history Flashcards
(128 cards)
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1st president unanimously eleccted set standards 2nd best president never lived in white house
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george washington
2
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french architect hired by washington
designed dc
washywash dismisses him
buried in arlington overlooking dc
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pierre lefant
3
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african american assistant to pierre lefant
memorized his design
finished construction
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benjamin banneker
4
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2nd president
first prez to live in white house
XYZ affair and alien sedition acts: from corrupt gov
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john adams
5
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3rd prez
laissez-faire: let the people do as they choose
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thoma jefferson
6
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embargo act
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stops trade with other nations
7
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first judicial review
was to determine the constitutionality of a gov action (the right to declare acts of congress unconstitutional)
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marbury vs madison
8
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controlled by spain
us buys from france for 15 million
country doubled in size
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lousiana purchase
9
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explore all territory until they reach pacific ocean
explore north part of territory and find water route to ocean
left may 14, 1804
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lewis and clark
10
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shoshoni name “bird woman”
became lewis and clarks guide at 16
son is john baptiste
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sacagawea
11
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4th prez
father of the constitution
inherits the country in a mess
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james madison
12
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wrote the star spangled banner
at fort mchenry in baltimore which was being bombarded by brits
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francis scott key
13
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5th prez
prez during era of good feelings
adams-onis treaty: us gets florida for 5 million dollars
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james monroe
14
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maine a free state, missouri free state
prohibited slavery north of the36 degree boundary
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missouri compromise
15
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6th prez
had the corrupt bargain
later became house of reps member
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john quincy adams
16
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7th prez
prez of the peeps
spoils system: to the victor goes the spoils
was censured
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andrew jackson
17
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tariff
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fee paid by merchants who imported goods
dams
18
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trail of tears
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cherokee are forced to move west
from south east to oklahoma
many died
19
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8th prez
jacksonian
ruins his presidency
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martin van buren
20
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9th prez
gave a 1 and a half hour speech at his inauguration
first prez to die in office
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william henry harrison
21
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10th prez
first vice prez to accede after a death of president
signs the agreement for the annexations of texas
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john tyler
22
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abolitionists
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want to do away with slavery
23
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fredrick douglass
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born a slave
became very educated, escaped and became free
wrote book called north star
24
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written to prevent slave rebellions
slaves could not meet in large groups
was a crime to teach people how to read and write
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slave codes
25
the largest group of immigrants to the USA was the Irish
due to a potato famine
2nd largest group was germans
immigration 1820-1860
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reformers blamed alcohol for family breakups, poverty and crime
temperance movement
27
utopias
communities based on a vision of a perfect societty
28
a convention for womens rights and equality
| most controversial issue: suffrage
seneca falls convention 1848
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built the womens rights movement to a national level
| called for equality
susan b anthony
30
2 best friends: bible and rifle
1st american to visit ca, mojave desert, cross sierra nevadas
dies along santa fe trail
jebediah smith
31
began in independence missouri in 1843
left in early spring traveled 2000 miles
prairie schooners: wagons that crossed the plains
oregon trail
32
this fort is defeated by the mexican army
all 187 americans die in the battle
"remember the ......!"
alamo
33
known as the ring of the wild frontier
became a congressman
fought and died at the alamo
davy crocket
34
belief that the us should extend from the atlantic to the pacific
manifest destiny
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11th prez
went to war with mexico
fulfilled manifest destiny
james polk
36
known as the mexican cession: the us pays 15 million for south west
ca would enter as the 31 state
treaty of guadelupe hidalgo
37
12 prez
july fourth ate cherries and milk
died 5 days later from cholera morbus
zachary tayloorrrr
38
13th prez
most forgettable prez
believed in slavery
millard fillmore
39
14th prez
son dies in train accident
3rd lost child
signs kansas-nebraska act
franklin pierce
40
freed over 300 slaves
called conductor of underground railroad
known as moses of her people
harriet tubman
41
15th prez
never married
7 southern states leave while he is in office
james buchanan
42
16th prez
ranked 1st prez
a house divided against itself cannot stand
"save the union"
abraham lincoln
| my homie
43
south elects him: is the only prez for confederate states of america
jefferson davis
44
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first shots fired located in south carolina controlled by the union
robert anderson: union commander
pierre beauregard: confederate commander
confederates attack and surround fort
lots of bombs, only one casualty a horse
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fort sumter
45
asked by lincoln to command union, declines
| one of greatest generals ever to fight for south
robert e lee
46
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july 1-3
union sets up on seminary ridge (high ground)
lawrence chamberlain (uinon) colonel of 20th maine leads a bayonet charge down little round top
defeates confederates
july 3 picketts charge
turning point of the war
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battle of gettysburg
47
april 9th 1865
lee .... to grant at ...
