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Describe the Eastern woodlands peoples, the Iroquouis and the Alqonquin |
Agriculturalists who supplemented their diet with hunting and gathering of crops such as squash and legumes |
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A rebellion started by small farmers who wanted to settle on Native American Land |
Bacon Rebellion |
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Why did Spain, UK, and France focused to fight wars in North America prior to the American revolution? |
Disputes about controlling territories in the colonies Religion and cultural differences among colonists International tensions caused by competing alliances among the 3 nations |
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Difference of New France in 18th century compared to New England |
French colonists were more likely to pursue trade in furs with Native Americans and intermarriage them |
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Immediate cause of the sale of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 |
French could no longer afford the territory after the loss of its sugar colonies in the Caribbean due to events such as the Haitian revolution |
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1820 to 1840, US economy primarily relied on which transportation of goods between regions |
Privately built roads and railroads, as well as water transport such as canals |
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The Split of which and Democratic party of 1850s along sectional lines was due to |
The Extension of slavery to the newly acquired territories |
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Strategies the Unuion used in an attempt to defeat the south during the Civil war |
Blocking all major southern ports Capturing and controlling the Mississippi Campaigning to capture the confederate capital of Richmond and to destroy the secessionist government in the south |
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Initiatives of the Progressive Era response to the threat of Environmental degradation |
President Roosevelt creation of the National Park system |
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Late 19th century, economic development in the Southern US |
Had a continued reliance on agriculture and related enterprises. This included cotton and tobacco, along with share cropping and tenant farming |
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Lucratia Mott, Susan B Anthony, and Elizabeth Cody Stranton believed |
Women should be granted the same voting rights as men |
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This technology allowed early factories in the US to appear outside of mill towns in New England |
Steam power which reduced the dependency on water powered machinery |
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This public work relief to young men during the Great Depression offered jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources on state and federal government lands, and was part of Roosevelt's New Deal program |
Civilian Conservation corps |
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Immigrants who settled in large cities in the US between 1890 to 1914 primary came from what region? |
Southern and Eastern Europe |
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Enactment of the New Deal programs in the 1930s could be best characterized as reflecting the popular belief that |
The federal government should provide assistance to people in times of economic distress |
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This post WWII US foreign policy supported European countries again communist invasions or revolutionary war |
Truman Doctrine |
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The US foreign policy provided economic and military support to Greece and Turkey to prevent them from falling into USSR influence |
Truman Doctrine |
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By the end of the Cold War, US foreign policy was strongly characterized by |
A focus on expanding economic prosperity through globalization and free trade |
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This event led to the shift in human society from hunting and gathering to agriculture in 8000 BC |
Climate change due to increase warmth |
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The first region to develop settled agriculture |
The Middle East near the Tigris-Euphrates River |
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This played a significant factor in allowing river valley's civilization to flourish |
Agriculture production from relatively enriched soil |
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This contributed to the decline of both the Western Roman empire and the Han dynasty |
Nomadic Invasions and Internal unrest |
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Confucianism developed as a system of thought in china primarily in response to |
The instability and political crises brought about by frequent regional conflict during the Warring States Period |
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This was the main effect of the Mongal conquest under Ganghis Khan and his successors in the 13th century |
The revival of trade along the silk road |
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What was the political organization of Mayan civilization 300 to 700 CE |
A collection of independent city states |
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This was the main contribution to the spread of Islam into East Africa before 1450 BC |
Culture diffusion along Indian Ocean Trade routes |
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Similarities of Louis XIV of France and Peter the Great of Russia |
Both distrusted those of the nobel class and forced them to live in close proximity to their royal courts |
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This was an important social effect of the protestant Reformatiom in Europe during the 16th and 17th century |
Increase literacy rates in predominately protestant states |
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Causes of Russian defeat in the Russo-japanese war of 1904 to 1905 |
The inadequacy of the Trans Siberian railroad as a military supply line for Russia The more advanced industrialization of Japan compared to that of Russia |
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Circumstances of Canada, Australia, and Soutg Africa within the British Empire during the 19th Century |
All 3 regions contained a large proportion of European settlers and had considerable autonomy |
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Why did European revolutions of 1848 fail in the years immediately following the uprising |
Military repression, and splitting if labor and middle class by elites restored authoritarian regimes |
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Rapid Economic Growtg of Japan in 1970s and 80s and the Asain Tigers was largely the result of |
Government backed industrialization High tariffs on imported goods Exports of manufactor goods |
