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| The Americas were not open to further European colonization and Europe and the US would not interfere with each others' colonies |
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| developed by Henry Clay - a protective tariff and consequently better transportation, to aid farmers |
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| every individual had the power to run the government; support meant a position in government upon election |
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| educational reformer 1837 - 1848 |
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| leader in the reform of prisons and asylums |
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| Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, Maine would be admitted as a free state, balancing the House |
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| Compromise Tariff of 1833 |
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| The North pushed a high tariff through Congress and the South rejected it. A new tariff was negotiated. |
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| California is admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Law strengthened, Slave trade banned in DC |
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| No more than 5 and no less than 3 states could be formed from lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi and only when the population reached 60,000 |
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| a small strip of land (Arizona, NM) purchased from Mexico in 1853 for railroad purposes |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
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| New Mexico and Upper California were ceded to the United States |
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| stated that there would be no slavery in territories gained from Mexico, failed in the Senate |
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| liked popular sovereignty, wanted to keep slavery out of the west |
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| repealed the Missouri Compromise, each state could decide. Both sides sent settlers to Kansas and Nebraska to vote for them, caused "Bleeding Kansas." |
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| abolished slavery in the United States |
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| African Americans were made full citizens of the United States |
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| gave blacks the right to vote |
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| American Federation of Labor |
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| organized skilled workers according to their trade, led by Samuel Gompers, union activities |
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| farmer group that fought railroad monopolies and encouraged economic balance |
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| writers of the progressive movement - included Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, and H.L. Mencken |
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| set up fair rate schedules for railway freight and prohibited special rates for trusts and length of the haul |
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| aimed at breaking trusts, not enforced, failed |
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| broke trusts, established Federal Trade Commission to enforce it |
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| the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million |
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| marked the end of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines were ceded to the US, Cuba got independence, and the US paid $20,000,000 to Spain |
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| all nations should have equal commercial trade rights in China |
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| an intercepted note stating the Germany planned to urge Mexico to attack the United States |
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| End of WWI, surrender of German territory of France, Japan and etc. Europe, compensation from Germany, allied occupation in Germany, German guilt, and a league of nations |
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| a group of writer and intellectuals disillusioned with the spirit of the twenties as a result of WWI |
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| Works Progress Administration |
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| fed gave employment to men on programs it initiated |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Act |
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| reduced amount of crops planted to create artificial shortages and stimulate prices |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| regulation of electricity and flooding in the Tennessee River Valley; much opposition because it smacked of socialism |
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| guarded labor's right to organize and bargain through unions |
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| invaded by the Japanese and was annexed in 1931 |
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| gave the president power to sell or lease war equipment to any country whose defense would help America, replaced a complete neutral policy |
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| Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Jiang Jieshi, De Gaulle |
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| Allies invaded the Normandy peninsula, Germans could not hold them off, lost the war |
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| gave money to countries whose economies had not yet recovered from World War II |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
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| the first U.S. peacetime military alliance, designed to block Communist expansion |
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| US and Britain offered to help Egypt build a dam, they changed their minds, and the Soviet Union stepped in and helped |
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| permitted the US to extend help to Middle Eastern countries that wanted it because they found Communism to be a threat |
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| Castro took over, the US stopped diplomatic relations with Cuba |
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| unsuccessful attempt by refugees and US to overthrow Castro |
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| Soviets tried to set up some missiles in Cuba, US found out and tried to stop it. Almost nuclear war, but the two worked it out |
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| Nixon's policy dealing with the Cold War, gradually backing off |
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| Secretary of State Kissinger went to the Middle East to help in cease-fire agreements between Israel and Syria. Soviets tried to help out and sell arms too |
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| limited the number of missiles held by the US and Soviet Union |
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