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Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west. -
Abolished slavery. -
Citizenship & due process. -
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Voting for all male citizens. -
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The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth in the U.S.
1.Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)-
2.Philanthropy-
3.Monopoly-
4.Jane Addams-
5.Laissez-Faire- -
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1.Muckrakers
2.Initiative, Referendum, Recall
3.The Great Migration
4.NAACP
5.Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism) -
Outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness.
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Outlawed business monopolies. -
Legalized segregation, established “separate but equal.” -
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1.Theodore Roosevelt
2.Rough Riders
3.Foreign Policy
4.Immigration Quotas
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Regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines.
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Law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat.
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Established the federal income tax.
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Direct election of U.S. Senators.
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Established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry.
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1.Island Hopping-
2.Liberation of Concentration Camps-
3.Dwight Eisenhower-
4.Douglas MacArthur-
5.Chester W. Nimitz-
6.Navajo Code Talkers-
7.Tuskegee Airmen-
8.Flying Tigers-
9.The Manhattan Project-
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Incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII. -
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Gives military veterans financial and educational benefits. -
U.S, Britain, France, the Soviet Union and China met in 1944 and chartered an international organization called the U.N. It included a general assembly for all member nations(50 charter countries) and a 15 member Security Council with five permanent nations including the U.S and ten rotating positions.
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1.Containment-U.S policy to prevent the spread of Communism.
2.Arms/Space Race-Competition between USSR and US to develop powerful Nuclear weapons/ Competition to make discoveries in outer space.
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-also known as USSR, consisted of Russia and 14 surrounding countries.
4.Communism-a theory advocating elimination of private property. 5.Domino Theory-the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries. -
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
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Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
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Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal.” -
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment. -
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Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation. -
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Authorized the building of a national highway system. -
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Abolishes the poll tax. -
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis. -
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam. -
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters. -
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Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. -
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools. -
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1.OPEC- Organization consisting of 12 member countries whose primary goal is to stabilize the oil market by balancing supply and demand of oil.
2.Sandra Day O’Connor- First woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
3.Community Reinvestment Act of 1977-
4.AIDS Epidemic-
5.Star Wars (NOT the movies)- -
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Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. -
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Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs. -
Law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval. -
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1.Barack Obama-Served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009-2017.
2.al-Qaeda-is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988.
3.No Child Left Behind-was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
4.President Clinton’s Impeachment-Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998.
5.Presidential Election of 2000-George W. Bush won one of the closest elections in US history. -
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Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism. -
