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- 1. wrote about trusts, child labor, impure food, slums, and corruption
- 6. gave aid to help Western European nations rebuild and fight communism after World War II
- 7. Paul Revere and William Dawes warned the minutemen that the redcoats were marching out of Boston; the colonists met the British and fought the opening battles of the American Revolution in these towns
- 9. the process by witch an immigrant becomes a citizen of the United States
- 13. seizure of American sailors any the British in the early 1800s; this became a cause of the war of 1812
- 17. Congressman at the time of the War of 1812 who wanted to capture Canada from the British and florida from the Spanish
- 19. in this 1954 case, the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were illegal
- 20. Franklin Roosevelt's programs to end the Great Depression; the Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and Tennessee Vally Authority created jobs for the unemployed
- 22. Santa Anna's killed American defenders of this mission in San Antonio
- 24. the colonist yelled insults and threw snowballs at some British soldiers; the redcoats fired into a crowd, killing five patriots
- 27. used by President Andrew Jackson to give government jobs to friends and loyal supporters
- 30. an organization of workers that tries to bargain for higher wages, fringe benefits, and improved working conditions
- 33. slogan of Americans who wanted the United States to expand to the pacific coast
- 34. the United States, Canada, and many Western European nations formed this alliance to oppose the spread of communism
- 35. it began after Germany invaded Poland in 1939, and involved the Allied Powers and Axis Powers.
- 38. house of congress with two members from each state
- 40. the making of goods by machines in factories; it began in the 1790s
- 43. a person cannot be denied the right to vote because of their race or color
- 45. when the patriots staged the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed these harsh laws to punish the people of Massachusetts
- 50. conflict in which the Americans defeated the British, and became an independent nation
- 52. during the early 1800s, it was the main route of trade and travel between New York and the Great Lakes region
- 54. it abolished slavery in all parts of the United States
- 55. A refusal to buy goods in order to force a change in policy; the colonists used this tactic to get Parliament to repeal some of its strict trade and tax policies
- 56. it was the constitution of the United States from 1781 until 1789; because it created a weak central government, it was replaced by there Untied States Constitution
- 57. amendment that gave women the right to vote
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- 2. division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- 3. route the Indians who were forced to travel from the Southeast to the Oklahoma Territory
- 4. the group of advisers of the President (secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, ect.)
- 5. President Lincoln gave a speech in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War
- 8. the U.S blockade ordered by President John F. Kennedy forced the Soviet Union to withdraw offensive nuclear weapons from the island of Cuba
- 10. U.S base in Hawaii attacked by Japan on December 7th, 1941; congress responded by declaring war on the Japanese; the United Staes entered the war on the Allied Powers side
- 11. the British and the Americans together drove the French from North America after winning the Battle of Quebec
- 12. there first women's right meeting in the United States; the organizers included Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Lady Stanton
- 14. amendment witch guaranteed freedom of religion , speech, press, assembly, and petition
- 15. the first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 16. it gave citizenship to former slaves, and "equal protection off the laws" to citizens of the United States
- 18. the process by which labor and management negotiate a new contract
- 21. it has been the plan of government of the untied states since 1789; consists of articles and amendments
- 23. the preservation of forest lands, soil, water, and other natural resources
- 25. strong loyalty or support for one's nation
- 26. (First Manassas)First battle of the Civil War, fought near washington, D.C.; it was a stunning Confederate victory, and showed that the war would not be over soon
- 28. period after the Civil War when there former Confederate states were readmitted to the Union
- 29. Part of the Compromise of 1850 that made Northern States pay to capture and return runaway slaves
- 31. a refusal by the president to sign a bill into law
- 32. it was caused by the impression of American seaman by the British, and by the British encouragement of Indian raids against frontier families; this two-year conflict between the United States and the British ended with neither side achieving victory
- 36. highest U.S court; consists of the Chief Justice and eight associate justices; can declare laws unconstitutional
- 37. harassed British tex collectors and other officials; dumped tea into Boston harbor
- 39. the United States fought against the Vietcong and North Vietnam; anti-war demonstrations in the U.S became widespread
- 41. system whereby escaped slaves where moved northward to Canada
- 42. enables one branch of Government to limit the power of another branch, such as when the President (executive branch) vetoes a bill passed by Congress (legislative branch)
- 44. belief that a state can ignore a federal law it thinks is unconstitutional
- 46. tax on cheap foreign goods to protects Northern manufacturers
- 47. U.S. policy aimed at keeping European nations out of Latin America
- 48. it gave 160 acres in the West to people who agreed to occupy the land for at least five years
- 49. period of tension between the United States and Soviet Union; began at the end of World War II and lasted until the early 1990s
- 51. where the confederates fired the first shots of the civil war; it was located at Charleston, South Carolina
- 53. the lawmaking body consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives