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Maya, Aztecs, Incas Flashcards

Chapter 1

288375041	Atahualpa	Inca leader who was captured by the Spanish	0
288375042	Pizarro	Lead of the Spanish invasion of Inca lands	1
288375043	Moctezuma II	Last Aztec emperor	2
288375044	Cortes	Leader of the Spanish invasion of Aztec lands	3
288375045	Conquistadors	A group of Spanish soldiers	4
288375046	Chinampas	Floating gardens built by the Aztecs	5
288375047	Cuzco	Inca capital	6
288375048	Causeways	Raised roads across water or wet ground	7
288375049	Rebel	To fight against authority	8
288375050	Maize	A crop grown by the Maya	9
288375051	Llamas	Raised by the Inca for wool and meat	10
288375052	Pachacuti	An early emperor who expanded and increased Inca power	11
288375053	Diseases	Unknowingly brought to the Americas by the Spanish	12
288375054	Obsidian	Tools were made of this in order to cut limestone	13
288375055	Masonry	Another word for stonework	14
288375056	A god	What Moctezuma II thought Cortes was	15
288375057	An island	Where the Aztecs built their capital city	16
288375058	Jade	One of the things the Maya traded for forest goods and cotton	17
288375059	Machu Picchu	A royal retreat in the Andes	18
288375060	Quipus	Knotted cords used to keep records	19
288375061	The mita	A labor tax system	20
288375062	Tenochtitlan	A great city built on an island in Lake Texcoco	21
288375063	A trading network	How Maya cities were linked	22
288375064	Road system	This connected all parts of the Inca empire	23
288375065	Tribute	A payment to a more powerful ruler or country	24

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US History Unit Two Exam Flashcards

US History Unit 2 Exam for Moloney G Block

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562871648	Missouri Compromise	-Tensions rose in 1819 when Missouri's application for statehood stirred up controversy over whether the country should expand westward. -Missouri's territorial gvt requested admission into the Union as a slave state in 1819. -Senate added an amendment to prohibit slavery in LA territory N of MO's S boundary. -Becomes 24th state. Passes 1820
562871649	President Andrew Jackson's Election	Led in popular vote, but didn't win necessary electoral votes. Decision went to the House. John Quincy Adams won. Wins 4 years later.
562871650	Spoils System	Practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support.
562871651	The Bank War	-Charter for new nat'l bank is up for renewal. -Congress passes new charter -Jackson vetoes bill, wants to limit the power of the federal government. -Public=mad -Irreconcilable differences forced Dem-Rep to split into 2 parties. Democrats, led by Jackson. Whigs, led by Henry Clay
562871652	Jackson's Beliefs	Democratic Party ( State's Rights) -Rejected established authority -Wanted to end corruption in politics -Strong democracy.
562871653	Indian Removal Act	Increased pressure from the states to remove Indians. -GA,AL,and MS deny Indians legal rights. -> Indian Removal Act. Relocates indians to inhabited regions W of Miss River. -1838 Martin Van Buren sends people to forcibly remove them.
562871654	Nullification Crisis	John Calhoun wrote book that said that states have the right to nullify federal law. -3/4 of states could amend the Constitution to create a nullification law. -If passed, nullifying state could leave the Union. -SC nullifies gov tariffs -Jackson disagrees with the succession clause. -Congress passes Force Act and Compromise Tariff of 1833. -Ends nullification crisis.
562871655	Effects of Nullification Crisis	Establishes Federal Supremacy. Federal government always wins. Creation of anti-Jackson coalition among southerners.
562871656	Democrats	States Rights
562871657	Whigs	Federal Government. Opposition to Jackson. Wanted to expand federal gvt, encourage industrial and commercial development and centralized economy
562871658	Manifest Destiny	Idea that the nation was meant to spread to the Pacific.
562871659	Mexican-American War	Texas's entry into the Union made Mexica mad. Disputed TX SW border. Senate votes in favor of war.
562871660	Compromise of 1850	CA comes in as a free state and organizes the rest of the Mexican cession without any restrictions on slavery. -Ended slave trade in DC. -Passed fugitive slave act.
562871661	Fugitive Slave Act	Benefits slaveholders. Created active hostility towards slavery among Northerners. Slaveholder only had to point out an alleged run away.
562871662	Underground Railroad	Network of abolitionists helped them. Harriet Tubman - most famous conductor.
562871663	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Caused Southern outrage. Impact on public opinion. Caused civil war?
562871664	Kansas-Nebraska Act	Nebraska became a free state. Kansas would become a slave state. 1854. -Civil war erupts in Kansas.
562871665	Reemergence of Republicans	N Whigs joined w/ Free-Soilers and anti slave Democrats to form Republican Party. GOAL: Stop Southern Planters from becoming an aristocracy that controlled government. Slavery should be kept out of the territories.
562871666	Know-Knothings	N Dems -> American party aka Know Nothings. -Anti Catholic and Nativist. Opposed Immigration.
562871667	Dred Scott v. Sanford	Dred Scott was a MO slave who had been taken North to work in free territory. He sued to end his slavery. Supreme court dismissed it bc Scott wasn't a citizen. Would have lost anyways.
562871668	John Brown's Raid	Abolitionist who opposed slavery with violence. Seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA. Free enslaved people in the area and rebel against slaveholders.
562871669	President Abraham Lincoln	Elected president in 1850. Within days of his election, SC becomes 1st state to secede. -Republican -Believed slavery was morally wrong, opposed spread of it to the Western Territories.
562871670	Southern Seccession	Starts with South Carolina. Followed by Miss., FL, AL, GE, LA, and TX
562871671	Fort Sumter	First to fall. Confederate forces bombarded it for 33 hours.
562871672	Advantages of North During the War	North: More money, people..etc. Anaconda plan!
562871673	Advantages of South During the War	More respected generals
562871674	Martial Law	Military rule. Established in Baltimore.
562871675	Habeas Corpus	Court order that requires the government to charge an imprisioned person with a crime or let them go free.
562871676	North Strategy	Anaconda Plan- Blockade of Southern Ports. Only a long war focused on destroyig the South's armies
562871677	South's Strategy	Pick battles carefully. Attacking and retreating when necessary to avoid heavy losses. Defensive war of attrition. Goal: to take over DC
562871678	Battle of Antietam	Crucial Union victory. British government was ready to intervene. South lost its best chance at international recognition and support..
562871679	Emancipation Proclamation	Decree freeing all enslaved people in states still in rebellion after Jan 1, 1863.
562871680	Life on the Battlefield	Hard!
562871681	Battle of Gettysburg	Union won. Strengthened republicans. Disaster for the South. 1/3 of their army was dead.
562871682	Sherman's March to the Sea	William Tecumseh Sherman - In charge of Union operations in West while Grant headed East to fight Lee. Sherman heads to South carolina.
562871683	The South Surrenders	The capture of Atlanta revitalized Northern support for the war and lincoln.
562871684	Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction	Lincoln offered a general amnesty to all SOutherners who took an oath of loyalty to the US. -Wanted a moderate plan to reconcile the south with the union instead of punishing it for treason.
562871685	Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction	People could individually appeal for amnesty. Required states to ratify 13th ammendment.
562871686	Freedmen's Bureau	Est. by Congress. Helped formerly enslaved people find work on plantations and negociated labor contracts with planters. Congress refused to confirm the right of African Americans to own lands that had been seized from plantation owners.
562871687	Congressional Plan for Reconstruction	(republican dominated) Freedmen's Bureau. 14th and 15th Ammendment. Military Reconstruction act.
562871688	Black Codes	Seemed to be intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery. Required them to enter into annual labor contracts.
562871689	13th Ammendment	Bans slavery in US
562871690	14th Ammendment	Granted citizenship to all people born in the U.S. and declared that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty and property without due process of law
562871691	15th Ammendment	Declared that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude
562871692	Southern Resistance to Reconstruction	Southern opponents of Reconstruction to undermine republican rule - Ku Klux Klan
562871693	Failures of the Reconstruction	-Black Codes -KKK -Republicans lose power in House and Senate -Share Cropping -Reconstruction left blacks trapped in poverty.
562871694	Redemption and Compromise of 1877	Included a promise to pull federal troops out of the South.