virtually ended the civil war
surrender at appomattox court house
48
13th amendment
outlawed slavery
49
good friday
watching play @fords theater "our american cousin"
john wilkes booth shot lincol in back of head
peterson house: house across the street
lincolns assasination
50
17th prez
only former prez to serve as a senator
removed a public official without the consent of the senate
1st prez to be impeached
andrew johnson
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18th prez
commanding general for the uion
appointed corrupet members which ruined presidency
ulysses s grant
52
15th amendment
prohibited the states from denying any person the right to vote because of race, color, or previous servitude
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opened the great plain for settlement in 1862
gave 160 acres of land for free if they live on it for 5 years plus pay
sod houses
homestead act
54
offered land and citizenship to native american families
| gov made reservation for native americans
dawes act
55
battle of little big horn
sitting bull and crazy horse gather warriors to defend themselves against us gov
custer ordered to round up natives and put them on reservations
custer attacked intead and underestimated their forces
56
us soldiers were trying to capture big foot the tribe leader and collect the natives weapons
no one knows how fighting started
wounded knee
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mark twain called "age of industry" the "....."
refers to something covered in a thin layer of gold paint
suggested what?
the gilded age
| suggested great wealth with terrible poverty underneath
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symbolizes the land of freedom and opportunity
152 foot copper statue
torch represents freedom the tablet is declaration of independence
statue of liberty
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19th prez
compromise of 1877
federal troops be removed from the south
federal money be given to the south
rutherford b hayes
60
20th prez
| assasinated july 2 10 weeks in office by charles J guiteau who felt cheated out of a political job
james garfield
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21st prez
had to break the spoils system
civil service
chester a arthur
62
23rd prez
dependent and disability pensions: gave compensation to veterans disable from nonmilitary causes and to veterans dependents
benjamin harrison
| dat boi bennyboi
63
22nd and 24th prez
only prez to serve two non consecutive terms
only president married while in the white house
second term tthe panic (! at the disco) of 1893
grover cleveland
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appealed to the common people (populism)
| believed in the single terms for the president a national tax, shorter work hours, womans right to vote
the populist party
65
homer plessy sues gor being denied a seat on a railroad car
| court rules that segregation is legal a long as it is equal
homer plessy vs ferguson
66
25th prez
prez during spanish american war
is shot by leon czolgosz
william mckinley
67
this ship is sent to hawana cuba
ship suddenly exploded killing 260 american soldiers
spanish accused for explosion
uss maine
68
people wwho want to control the governments and resources of those nationss
wanted to use their resources for economic growth
imperialistic
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they focused on urban problems goveryment and business
| trust busters: break up big combo of companies
the progressive movement
70
schools wanted to teach good character and citizenship not just facts
progressive education
71
26th president
youngest, a progressive, a trustbuster
wins nobel peace prize
builds panama canal
theodore roosevelt
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27th president
later became chief justice of supreme court
bathtub
william h taft
73
28th president
first president witha phd
president throughout wwi
woodrow wilson
74
the father of modern socialism
| famous boxer
karl marx
75
henry ford
model t
| assembly line
76
who did the first controlled flight
wilbur and orville wright
77
heir to the throne
assasinated june 28th with wife
started wwi
archduke ferdinand
78
allied powers
russia
france
england
usa (in1917)
79
central/axis powers
germany
austria hungary
ottoman empire
bulgaria
80