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Effects of the collapse of centralized communist governments on Easter Europe in 1989 |
Ethnic conflict as a result of deep historical tension in places like Yugoslavia and Chevhya |
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An election in which voters are not required to be members of a political party to vote for party candidate |
Open primary |
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What was the main argument anti Federalist had against the ratification of the constitution |
The constitution failed to promote individual rights |
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The process by which burocrates interpret the meaning of laws and decide how they should be implemented |
Rule making |
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This is a shared belief in political culture in the US |
Participating in elections is an important civic duty |
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This is common in states that use proportional representation election systems |
Coalition governments |
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The framers of the constitution argued that judicial independence would be best protected by.... |
Life tenure with good behavior |
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What was Thomas Hobbs argument in favor of a strong central government |
Anarchy can only be avoided by entering into a social contract enforced by a sovereign |
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This document established a unicameral legislator and expanded the territory of the northwest ordinance |
The Articles of Confederation |
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This document established a bicameral legislator and gave congress the power to regulate interstate trade |
The constitution |
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This type of group engages in filing amicus crime beliefs and donating to electoral campaign |
Interest groups |
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A system of government in which powers are distributed between the national and subnational government |
Federalism |
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This is specific Bill of Rights protections that have been applied at the state level |
Selective incirporation |
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Individuals political preferences increasingly resemble those of the political parties they are affiliated with |
Political polarization |
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The federalist papers were written in support of the |
Ratification of the constitution |
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Which section of congress is governed by fewer formal rules |
The senate |
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The directing of federal funds to a representive's district through legislation |
Pork barrel politics |
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The branches of government illustrates the... |
Separation of powers |
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In the Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court relied on what clause of the 14th amendment to find that public school segregation is unconstitutional |
Equal protection |
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An increase in the long run aggregate supply represents an increase in capacity, which indicates.... |
Economic growth |
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When the US dollar appreciates |
Demand for the US dollar increases Supply of the dollar decreases Price level in the US decreases relative to the price level in the rest of the world |
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When the US dollar depreciates |
Supply increases Demand decreases The real interest rates in the US are lower than the real interest rates in the rest of the world |
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If a country imposes a tariff on imports, then the loss of consumer surplus will |
Exceed the gain in production surplus |
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When the economy is in a recession, the Federal government might implement this in an effort to increase aggregate demand, which would cause the real GDP and Price level to increase |
Expansionist Monetary Policy |
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What is the opportunity cost equasion? |
Sacrifice over gain |
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If tge demand of labor in a perfectly competitive labor market increase the wages and would rise, then the supply of labor would |
Decrease |
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This occurs when the value of the marginal product of the last worker hired is equal to the wage rate |
Profit maximizing number of workers |
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Money per unit time number of worker equals |
Money of labor cost |
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Awards to entrepreneurs for taking risks |
Profit |
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If the price of an items increases, what happens to that items substitute demand? |
Increases, shifting the substitute demand curve to the right |
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A social science that deals with the study of how society chooses to use it scares resources to satisfy competing needs and wants |
Economics |
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When a patent of a drug runs out, a generic version is made. What happens to the price and why? |
It will decrease due to an increase in the supply |
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Knowledge, skills and experience acquired by workers. It is produced through education and training |
Human capital |
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This occurs when similar firms or businesses within the same industry locate in close proximity to each other. These businesses tend to benefit from the clustering pattern by sharing skilled workers, utilizing local resources, and/or engaging in a manufacturing supply chain |
Agglomeration |
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This is zero degrees longitude, which goes through Greenwich London |
Prime Meridian |
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A country of citizens who share a common culture and ethnic origin, and who together compose a state |
Nation state |
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This typevof map projection is designed to minimize distortion of the continents on world maps, in terms of their relative size. Especially near the polar regions. Depicts the size of the continents not its true direction |
The Robinson projection map |
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Memory constructs intervening between geographic settings and human actionm. It incorporates physical location, and social and economic understanding of the geography in question |
Mental maps |