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1st Semester US History Exam Review pt 1 Flashcards

1st Semester US History Exam Review part 1. Make sure to look at the other parts.

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618440009	Bought a steel company for $480 million	JP Morgan
618440010	Won 1896 election due to lots of money	McKinley
618440011	Had research laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ	Thomas Edison
618440012	Founder of Standard Oil Company	John D. Rockefeller
618440013	Made money in steamboats and railroads	Corneilius Vanderbilt
618440014	Invented sleeping car and had a company town	George Pullman
618440015	Made money in steel industry	Andrew Carnegie
606660203	Restriction on immigration passed by Congress	Chinese Exclusion Act
606660202	Term that refers to what many 19th century native born Americans considered their country to be	Melting Pot
606660204	restricton limiting Japanese emigration to the U.S.	Gentleman's Agreement
606660205	Immigrants on the west coast typically entered from here	Angel Island
606660206	Immigrants from Europe typically entered the U.S. from this place in New York City	Ellis Island
606660207	The confusion and anxiety that results form living an unfamiliar country	Culture Shock
606660208	Amendment that abolished slavery	13th
606660209	Repealed prohibition	21st
606660210	Gave blacks the right to vote	15th
606660211	Gave blacks citizenship	14th
606660212	Allowed for direct election of senators	17th
606660213	Prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol	18th
606660214	Created a legalized federal income tax	16th
606660215	Gave women the right to vote	19th
606660216	Became president when McKinley was assassinated	T. Roosevelt
606660217	Ran for president as a decomcrat and probably owed his victory to a split in the Republican party	W. Wilson
606660218	Picked by Roosevelt, he defeated William Jennings Bryan in the election	Taft
606660219	As president, he set aside 148 million acres for forest preserves	T. Roosevelt
606660220	Pushed for passage of Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act	T. Roosevelt
606660221	Ran on a New Freedom platform that demanded stronger anti-trust legislation	W. Wilson
606660222	Was president during World War I	W. Wilson
606660223	He published a book that said the United States needed to build a bigger more modern navy to protect its interest throughout the world	Alfred Mahan
606660224	Theodore Roosevelt was declared the hero of this, even though he and his units played a minor role in its capture	San Juan Hill
606660225	This general forced Cubans to relocate to concentration camps, where thousands of them died	Valeriano Weyler
606660226	After the war, the United States paid $20 million to Spain for the annexation of this nation	Philippine Islands
606660227	It criticized the American president, causing American public opinion to turn against Spain	de Lome letter
606660228	Soon after it was destroyed, the United States declared war on Spain	U.S.S. Maine
606660229	This Cuban poet and journalist launched a Cuban revolution in 1895	Jose Marti
606660230	This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a famous land battle in Cuba	Rough Riders
606660231	Pancho Villa and John Pershing are both associated with this nation	Mexico
606660232	Also known as "big stick" diplomacy, this term refers to the policy of the United States to send in its military to Latin America, in order to protect American economic interests	Roosevelt Corollary
606660233	This place is still a United States territory	Puerto Rico
606660234	This place tried to achieve its independence by going to war against the United States	Philippines
606660235	This term refers to the policy of the United States denying recognition of Latin American governments that were oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile	Missionary Diplomacy
606660236	This country was the focus of John Hay's "Open Door notes"	China
606660237	American troops were sent into Mexico to try to capture this Mexican revolutionary leader	Pancho Villa
606660238	He led American forces into Mexico in pursuit of a Mexican revolutionary leader	John J. Pershing
606660239	His assassination sparked World War I	Archduke Franz Ferdinand
606660240	Warfare that relies on machines powered by gasoline and diesel engines	Mechanized Warfare
606660241	He commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)	General John J. Pershing
606660242	When the United States entered the war, it lacked a powerful army. This solved that problem	Selective Service Act
606660243	This British liner was sunk by a German U-boat	Lusitania
606660244	This suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany deeply angered the American people	Zimmerman Note
606660245	This American idea defeated the German U-boat campaign	Convoy system
606660246	He was president throughout all of World War I.	W. Wilson
606660247	Became popular as a result of the Red Scare and anti-immigrant feelings	Ku Klux Klan
606660248	Most famous boxer of the 1920s	Jack Dempsey
606660249	Silent film star, known for his hat and mustache	Charlie Chaplin
606660250	Most famous jazz musician and composer	Louis Armstron
606660251	Americans felt that this form of government would take over the country	communism
606660252	Executed, a victim of the Red Scare	Bartolemeo Vanzetti (and Sacco too)
606660253	Made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, flying the Spirit of St. Louis	Charles Lindbergh
606660254	Harlem Renaissance's best-known poet	Langston Hughes
606660255	This man was elected president in 1920	Warren G. Harding
606660256	This program built roads, developed parks, and planted trees.	CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
606660257	This president took a do nothing approach towards the Depression	Herbert Hoover
606660258	Actor, director, and producer who created one of the most renowned radio broadcasts of all time.	Orson Welles
606660259	The author of The Grapes of Wrath	John Steinbeck
606660260	A program implemented to help the elderly and disabled.	Social Security Act
606660261	This man was president when the Social Security Act was passed.	FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
606660262	This program was aimed at helping out youths in America by providing them with jobs.	NYA (National Youth Administration)
606660263	A harsh critic of FDR, this man was assassinated before he could run for president.	Huey Long
606660264	This organization raised crop prices by lowering production.	AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

