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- 4. Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century.
- 6. a joint declaration released by U.S. President FranklinDRoosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland.
- 9. Lengthened Sherman Anti-Trust Act's list of practices. Exempted labor unions from being called trusts, legalized strikes and peaceful picketing by labor union members.
- 14. applied biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.
- 16. the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s; black writers, artists, musicians
- 17. era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants.
- 18. First "hot war" of the Cold war. The Korean War began in 1950 when the Soviet-backed North Koreans invaded South Korea before meeting a counter-offensive by UN Forces, dominated by the United States. The war ended in stalemate in 1953.
- 23. Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States.
- 31. American force of 14,500 that landed in France in June 1917 under the command of General John Pershing. Both women and blacks served during the war, mostly under white officers.
- 34. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
- 35. 36th president; democrat
- 39. a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth.
- 41. surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base
- 42. a system of segregation of people, each with a traditional hereditary occupation.
- 43. a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
- 45. Thurgood Marshall argued that a separate but equal violated equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Warren decided separate educational facilities were inherently unequal.
- 46. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
- 47. the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
- 48. package of five bills sent in September 1850. It defused a four year confrontation between the southern slave states and the northern Free states following the Mexican American War. Drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Democrat Stephen Douglas it temporarily avoided secession or civil war at the time and it quieted a sectional conflict for 4 years.
- 49. won by JFK
- 50. a group of American post-World War II writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they both documented and inspired.
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- 1. The document that establishes the rights and liberties of the American people. It created a federal government of three branches---legislative, judicial, and executive. It separates powers among the three branches and establishes a system of checks and balances among them and defines the distribution of power between the federal government and the states.
- 2. was organized in St. Louis in 1892 to represent the common folk—especially farmers—against the entrenched interests of railroads, bankers, processers, corporations, and the politicians in league with like interests.
- 3. wrote Silent Spring
- 5. built mainly with the support of bankers and businessmen in order to support Hamilton's fiscal policies.
- 7. defined the process by which new states could be admitted into the Union from the Northwest Territory. the ordinance forbade slavery in the territory but allowed citizens to vote on the legality of slavery once statehood had been established.
- 8. best ways to open up foreign markets to U.S. exporters.
- 10. was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory
- 11. Passed by LBJ, outlawed public segregation and discrimination, forbade racial discrim in the workplace
- 12. practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs.
- 13. a bank owned by the state
- 15. the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
- 19. it was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
- 20. The relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII.
- 21. executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.
- 22. a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States; FDR
- 24. a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture.
- 25. United States dropped these on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- 26. a 20th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution
- 27. Written by Betty Friedan
- 28. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
- 29. a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions.
- 30. an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
- 31. the first written constitution of the United States. Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states before was it was ratified on March 1, 1781.
- 32. approved by Congress on July 4, 1776. drafted by Thomas Jefferson, it formalized the colonies' separation from Britain and laid out the Enlightenment values (best expressed by John Locke) of natural rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" upon which the American Revolution was based.
- 33. Southerners declared federal protective tariffs null and void, Jackson responded with Force bill and suggested compromising over tariff; John C Calhoun was a big advocate
- 36. signed the Tripartite Pact.
- 37. was a state of political and military tension after World War II between U.S. and Soviet Union
- 38. in opposition of the acquisition of lands.
- 40. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
- 44. created New Deal