or issued by regulatory agencies to the states without federal funds to support them

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Unfunded mandates

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A govt in which the same party controls both the White House & both houses of Congress. When Bill Clinton became pres. in 1993, it was the first time since 1981 (and only the second time since 1969) that the same party was in charge of the presidency & Congress

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Unified govt

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During the mid 1800's, count Camillo di Cavour expanded the Piedmont - Sardinia's power & also

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Unified Italy

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set of rules in area of EEO, published in 1978; provide that all procedures (tests, etc. ) used be valid & relevant to job performance

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Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (part of EEO)

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Unilaterialism is a state's dependence on its own power to maxime security & achieve national interests

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Unilateralism

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in the Civil War - Larger number of troops, superior navy, better transportation, overwhelming financial & industrial reserves to create munitions & supplies, which eventually outstripped the South's initial material advantage

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Union Advantages

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Central Pacific & Union Pacific lines met at Ogden, Utah, creating the first transcontinental railroad line

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Union Pacific & Central Pacific joined/transcontinental line

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USG railroad that started in Omaha, Nebraska & it connected with the Central Pacific Railroad in Promentary Point, Utah; hired Chinese immigrants

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Union Pacific Railroad

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A firm in which all workers must join the union

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Union Shop

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A workplace where an employee must pay dues or their equivalent to the union, but may not be fired if he or she fails to maintain membership in good standing in the union for any reason other than failure to pay such dues

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union shop

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Workers' associations that bargain with employers over wages, benefits & working conditions

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Unions

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Something that is used universally in the description of money matters such as prices. The unit of account most commonly used in the US is the dollar

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Unit of Account

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way of placing a specific price on economic goods & services (it serves as a standard of value (yardstick) that allows people to compare the relative worth of various goods & services)

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unit of accounting

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A traditional party practice under which the majority of a state delegation can force the minority to vote for its candidate

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Unit Rule

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the actor exercising power is a single entity that can "think" about its actions coherently & make choices

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unitary actor assumption

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A labor union representing approximately 1. 3 million workers in the U. S. & Canada in many industries, including health care, meatpacking, poultry & food processing, manufacturing, textile & chemical trades, & retail food. Until July 2005, UFCW was affiliated with the AFL - CIO, where it was the second largest union by membership. Along with two other members of the Change to Win Coalition, the UFCW formally disaffiliated with the AFL - CIO on July 29, 2005.

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United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

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Fayol - each subordinate should have only one boss

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unity of command

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all activities in pursuit of a given organizational goal should be under direction of a single person

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unity of direction

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Right of all qualified adults to vote

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Universal suffrage

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Degree - granting institutions of higher learning. Those that appeared in Latin West from about 1200 onward became the model of all modern universities

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universities

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LBJ Robert Kennedy sent marshalls to protect the right of qualified black there

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University of Missippi & Alabama

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unwarrantable jurisdiction

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unjust control

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oppressions

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unjust use of power

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tyranny

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unjust use of power

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despotism

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unlimited power

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What is an Inherent Power

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Unlisted Powers

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national boundaries that existed in Africa at the end of the 19th century can best be described as

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unnaturally imposed

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UN Security Coucil - main peacekeeping organ of the UN. Made up of 15 members, 5 of which are permanent: China, France, Russia, US & UK

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UNSC

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consumer product that the consumer either does not know about or know about but does not normally think of buying

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unsought product

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Certain deeply ingrained aspects of our govt which are not mentioned in the Constitution, such as political parties; political conventions; & cabinet meetings

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unwritten Constitution

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Made in 800 - 400BCE refers to the the practice of disciples gathering fro religious discussion

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Upanishads

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Articulation, pronunciation, vocal pauses, overuse of stock expressions, & substandard grammar

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Upon what factors dose the intelligibility of a presentation depend

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Described awful conditions of meat packing industry, led to Meat Inspection Act

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Upton Sinclair/"Jungle"

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The pope that launched the crusades in 1095. Called for Christian kings to take back the holy land, Jerusalem

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Urban II

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LBJ large scale rioting, summer 1966 & 1967, so Pres appointed National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, said democracy to all citizen, adequate financing by both the federal & local govt

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Urban Riots

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A Persian - influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters & used as a literary language since the 1300s

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Urdu

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A program that responds to national emergencies, rebuilding our communities and extending American compassion throughout the world

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USA Freedom Corps

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The annual cost of owning & using a capital asset, equal to economic depreciation plus forgone interest

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User cost of capital

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wrongful uses of authority

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usurpations

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A moral theory in which the right course of action is the one that results in the highest total utility

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Utilitarianism

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An abstract measure of the satisfaction consumers derive from consuming goods, services, & leisure activities

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Utility

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Communities seeking cooperation, communism ideals, & communitarianism

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Utopian communities

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Philosophy introduced by the Frenchman Charles Fourier in the early nineteenth century. Utopian socialists hoped to create humane alternatives to industrial capitalism by building self - sustaining communities whose inhabitants would work cooperatively (616

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utopian socialism

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Some ethnic problems. The Islamic Movement of Uzbek. causes some instability

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Uzbekistan conflicts

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Riga, Latvia

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Vaduz, Liechtenstein

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An issue on which voters distinguish rival parties by the degree to which they associate each party or candidate with conditions, goals, or symbols the electorate universally approves or disapproves of. Examples of such issues are economic prosperity & political corruption

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Valence issue

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It must have noticeable preferences: - Should display options & your preference. show one's opinion as only alternative +other opinions are ineffective - Well grounded in a coherent account of the consequences of policy - Theory of an outcome with an issue (consequences) - One must understand the facts of the case to further evaluate consequences

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Valid Opinion makeup

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Quarters of American army one winter in revolutionary war. Very cold, but Washington kept the morale of the troops up

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Valley Forge

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quality/price

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value

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things that vary w/ the quantity of sales