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Essential Vocabulary: US History Semester A Flashcards

El Rancho High School.
Flashcards of the terms students must master in order to understand US History content. All terms are standards-based.
Created by Daniel Diaz

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562064947	Checks and Balances	A system that allows each branch of our government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent the abuse of power
562064951	Enlightenment	A movement during the 1700's based on the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society. Example, these ideas influenced the American Revolutionaries
562064953	Federalism	Divides power between the national and state governments.
562064957	Nullification	The idea that states could refuse to obey a federal law they believe violates the Constitution. Example, South Carolina did this when they claimed they did not have to pay a federal tariff.
562064958	Republic	A form of government where people can elect leaders to represent them. Example: America has this type of government
562064961	Conservation	the practice of preserving and protecting the environment and of natural resources. Example: Teddy Roosevelt believed that this was very important.
562064964	Ellis Island	an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States.
562064968	Industrialization	This occurred when America went from a rural to more urban nation. Example, this results in machine made goods and urbanization
562064971	Laissez Faire	idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs. Example: this idea was used during the industrial era.
562064974	Patronage	A job or contract that one is given for political reasons not because they are the best person for the job. Example: political machines used this as a way to reward their supporters.
562064980	Progressivism	A group of reform movements in 1890s and 1900s that focused on fixing urban problems, such as the working conditions, poor sanitation, and corrupt political machines.
562064983	Social Darwinism	The idea that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.
562064986	"The Jungle"	A book by Upton Sinclair that pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. Example-The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.
562064990	Trusts	A secret monopoly. When a group of separate companies are under the control of a single group of managers. Example: Standard Oil was one of these.
562064992	Fundamentalism	Conservative beliefs in the Bible and that it should be literally believed and applied. Example: This idea was a major part of the Scopes Trial.
562064996	Great Awakening	religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century.
562064998	Manifest Destiny	the belief that the U.S. should extend all the way to the pacific ocean
562065002	Separation of Church and State	The policy of keeping government and religious functions separate
562065006	Social Gospel Movement	A reform movement based on the belief that Christians have a responsibility to help improve working conditions and alleviate poverty
562065009	Temperance Movement	campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages
562065013	Espionage	the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
562065016	Imperialism	a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries. Example: The US did this to gain access to foreign markets, spread "civilization", and control the Pacific Ocean.
562065019	Open Door Policy	A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.
562065022	Panama Canal	A huge construction project with the goal of connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, built from 1904 - 1914.
562065026	Reparations	payments for war damage. Example: Germany had to pay these after World War I
562065029	Roosevelt Corollary	The United States had the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force.
562065032	Spanish-American War	In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
562065035	Treaty of Versailles	the treaty that ended World War I and placed blame for the war on Germany
562065039	18th Amendment	Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol.
562065042	19th Amendment	gave women the right to vote
562065046	Harlem Renaissance	a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
562065050	Mass Media	forms of communication, such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people
562065054	Mass Production	Process of making large amounts of a product quickly and cheaply. Example: Henry Ford used this concept in his factories
562065058	Red Scare	Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas
562065061	Bonus Army	WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before the 1945 due date.
562065065	Business Cycle	An idea that says it is normal to have economic hard times to recovery and growth, then back to hard times and a repetition of the sequence.
562065069	Credit	money available for an individual to borrow.
562065071	Dust Bowl	a nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s
562065074	Hoovervilles	A name for the shelters that were built of old boxes and other discards.

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US History 1st Semester Exam Review Flashcards

Terms and definitions for US History 1st semester exam review.

