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Henry Kissinger
Vietnamization
Nixon Doctrine
Kent State
Nixon's national security adviser, he later become secretary o…
President Nixon announced that he would gradually withdraw U.S…
This doctrine declared that Asian allies would receive U.S. su…
In April 1970, President Nixon expanded the war by using U.S.…
Henry Kissinger
Nixon's national security adviser, he later become secretary o…
Vietnamization
President Nixon announced that he would gradually withdraw U.S…
English cultural domination
Benjamin West
John Copley
Benjamin Franklin
In the 18th century, cultural life in the colonies was dominat…
Painter who went to England to acquire the necessary training…
Painter who went to England to acquire the necessary training…
He was the most popular and successful American writer of the…
English cultural domination
In the 18th century, cultural life in the colonies was dominat…
Benjamin West
Painter who went to England to acquire the necessary training…
Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore
Act of Toleration
Roger Williams
Providence
In 1634, Cecil Calvert (Second Lord Baltimore) was the son of…
The first colonial statue granting religious freedom to all Ch…
A respected Puritan minister who believed that the individual'…
This settlement has founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. (p. 29)
Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore
In 1634, Cecil Calvert (Second Lord Baltimore) was the son of…
Act of Toleration
The first colonial statue granting religious freedom to all Ch…
utopian communities
Shakers
Amana Colonies
Robert Owen
Over one hundred of these experimental communities were starte…
This early religious communal movement held property in common…
A German religious communal movement in Ohio which emphasized…
A Welsh industrialist and reformer who founded the New Harmony…
utopian communities
Over one hundred of these experimental communities were starte…
Shakers
This early religious communal movement held property in common…
Patrick Henry
Stamp Act Congress
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
John Dickinson; Letters from a Farmer i…
Young Virginian lawyer who coined the phrase "No taxation with…
Representatives from nine colonies met in New York in 1765 and…
Secret society organized to intimidated tax agents. Sometimes…
In 1767 and 1768, he argued that the idea of no taxation witho…
Patrick Henry
Young Virginian lawyer who coined the phrase "No taxation with…
Stamp Act Congress
Representatives from nine colonies met in New York in 1765 and…
free-soil movement
Free-Soil party
conscience Whigs
barnburners
This movement did not oppose slavery in the South, but they di…
In 1848, Northerns organized this party to advocate that the n…
Whigs that opposed slavery. (p. 248)
Antislavery Democrats, whose defection threatened to destroy t…
free-soil movement
This movement did not oppose slavery in the South, but they di…
Free-Soil party
In 1848, Northerns organized this party to advocate that the n…
stock market crash
Black Tuesday
Dow Jones index
buying on margin
A boom stock market of 1928 led to a sell off starting in Octo…
On October 29, 1929, millions of panicky investors sold, as th…
The Wall Street stock market index. In September 1929 the inde…
This purchase method allowed people to borrow most of the cost…
stock market crash
A boom stock market of 1928 led to a sell off starting in Octo…
Black Tuesday
On October 29, 1929, millions of panicky investors sold, as th…
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
war hawks
Henry Clay
He was George Washington's first secretary of state. A Democra…
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana te…
The 1810 congressional election brought a group of young Democ…
In 1810, he was a Kentucky member of the House of Representati…
Thomas Jefferson
He was George Washington's first secretary of state. A Democra…
Louisiana Purchase
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana te…
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Framers of the Constitution
Gouverneur Morris
He is one of the people who wrote the Constitution, and he is…
One of the authors of the Federalist Papers. He favored a stro…
In the summer of 1787, 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to cre…
Leader who helped write the Constitution. (p. 105)
James Madison
He is one of the people who wrote the Constitution, and he is…
Alexander Hamilton
One of the authors of the Federalist Papers. He favored a stro…
nation's first big business
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Eastern Trunk Lines
transcontinental railroads
Railroads created a nationwide market for goods. This encourag…
He merged local railroads into the New York Central Railroad,…
In the early days of the railroads, from the 1830s to the 1860…
During the Civil War, Congress authorized land grants and loan…
nation's first big business
Railroads created a nationwide market for goods. This encourag…
Cornelius Vanderbilt
He merged local railroads into the New York Central Railroad,…
Allied Powers
Central Powers
neutrality
submarine warfare
In World War I, Great Britain, France, and Russia were known b…
In World War I, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire w…
A declaration of a country that it will not choose sides in a…
Germany's greatest hope against British sea power was this new…
Allied Powers
In World War I, Great Britain, France, and Russia were known b…
Central Powers
In World War I, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire w…
Intolerable Acts
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
John Adams
In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, w…
Radical delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress. Ra…
Radical delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congres…
Radical delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congres…
Intolerable Acts
In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, w…
Patrick Henry
Radical delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress. Ra…
corn
horses
disease
encomienda system
The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable…
It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians ac…
When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measl…