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variable costs

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Sum of prifts on each increamental unit produced by a firm

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Variable profit

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games in which the outcome can at times be beneficial for all or most of the players

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variable sum games

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The technique of enhancing immunity by exposing patients to dried mucous taken from those already infected

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variolation

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Two categories of social identity of great importance in Indian history. Varna are the four major social divisions: the Brahmin priest class, the Kshatriya warrior/administrator class, the Vaishya merchant/farmer class, & the Shudra laborer class

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varna/jati

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Portuguese explorer. In 1497 - 1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route

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Vasco da Gama

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Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific & claimed it for Spain

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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In medieval Europe, a sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord

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vassal

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finding the optimal way to use resources such as aircraft, bus, or trucks, & their operating crews to provide transportation services to customers & materials to be moved between different locations

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vehicle/crew scheduling

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GC2 1895, Guiana & Venezula in conflict with each other discovery of gold, Cleveland called for arbitration, The US determined to enforce the Monroe Doctrine by itself, without relying on the British got most of the land navy

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Venezuelan Boundary Dispute

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A long - running & highly secret collaboration between U. S. intelligence agencies & the United Kingdom's MI5 & GCHQ that involved the cryptanalysis of messages sent by several Soviet intelligence agencies, starting in the 1940s

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VENONA project

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Voluntary export restraints (VER'S) & voluntary export agreements (VEA'S)

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VER's & VEA's

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choosing to invest in economic activity upstream (Backward Vertical FDI), or Downstream (Forward Vertical FDI) from the core business activity of the business unit

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Vertical FDI"

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Owning every step of the manufacturing process. Ex: An oil company owns the land the oil comes from, the business to extract the oil, the shipping business to ship the oil, & the gas stations to sell the oil

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Vertical Integration

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The value taken by the dependent variable when the independent variable equals zero

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Vertical intercept

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Consists of producers, wholesalers, & reltailers acting as a unified system. One channel member own the others, has contracts with them, or wields so much power that they must all cooperate

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Vertical Marketing System

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A combination of two companies that are involved in different phases of producing a product

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Vertical Merger

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a company that designs, produces, & sells its own products, without using middlemen or wholesalers

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vertical retailer

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The second - largest cabinet department, the VA coordinates the distribution of benefits for veterans of the American armed forces & their dependents. The benefits include compensation for disabilities, the management of veterans' hospitals, & various insurance programs

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Veterans Administration

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CC Colonel Forbes goes to jail for conspiring to sell narcotics, liquor, & other govt property

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Veterans' Bureau Scandal

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An organization of American veterans who have taken part in a foreign military campaign or expedition of the U. S. Like the American Legion, it usually takes pro - defense stands on foreign policy issues

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Veterans of Foreign Wars

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A negative vote cast in the UNSC by one of the five permanent members that defeats the issue being voted on

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veto

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In the process of law making what power does the executive branch have over the Legislative branch

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Veto

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Military courts, in which defendants are not entitled to a trial by jury of peers. These were established in the colonies to try colonial smugglers because colonial juries often sympathized with smugglers & would not convict them

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vice - admiralty courts

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A sealed - bid auction where the highest bidder wins pays the price bid by the next - highest bidder

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Vickrey Auction

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AL, 1863 a decisive battle in the American Civil War 1863

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Vicksburg

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A term sometimes used for various acts that are considered crimes under the law but apparently have no victim. One such crime is prostitution, which is viewed by some as a commercial exchange between two consenting adults

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victimless crime

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Reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837 - 1901). The term is also used to describe late - nineteenth - century society, with its rigid moral standards & sharply differentiated roles for men & women & for middle - class & working - class people (711)

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Victorian Age

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Norwegian collaborator during WWII. Made had of govt under German control

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Vidkun Quisling

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communist guerilla movement in vietnam

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Viet Cong

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communist dominated vietnamese nationalist movement, operate out of China in WWII, guerilla tactics

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Vietminh

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a merchandise display that shows how merchandise looks in use

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vignette

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Vilnius, Lithuania

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convulsions

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violent disturbances

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What did the pogroms that occurred in the late 19th century Russia do

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violently persecute Jews

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_ House of Burgesses was a bicameral legislature

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Virginia

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Affirmations of States rights in the face of the Alien & Sedition Acts. Written by Madison & Jefferson. Included a statement of the power of nullification by the States

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Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions

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A joint - stock company: based in Virginia in 1607, founded to find gold & a water way to the Indies. Confirmed all Englishmen that they would have the same life in the New World, as they had in England, with the same rights. 3 of their ships transported the people that would found Jamestown in 1607

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Virginia Company

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In response to the 1765 Stamp Act, Patrick Henry persuaded the Virginia House of Burgesses to adopt several strongly worded resolutions that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies. Known as the Virginia Resolves, these resolutions persuaded many other colonial legislatures to adopt similar positions

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Virginia Resolves

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Virtual representation means that a representative is not elected by his constituents, but he resembles them in his political beliefs & goals. The colonies only had virtual representation in the British govt

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Virtual Representation

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A Hindu god that had its own devotional cult. The preserver of the world

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Vishnu

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visible signs of an organization's culture, such as the office design & layout, company dress code, nd company benefits & perks, like stop options, personal parking spaces or the private company dining room

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Visible artifacts

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a statement of a company's purpose or reason for existing

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Vision

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The ability to create & articulate a realisitic, credible, & attractive vision of the future that improves upon the current situation

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Visionary Leadership

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appeal to our sense of sight

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visual aids

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1. One of the world's most trusted sources for news & information from the U. S. & around the world; 2. A type of Media Propaganda

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Voice of America

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A congressional voting procedure in which members shout "yea" in approval or "nay" in disapproval; allows members to vote quickly or anonymously on bills

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Voice vote

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WW, implemented the 18th Admendment. It established illegal alcohol at above 5%, but then comes the speakeasies

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Volstead Act

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a vote in a parliament expressing support for a govt; a govt losing a vote of confidence is expected to resign

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vote of confidence

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What does the word Plebiscite mean

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vote of the people

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system designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility by submitting the proper form

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voter registration

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The citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching a minimum age requirement. In the U. S. a citizen must be at least eighteen years old in order to vote

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Voting - age population

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Eliminated obstacles used to block black voting, such as literacy tests. Enabled federal registrars to register voters

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Certain behaviors are linked to certain outcomes. Outcomes (rewards) have varying degrees of of value, worth and attractiveness. Certain behaviors are are associated with a probability of success

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Vroom's expectancy theory

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Black leader who fought for universal suffrage & civil rights, & founded the Nigara Movement & NAACP

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W. E. B. DuBois

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1886 - Stated that individual states can control trade in their states, but cannot regulate railroads coming through them. Congress has exclusive jurisdiction over interstate commerce. States cannot regulate or place restrictions on businesses which only pass through them, such as interstate transportation

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Wabash vs. Illinois

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Bill declared that the Reconstruction of the South was a legislative, not executive, matter. It was an attempt to weaken the power of the pres. Lincoln vetoed it. Wade - Davis Manifesto said Lincoln was acting like a dictator by vetoing

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Wade - Davis Bill

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Payments for labor services that are directly tied to time worked, or to the number of units of output produced

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Wage

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nation's basic labor legislation; est. employee rights to form unions, requires employers to bargain w/ such unions in good faith, & prohibits unfair labor practices

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Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act of 1935) NLRA

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Democratic bill that reversed the high rates of tariffs imposed by the Whig - backed "Black Tariff" of 1842 under pres. John Tyler

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Walker tariff

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A Supreme Court interpretation of the establishment clause in the First Amendment that prevents govt involvement with religion, even on a nonpreferential basis

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Wall - of - separation principle

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Passed in 1936, the Walsh - Healy Act stated that workers must be paid not less than the prevailing minimumw age normally paid in a locality, restricted regular working hours to eigh hours a day, & 40 hours a week, with time & a half pay for additional hours, prohibited the employment of convicts & children under 18, & established sanitation & safety standards

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Walsh - Healy Act

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Violations of the law governing the conduct of warfare, such as by mistreating prisoners of war or unnecessarily targeting civilians

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war crimes

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A term originally used to describe a member of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Congress of the U. S. who advocated going to war against Great Britain in the War of 1812

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War Hawks

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WW Headed by Bernard Baruch, could order businesses to support war by building more plants, etc

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War Industries Board

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Statement of Union General Sherman during Civil War

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War is hell

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Johnson's programs to help poor Americans, including job retraining & improvement of housing

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War on poverty

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Passed in 1973 - Pres. is Limited in deployment of troops overseas to a 60 - day period in peacetime unless Congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period

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War Powers Act

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Converted factories from civilian to military production. Manufacturing output tripled

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War Production Board

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Andean civilization culturally linked to Tiwanaku, perhaps beginning as colony of Tiwanaku

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Wari

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RR, Gorbachev = supported political settlements in Angola & Cambodia, & took out troops from Afghanistan, wanted more open society perestroika "restructing", glasnost "openess", also reduced miltary spendings, Bush didn't support the programs like Star Wars

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Was the Cold War Over

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The U. S. & nine other countries discussed limits on naval armaments. They felt that a naval arms race had contributed to the start of WW I. They created quotas for different classes of ships that could be built by each country based on its economic power & size of existing navies

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Washington Conference of 1921

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meeting held in 1921 aand 1922 where world leaders agreed to limit construction of warships

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Washington Naval Disarmament Conference

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Just & amicable feelings towards all nations "No permanent attachments or hate for any nations" "Troubles seperating economic & political ties"

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Washington's Farewell Address

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Never delivered. Warned of the dangers of divisive party politics & warned agaisnt US alliances with other countries

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Washington's Farewell Address

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Established isolationist policy, proclaimed govt's official neutrality in widening European conflicts also warned American citizens about intervening on either side of conflict. (1793)

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Washinton's Neutrality Proclamation

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A mechanism that harnesses the energy in flowing water to grind grain or to power machinery. It was used in many parts of the world but was especially common in Europe from 1200 to 1900

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water wheel

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Refers to the office complex in DC where members of the committee to re - elect Richard Nixon, posing as burglars, broke into the offices of the Democratic Party's national headquarters. They were caught, & the scandal ultimately led to Nixon's resignation

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Watergate

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Riots in LA in 1965, 30 people died

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Watts riots

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GF where almost all important work on tax law occurs; decides whether to go along with presidential requests for tax cuts or increases, changed under Ford

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Ways & Means Committee

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What is the level of conflict, who is in conflict & what is the source of conflic

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Ways to manage conflict

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For what three reasons do we generally try to communicate with each other

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We communicate to direct, influence or inform our audience

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Best known song of the civil rights movement

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We shall overcome

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a state with little capacity for carrying out policies adopted or a state in which teh extent of any part of the state is limited

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weak state

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A balance sheet of an economy's stock of assets & liabilities

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Wealth Accounts

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WJC"end welfare as we know it", poor ppl move from welfare to work, welfare payments to max of five years, welfare recipients engage in work within two years

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Welfare Reform

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a state which provides a wide array of social services to its members

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welfare state

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The Republicans chose Wendell L. Willkie to run against Pres. Roosevelt. Willkie's great appeal lay in his personality. The Republican platform condemned FDR's alleged dictatorship, as well as the New Deal. Willkie was opposed not so much to the New Deal as to its extravagances & inefficiencies

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Wendell Wilkie

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A line of trenches & fortifications in WWI that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. Scene of most of the fighting between Germany, on the one hand, & France & Britain, on the other

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Western Front

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Where are the Ural Mountains