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614101499	social darwinism	The theory that encourages hard work as the way of getting to the top.
614101500	electricity	Before this was invented, factories had to be built by rivers in order to manufacture goods. Once this came along, manufacturers were able to produce goods away from rivers.
614101501	laissez faire	The idea that government should not be involved in the regulation of business.
614101502	collective bargaining	Used as a way to negotiate between workers and employers. Often during this time period, unskilled workers made very low wages due to all the immigrants who were coming over to the U.S. and willing to work really cheap. Management would take advantage of this and pay workers very little in wages.
614101503	immigrants	The Americanization movements goal was to integrate these people from various backgrounds and cultures into the American culture. Those who came from Europe to the U.S. entered our country through Ellis Island in New York. Those coming from Asian countries entered through Angel Island in California.
614101504	political graft	Illegally hiring people to do jobs for much more money than the job would actually cost. Much of the excess money would then be filtered back to the corrupt politicians who hired the workers. An example of this type of activity was when Boss Tweed overcharged taxpayers in the building of Tammany Hall and received a bunch of money in return.
614101505	1800s economic boom	Three contributing factors caused this... a growing urban population, a wealth of natural resources, and government support of business.
614101506	Interstate Commerce Act	The difficulty with using the railroads was that different areas in which the railroad would travel through would charge vastly different prices. This Act was made to regulate railroad costs so it would be consistent when you travelled.
614101507	rapid urbanization	When people flooded into cities to live. Because of the tremendously crowded conditions, issues such as fire, poor sanitation, and crime all rose significantly.
614101508	NAACP	The Goal of this organization was equality for all different races of people.
614101509	Progressive movement	The goals of this movement were fostering efficiency in the workplace, creating economic reform, protecting social welfare.
614101510	Booker T Washington	Believed that African-Americans needed technical skills to survive in America's economy.
614101511	Upton Sinclair	A muckraker who wrote The Jungle to describe the horrible conditions in America's meat-packing plants.
614101512	Jane Addams	She was an advocate of the settlement house movement and founded Hull-House.
614101513	Carrie Chapman Catt	She was head of NAWSA (National American Women's Suffrage Association).
614101514	Jim Crow laws	Laws that were passed in the south to prevent white & black people from intermixing and to prevent blacks from achieving equality. An example of these laws were signs showing separate drinking fountains or restrooms for blacks and whites.
614101515	literacy tests	Very difficult tests given to African-Americans in the south that they had to pass in order to vote. These tests were purposely made to keep African-Americans from voting.
614101516	segregation	When you separate people on the basis of race.
614101517	Pure Food and Drug Act	A law that required truthful labels to be put on all products to let people know what they are made of.
614101518	19th amendment	The amendment which gave women the right to vote (women's suffrage).
614101519	foreign markets	People in the late 1800's wanted to expand our nation overseas to help us gain more trade for our American goods in foreign markets.
614101520	Spanish American War	Causes were: (1) Yellow journalism - newspaper reporting that is exaggerated and not true. This kind of newspaper reporting made people in America believe that we should go to war with Spain. (2) The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. (3) The poor treatment of the Cuban rebels by the Spanish military.
614101521	Open Door Policy	Allowed the United States to start trading with China.
614101522	Panama Canal	A massive project that took many years to finish. It was a short cut between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. This shortcut also helped our military because we could get our ships to different places more quickly.
614101523	German Uboat	German submarines that made it difficult for the Allied forces to get supplies to their troops because they would destroy the ships before they delivered supplies.
614101524	Selective Service Act	Allowed Congress to draft men into the army. This Act enabled Congress to raise an army very quickly to fight in the war.
614101525	14 Point Peace Plan	Created by President Wilson... and suggested the following: Enter the League of Nations, no secret treaties, freedom of the seas for everyone.
614101526	Great Migration	When blacks from the south moved north to cities such as Detroit, Chicago, and New York for better job opportunities.
614101527	Treaty of Versailles	The United States Senate refused to approve this because they were against the forming of the League of Nations (which was part of this treaty).
614101528	Red Scare	When people from America were afraid that people coming from other countries might be communist. An example of this was when two Italian immigrants named Sacco and Vanzetti were tried and found guilty of murder mostly because they were thought to be communist.
614101529	Automobile	This invention was the main factor in urbanization (the growing of cities) because people could now get back and forth from home to work.
614101530	installment plan	The idea of "buy now, pay later". This really increased the amount of consumer products that were bought in the 1920's.
614101531	Harlem Renaissance	A time period of cultural revival in the African American Community. A lot of great music and art exploded onto the scene during this time.
614101532	speakeasies	Hidden establishments that people would go to to drink alcohol illegally. This was during the time period when prohibition was in effect and people weren't allowed to drink alcohol.
614101533	Scopes Trial	This trial really brought to light the struggle between religion and science in American schools. John Scopes taught his science class the theory of evolution even though it was not allowed according to Tennessee State Law.
614101534	Great Depression	Causes of this event were: the crash of the stock market, overproduction of crops in the farm sector, availability of easy credit.
614101535	bonus army	World War I veterans and their families who came to Washington demanding the bonus money they were promised.
614101536	rugged individualism	President Hoover's approach to the Great Depression. He thought the American people should be tough and fight to get through the Great Depression on their own without the help of Government.
614101537	speculation	In the 1920's, people bought stock on the chance of a quick profit without considering the risks involved.
614101538	Franklin Roosevelt	Won a landslide victory in 1932 over Hoover because people were so upset with Hoover's policies of not helping the people during the Great Depression. People didn't trust Hoover any more after the "Bonus Army incident" and they wanted the government to give them more help. His first major action as President once he took office was declare a "bank holiday" in order to get the banks in order. He had many successful ideas, but one idea of his that ended up failing was the court-packing bill.
614101539	New Deal	The goals of this program were as follows...1) Reform the stock market 2) Promote Laissez-faire 3) Promote industrial recovery in the farm sector. People will always remember this program because it increased the power of the President, increased the size of the government, and started the risky habit of deficit spending (spending more money than the government has to spend).
614101540	Reasons the U.S. entered WWI	1. The sinking of the Lusitania 2. The Zimmerman note 3. The threat to our shipping lanes and foreign trade because of the German U-Boats 4. Our cultural ties with Britain
614101541	Countries that came under U.S. control as a result of the Spanish American War	Cuba, Puerto Rico, & the Phillippines

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GACS lclab US History Fall Final Review - Unit 2 Flashcards