King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to i…
corn
The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable…
horses
It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians ac…
border states
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Alexander H. Stephens
During the Civil War the term for the the states of Delaware,…
In February 1861, representatives of South Carolina, Georgia,…
He served as President of the Confederate States during the Ci…
He served as vice president of the Confederate States of Ameri…
border states
During the Civil War the term for the the states of Delaware,…
Confederate States of America
In February 1861, representatives of South Carolina, Georgia,…
Good Neighbor Policy
Pan-American conferences
Soviet Union recognized
Independence for Philippines
President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy of promoting bet…
In 1933, the United States attended a conference in Montevideo…
The Republican presidents of the 1920's had refused to grant d…
In 1934, President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass the Ty…
Good Neighbor Policy
President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy of promoting bet…
Pan-American conferences
In 1933, the United States attended a conference in Montevideo…
political polarization
Southern white conservatives
gerrymandered "safe seats"
election of 2000
In the 2000s the political parties became regionally divided.…
Southerners Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, and Trent Lott took over…
Democrats and Republicans manipulated congressional districts…
In this presidential race Al Gore won the popular vote, George…
political polarization
In the 2000s the political parties became regionally divided.…
Southern white conservatives
Southerners Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, and Trent Lott took over…
manifest destiny
industrial technology
Elias Howe
Samuel F. B. Morse
The belief that the United States had a divine mission to exte…
After 1840, industrialization spread rapidly throughout most o…
The U.S. inventor of the sewing machine, which moved much of c…
In 1844, he invented the electric telegraph which allowed comm…
manifest destiny
The belief that the United States had a divine mission to exte…
industrial technology
After 1840, industrialization spread rapidly throughout most o…
Civil Rights Act of 1866
14th Amendment
equal protection of the laws
due process of law
This act declared that all African Americans were U.S. citizen…
Ratified in 1868, this Constitutional amendment, declares that…
Part of the 14th amendment, it emphasizes that the laws must p…
Part of the 14 Amendment, it denies the government the right,…
Civil Rights Act of 1866
This act declared that all African Americans were U.S. citizen…
14th Amendment
Ratified in 1868, this Constitutional amendment, declares that…
Milton Friedman
political action committees (PACs)
Proposition 13
Arthur Laffer
Free market economist who gave evidence in the 1970s of a stea…
Political action committees which became a force for change. O…
In 1978, California voters passed this measure that sharply cu…
Conservative economist who believed that tax cuts would increa…
Milton Friedman
Free market economist who gave evidence in the 1970s of a stea…
political action committees (PACs)
Political action committees which became a force for change. O…
The Great American Desert
100th meridian
buffalo herds
Great Plains
Name given to lands between the Mississippi and the Pacific Co…
The plains west of this meridian had few trees and usually rec…
These animals were essential to the nomadic Native American tr…
The region west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky…
The Great American Desert
Name given to lands between the Mississippi and the Pacific Co…
100th meridian
The plains west of this meridian had few trees and usually rec…
Election of 1960
John F. Kennedy
New Frontier
Jacqueline Kennedy
In this election, Democrat John F. Kennedy ran against Republi…
In 1960, this 43 year old senator from Massachusetts appeared…
President Kennedy proposed new domestic programs such as aid t…
As first lady in the early 1960s, she brought style, glamor, a…
Election of 1960
In this election, Democrat John F. Kennedy ran against Republi…
John F. Kennedy
In 1960, this 43 year old senator from Massachusetts appeared…
causes of immigration
old immigrants
new immigrants
Statue of Liberty
Forces in the United States driving this process were (1) poli…
Through the 1880s, they came to the United States from norther…
From the 1890s to 1914, they came to the United States from so…
Began in the 1870's, by the French sculptor Frederic-Auguste B…
causes of immigration
Forces in the United States driving this process were (1) poli…
old immigrants
Through the 1880s, they came to the United States from norther…
Northeast
Old Northwest
sectionalism
Nativists
In the early 19th century, the area which included New England…
In the early 19th century, the territory which stretched from…
Loyalty to a particular region of the country. (p. 173)
Native-born Americans who reacted strongly against the immigra…
Northeast
In the early 19th century, the area which included New England…
Old Northwest
In the early 19th century, the territory which stretched from…
urban middle class
male and female
white, old stock Protestants
professional associations
Most Progressives were urban middle-class men and women. They…
The Progressive were composed of both men and women. (p. 432)
Native-born, their churches preached against vice and taught s…
Groups of individuals who share a common profession and are of…
urban middle class
Most Progressives were urban middle-class men and women. They…
male and female
The Progressive were composed of both men and women. (p. 432)
William Seward
Monroe Doctrine
French in Mexico
Alaska Purchase
Secretary of State who was responsible for purchasing Alaskan…
This doctrine stated that European powers could not interfere…
In 1865, Secretary of State William Seward invoked the Monroe…
In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward bought Alaska from…
William Seward
Secretary of State who was responsible for purchasing Alaskan…
Monroe Doctrine
This doctrine stated that European powers could not interfere…