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Western Russia

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Claims itself as independent from Morocco; not widely recognized

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Western Sahara

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Alliances are groups of states in opposition to other groups of states. Each alliance is developed to help the member states promote their national interests & achieve foreign policy objectives

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What are Alliances

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Foreign Policy Objectives are the goals of a foreign policy, derived by relating a state's national interest to the international situation & the power available to the state

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What are Foreign Policy Objectives

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The quran, hadith, & sunna. Respectively gods words to Muhammed, Muhammed's sayings, & Muhammed's deeds

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What are islam's three holy books

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The entrance to New York Harbor

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What are Narrows

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North - South relations are the relationship between industrialized, developed countries (the North) & mostly poor, developing countries (the South). Most developed countries are geographically north of Lesser Developed Countries

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What are North - South relations

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Commander in Chief, Pardons, Appointments, Treaties, Law enforement

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What are powers of the Executive Branch

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National security, personal right to privacy, law enforcement, & well water geographic data. Most other info must be provided within 10 days under the 1966 Freedom of Information Act

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What are some exemptions to the 1966 FOIA

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1. Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces; 2. Appoints ambassadors; 3. Represents the nation to foreign countries; 4. Vetoes or signs Bills into Law; 5. Appoints Supreme Court justices

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What are some powers of the Pres.

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Old Age, Survivors & Disability Insurance. Because of this, SS is sometimes called OASDI

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What are the 3 components of Social Security in the US

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35 years old, born in US, live in US for 14 years

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What are the 3 qualifications for Pres.

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30 years old, 9 years in US, live in the state they represent

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What are the 3 qualifications of a Senator

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25 years old, live in US for 7 years, live in the state you represent

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What are the 3 qualifications to be a representative

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the District Courts & the Court of Appeals

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What are the Lower Federal Courts

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Declare war, collect taxes, create money, created army, create courts

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What are three powers of Congress

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1. To help domestic firms achieve first mover advantages. 2. Help domestic firms compete against firms who have first mover advantages

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What are two primary objectives of govt intervention in international trade

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Introduction, body, conclusion, transitions, andsupport

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what areas should you focas on When writing your draft

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The Executive, subject to the approval of the senate

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What branch of govt negotiates treaties

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Europeans insisted on the growth of cash crops, such as cotton

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What caused low food supplies in Africa during European colonization

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uncontrollable inflation, a lack of democratic tradition, a large number of political parties

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What contributed to the weakness of the Weimar Republic

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Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine

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What countries have access to the Black Sea

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An expansion of freedom of speech

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What did Napoleon not accomplish

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launched a program of higher taxes & foreign investments

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What did Sergey Witte do to finance Russian industries

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Germany drove the Russians into full retreat, G regained East Prussia, G seized numerous guns & horses

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What did the Central Powers gain over Russia at the battle near Tannenberg

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Germany's policy to sink any ship in Britain's water without warning

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What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to

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Roads, bridges, aqueducts, & a codified legal system. It lasted 800 years

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What did the Roman empire contribute to the world

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That heretical views should not be persecuted by the govt

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What did Voltaire Believe

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nationalism

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What does fascism stress

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Is a country relying on machinery, rather than labor

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what does it mean by capital intensive

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Any law that is necessary & proper to running the govt

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What does the Elastic Clause give Congress the power to make

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Voice shows if the subject acts or is acted upon

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What does the voice of your writing indicate

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it saved Germany from an inflationary crisis & stabilized the economy

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What effect did the Dawes Plan have on the economy of Postwar Germany

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rapid industrial growth, stronger national defense, modernization of the Soviet economy

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What ere the goals of the five year plans

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None. They can divorce with no explanation. Women can only divorce in a few circumstances

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What excuses do jewish & islamic men need to divorce their wives

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Selecting your purpose & objective, analizing your audience, researching your subject, selecting a pattern, & outlining

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What five steps are involved in the prewriting phase

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The wording of a telegram. Since each word of a telegram costs the same, word economizing is integral to save money while ensuring the message meaning; the same concept is applicable to developing bullet statements

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What form of communication dose the construction of a bullet statement resemble Why the compairison of the two forms

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that their blockade would defeat Britain before US troops arrived

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What gamble did Germany make before the U. S. entered the war

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Unemployment & low economic growth

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What happens if the fed interest rate goes too high

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it revealed the weaknesses of czarist rule & military leadership

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What impact did Russia's involvement in WWI have on the Russian gov

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it is in the best interest of a firm to upgrade its advanced factors of production: eg: employee training & R & D. Equally, firms should lobby the govt to urge them to increase investment in education, infrastructure, & R & D, & to promote strong competition in domestic markets

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What important policy implications evolve from an understanding of Porter's Diamond of National Advantage

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bank closings, unemployment, business failures

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What increased during the Great depression

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A Capability Analysis is an evaluation by the state of its military, political, diplomatic, & economic abilities to see if it has the means to achieve national interest & foreign policy objectives

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What is a Capability Analysis

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A Colony is a noncontiguous possession of a sovereign state, established by settlement, cession, and/or conquest

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What is a Colony

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Giving up something to get something else

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What is a compromise

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A Written Form of govt

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What is a Constitution

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A magazine that sets its circulation & gets money from advertisers

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What is a controlled - circulation magazine

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A Leasehold is an area used by a foreign state under an agreement with the sovereign state that owns the area

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What is a Leasehold

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A Nation is a social group that shares a common ideology, institutions, customs, & a sense of homogeneity. It may be a state, part of a state, or extend beyond the borders of a state

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What is a Nation

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A National Style is the behavior pattern of a state dealing with its foreign policy problems

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What is a National Style

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Get out of jail for free

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What is a Pardon

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a relationship between a strong sovereign state & a semisovereign state or an area not recognized as a state. Two traditional reasons for their establishment: - To thwart the interests of third states - To administer law in order in an area where no responsible govt exists