GACS lclab US History Fall Final Review - Unit 2 - Chapters 4 through 6.2

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50619648	French and Indian War	War from 1755 to 1763 between France (with allied Indian nations) and Britain and it's colonists for control of Eastern North America.
50619649	Treaty of Paris (1763)	Treaty that ended the French and Indian War and in which France gave up its land claims in North America to Britain (Canada)
50619650	Battle of Quebec	longest siege; won by British; climactic battle of the French and Indian War
50619651	John Adams	2nd President of the US 1797-1801. worked to relieve increasing tensions with France; defended soldiers accused of murder in Boston Massacre; argued in favor of the Declaration of Independence before the 2nd Continental Congress
50619652	Sam Adams	One of Founding Fathers of the United States; instrumental in garnering support of colonies for rebellion against Britian; founded committees of correspondenc, involved in protests against Stamp Act
50619653	King George III	King of England during the American Revolution
50619654	George Washington	(February 22, 1732[1][2][3] - December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States of America (1789-1797),[4] and led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Was significant in starting French & Indian War; President of Constitutional Convention
50619655	Marquis de Lafayette	French officer who assisted American forces in the War for Independence
50619656	Thomas Jefferson	3rd President of the US, 1801-1809; main author of the Declaration of Independence; a firm believer in the people and decentralized power; reduced the federal government; first Secretary of State; key leader of the Democratic-Republic Party
50619657	John Locke	Considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. Was a key Enlightenment thinker; Jefferson used Locke's ideas to support U.S.' decision for independence in Declaration
50619658	Benedict Arnold	traitor of american revolution
50619659	Lord Cornwallis	best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American Revolutionary War. His 1781 defeat by a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is generally considered the de-facto end of the war, as the bulk of British troops surrendered with Cornwallis. Source: Wikipedia
50619660	James Madison	4th President of US, 1809-1817; called the Father of the Consitution for his leadership at the Constitutional Convention
50619661	Alexander Hamilton	the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. He led calls for the Philadelphia Convention, was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and cowrote the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation. Source: Wikipeda
50619662	Patrick Henry	Member of the First Continental Congress; Warned of Revolutionary War. "Give me Liberty or give me Death"; major Anti-Federalist leader who refused to represent VA at the Constitutional Convention
50619663	Battles of Lexington and Concord	First battles of the Revolutionary War on April 19th, 1775
50619664	Battle of Saratoga	Revoluntionary War battle in 1777 in New York, a turning point in the war
50619665	Battle of Yorktown	Revolutionary War battle in 1781 in Virginia; resulted in one British arm's surrender
50619666	Proclamation of 1763	Order by the British king that closed the region west of the Appalachian Mountains to all settlements by colonists
50619667	Stamp Act	1765 law passed by the British Parliament that taxed newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials in the colonies; first direct taxation of colonist
50619668	Townshend Acts	Import taxes on lead, paper, tea, paint and glass were collected at port. Revenues from the Townshend duties were used to support British troops, royal governors, and royal judges, taking the power of the purse away from the colonial assemblies. The Acts also created a customs commission and suspended the New York assembly for failing to comply with the act.
50619669	Boston Massacre	Incident on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers in Boston killed five colonists
50619670	Boston Tea Party	December 16, 1773, colonists disguised as Indians boarded 3 East India Company ships in Boston and dumped all the tea into the harbor. They were protesting the Tea Act which allowed the East India Company's tea to be cheaper driving American tea merchant out of business
50619671	Intolerable Acts	Also called the Coercive Acts, this series of punitive acts targeted Massachusetts. The Port Bill closed Boston harbor until Boston paid for the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party. Other acts nearly elimimated self government in Massachusetts.
50619672	Declaration of Independence	1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
50619673	Treaty of Paris	1783-Treaty that ended the French and Indian War and in which France gave up its land claims in North America to Britain
50619674	Bill of Rights	First ten amendments to the Constitiution
50619675	Shays' Rebellion	An uprising against taxes in Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787; also helped result in calling of the Constitutional Convention
50619676	Alien and Sedition Acts	Laws passed by Congress in 1798 that enabled the government to imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government
50619677	Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions	Resolutions passed in 1798 that attacked the Alien and Sedition Acts as being unconstitutional
50619678	The Federalist Papers	85 essays or papers supporting the Constititution written by Federalists Hamilton, Madison and Nationalist John Jay.
50619679	Northwest Ordinace of 1787	Established a prcoess by which territories cuold become states; Forbids slavery north of the Ohio; encouraged development of the frontier through a new federal land policy; Americans were now able to buy land in small parcels on credit.
50619680	"Common Sense"	Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and published in January 1776 which called for American Independence from Britain
50619681	Whiskey Rebellion	Unrest in 1794 caused by opposition to a tax on whiskey

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US History I - Midterm Review Vocabulary Flashcards

VOCABULARY WORDS THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THE US HISTORY I MIDTERM (TEACHER: MR. BOSMANS)

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48293491	Stamp Act	required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, newspaper, or pamphlet
48293492	Samuel Adams	founder of the Sons of Liberty
48293493	Townshend Acts	indirect taxes on imported materials like glass, lead, and paint
48293494	Boston Massare	small battle between a few colonists and British guards (resulted in the death of Crispus Attucks)
48293495	Committees of Correspondence	used to communicate with other colonies about threats to American liberties
48293496	Boston Tea Party	colonists revolted by dressing up as Indians and dumping 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor
48293497	King George III	king of England
48293498	Intolerable Acts	one law shut down the Boston Harbor, another ordered quartering to be legal
48293499	Marial Law	rule imposed by the military
48293500	Minutemen	civilian soldiers
48293501	Second Continental Congress	a group that discussed and represented the people
48293502	Olive Branch Petition	urged an immediate return to the former harmony between Britain and the colonies
48293503	Common Sense	a pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, that explained the people's complaints with King George III
48293504	Thomas Jefferson	a virginia lawyer who was chosen to express the commitee's points in the Declaration of Independence
48293505	Declaration of Independence	document that described the people's rights
48293506	Patriots	people that were supporters of Independence
48293507	Loyalists	those who opposed independence and remained loyal to the Crown
48293508	Valley Forge	the site of the Continental Army's camp during the winter of 1777-1778
48293509	Trenton	location where the Continental Army attacked and killed 30 Hessians and held 918 captive
48293510	Saratoga	where General Burgoyne surrendered his battered army to General Gates on October 17, 1777
48293511	Inflation	rising prices
48293512	Yorktown	location of the British surrender on October 19, 1781
48293513	Marquis de Lafayette	french military leader that helped out with the wars in the US
48293514	Friedrich von Steuben	a prussian military drillmaster that made the Continental Army into a stronger fighting force
48293515	Treaty of Paris	confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundaries of the new nation
48293516	Republic	a government in which citizens rule through their elected representatives
48293517	Articles of Confederation	set of laws in which state governments were supreme in some matters while the national government was supreme in other matters
48293518	Land Ordinance of 1785	established a plan for surveying the land
48293519	Northwest Ordinance of 1787	provided a precedure for dividing the land into territories
48293520	Shay's Rebellion	the protest of farmers because of their debt problems
48293521	James Madison	called a meeting to discuss issues of interstate trade
48293522	Great Compromise	offered a large two-house Congress to satisfy both small and big states
48293523	Three Fifths Compromise	called for three-fifths of a state's slaves to be counted as population
48293524	Federalism	a system of government that divided power between national government and state governments
48293525	Legislative Branch	branch of government that makes laws
48293526	Executive Branch	branch of government that carrys out laws
48293527	Judicial Branch	branch of government that interprets the law
48293528	Checks and Balances	governmental system that prevents one branch from dominating the others
48293529	Electoral College	group of electors chosen by the states that would cast ballots for the candidates
48293530	Ratification	official approval
48293531	Federalists	supporters of the Constitution
48293532	Antifederalists	group who did not support the Constitution because they opposed having such a strong central government
48293533	Bill of Rights	a list of amendments, or rights, that were guaranteed to citizens of the U.S.