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This potential hazard has seen coordinated international efforts to prevent further damage to the environment. One of these efforts is the Montreal Protocal on 1987 |
Ozone depletion |
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High velocity winds in the lower levels of the atmosphere that attains speed of more than 250 miles per an hour as it moves in a westerly direction |
Jet stream |
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The Aral Sea has been depleting due to |
The use of the water from feeder rivers for irrigation |
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An equatorial rain Forrest is associated with.... |
Hot and wet conditions year round |
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A population's rate of natural increase is determined by |
The differences between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate |
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Number of deaths per year per thousand people |
Crude death rate |
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In contrast to developed countries, developing countries are generally characterized by |
A higher proportion of their population working in agriculture |
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This is crucial to children becoming socialized. This teaches them to norms, values, and cultural expectations of their respected community |
Regular social interactions with adults |
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The most common psychological disorder in the US. It affects 5% ,of the population |
Major depressive disorder |
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The most important development tasks during adolescence is |
Identity formation |
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The relationship between prejudice and discrimination is best characterized by |
Attitude and action |
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This occurs when people tend to lose some of their self awareness, self restraint when in groups |
Deindividulizatiom |
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This psychologist is associated with operant conditioning and positive reinforcement |
BF skinner |
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This states that behavior is either rewarded or punished |
Operant conditioning |
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According to BF skinner, this should be used to increase the frequency of a behavior |
Positive reinforcement |
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Believed that the human mind was composed of functional elements known as the ego, the id, and the super ego |
Sigmund freud |
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This Freudian concept of the human mind is composed of primitive desires for pleasure |
ID |
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This Freudian concept of the human mind is composed of the internalization of social moral commands |
Super ego |
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This Freudian concept of the human mimd is composed of consciousness mediator between an individual and reality |
Ego |
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What document outlawed slavery in the United States |
13th Amendment |
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What were the consequences of the Spanish American war? |
The US aquired colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific ocean |
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Which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote |
19th amendment |
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What was a negative consequence of the Great Migration in the US |
It lead to increase of racial tensions in the north in the early 1900s |
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What Supreme Court case struck down the separate but equal Doctrine |
Brown vs Board of Education |
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This conflict in Kansas contributed to increase sectional tensions before the Civil war |
Bleeding Kansas |
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What was tge maim cause for America to Join WWI |
Germany unrestricted submarine warfare |
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What was the last major armed conflict between the US forces and Native Americans |
Massacre at wounded knee |
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For native Americans, what consequences did the Neolithic Revolution have |
Began to grow crops |
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What document established the first system of government in the United States |
Articles of Confereation |
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What consequences did the New Deal have |
It established a number of federal agencies and programs that countinue to function until today |
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This has the duty to advise the president |
The presidential cabinet |
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What organization helped Reagan win the white house in the 80s |
The Moral Majority |
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Since 1965, most immigrants to the United States have come from what region? |
Central and South America, and Asia |
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This event helped sparked the gay and lesbian rights movement in 1969 |
The Stonewall Inn riots |
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These were characteristics of the Guilded age |
Social Inequality Increasing organization Expanding industrialization |
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What were the characteristics of the American political Environment in the early 1900s |
The Populist Party and the Pdogressive reformers |
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What motivated Christopher Columbus to sail across the Atlantic Ocean |
A desire to establish a direct trade route to Asia |
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What Revolutionary War battle was a key turning point in 1777 because it brought France into the War |
Saratoga |
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What did Radical Republicans hope to accomplish during Reconstruction |
Equal Rights for freed slaves |
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This agreement allowed territories to vote on whether or not they would become a free or slave state |
The Compromise of 1850 |
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What civilization developed the first democratic form of government |
Ancient Greece |
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How did the silk road impacted Eastern religion |
It spread Buddhism from India to China |
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What caused the end of the Western Roman Empire? |
Invasions by Germatic tribes |
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This accurately describes the Mongol Empire Army |
The Mongol Army was a large cavalry force |
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What was a social consequence of the Black Death in Europe |