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What is a Protectorate

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A Sphere of Influence is an area dominated by the national interests of a foreign power

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What is a Sphere of Influence

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a state in which the govt controls every aspect of public & private life

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What is a totalitarian state

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If you are giving negative feedback on job performance, you must make it clear why negative feedback is being given

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What is an aspect of procedural justice theory in management

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If you are giving negative feedback on job performance, you must make it clear why negative feedback is being given

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What is an aspect of procedural justice theory in management

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Powers specifically given to Congress

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What is an Enumerated Power

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Powers given to Congress without really writing it out

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What is an Implied Power

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Bismark's fear of France's army & Britain's fear of Germany's empire

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What key factor led to th eformation of the Triple Alliance & the Triple Entete

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The Federal govt operates under "open shop" rules nationwide, although many of its employees are represented by unions. So, an employee cannot be compelled to join a union that may exist at the employer, nor can the employee be fired if s/he joins the union. In other words, the employee has the "right to work", whether as a union member or not

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What labor arrangement does the federal governement operate under

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expensive war, Jew & Muslim expulsion, english raids on Spanish ships

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What led to the economic downfall of Spain

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Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, the Soloman Islands, Tuvalu, the U. K

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What nations are still part of the British Commonwealth

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US, China, Israel, Zimbabwe

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What nations oppose the ICC

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The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altay Mountains & the grasslands & steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, & by the North China Plain to the southeast

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What natural features border the Gobi Desert

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Generally speaking, companies have three choices when they want to raise cash. They can issue shares of stock, they can borrow from the bank, or they can borrow from investors by issuing bonds

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What options do corporations have for raising capital

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This lesson covers four outline types: scratch; formal; informal; & talking paper

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What outlining formats are mentioned in this lesson

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The Federalist party in 1792, which advocated strong national govt. It was opposed by Thomas Jefferson & James Madison's Republican party

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What political party did Alexander Hamilton start

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Peasants had less rice to eat bc the French exported most of it

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What set the stage for Vietnamese resistance against the French

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The summary should restate the main points, the relationship between points, & the specific objective of the presentation

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What should be accomplished during the summary

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Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana. They all became states in the early to mid 1800's

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What states were part of the Northwest Territory

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The US considers its domestic law to hold sway over international law. European nations tend to hold international law in a higer regard

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What takes presedence, US domestic law or international law

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Puerto Rico, The phillipines, & Cuba. it took place starting in 1898. The phillipinos, & later the cubans would fight for their independance

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What territories did the US take from Spain in the spanish american war

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Leontief Paradox: Leontief performed empirical tests on the "factor endowment" idea & found that it does not predict real world scenarios

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What theory did Leontief promote

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National Competative Advantage (Porter's Diamond): Combination of the following give competative advantage in the Global Economy: 1. Factor Endowments 2. Demand Conditions 3. Relating & Supporting Industries 4. Firm Strategy, structure, & rivalry

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What theory did Micheal Porter promote

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The product life - cycle theory: the idea that products are intially produced in countries with a supporting market size. Then the are filtered down to the developing world after time as costs increase in the originating country

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What theory did Raymond Vernon promote

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Absolute advantage: A country has an absolute advantage in the production of a product when it is more efficient than other countries

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What trade theory did Adam Smith promote

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Comparitive Advantage: The theory that countries can specialize in the production of goods in which they are more efficient

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What trade theory did David Ricardo promote

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1. sign it to make it a Law; 2. veto it & send it back to Congress

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What two things can a pres. do to a Bill

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High govt spending with low tax collection from the nobles

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What was an immediate economic cause of the french revolution

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a one - party system, a disregard for individual rights, supremacy of the state

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what was common to both fascism & communism

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The Algerian war, starting in 1954. Harsh crackdown on Algerian militants lead to independance for Algeria in 1962

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What was France's Vietnam

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Religious fever gripped the nation strengthening the catholic church

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What was NOT a social change during the French Revolution

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The stock market & banking system created their own reform council, gov. agencies took over businesses & farms, large publick works projects helped to provide jobs

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What was one part of Roosevelt's New Deal program to fight the Depression

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value of hard work, glory of soviet life, achievements of Stalin

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What was stressed by socialist realism

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It founded the The Organization for Security & Co - operation in Europe (OSCE)

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What was the 1975 Helsinki Conference

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The allies would fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it

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What was the Allies plan for victory over the Nazis

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the amount of compensation defined in money for loss of a persons life

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What was the concept of wergeld

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held at the suggestion of the Soviet Union which wished to use the talks to maintain its control over the communist countries in Eastern Europe. Western Europe, however, saw these talks as a way to reduce the tension in the region, furthering economic cooperation & obtaining humanitarian improvements for the populations of the Communist Bloc

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What was the Conference for Security & Co - operation in Europe (CSCE)

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a plan proposed by René Pleven, the French foreign minister, in response to the American call for the rearmament of West Germany. intention to form a pan - European defence force as an alternative to Germany's proposed accession to NATO, meant to harness its military potential in case of conflict with the Soviet bloc. never ratified & collapsed 30 of August, 1954

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What was the European Defence Community

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a philosophical & literacy movement of the 1800s that emphasized living a simple life & celebrating the truth found in nature & un - personal emotion

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What was Transcendentalism

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to protect soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines

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What was trench warfare intended to accomplish

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one's greatest loyalty is not to the king but to the nation of people & the people who ahve common culture

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What was true about nationalism

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The resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in the atlantic

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What was Wilson's stated reason the US declared war on germany in 1917

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the Final Act of the CSCE. The civil rights portion of the agreement provided the basis for the work of Helsinki Watch, an independent NGO created to monitor compliance to the Helsinki Accords. While these provisions applied to all signatories the focus of attention was on their application to the Soviet Union & its associates, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania