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GACS lclab US History Fall Final Review - Unit 4 Flashcards

GACS lclab- US History Fall Final Review - Unit 4 - Chapters 10 through 12

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50629064	Harriet Beecher Stowe	Author of the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852, which contributed significantly to anti-southern feelings among northerners before the Civil War.
50629065	Winfield Scott	general in the Mexican War who captured Mexico City; became a member of the Whig party in 1852. He came up with the Anaconda Plan in the Civil War.
50629066	David Wilmot	Pennsylvania Democrat- "Wilmot Proviso" - an amendment stating slavery nor involuntary servitude would exist in any part of Mexico
50629067	Zachary Taylor	12th president of the United States, 1849-1850, member of Whig party and Mexican War officer.
50629068	Stephen Douglas	Illinois senator who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed new territories to choose their own position on slavery; debated slavery issues againt Abraham Lincoln.
50629069	Daniel Webster	Senator from Massachusetts who used his great oratorical skills to persuade Congress to adopt the Compromise of 1850.
50629070	John Brown	Abolitionist crusader who massacred pro-slavery settlers in Kansas before the Civil War; hoped to inspire slavery revolt with 1859 attack on Virginia arsenal; executed for treason against the state of Virginia
50629071	Dred Scott	A slave who filed a lawsuit to seek legal emancipation
50629072	Roger B. Taney	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote an opinion in 1857 on Dred Scott case that declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutonal; Had the effect of making all blacks non-citizens and outlawed the restriction of slavery in the territories.
50629073	Abraham Lincoln	President of the United States 1861-1865; known for his effective leadership during the Civil War and his Emancipation Proclamation declaring the end of slavery in Confederat held territories
50629074	Ulysses S. Grant	Head of army during second part of the war, later became President. Grant believed in attrition. Ended the war. 18th President of the United States 1869-1877. Commander of union forces who accepted Lee's surrender in 1865
50629075	George McClellan	Ran against President Lincoln in second election. Was head General for first part of the war. Came down with the "slows"
50629076	Robert E. Lee	Leader of the Confederate army. Sided with them for Virginia.
50629077	Jefferson Davis	President of the Confederate States of America; ordered attack on Fort Sumter
50629078	Clara Barton	Volunteer known as "angel of the battlefield" during the Civil War. Founded the American Red Cross.
50629079	Stonewall Jackson	Conferate General known for his swift strikes against union forces; earned nickname "Stonewall" by holding his forces steady under extreme pressue atthe first battle of Manassas.
50629080	William T. Sherman	Union general in the Civil War, known for his destructive march to the sea in 1864
50629081	John Wilkes Booth	Southern actor who assasinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
50629082	Andrew Johnson	17th President of the United States 1865-1869; clashed with radical republicans on reconstruction programs, increased United States commitment during Vietnam War
50629083	Henry W. Grady	was a journalist and orator who helped reintegrate the States of the former Confederacy into the Union after the Civil War
50629084	Nathan Bedford Forrest	first overall leader "grand wizard" of the Klu Klux Klan (KKK). Before the war he had grown wealth as a cotton planter and slave trader. During the war, he was one of the Confederacy's most brilliant generals. Massacred 300 black Union soldiers and many black women & children. Captured Fort Pillow TN 1864.
50629085	James Buchanan	nominated for Democratic President in 1856. Supported the Compromise of 1850 & Kansas-Nebraska Act. Buchanan won the election & hoped to stop "the agitation of the slavery issue" in the North. 15th President of the US -1857-1861; supported by South
50629086	Manifest Destiny	argument that it was the undeniable fate of the United States to expand across North American; this was God's plan; Southerners wanted to use it to expand slavery
50629087	Freedmen's Bureau	Created by Congress in 1865, the first major federal relief agency in the United States
50629088	Freeport Doctrine	Stephen A. Douglas stated that slavery could be prevented from any territory by the refusal of the people living in that territory to pass laws favorable to slavery.
50629089	Trent Affair	Confederate President Davis sent 2 representatives (John Slidell & James Mason) to England & France. The reps made it past the Union blockade on the British ship, Trent. A union warship stopped the Trent & brought the representatives to the US. Great Britian then went to Canada & threatened war unless the reps were set free.
50629090	Emancipation Proclamation	A presidential decree by President Lincoln, effective 1/1/1863, that freed slaves in Confederate-held territory
50629091	Thirteenth Amendment	Constitutional Amendment, ratified in 1865 abolishing slavery.
50629092	Redeemers	A political coalition in the South during reconstruction era, who sought to oust the Republicans coalition of freed men, carpet baggers and scalawags.
50629093	Compromise of 1877	Agreement in which Democrats agreed to give Rutherford B. Hayes the victory in the Presidential election of 1876. Hayes, in return, agreed to remove the remaining federal troops from Southern states.
50629094	Compromise of 1850	Helped preserve temporary peace between North and South following Mexican War; prompted by California's request to enter Union as a free state.
50629095	Battle of Antietam	Civil War battle in Maryland in 1862
50629096	Battle of Shiloh	Civil War battle in Tennessee in 1862
50629097	Batle of Vicksburg	Grant layed seige to Vicksburg, Mississippi. For one month, Grant had Vicksburg shelled 2,800 shells per day. The people dug hide outs to stay alive and started eating horses, mules and dogs. Eventually the Confederates surrendered on July 4.
50629098	Battle of Gettysburg	Civil War battle in 1863 in Pennyslvania, won by the Union and a turning point in the war
50629099	Wade-Davis Bill	Required stringent requirements for Southern states re-entering the Union; pocket-vetoed by Lincoln

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GACS lclab US History Fall Final Review - Unit 3 Flashcards

GACS lclab- US History Fall Final Review - Unit 3 - Chapters 6.3 through 9

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50623628	The Second Great Awakening	religious revival throughout the United States from 1790's through 1830's promoted reform in America
50623629	circuit riders	traveling ministers from the Methodist church
50623630	Joseph Smith	Founder of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or Mormons), in New York in 1830. Killed by a mob in Illinois in 1844.
50623631	William Miller	Baptist preacher who believed that Jesus would return to the world in March 1843. His followers were called Millerites or Adventist.
50623632	William Henry Harrison	Ninth President of the United States, died of pneumonia after only one month in office. He won the Battle of Tippecanoe vs. Shawnee in 1811
50623633	Adams-Onis Treaty	1819 Treaty between the United States and Spain, in which Spain ceded Florda to the United States; also called the Transcontinental Treaty.
50623634	Eli Whitney	Inventor; developed the cotton gin in 1793, which rapidly increased cotton prouction in the south and led to a greater demand for slave labor; also invented a system of interchangeable parts
50623635	Samuel Slater	English textile worker who brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States by duplicating British textile machinery from memory
50623636	Nat Turner	African American preacher who led a slave revolt in 1831; captured an hanged after a revolt failed
50623637	John Quincy Adams	6th President of the United States 1825-1829; proposed greater federal involvement in the economy through tariffs and improvements such as roads, bridges, and canals.
50623638	John C. Calhoun	Statesman from South Carolina who held many offices in the federal government. He supported slavery, state's rights; in 1850 foresaw future conflict over slavery; he urged nullification of the tariff.
50623639	Henry Clay	Statesman from Kentucky; accused by Jackson of giving votes to John Q. Adams in return for post as secretary of state. Endorsed government promotion of economic growth, advocate of compromise of 1850 which was made up of 5 laws - one being the Fugitive Slave Act which ordered US citizens to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escapted from their owners. Called "Gallant Harry of the West."
50623640	Andrew Jackson	7th President of the United States 1829-1837; supported minimal government and the spoils system. Vetoed recharterization of the national bank, pursued harsh policy toward Native Americans; he won the Battle of New Orleans in 1812
50623641	John Marshall	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams; set precedents that established vital powers of the federal courts. Especially note that he was the author of Marbury v. Madison decision establishing the judicial review
50623642	Marbury v. Madison	1803 Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review
50623643	Charles Finney	Revivalist during the Great Awakening; emphasized religious conversion and personal choice
50623644	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Leader in the Transcendal Movement; lecturer and writer
50623645	Henry David Thoreau	Transcendentalist author known for his work "Walden Pond" (1854) and other writings
50623646	Horace Mann	School reformer and supporter of public educational system in Massachusetts. Later
50623647	Dorothea Dix	Advocate of prison reform and of special institutions for the metally ill in Massachusetts before the Civil War
50623648	Frederick Douglass	African American abolitionist leader who spoke eloquently for abolition in the United States and Britan before the Civil War.
50623649	Harriet Tubman	"Conductor" on the Underground Railroad, which helped the slaves escape to freedom before the Civil War
50623650	William Loyd Garrison	white leader of Radical Abolition Movement, based in Boston; founded the Liberator in 1831 to work for an immediate end to slavery
50623651	Elijah Lovejoy	editied the St.Louis Observer, a weekly newspaper. He was against slavery and called for gradual emancipation; He was killed by a proslavery mob in Alton, IL
50623652	Francis Cabot Lowell	invented the first completely mechanical cotton mill.
50623653	Seneca Falls Convention	The first women's rights convention in United States history -- held in 1848
50623654	Monroe Doctrine	President Monroe's American policy that stated that the United States would not be involved in European affairs and promised to protect the Western Hemisphere from colonization by Europe.
50623655	Elizabeth Cody Stanton	Women's rights leader in the 1800's; helped organize first women's rights movement. Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments on women's rights in 1848
50623656	Sojourner Truth	Abolitionists and women's rights advocate before the Civil Wa; as a former slave, she spoke effectively to whites about abolition issues
50623657	Nicholas Biddie	the President of the charter of the Bank of the United States, which was vetoed by Jackson.
50623658	Tecumseh	Native American leader in the late 1700's and early 1800's; led a pan-Indian movement that tried to unite several groups despite their differences.
50623659	Battle of Tippecanoe	Battle in the Indian Territory in 1811 between U.S. and Native American forces that led to the defeat of the Native Americans.
50623660	Battle of New Orleans	Battle in 1815 between American and British troops for control of New Orleans, ending in an American victory
50623661	Louisiana Purchase	Purchase by the United States of the Louisiana Territory from france in 1803; doubled size of america for 15 million
50623662	Embargo Act of 1807	Outlawed all trade with foreign countries. Jefferson chose this economic weapon against the French and British.
50623663	Treaty of Ghent	Agreement signed in 1814, that ended the War of 1812.
50623664	Missouri Compromise	Maintains the balance in the Senate between slave states and free states; 1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, outlawing slavery in future states to be created north of 36° 30' N latitude
50623665	Aaron Burr	Republican; ran for President in the Election of 1796; Thomas Jeffersons' VP in 1800; killed Hamilton; helped with Essex Junto to plot secession