Eroded serfdom |
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Nicholas Copernicus was a key figure in which cultural phenomenon |
Scientific Revolution |
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What type of government was King Louis XIV of France |
Absolute Monarch |
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What is the relationship between the French and American Revolution |
The American Revolution inspired the French Revolution |
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A consequence of increasing nationalism in Europe in the 1800s |
Increasing competition and tension between European powers |
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Name some of the technology that played a role in WWI |
Poision gas, armored tanks, and aircraft |
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The international affairs between the time of WWI and WWII |
The policy of appeasement only encouraged further aggression by hitler |
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What impact did the introduction of the movable type printing press have on Europe |
Increase in literacy |
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Name some sects of Islam |
Sunni, shi'a, and sufi |
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Which form of economic exchange allowed the Chinese to maintain political control over their empire |
Tribute |
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What is a patriarchal society |
A society where men have more power and prestige |
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What accurately describes the European Union |
It aims to ensure free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the internal market |
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This political concept describes a ruling body's ability to influence the actions, behaviors, or attitudes of a person or community |
Power |
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Which feature differentiates a state from a nation? |
Sovereignty |
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This political theorist considered violence necessary in order for a ruler to maintain political power and stability |
Niccolo Machiavelli |
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Which political theorist is considered the father of social contract theory |
Thomas Hobbs |
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This political orientation emphasizes maintaing traditions and stability over progress and change |
Conservatism |
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This political orientation supports cooperation between states as a means to improve the quality of life for all states, nations, and government |
Internationalism |
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Which political orientation emphasizes a strong central government and promotes violence as a means of suppressing dissent |
Fascism |
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After the ratification of the Constitution, which power held by the states under the Articles of Confederation was ceded to the federal government |
Power to coin money |
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Under Federalism, which is considered a concurrent power held by both the states and the federal government |
Pass and enforce laws |
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Which check does the legislative branch possess over the judicial branch? |
Determine the number of Supreme Court Judges |
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Which part of the legislative process differs in the house and the Senate |
How debates about a bill are conducted |
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This party was founded to advocate for thr abolition of slavery |
Republican |
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Characteristics of interest groups |
Seeks to influence public policy, employs lobbyist, benefits a specific segment of society |
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This form of government divides power between a regional and central government |
Federalism |
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This form of government most limits the civil liberties of the people |
Authoritarian |
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This type of electoral system is considered the most proportionate |
Single transferable vote |
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Which theory of international relations suggests that international relations are primarily influenced by states' perception of history, culture, and relations with foreign countries |
Constructivism |
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Which practice of international relations most limits the sovereignty of a state |
Treaty |
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In international relation, this states that all states are interested in advancing their self-interest by expanding their power |
Realism |
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Aspects needed to be required to be recognized as a state |
Clearly defined territory with distinct borders Population with some degree of permance A legitimate claim of authority to rule |
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The United States elects the president by what way |
Electoral college |
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In the American election system, where do the Candidates ultimately receive the nomination from their party |
At the party convention |
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What it the primary problem with map projections |
They distort areas near the poles |
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This map illustrates the world's climatological regions |
Thematic map |
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In which manner is absolute location is expressed |
Through latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates |
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Latitudinal lines are used to measure distance in which direction |
North to South |
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Literacy rates are more likely to be higher in which area |
Develop nations |
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Indicators of negative demographics |
High infant mortality rates Low literacy rates Low life expectancy |
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Subgroups within a population who share a common history, language, or religion |
Ethnic groups |
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The integration of the world's economic system into a singular entity is a process of |
Globalization |
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The Subgroup of economics that studies large-scale economic issues such as unemployment, interest rates, price levels, and national income |
Macroeconomics |
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The trade off of paying someone to do a job to make more valuable use of time is an example of |
Opportunity cost |
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What type of market does not involve government interventions or monopolies while trades are made between suppliers and buyers |
Free |
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In a business cycle, a recession occurs between which cycles? |
Contraction trough |
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The name of the Central Bank that controls the value of money in the US |
Federal Reserves |
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These help sustain monetary policies |
Open market operations, assuring bank reserves, and adjusting the interest rates |
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What determines the exchange rate in a floating or flexible exchange |
The market |
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As inflation increases, purchasing power |
Decreases |
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What is more important for goods and services, value or quantity |
Value |
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The value of a good set by supply and demand rather than the actual value it represents |
Fiat money |
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Characteristics of contractictory monetary policy |
Possibly increases unemployment due to slowdowns in economic growth Decrease in consumer spending Decreases loan and/or borrowing |
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All four phases of the business cycle |
Peak, trough, contraction, and expansion |
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When a qualified person cannot be matched to a job is known as what type on unemployment? |
Frictional |
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How is economic growth measured? |
The GDP of a country |
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Who is in control in a command econony |
The government |
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What are the 4 factors of production |
Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship |
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Jobs of the central bank |
Manage interest rates, backup the commercial banks, set reserve requirements |
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When a group uses the majority vote to try to persuade the minority into changing minds |
Peer pressure |
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Healthcare, taxes, schools, infrastructure, subsidies, unemployment, food stamps, and laws are a part of all people's lives and are influenced by which social institutions |
Government |
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What derives from the beliefs, values, and behaviors of those in a community |
Culture |
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The values and traits that define who a person is by their own measure |
Personal identity |
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What age group is more likely to succumb or be influenced by peer pressure |
Adolecents |
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Differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, and language |
Diversity |
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A land bridge that connected North America to Asia. Nomadic people from Siberia used this bridge to cross into the Americas |
Beringia |
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This revolution included the development of agriculture and domestication of animals |
Neolithic |
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The belief that everything in the natural world has spiritual power |
Animist |
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These native Americans lived in the desert southwest, used clay bricks to build large apartment complexes in the side of cliffs under the same name of their tribe |
Pueblo |
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The first British colony in the new world |
Jamestown, VA |
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New York and Virginia was what type of colony directly ruled by the king |
Royal |
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Pennsylvania what this type of coloney, that king allow another individual to appointed officials and govern the coloney as he saw fit |
Proprietary |
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Rhode Island and Connecticut were this type of coloney, in which was administered by a group of investors |
Corporate |
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This war set the stage for the American revolution as the British monarchy spent lots of money on the war, went into debt, and to pay off the debt, the king began imposing taxes on North American colonies |
French and Indian war |
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Prevented North American colonies from trading directly with other European powers-- all goods had to be shipped to Britain first. This was an attempt to keep the wealth in the British empire |
Navigation Acts |
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This economic system formed the foundation of the British Empire. It called for government regulations in the form of tariffs. It encourages British subjects to purchase goods made in Britain or the colonies |
Mercantilism |
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First, ships from Britain North American colonies carried rum to Africa where it was traded for slaves. The the ships took the slaves to the Caribbean and exchange them for sugar and molasses. In the third part, ships the suger to North America to make rum. The cycle will start all over again |
Triangular trade |
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The king declared colonists cannot settle west of the Appalachian mountains |
Proclamation of 1763 |
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This required colonists to provide housing and food to British troops |
Quartering Act |
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This required colonists to pay a tax on legal documents, newspapers, magazines, and other printed materials |
Stamp Act of 1765 |
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This imposed a tax on goods the colonies imported from Britain, such as tea, lead, paint, glass, and paper |
Townshend Act |
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This reduced the tax on tea; however, it allowed the British East Indian Company to sell its product directly, cutting out colonial merchants |
Tea Act of 1773 |
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An incident in which colonial tea merchants disguised themselves as Indians before storming several British ships in Boston harbor to dump the tea in the harbor |
Boston Tea Party in 1773 |
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This act was meant to punish Massachusetts. It closed the port in Boston, government officials now had to be appointed by the king, and restricted town meetings |
Intolerable Acts |
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The first battle of the American Revolution |
Lexington and Concord |
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An American victory during the revolution. Washington famously crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Day for a surprise attack against Hessian mercenaries |
Battle of Trenton |
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To end the revolutionary War, this British signed this document. British recognized the US as an independent country and set the Mississippi River as its western boarder. |
Treaty of Paris |
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This rebellion in Massachusetts drew attention to the weakness of the articles of Confederation |
Shay's rebellion |
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This was a proposed plan during the Constitutional convention. It proposed a bicameral legislature where states were awarded representation based on their population size |
Virgina plan |
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This proposed plan at the Constitutional Convention retained many elements of the Articles of Confederation. Including a unicameral legislator with one vote per state |
New Jersey Plan |
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This incorporated elements of both the Virginia and New Jersey plan. It set up congress as a bicameral body with the house and the senate |
Connecticut Compromise |
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Established the policy of Judicial Review. It declared that the Supreme Court could rule whether or not an act of congress was constitutional |
Marbury v. Madison |
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This affirmed that congress had the power to pass laws that were necessary and proper in order to carry out its duties. It upheld the Supremacy of federal laws over state laws when they come into conflict |
McCullough v. Maryland |
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President Abraham Lincon's Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves who |
Were still living in the areas still in rebellion |
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The legal basis for the escalation of United States involvement in the Vietnam War as the |
Passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by congress |
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What academic field did Islamic civilization most influence Europeans at the time of the Crusades |
Mathematics |
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The term "Cold War" refers to |
The struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain political hegemony in world affairs |
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According to Erik Erikson, the primary dilemma faced in adolescence is |
Identity v. Identity confusion |
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If the tax rate for a single person with $25k in taxable income is 24%, and the tax rate for a single person with $20k in taxable income is 20%, the tax rate over income range is |
Progressive |
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An increase in the real interest rate in the United States relative to its trading partners will result in US imports to |
Increase |
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Poverty as defined by the United States government is best understood as |
An absolute level set in the 1960s and since adjusted to reflect inflation at the consumer level |
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Some observers argue that a limitation of the official unemployment rate is that it understates the true unemployment level because it fails to include |
Discouraged people who have given up looking for jobs |
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The use of inexpensive labor in Asain countries by footwear companies based in the United States and Europe is an example of |
Global Division of Labor |
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Reindeer herding as an economic activity of the Sami in Norway is an example of what type of diffusion |
Stimulus |
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The federal government can influence the policies of state governments through the use of |
Grant-in-aid |
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According to Article III, Section 1, of the United States Constitution, judges "shall hold their offices during good behavior" A consequence of this clause is that |
Federal judges have political independence to fulfill their duties |
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People who believe their political views are important, that government will respect these views, and that these views can influence political affairs are said to have a strong sense of |
Political Efficiency |
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During President Dwight Eisenhower's administration in the 1950s, the federal government promoted significant changes in transportation in the United States by |
Funding the construction of the interstate highway system |
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The Construction of a transportation network that included roads, canals, and steamboats that took shape in the United States im the early decades of the 19th century had what effect in the years before the Civil war |
Stimulated the development of a market revolution |
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The Unification of Germany between 1866 to 1871 was achieved through |
A combination of diplomatic and military means |
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What group was converted to Christianity in the 10th century CE by missionaries from the Byzatine Empire |
Russians |
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The Five Civilized Tribes |
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, creek, and seminole |
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This gave Andrew Jackson the power to countinue buying land from various tribes and eventually lead to the Trail of Tears |
Indian Removal Act of 1830 |
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This ended the Mexican American War, and recognized American control over Texas, to cede many South west territory for a cost |
Treaty of Guadalupe_Hidalgo |
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This battle was caused by the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, territory that belonged to the Sioux. General Custer brought in troops to claim the territory |
Battle of Little Big Horn |
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This encouraged Native Americans to settle on reservations and become farmers in exchange for US citizenship |
The Dawes Act |
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The Lakota Ghost dance led to what battle |
Massacre at Wounded Knee |
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An explosion of this ship led to the Spanish American War as it was falsely blamed on the Spanish |
USS Maine in Havana |
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This group of Americans demanded an end to slavery |
Abolitionist |
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Banned slavery north of the 3630 parallel |
Missouri Compromise |
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This document negated the Missouri Compromise of 1820. It admitted California as a free state, but other new states were allowed to vote on the issue |
Compromise of 1850 |
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John Brown murdered five pro slavery settlers and attempted to launch a slave rebellion |
Bleeding Kansas |
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A major Union Victory because they gain control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in half |
The Siege of Vicksburg |
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During the Civil war, where did Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant |
Appomattox, Virginia |
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This amendment gave equal rights to all men |
14th Amendment |
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This amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of race |
15th Amendment |
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Breaking up large monopolies in order to promote equal economic competition |
Trust Busting |
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Established in 1914 to prevent monopolies from forming |
The federal trade commission |
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Established the direct election of US senators |
17th amendment |
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The 18th amendment was |
The prohibition of alchol |
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Journalist who helped expose political corruption and social inequality. They supported the reform of the Progressives |
Muckrackers |
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Authorized the government to inspect the purity of foods and medicines |
Pure Food and Drug act |
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The Three Rs of the New Deal |
Relief, Recovery, and Reform |
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Promoted the Social Security Act, labor Unions, and aided tenant farmers and migrant workers who were struggling from the economic devastation of the Great Depression |
The Second New Deal |
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African American moved north during and rather WWI in search of work. This led to increase racial tension |
The Great Migration |
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The first major cinema blockbuster and it portrayed the KKK in a positive light. It led to the Klan spreading to the Northern and Western US |
Birth of a Nation |
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Started in the New Deal, this provided pensions to retirees, temporary payments to unemployed workers, and benefits to handicapped individuals |
Social Security Administration |
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A New Deal commission to regulate the stock market and investment companies |
The Securities and Exchange Commission |
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This New Deal Act guaranteed the right of workers to unionize and to go on strike |
The Wagner Act |
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This amendment repealed prohibition |
21st amendment |
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These events ledvthe United States to enter WWI |
Germany unrestricted submarine warfare The attack on the RMS Lusitania The Zimmerman telegraph |
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Germany asked Mexico to attack the United States |
Zimmerman Telegraph |
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After WWI, this imposed harsh economic penalties and restricted Germany's military |
Treaty of Versailles |
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A political ideology that advocates for a dictatorship in order to provide stability unity |
Fascism |
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This was conducted after the Holocaust to prosecute important members of Nazi Germany leadership |
The Nuremberg Trials |
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The Soviet Union's defensive alliance in Eastern Europe |
Warsaw pact |
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Predicted that once one country succumbed to communism, neighboring nations will also be at risk |
Domino theory |
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Where is Korea Divided |
38th parallel |
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First satellite in space |
Soviet's sputnik |
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The first man into space |
Yuri Gagarin |
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To help prevent nuclear war, this predicted that no matter who struck first, the other side would have enough surviving power to destroy the aggressor |
Mutually Assured Distruction (MAD) |
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This marked the reversal of the party system, as the democratic party began to favor government intervention while Republicans opposed it |
New Deal |
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How does Congress overrides a presidential veto |
Two thirds majority |
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This branch of government carries out the laws |
Executive |
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This branch of government makes the laws |
Legislative |
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This branch of government interprets the law |
Judicial |
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This group cannot give money to candidates or parties, but can air commercials to support a specific issue |
Super PACs |
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What war gave the United States prestige and international status |
Spanish American War |
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An international politic system when there are two centers of superpowers |
Bipolar |
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An international political system when there is only one main superpower, and no one to rival it |
Unipolar system |
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Protestant congregation that supported the Great Awakening |
New Lights |
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Anti immigrants, who sought to limit immigration and physically attacked catholics. This group feared immigrants would be more loyal to the pope than the constitution |
The know nothings |
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This court case was the "separate but equal" doctrine |
Plessy vs. Ferguson |
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Banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national orgin |
1964 Civil Rights Act |
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Prohibited the use of poll taxes or literacy tests to prohibit voting |
The voting rights act of 1965 |
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The first African American to serve on the Supreme court |
Thurgood Marshall |
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This book highlighted the unequal treatment of women throughout history and sparked the feminist movement in the United States |
Simone de Beauvoir "The Second Sex" |
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This book revealed how frustrated many suburban wives were with the social norms that kept them at home |
Betty Friedan "The Feminine Mystique" |
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First woman to serve on the Supreme Court |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
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First female American astronaut |
Sally Ride |
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First woman to run for vice president |
Geraldine Ferraro |
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The American Indian Movement occupied what federal prison to draw attention on how the federal government had force tribes to sell their lands at low prices |
Alcatraz |
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The great Migration led to this African American cultural experience in New York |
Harlem Renaissance |
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Established the doctrine of judicial review |
Marbury v. Madison |
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This conflict contributed to sectional tension before the civil war. The application of popular sovereignty in Kansas led to conflict as free-soil and pro-slavery rushed into the territory |
Bleeding Kansas |
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A great native American victory that led to the death of General Custer |
Battle of Little Big Horn |
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This person acts as a spokes person for the US government administration |
The White House Press Secretary |
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As the Constitution makes no mention of this, president Washington created this while in office. Its duty is to advise the president on a wide variety of issues including, but not limited to, defense, transportation, and education |
The cabinet |
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This American movement encourages Protestants to have more personal connection to Christ |
Great Awakening |
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Mark Twain coined this term for the late 1800s because the appearance of extreme wealth covered up massive social inequality as many workers worked in poor conditions for low waged |
Gilded Age |
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Means ruled by the people |
Demokratia |
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Ruled by several wealthy citizens, or aristocratic rulers |
Oligarchy |
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Citizen soldiers in ancient Greece whom were armed with spears and large shields, and could fight in phalanx formation |
Hoplites |
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This war pitted the Greek city states against the mighty Persian empire after the latter was invaded. Persian forces greatly outnumbered the greeks who historically struggled to unit, even against a common enemy |
Greco Persian War |
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Conquer the Greek city states and established the first centralized Greek state in ancient history |
King Philip II |
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Established tge First Persian empire and allows freedom of religion,culture, and local economics as long as taxes were paid |
Cyrus the Great |
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This government of Persia allowed for regional self-governmance with a military leader and an official record keeper that reported to the central government |
Satrapy |
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The three successive dynasties of China where the area was unified |
Zhou, Qin, and Han |
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What dynasty was in power when the Great was of China was built? |
Qin |
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Reasons why Rome collapse |
Public unrest Religious discord Invasions of Mongolia and Germanic tribes |
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Successors of Muhammad |
Caliphs |
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The Chinese Dynasty that Ganghis Kan conquer |
Jin |
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Invented movable type |
Johannes Gutenberg |
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The Catholic church recognized Lutheranism and it allowed rulers to decide on which religion their kingdom would follow |
Peace of Augsburg |
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The first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, and the first European to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean. . He also reach Brazil after his ship was blown off course for Africa |
Bartholomeu Dias |
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First European to reach India by sea |
Vasco Da Gama |
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Conquref present day Mexico by defeating the Aztec Empire |
Hernan Cortez |
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First European to explore canada |
Jacques Carter |
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First European to successfully circumnavigate the world |
Francis Drake |
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Oldest European settlement in modern Day united states |
St. Augustine Florida |
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The two political powers of French Democracy after their revolution |
Liberal Republicans (Girondists) and radical revolutionaries (Jacobins) |
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In France, conflict between the Girondists and Jacobins let to this event, a period of mass executions |
Reign of Terror |
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During this, France lost all of the territories it conquered with Napoleon. This also restore the balance of power in Europe and carved out new territories |
Congress of Vienna |
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The first independent nation in Latin America |
Haiti |
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A revolution that was a large slave uprising which ended up establishing a slave free nation ruled by non-whites and former slaves |
The Haitian Revolution |
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Stated that the Americans can no longer be colonized. It was am attempt to stop European nations, such as Spaim, from colonizing and recapturing areas |
Monroe Doctrine |
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A WWI German plam to strategically quickly demolish French resistance before turning around to fight Russia on the Easter front. It relied on the neutrality of England |
Schaeffen Plan |
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Hitler and the nazi party coerce the Reichstag to pass this to establish a dictatorships |
Enabling Act of 1933 |