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What were the Helinski Accords

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Love of natures beauty, value of common people, glorification of heroes & heroic actions

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What were three major components of romanticism

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Religion, Territories, & Power among European ruling families

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What what the Thirty Years' war a conflict over

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A ruler should never violate the constitution of his or her country

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What would Metternich most likely not agree with

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1971, resulting in the third india - pakistan war

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What year did Bangladesh become independant

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1810. It's war to win its freedom ended in 1821

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What year did Mexico separate from Spain

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1947, immediately fought war with india overt kashmir

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What year was pakistan partitioned

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retailing that states that new types of retailers usually begin as low margin, low price, low status operations but later evolve into higher priced, higher service operations, eventually becoming like the conventional retailers they replaced

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wheel of retailing concept

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Rhetorical questions; direct questions; quotations; illustrations; a startling statement; unusual or dramatic devices; & refrences to the importance of the theme

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When starting a presentation, what are some attention - getting devices you might consider

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In 1991. It is a trading block of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, & Uruguay. Venezuela & Bolivia will become members soon

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When was Mercosur founded

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In 1935 by 8 international unions within the AFL, which had either opposed or given only lukewarm support to organizing mass production industries, to change its policies. After failing to change AFL policy from within, five of these eight unions split from the AFL to found the Congress of Industrial Organizations as a rival federation in 1938

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When was the CIO founded

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Approx. 1300 to 1600. It was preceded by the Middle (or Dark) ages & preceded the Modern age

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When was the renaissance

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After WWII, 1945 - 1950 by decree of pres. Truman

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When was the US Army desegregated

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Northeast New York state. It is a resort area

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Where are the Adirondack Mountains

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In Massachussetts, established Plymouth in 1620

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Where did the pilgrims settle

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Smaller countries. The top 5 troop donating nations are India, Nigeria, Jordan, Bangladesh, & Australia. The US is the top money donator to the UN, but it donates few troops

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Where do the majority of UN troops come from

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It begins either in the Senate or in the House of Representatives

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Where does a Bill go first to become a Law

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Where should firms locate their various production facilities

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where they can be performed most efficiently

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EPRs, Awards/Decoration Nomination Package

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Where would you most likely use an SAB

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Talking paper, point paper, or bullet background paper

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Where would you most likely use an SIB

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Only Morocco. founded in July 2002. The AU is a federation consisting of 53 states. The purpose of the federation is to help secure Africa's democracy, human rights & a sustainable economy, especially by bringing an end to intra - African conflict & creating an effective common market

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Which African countries are not part of the African Union

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the fall of dunkirk, evacuation of the British forces, Italy's attack on France from the South

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Which of the following factors led to the fall of France to the Nazis

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Japan was overcrowded & faced shortages of raw materials, Japan wanted the rich European colonies of Southeast Asia, Japan took over Manchuria & later fought for the heartland of China (NOT the emperor wanted a larger empire to suit his divine status)

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Which of the following motivated Japan to build an empire

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There has been a rapid increase in the total volume of FDI undertaken & there has been a change in the importance of various countries as sources for FDI

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Which of the following two statements accurately reflects the trend in foreign direct investments over the past 20 years

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Party formed to oppose Jackson & the democrats. Supported protective tariffs, national banking & federal aid for infrastructure. Fell into disunity over slavery, & later Republican party emerged from it

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Whig party

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A senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking, rounds up members when important votes are to be taken, & attempts to keep a nose count on how the voting on controversial issues is likely to go

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Whip

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group of farmers refused to pay federal excise tax on whiskey, Washington responds decisively with troops (1794)

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Whiskey Rebellion

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After the Whiskey Ring robbed the Treasury, Grant delcared, "Let no guilty man escape," his own secretary was found to be a culprit. However, he wrote a letter on his behalf & country began to turn on Grant

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Whiskey Ring

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reporting others' ethics violations to management or legal authorities

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Whistleblowing

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Whites migrating/moving to the suburbs by the millions

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White Flight

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directly advises the pres. on a daily basis, it includes the more than 600 people who work at the White House, from the chef to the advance people who make travel arrangements. The key staff departments include Intergovernmental Affairs. It includes the support services of Scheduling, Personnel, & Secret Service & the policy offices of the National Security Affairs, Domestic Policy Affairs, & cabinet secretaries

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White House staff

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The practice of keeping African Americans from voting in primary elections (at the time, the only meaningful election in the one - party South was the Democratic primary) through arbitrary implementation of registration requirements & intimidation. Such practices were declared unconstitutional in 1944

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White primary

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WJC an Ame political controversy that began with the real estate dealings of the Clintons & their associates in the Whitewater Development Corporation, a failed business venture. David Hale claimed in November 1993 that Bill, while govnr of AK, pressured him to provide an illegal $300,000 loan to Susan McDougal, Kenneth Starr major player

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Whitewater

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Churches. They can discriminate in hiring based on religion

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Who can legally violate equal opportunity laws

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Cases can only be between states, both of whom have to accept the jurisdiction of the court to try the case

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Who can participate in cases at the ICJ

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The governmental Accounting Standards Board, since 1984. It is a private, non - governmental, organization. The mission is to establish & improve standards of state & local governmental accounting & financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports & guide & educate the public, including issuers, auditors, & users of those financial reports

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Who determines the GAAPs for state & local governement

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The 1966 Act applies only to federal agencies. However, all of the states, as well as the DC & some territories, have enacted similar statutes to require disclosures by agencies of the state & of local govts, though some are significantly broader than others. Many combine this with Open Meetings legislation, which requires govt meetings to be held publicly

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Who does the Freedom of Information Act apply to

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Juan Peron, Hitler, Mussolini

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Who embraced fascism

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The cost of per unit taxes is split between the buyer & the seller

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Who is most affected by per unit taxes

