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repeal
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To cancel
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portugal
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spain's rival
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Yahweh
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God of Judaism
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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Ziggurats
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Massive monuments/temples/towers in Mesopotamia
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Amendment 19
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allows women to vote
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1453
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The year Constantinople was captured
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two-house legislative system
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what is bicameral
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tva
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Tennessee Valley Authority: a three-member board, created in 1933, charged with developing the Tennessee River and its tributaries to promote their use for inexpensive electric power, irrigation, flood control, navigation, etc. Since 1933 many projects ha
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Lower South
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states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
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polis
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a self-governing city-state; the basic political unit of the Greek world. The polis comprised a city, with its acropolis and agora and the surrounding territory.
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Shah
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A ruler of the Seljuk Turks
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Direct democracy
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Direct say of the people
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Comedy Films
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Extremely satiricalPolitical jokes on daily showsMarx bros W.C. FieldsUse their comedy to make people laugh as well as make very important comments of the state of American Society"Duck Soup"Represents the most important instance in film political satire, although came at a bad time because people werent interested in that at this time
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reserved powers
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powers retained by the states
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ekklesia
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general "town meeting" of all free male Athenians, called on an ad hoc basis to make critical decisions affecting the future of the polis
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assimilation
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the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
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household economy
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economic system in which people's business consisted of maintaining households by growing food and making clothes and other necessities
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scribes
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people who specialized in writing and record keeping
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Printing Press
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invented by Gutenburg. made producing books cheaper and faster
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Temujin
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Ghengis Khan. He initiated the Mongol Empire
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seneca falls convention
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Kicked off the equal-rights-for-women campaign led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (1848)
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Prohibition
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Made the production and consumption of alcohol illegal
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Kiev
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capital and largest city of the Ukraine
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During WWI, which country was the prime consumer of JP Morgan products?
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England
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Movies
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gave people what they wanted, mostly happy stories to get their mind off the depression, sex and violencefirst reality-the real world, now reality is just stupid
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Hamiltonian ideas
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-fear of mob rule-national bank constitutional-economy based on shipping and manufacturing
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virginia plan
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two house legislature, a chief executive chosen by the legislature, court systemThe members of the lower house would be elected by the people and the members of the upper house would be elected by the lower house. In both houses the number of represtatives would be based on the population of your state.
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frances perkins
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U.S. sociologist: Secretary of Labor 1933–45.
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Compromise of 1850
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a compromise passed to admit California as a free slave state, territories of New Mexico and Utah would determine slavery based on popular sovereignty, slave trade was banned in DC, and strict fugitive slave laws were passed
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oracles
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A special sanctuary in which the Gods spoke through priest or priestesses to the people usually revealing answers to questions about the future.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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This was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France
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862
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The year Novgorod was founded by the Rus chief who was invited by the Slavs to be their king
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texas revolution
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War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Prohibited Chinese from immigrating to the U.S. and prevented those already here from becoming citizens
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Jihad
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a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
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andrew jackson
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this man invaded florida, rivaled john quincy adams, and was a self made man
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Henry Ford
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put the stuff into action, the assembly line to produce cars a lot faster
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mass production
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the production of goods in large quantities
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Identify economic activities in New England.
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Shipping, Whaling, Commerce
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Delian League
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Pact joined in by Athenians and other Greeks to continue the war with Persia, (no sparta)
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Gadsden Purchase
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purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary
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Byzantine Empire
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a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
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The first three capitals of the Islamic Empires
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Mecca, Damascus, Baghdad
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middle passage
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the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade
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Lord
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in the middle ages, a noble who owned and controlled all activities on his manor
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marbury v. madison
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this was the issue of judicial review
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Hamilton put a high excise tax on whiskey in an attempt to pay off the nation's debt. settlers in Pennsylvania rebelled and tested the new government
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which event took place as the result of the tea act?
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Tea Party
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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well known book describing life on a plantation written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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A French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy
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preamble of the constitution
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Begins "We the people...." and states that the power to govern belongs to the people.
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era of good feelings
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this era happended during the monroe prezidency
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Boston Tea Party
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dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1733 to protest the Tea Act
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Ceasar's popularity and rivalry w/Pompey
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What caused the First Triumverate to break apart?
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Jim Crow / Black Codes
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Started after 1863 and would last until the Civil Rights movement of the 50's
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French and Indian War
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conflict in NA lasting from 1754 - 1763 that was part of world wode struggle between France and Britain that ended in the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain. Causes Britain to begin taxing the Colonies to make back money spent to defend colonies in this war.
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Khanate of the Golden Horde
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What was the Mongol Empire in Russia called?
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FDR’s Broken Campaign Pledge (1940)
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Made a pledge to Americans to do everything possible to keep us out of another war
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they escaped capture and fought the U.S. Army
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How did the Seminole Indians resist the Indian Removal Act?
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How did Patrick Henry feel about freedom?
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"Give me liberty, or give me death"
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What is the ssymbolism of Blood and Iron?
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BLOOD- people who died in the warsIRON-Industrialism
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