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Jack Kerouac

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writer from the Beat Generation (1950s-1960s)

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American art

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Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer were thought to be the originators of American style of painting

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Lewis and Clark

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Northwest Passage, map the LA territory, friendly relations w/ Native Americans, and catalog unknown species of plant and animals

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Cold War

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“Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep out people in, to keep them from leaving us.” Berlin Wall, USSR v. USA for the most part over nuclear weaponry

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Opera

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brought in during nineteenth-century from Europe by huge influx of immigrants

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“Four Freedoms”

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FDR’s 1941 proposal to Congress: freedom to worship in one’s own way, freedom from fear, freedom of speech/expression, freedom from want

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James Fenimore Cooper

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creator of Hawkeye/Deerslayer/Natty Bumppo, who was the prototype of the strong, silent, self-reliant American hero

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“Conspicuous consumption”

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described upper class in 1890s: coined by Thorstein Veblen

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9-11

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Immediate US. response: invasion of Afghanistan in search of Osama bin Laden

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Marshall Plan

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“Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.”

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“Fourteen points”

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reduction of national armaments, return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, formation of association of nations (League of Nations), freedom of navigation in international waters

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Watergate scandal

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“follow the money”, “deep throat”, “expletive deleted” are all associated with this scandal

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Four-Power Treaty

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1921: France, Great Britain, Japan, and the United States will respect one another’s claims to territory in the Pacific Ocean

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War with Mexico

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caused by US support of Texas in Texan revolution, nonpayment of debt owed by Mexico to US, border disputes (Rio Grande vs. Nueces, US desire for California

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WWI

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US entrance into WWI was caused primarily by publication of Zimmerman Telegram in US newspapers

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Pre-Columbian era

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Anasazi -> Pueblo indians

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Willa Cather

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most of stories are set in American Great Plains states

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Jim Thorpe

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1912 Olympic competitor called “greatest athlete in the world” at the time: Native American

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Great Awakening

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contradicted Puritan belief of predestination, introducing instead the idea that people could be reborn and choose to save themselves through faith and piousness

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PCs: personal computers

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1980s main attraction

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Teddy Roosevelt

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“See to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.” 1904 campaign promise to limit trusts, promote public health, and improve working conditions

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Stock market in political crises

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Fall in stock prices, increase in selling

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New Deal

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Series of bills passed by FDR throughout his presidency. Included Works Progess Administration, Social Security Act, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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Smoot-Hawley Tariff, 1930

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reduced trade and contributed to global economic downturn in following decade

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“The Star-Spangled Banner”

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composed during War of 1812, Battle of Ft. McHenry

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“Dogfights”

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refers to aerial combat in WWI

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19th Amendment

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activists supporting this amendment included Harriet Stanton Blatch, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul