history final exam Flashcards
(98 cards)
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MA bay colony
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1630
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end of reconstruction
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1877
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monroe doctrine
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1823
4
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defeat of spanish armada
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1588
5
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spanish-american war
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1898
6
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las vegas shooting
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oct. 2017
7
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civil war
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1861-1865
8
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lousiana purchase
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1803
9
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black tuesday
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oct. 29 1929
10
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end of space shuttle program
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2011
11
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declaration of independance
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july 4, 1776
12
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pearl harbor
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dec. 7, 1941
13
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operation desert storm
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1991
14
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treaty of paris
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1783
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last troops removed from vietnam
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april 23 1975
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world trade center attacked
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2001
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america enters ww1
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april 6 1917
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leader of the 9/11 attacks part of al-queda
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osama bin laden
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racial segregation in south africa
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apartheid
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a series of protests and uprisings in muslim countries against their dictators in 2010
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arab springs
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general who betrayed the patriots by selling secrets to the british before changing sides outright
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benedict arnold
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the day in which the bottom fell out of the market and sixteen million shares changed hands, resulting in the great depression
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black tuesday
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became second governer of the plymouth colony in 1621
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bradford
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author of the first american hsitory book history of plymouth plantation
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bradford
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the meeting between israeli prime minister menachem begin and egyptian president anwar sadat that was mediated by president carter
camp david accords
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former democrat governer of georgia who was elected president in 1976 signed salt 2 and negotiated surrender of the panama canal
carter
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democratic presidential candidate who won the 1884 election
cleveland
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arkansas governer who was president from 1993- 2001
clinton
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his journalism earned him the title of the most trusted man in america
cronkite
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mississippian politician who gave a resignation speech to the US senate calling for mississippi's secession served as president of the confederate states
jefferson davis
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name given to the first ever USA national basketball team to feature professionals in the olympics dominated in 1992
dream team
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the US supreme court ruled that a slave was not a citizen and could not sue in US courts and a slave was property of his owner
dred scott V. sanford
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america's foremost theologian and preached sinners in the hand of an angry god
jonathan edwards
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the supreme allied commander in europe during ww2 supreme commander of NATO in 50's 34 president
eisenhower
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presidential proclamation by lincoln to free all slaves in states rebelling against the union
emancipation proclomation
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name of truman's economic program
fair deal
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supporters of ratifying the us constitution without a bill of rights; led by alexander hamilton; stood for loose construction of the constituition
federalists
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best known evangelist of the second great awakening
charles finney
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revolutionized transportation introduced the assembly line
henry ford
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the best known american scientist of the colonial era wrote poor richard's almanac proposed albany plan
benjamin franklin
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bloodiest and most decisive battle of the civil war in which general lee was defeated by union forces the turning point of the civil war
battle of getysburg
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lyndon b johnson's liberal government program
great society
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elected the twenty-ninth president in 1920
harding
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canadian-american prompter of the great northern the only privately funded railroad
james hill
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texan statesman who led the texas war for independance first president of the state of texas
sam houston
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iraqi dictator who invaded kuwait captured by american forces in 2003 and executed in 2006
saddam hussein
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event in which 52 americans were held hostage for 14 months
iran hostage crisis
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tennessean general who won the battle of horseshoe bend and the battle of new orleans found the democratic party won the 1828 election becoming 7th president
andrew jackson
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the first permanent english settlement in the new world
jamestown
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kennedy's vice president was the 36th president after the assasination remebered for the great society program and for escalating the war in vietnam
lyndon johnson
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father of american missions pioneered the missionary effort in burma
adoniram judson
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democrat who became president after eisenhower
john kennedy
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president nixon's secretary of state
henry kissinger
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president andrew jackson's group of informal advisors
kitchen cabinet
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general sent to the philipines to prepare the islands defenses against future japanese attack; named supreme allied commander of the occupation in japan
douglas macarthur
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virginian statesman known as the father of the constitution served as thomas jefferson secretary of state the 14th president
james madison
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secretary of the massachusetes board of education promoted public education
horace mann
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communist chinese leader until his death in 1976
mao zedong
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marshall's plan to give 13.3$billion in aid to rebuild western europe
marshal plan
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british colony founded as a haven for catholics ratified in 1788 became 7th state
maryland
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sponsored the mckinley tariff as a congressman from ohio defeated bryan in 1896 became 25th president
william mckinley
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the belief that a nation's wealth was her gold and silver
mercantile theory
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admitted maine as a free state and missouri as a slave state while outlawing slavery in US territories north of the 36 30 parallel
missouri compromise
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the mass legislation introduced by franklin roosevelt
new deal
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president kennedy's economic program
new fronteir
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label given to the events involved in the terrorist attacks of the world trade center and pentagon on sep 11, 2001
9/11
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granted women the right to vote
19th admendment
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eisenhower's vice president lost to jfk in 1960 became 37th president in 1968
richard nixon
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american colonel who illegally transferred funds to the contras became the most famous personality during the televised iran-contra hearings
oliver north
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providedfor the gradual developement of self government in the northwest territory
northwest ordinance of 1787
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reagan appointee to the supreme court who became the first female justice in american history
sandra day oconnor
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democratic denator who won the 2008 election the first black american president
barack obama
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tennessean expansionist who ran as the democratic nominee for president in 1844 on the slogan 54-40 11th president
james polk
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former governer of california who served as president form 1981 to 1989 also known as the great communicator
ronald reagan
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reagan's foreign policy stance that communist aggressors must be stopped before they can attack and enslave a country
reagan doctrine
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president bush's secretary of state the highest ranking black american women in the us government
condoleezza rice
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american entrepreneur who built the standard oil company became the wealthiest man in america
john rockefeller
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decision that declared abortion to be legal
roe v wade
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patriot victory that became the turning point of the war for independance
battle of saratoga
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1967 war between israel and egypt jordon and syria; israel humiliated the arabs and gained the sinai peninsula
six-day war
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english captain who abolished the common store system in jamestown and replaced it with a capitalist system
john smith
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NSA contractor who leaked over one million files detailing the surveillance program of the us
edward snowden
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american inventor who pioneered alternating current and invented the tesla coil partnered to found westinghouse electric company
nikola tesla
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the site where a nuclear power plaint accident occured in 1979
three mile island
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the most famaus local color writer known as samuel clemens
mark twain
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ratified in 1933 repealed the 18th admendment and legalized the sale of liquor
21st amendment
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law that broadened federal law enforcements abilities to conduct searchers surveillances and arrests
usa patriot act
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italian sailor credited with being the first to realize that christopher columbus had discovered a new continent which was later named america
amerigo vespucci
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war fought between great britian and the US proved that the united states could defend herslef against major world powers
war of 1812
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virginian planter and surveyor who was a veteran of the french and indian war commander in chief of patriot forces in war for independance president of the constitutional conventions 1st president
george washington
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scandal involving president nixon and the breakin of the democratic national headquarters at the watergate complex
watergate scandal
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became the first black american cabinet officer as the head of the department of housing and urban development
robert weaver
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MA senator who gave the greatest oration heard in congress when he debated robert hayne americas best known orator
daniel webster
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american educator and author who credited america's liberty to biblical christianity wrote bluebacked speller and the first american english dictionary
noah webster
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first college for only women
wesleyan college
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the 28th president of the US first native southern elected to the presidency since civil war
woodrow wilson
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the site of the last major conflict between native americans and federal troops
wounded knee, south dakota
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1973 war between egypt and israel in which the israelis drove back the egyptians again
yom kippur war