fighting in ditches
barbed wire
4 year stalemate
lice machine guns and gaess
trench warfare
81
becomes 1st dictator of russia
| leads bolshevik revolution to overthrow the czar
vladimir lenin
82
when did the great war end
nov 11, 1918
| 11/11 at 11:00
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a plan towards world peace
| point 14: called for league of nations
wilsons 14 points
84
forced germany to claim full responsibility for the war
loses land
demilitarize
pays 33 billions in reparations
treaty of versailles
85
world epidemic spreads killing 25 million people
| bubonic plague
influenza
86
between 1919-20
| the fear of communism
the red scare
87
sank off the coast of ireland by a u-boat
| 1200 passengers are killed including 128 americans
lusitania
88
letter intercepted
germany will create an alliance with mexico
mexico will recieve the territory lost in the southwest
causes us to join war
zimmerman note
89
american infantry men with big buttons on their uniforms that resembled bakers
dough boys
| hoo hoo hoo :)
90
18th amendment
prohibition of alcohol
91
19th amendment
gave women right to vote
92
most popular entertainment source
radio
93
women who were thin
bobbed hair
risque dress
smoke drink
flappers
94
the charleston
dance that made them look like chickens
95
popular form of music
jazz
96
speakeasies
underground saloons
needed passwords
flappers and alcohol
97
popular book in roaring 20s
the great gatsby
98
public enemy number one
scar face
arrested for failing to pay taxes
al capone
99
sub teacher john scopes teaches evolution
| known as monkey trial
scopes trial
100
29th prez
| heart attack while visiting sanfrancisco
warren g harding
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30th prez
supported civil rights
sighned indian citizenship act
calvin coolidge
102
flew firsst nonstop transatlantic flight in the spirit of st louis
charles lindbergh
103
stock market crashes
everyone sells
over production cause crash
black tuesday
104
31st prez
| blamed for the great depression
herbert hoover
105
severe drough
| wind storms pick up dirt and create dust clouds
dust bowl
106
32nd prez
elected 4 timmes
suffered from polio
franklin delano roosevelt
107
fdr's plan for economic recovery through the federal gov wa man ideas to solve the economic crisis
new deal
108
they would bring relief, recovery and reform
| CCC civilian conservation corp provided job
alphabet agencies
109
21st amendment
legalizes alcohol
110
first women to pilot a plane across the atlantic
| plane vanished somewhere in the south pacific
amelia earhart
111
german airship explodes in new jersey killing 36 people
| most dramatic event of the decade
german zeppelin explodes
112
became the furher
the third reich: germany would reigh 1000 years only lasts 8
master aryan race: blonde hair blue eyes
adolf hitler
113
axis powers ww2
germany- hitler
italy- benito mussolini
japan- hirohito
114
when germany invades poland
| uses blitzkrieg: what is this?
ww2 begins
| lightning war
115
battle of britain
| german bombs factories and airships south of london
operation sea lion
116
dictator of russia
led by terror
dies from a cerebral hemmorrhage
joseph stalin
117
dec 7 1941
pearl harbor
| us enters war
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allied powers ww2
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usa
france
great britain
soviet union
china
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119
women who worked in the factories had this poster
rosie the riveter
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japanese american put in internment camps along west coat
japanese internment camps
121
deaths ww2
6 million jews
| 2/3 of jewish population in europe
122
GI joes
government issued joes
| nickname for soldiers
123
D-day
longest day
invasion of beaches of normandy
operation overlord
124
germany surrenders
| victory in europe day
V-E day
125
33rd prez
gave the order to drop the nuclear/atomic bomb
prez during korean war
harry s truman
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enola gay drops little boy over hiroshima
nuclear bombing august6
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box car drops fat man over nagasaki
nuclear bombing
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signed documents to end war on sep 2 on battle ship missouri
V-J day