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GACS lclab US History Spring Final Review - Unit 7 - Fincher Flashcards

GACS lclab - US History Spring Final Review - Unit 7 - Chapters 20 through 23 (Fincher Only)

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65024905	Charles Lindbergh	United States Aviator who made "first nonstop flight across the Atlantic." 1927; Plane called Spirit of St. Louis
65024906	Amelia Earhart	1928; first woman to fly as a passenger; 1932, first woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean
65024907	James Weldon Johnson	was an American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is remembered best for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of the first African-American professors at New York University. Later in life he was a professor of creative literature and writing at Fisk University. In 1916 he was asked to become the national organizer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
65024908	Edward Hopper	(July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. In both his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.[1]
65024909	John T. Snopes	Science teacher; challenged the law preventing public schools from teaching evolution
65024910	William Jennings Bryan	A believer in a literal interpretation of the Bible, Bryan was a prosecuting attorney in the Scopes trial (1925), in which he debated Clarence Darrow on the issue of evolution; the trial took a heavy toll on his health, and he died soon after it ended.
65024911	Marcus Garvey	head of the Universal Negroe Improvement Association. Urged black economic cooperation and founded chain of UNIA grocery stores and other businesses. Blacks looked up to him
65024912	Sacco & Vanzetti	Ferdinando Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891-August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888-August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrants who were accused and convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in Massachusetts. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the men were executed on August 23, 1927.The case is controversial along two separate but related lines: Culpability: regardless of the verdicts, were the men actually guilty? Conformance: regardless of actual guilt, were the trials fair? Answers to those questions were—and are—highly politicized. The assessment of either conformance or culpability turns on small details and often contradictory evidence. Many arguments have been made, but historians have still not reached consensus on either issue in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.
65024913	Calvin Coolidge	Vice President then President when Harding died: famous for Laissez Faire policy (leave business alone and let them grow)
65024914	Andrew Mellon	Treasury Secretary under Harding; helped shape economic policies of 1920's
65024915	Henry Ford	was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents
65024916	Eleanor Roosevelt	First Lady 1933-1945; tireless worker for social causes, including women's rights and civil rights for African Americans and other groups
65024917	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Fought the Great Depression through his New Deal social programs; battled Congress over Supreme Court control, proved a strong leader during WWII
65024918	John Maynard Keynes	British economist whose ideas have affected modern macroeconomics and social liberalism. He advocated interventionist economic policy, by which governments would use fiscal and monetary measures to mitigate the adverse effects of business cycles, economic recessions, and depressions. His ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics,
65024919	Herbert Hoover	Worked to aid Europeans during WWII; responded inefficiently to 1929 Stock Market Crash and Great Depression
65024920	Huey Long	Louisiana Senator in 1930's; suggested redistributing large fortunes "share the wealth", by means of grants to families; assasinated in 1935
65024921	John L. Lewis	Head of the United Mine workers; used strikes during the war to win pay raises
65024922	Dorothea Lange	photographer - pictures symbol of depression
65024923	John Steinbeck	Wrote "Grapes of Wrath"; story follows fortunes of a poor family as they traveled from the Dust Bowl to California-based on Great Depression
65024924	Louis Armstrong	Nicknamed "Satchmo;" African American jazz musician
65024925	Al Capone	United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion
65024926	Charles Coughlin	"Radio Priest" who supported and then attacked President Roosevelt's New Deal; prevented by the Catholic Church from broadcasting after he
65024927	Dr. Francis Townsend	The Townsend Plan called for a guaranteed monthly pension of $200 to every retired citizen age 60 or older, to be paid for by a form of a national sales tax of 2% on all business transactions. This led up to the Social Security Act (SSA) presented by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the New Deal.
65024928	Teapot Dome	Scandal during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil-drilling rights on government land in return for money
65024929	Normalcy	It won the presidential election for Warren G. Harding in 1920: normalcy, a word that he rescued from obscurity. After the disruption of the World War, Harding said on the campaign trail, it was time to get back to normal
65024930	Palmer Raids	Series of controversial raids by U.S. Justice and Immigration Departments on suspected leftists in the U.S. Raids named for Alexander
65024931	Scottsboro boys	Nine African American youths arrested for raping 2 white women while riding the rails
65024932	Bonus Army	Army veterans who served WWI were not given their money when they came home, they marched in front of the white house in front of Hoover and he called in the army to get away from him. Many were injured because of this. Was another reason for people who hated Hoover. They marched again later shortly after FDR became President. When they arrived they were shocked as they were welcomed by FDR and his wife Eleanor. They were fed when they arrived. FDR promised that they would get their money out to them as soon as possible and the men became loyal to FDR.
65024933	American Liberty League	Organization founded in opposition to the New Deal
65024934	The Wagner Act	Law passed in 1935 that aided unions by legalizing collective bargaining and closed shops, and by establishing the National Labor Relations Board
65024935	Federal Securities Act	Enacted in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929 and during the ensuing Great Depression; Part of the New Deal. The 1933 Act has two basic objectives: to require that investors receive significant (or "material") information concerning securities being offered for public sale; and to prohibit deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of securities to the public.
65024936	Works Progress Administration	The largest New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing. Almost every community in the United States had a park, bridge or school constructed by the agency, which especially benefited rural and Western populations. Expenditures from 1936 to 1939 totaled nearly $7 billion.[1]
65024938	Tennessee Valley Authority	Part of the New Deal - brought electricity to thousands of people at an affordable price. It controlled the flood waters of the Tennessee River and improved navigation, as well as introduced modern agriculture techniques. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.
65025593	Federal Relief Administration	Federal program that provides funds to local relief agencies; helps to relieve overburdened agencies

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