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US History Chapter 12 Vocabulary

Cards: 36| Attempts: 6| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

What Is The Term For: And Independent Nation ...

Satellite State

What Is The Term For: A World-wide Rivalry Be...

Cold War

What Is The Term For: A Term Coined By Winsto...

Iron Curtain

What Is The Term For: President Truman's Prom...

Truman Doctrine

US History Chapter 9

Cards: 23| Attempts: 6| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

What Was The Name Of The Vehicle Used To Tran...

Conestoga Wagons

What Were The Two Most Valuable Possessions O...

A Rifle And An Ax

What Enormous Area Of Land Was Anchored To Th...

Louisiana Territory

What Vital Right Did The Spanish Allow The We...

To Sail On The Mississippi And Trade In New O...

US History Modern America (Prentice Hall) Ch 1 Review

Cards: 40| Attempts: 4| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

These People Did Not Want To Ratify The Const...

Antifederalists

Type Of Legislature We Have Because Of The Gr...

Bicameral

What Government Is Based On According To The ...

Consent Of The People

Type Of Government Where People Participate I...

Democracy

Chapter 17 Test

Cards: 31| Attempts: 3| Last updated: Sep 30, 2015

This Aimed To Restore Economic Opportunities ...

Progressive Movement

Who Became An Advocate For Improving The Live...

Florence Kelley

What Is The Banning Of Alcoholic Beverages Kn...

Prohibition

Journalists Who Wrote About The Corrupt Side ...

Muckrakers

US History Test 7 Chapter 18

Cards: 23| Attempts: 3| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Who Was The Canadian-American Promoter Of The...

James J. Hill

Who Was The Oragnizer Behind The Integrated R...

Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt

This Business Tycoon built Great Empire...

Jay Gould

This Man Introduced The Sleeping Car, Which H...

George Pullman

US History Test 8 Chapter 21

Cards: 49| Attempts: 3| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Who Was An Employee Of The Department Of Agri...

Oliver H. Kelley

Who Was The Populist Presidential Candidate O...

James B. Weaver

Which President Sought To Follow Policies Tha...

Ulysses S. Grant

Most Damaging To The Nation Was The Scheme By...

Jay Gould And Jim Fisk

US History II 1920's Test

Cards: 43| Attempts: 3| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

Harlem Renaissance (defined And Results Of)

- Literary And Artistic Movement Celebrating ...

Prohibition (defined And Results Of)

- Forbids The Creation, Consumption, And Dist...

What Did The Washington Naval Conference And ...

Both Dealth With Foreign Issues And War

Why The "Roaring 20's"?

Because People Had Very Expressive Social Liv...

US HISTORY 2 Exam 2

Cards: 11| Attempts: 3| Last updated: Sep 23, 2015

Glided Age

The Name Of The Period 1877-1900 That Suggges...

Tenements

Multiple Family Dwellings Of 4-6 Stories That...

Political Machine

Powerful And Political Organization That Mobi...

Settlement House

Institution Established In The Citites In The...

U.S. History Regents Prep

Cards: 6| Attempts: 2| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Salutary Neglect

A Healthy Ignoring Of The Colonies. While Pre...

Mercantilism

A theory Prevalent In Europe During The ...

Social Darwinism

Strong belief, Popular In The Late Victo...

Ratification (U.S. Constitution)

Article Seven Of The Constitution Of The Unit...

US History Chapter 11 Test

Cards: 27| Attempts: 2| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

Fort Sumter

South Caroline - 1st Shots Of Civil War Were ...

Anaconda Plan

Union's (northern) War strategy

Stonewall Jackson

Confederate General At Bull Run

George McClellan

Union - He Was Indecisive (has The "slows") -...

Chapter 17 US History Test

Cards: 30| Attempts: 2| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

List And Describe The 4 Goals Of The Progress...

Economic Reform, Social Welfare, Moral Improv...

Why Were So Many Women In Favor Of Prohibitio...

They Believed It Would End Abuse & Adulte...

Why Did Factory Owners Favor Child Labor

Cheaper

Give Examples Of How Registered Voters Were G...

Initiative, Referendum, Recall

US History Chapter 6 Section 1 Vocab

Cards: 17| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Cash Crop

Crops Grown Not For Their Use But To Be Sold ...

Farmers' Alliance

Texas Farmers That Negotioated As A Group For...

Civil Rights Act Of 1875

Garanteed Black Patrons The Right To Ride Tra...

Reservation

Specific Areas Set Aside By The Government Fo...

US History After 1865, Unit One

Cards: 35| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

What Were The Three Points Of Henry Grady's S...

The United States Was No Longer Two Separate ...

What 3 Industries Emerged In The South After ...

Cotton, Iron, Tobacco. Now Manufactured Cotto...

What Is The 13th Amendment?

No Slaves

What Is The 14th Amendment?

Defining Citizenship

US History Colonies Key Terms

Cards: 19| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

Theory Of Mercantilism

Colonies Exist To Help Main Country

Mayflower Compact

Contract Signed On Ship Agreeing To Follow Go...

Roger Williams

Arrested For Views (thought That Land Belonge...

Anne Hutchison

Believed There Was No Use For Church Or Minis...

US History B

Cards: 88| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Protests

The Campaign Used A Variety Of Nonviolent Met...

Zoot Suit Riots In Los Angeles, 1941

A Series Of Riots In 1943 During World War II...

All In The Family

Despite Being Considerably Softer In Its Appr...

22nd Amendment

Sets A Term Limit For The President Of The Un...

US History

Cards: 11| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 16, 2015

What Is A Thesis?

A Refined Statement About A Specific Topic Th...

Laws Passed By The British Government To Help...

The Acts

Pamphlet By Thomas Paine And Published In Jan...

Common Sense

Writer Of The Declaration Of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

U.s. History A

Cards: 160| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Nov 15, 2016

Early Attempts At Self Government And Legal P...

B.) Royal Colonies Ruled By A Local Governor

Our Relative Success Around Boston Encouraged...

D.) Thomas Jefferson

Despite Losing The Battle At _______, The Col...

B.) Bunker Hill

The Group Known As The _________ Were Notorio...

B.) Sons Of Liberty

Ch.7 Section One Notes U.S. History

Cards: 12| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

What Were Some Things Henry Ford introduced?

Methods That Revolutionized Production, Wages...

What Is Mass Production?

The Rapid Manufacturing Of Large Numbers Of I...

What Was A Model T Car?

A Car Developed By Henry Ford Which Was A Rel...

What Did Henry Ford Use Scientific Management...

To Improve Mass Production Techniques.

U.S. History Test 2

Cards: 52| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

Monroe Doctorine

It Was Our Warning To Europe. It Warned Them ...

American System

BITBankInternal Improvements (roads And Canal...

Jacksonian Democracy (Characteristics)1828 El...

Pro-agrarianfor The "common Man"anti-establis...

Nullification Crisis

Arose In The Early 1830s When Leaders Of SC A...

U.S. History Ch. 17 Vocab

Cards: 26| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 16, 2015

Amnesty

A Pardon Granted By The Government

Assassination

The Killing Of A Politically Important Person...

Oath

Pledge That Promises Loyalty

Reconstruction

Rebuilding Of The South After The War