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Alexander Hamilton

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Who is on the $10 bill

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who is on the $2 bill

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Andrew Jackson

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Who is on the $20 bill

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Lincoln

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Who is on the $5 bill

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Who is on the $50 bill

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An author, editor, & creator of The Whole Earth Catalog & CoEvolution Quarterly. intent was to enable people to find virtually any sort of information useful to themselves,

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Who is Stewart Brand

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Who: Good question. Traditionally it was thought that only congress could do so as the power to suspend HC was found in article I of the constitution, wherein the legislature's powers are defined. Lincoln did it, & though it was found to be unconstitutional, he merely ignored the ruling. PResident Grant also did it

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Who may suspend the writ of habeas corpus & when

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The Congressional intelligence committees. For the CIA, it is the senate foreign relations committe as well

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Who must the pres. inform before conducting a covert military operation

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He was greatly supported by the lower classes, but fought constantly with the Senate

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Who supported Caesar

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physically, socially, psychologically, & holistically

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who you are is reflected how

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theory that the structure of a language shapes the world view of its users

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whorf - sapir hypothesis

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East Africans believed that magic water would protect them from bullets

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Why ddi the Maji Maji Rebellion fail

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She wanted to restore the political power of the native Hawaiians

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Why did American sugar planters overthrow Queen Liliuokalani

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Egypt could not pay its foreign debt

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Why did Britain take control of Suez Canal

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they were alliances of several parties who disagreed on many policies

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Why did coalition govts usually prove unstable

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They became very rich & influential due to increased trade. Inland states such as Germany declined in power

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Why did coastal nations gain in power during the age of Exploration

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because of their natural resources & strategic location

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Why did westen nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim

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It is the least hostile & most intimate form of communicating with your audience. You are able to speak "off the cuff", but may also use spaeking aids, such as index cards, outlines, etc

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Why is "extemporaneous" approach to speaking appealing

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because it is ever changing, ongoing activity

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Why is communication a process

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It's going to increase your awareness of communicating in a global village

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Why is ethics important

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It is the least hostile & most intimate form of communicating with an audience. You are able to speak "off the cuff," but may also use speaking aids, such as index cards, outlines, etc

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Why is the "extemporaneous" approach to speaking appealing

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Because the law of demand says that the demand curves slope downward

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Why is the price elasticity of demand almost always a negative number

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communicate to satisfy needs, provide a meaning that others will understand

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Why study communication

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it's the frame through which we communicate, it influences the roles we play & how we behave, & it affects the way we view others

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why study self - concept

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US marshall who pursued some of the worst outlaws of the old west

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Wild Bill Hickok

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A strike without union authorization

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Wildcat strike

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December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947 is among the most eminent female American authors. She is known for her depictions of US prairie life in novels like O Pioneers!

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Willa Cather

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First Protestant kings of England

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William & Mary

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RR attention on educatio reform

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William Bennett

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born in Newport 1727 - educated at Harvard Member of Rhode Island Sons of Liberty & signer of the Declaration of Independence

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William Ellery

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Admiral of US fleet in Pacific in WWII

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William Halsey

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GB1 2000 EPA, antipollution, tighten automobile emissiosn

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William K. Reilly

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A militant abolitionist, he became editor of the Boston publication, The Liberator, in 1831. Under his leadership, The Liberator gained national fame & notoriety due to his quotable & inflammatory language, attacking everything from slave holders to moderate abolitionists, & advocating northern secession

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Ran a network of corrupt NYC officials called the Tweed ring. Tammany Hall. Name synonomous with municipal corruption. Boss Tweed

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William Marcy Tweed

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WHat did the Glorious Revolution bring to England's throne

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William of Orange

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Pioneer in the kind of sensational reporting often called Yellow Journalism. Helped whip up hostility toward Spain, which led to the Spanish American war

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William Randolph Hurst

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AL scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war. Leading Union general. Known for saying 'War is Hell. '

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William Sherman

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The maximum price at which he or she would buy a good

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WILLINGNESS TO BUY

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JP, David Wilmot Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico 1846, Calhoun against with his compact theory govt. created by states

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Wilmot Proviso

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GC2 1894, This tariff passed by Congress in 1894 restricted US sugar imports. The tariff led to an economic downturn in Cuba, & in turn helped to increase the anger of Cuban natives against colonial Spain. Was 40% rate compared to McKinley Tariff, however again he was defeated on tariff program

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Wilson Gorman Tariff

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Oct. 3, 1919 - Wilson suffered a catastrophic, disabling stroke while campaigning for passage of the Versailles Treaty. The campaign was cut short & Wilson was never the same. This doomed any chance of passage of the treaty as Wilson, in this disabled state, withdrew from negotiations with Senate Republicans & refused to entertain any amendments to the treaty

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Wilson Suffers Stroke

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Set idealistic goals for peace

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Wilsonian Idealism

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Presented at Peace Talks (1919) at end of WWI: Versailles. St. Germain & Trianon Treaties. Free trade & lower tariffs. Reductions is armaments. Decolonization of empires. Self determination with trusteeships. Create international peacekeeping force with collective security provisions

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Wilson's 14 points

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approach to conflict resoloution in which one party reaches it's goal at the expense of the others

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win - lose conflicts

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approach to conflict resoloution in which the parties work together all to satisfy their goals

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win - win problem solving

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One in which small differences in human capital translate into large differences in pay

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Winner - take - all labor market

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an election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins

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winner - take - all system

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another term for first past the post

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winner take all

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Prime minister of GB in WWII. Kept brittain moral going during german aieral assults

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Winston Churchill

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An electronic delivery of news gathered by the news service's correspondents & sent to all member news media organizations

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Wire Service

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The pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft, especially in northern Europe in the late sixteenth & seventeenth centuries

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witch - hunt

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Haywood was the leader of the Wobblies. The International Workers of the World (Wobblies) were a militant, radical union. They favored socialism & opposed free enterprise. They were disliked by big business & less radical unions

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Wobblies

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Women's group encouraging abstinence from alcohol. Leading force for prohibition

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Women's christin Temperance Union

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A movement to secure legal, economic & social equality for women. Galvanized by work of Betty Friedan. Worked for equal pay, improved day care & abortion rights

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Women's movement

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Woman's Right Convention, prominent feminists read Declaration of Sentiments: "all men & women are created equal"

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Women's Rights/Seneca Falls

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Organized by female activists, helped give femal reformers an national stage for social investigation & advocacy

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Women's Trade Union League

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nomination of Theodore Roosevelt as the presidential candidate for the "Bull Moose" party led to the election of which of the following pres.s

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Woodrow Wilson

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Who said "world must be made safe for democracy"

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Woodrow Wilson in 1917 upon entering WWI

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A type of slowdown used by workers. It is not completely covered by US labor law

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Work - to - rule

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defines the hierarchy of project tasks, subtasks, & work packages

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work breakdown structure

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A belief in the importance of hard work & personal achievement

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Work ethic

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A team composed of multiskilled workers, that does all the tasks previously done by individual member in a functional department or departments

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Work Team Characteristics

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contribute to productivity, product quality, & reputation of organization not only for its goods & services but also as a place to work

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worker performance & morale

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An alternative to the traditional welfare, where an individual is trained to work instead of receiving welfare

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Workfare

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unethical behavior that violates organizational norms about right & wrong

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Workplace deviance

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Program of the New Deal to perform public works to put people back to work

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Works Progress Administration

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A specialized agency of the UN that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, & debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

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World Bank

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The judicial arm of the UN; located in The Hague, it hears only cases between states

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World Court (International Court of Justice)

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A centralized world governing body with strong enforcement powers

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world govt

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Based in Geneva, it provides technical assistance to improve health conditions in the third world & conducts major immunization campaigns

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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comprehensive mental pictures of the critical problems facing the U. S. in the world & of the appropriate & inappropriate ways of responding to these problems

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Worldviews

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wholly owned subsidiary

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WOS

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weaknesses, opportunities, threats & strengths underlying planning

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WOTS - UP analysis

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Creek in SD where US killed large number of Sioux in 1890. Last major military conflict between whites & Native Americans

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Wounded knee

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Launched the air age

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Wright Brothers

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a legal document issued by the Supreme Court to request the court transcripts of a case, indicated that the Court will review a lower court's decision

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writ of certiorari

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A Latin term meaning "you shall have the body. " A court order directing a police officer, sheriff, or warden who has a person in custody to bring the prisoner before a judge & show sufficient cause for his or her detention. The writ of habeas corpus was designed to prevent illegal arrests & imprisonment

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Writ of habeas corpus

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What can Congress not take away from a Person

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Writ of Habeus Corpus

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court order directing an official to perform an official duty

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writ of mandamus

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A candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot (usually because he or she has not secured the nomination of a political party) but whose name must be written on the ballot by voters

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write - in candidate

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enabled people to keep records, pass on learning & transfer information - allowed people to keep historical records of themselves - developed by Sumerians between 3500 & 3000 BCE

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writing

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FDR Hitler, Mussolini Axis with H, Winston Churchill, SW - Stimson, SN - Knox, FDR, MacArthur

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WW2 People

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What was the major reason the US declared war on germany in 1917

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WWI was disrupting US trade with France & Britain

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Xenophobia is the fear & distrust of foreigners & the policies & objectives of other states

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Xenophobia

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A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of defenses & stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called them, & dispersed them in 1st Century

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Xiongnu

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Incident in which French officials demanded a bribe to speak to American diplomats. Published in newspapers (but French names were replaced with X, Y, & Z) & completely reversed American sentiment towards France

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XYZ Affair

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Hebrew name for God

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Yahweh

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Founded in 1701, it was the third college of the colonies

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Yale College

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Confrences that established Soviet Union as a reasonable rational power that can be dealt with with diplomatically

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Yalta Conferences

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One of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration

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Yamagata Arimoto

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Originally a nickname for people from New England, now applied to anyone from the U. S

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Yankee

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Inflammatory, irresponsible reporting by newspapers to incite war. Used by William Randolph Hearst to incite the Spanish - American war

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Yellow journalism

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A supposed threat to the US posed by Japan & China. Fear of asian immigration & Japan's rising military power

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Yellow Peril

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San Salvador, El Salvador

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Yerevan, Armenia

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Does the Bill of Rights give people the right to critisize the govt

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Yes

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The Yi dynasty ruled Korea from the fall of the Koryo kingdom to the colonization of Korea by Japan

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Yi Kingdom

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A curve that shows the relationship between interest rates & bonds' time to maturity

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Yield Curve

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In Chinese belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. Yin is associated with masculine, light, & active qualities; yang with feminine, dark, & passive qualities

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yin/yang

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language that judges another person increasing the likely hood of a defensive reaction

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you language

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lowered German reparations and limited how long they had to be paid, it also removed outside supervision and control of Germany

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Young Plan

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1940 - Franklin Roosevelt campaign promise of 1940, though he had already begun some preparations for war

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Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars. "

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The founder of Zarathustrianism

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Zarathustra

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The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation. It is known in Sanskrit as dhyana, in Chinese as chan, & in Korean as son

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Zen

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the founder of Stoicism on the island of Cyprus

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Zeno

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A frim is earning a normal return on its investment i. e. it is doing as well as it could by investing its money elsewhere

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Zero Economic Profit

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An imperial eunuch & Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa

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Zheng He

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massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities, but its function is unknown

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ziggurat

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1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U. S. It was intercepted & caused the U. S. to mobilized against Germany, which had proven it was hostile

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Zimmerman Note

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Zionism is a movement which promotes political, economic, financial, & military support for Israel

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Zionism

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