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100
The theory that all the Europeans brought to the New World was bad (death, disease, murder, slavery).
What is the Black Legend
100
This idea of this is that the government is under control of the people who governs it. The writer's of the constitution used this idea.
What is Republicanism
100
Winston Churchill introduced this term to describe the division between Western powers and the area controlled by the Soviet Union.
What is Iron Curtain
100
This term described people who supported the war's goal. While this term described people who did not support the war's goal.
What is "hawks" and "doves"
100
This was the process of replacing the American armed forces with South Vietnamese troops trained by American troops.
What is vietnamization
200
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Incan empire and shipped out precious metals such as gold/silver back to Spain. This caused the price of precious metals in Europe to skyrocket (inflation).
What is Francisco Pizarro
200
This English law said that the oldest son of each family inherited the land. This left the younger sons to seek their fortune somewhere else- many went to the New World.
What is primogeniture
200
This term describes the movement of working and middle class whites moved away from racial-minority suburbs and inner city neighborhoods to white suburbs.
What is the White Flight
200
JFK signs Executive Order 10924 which establishes this group of volunteers. These volunteers help developing and third world countries and was established in 1961.
What is the peace corps
200
This American ship was blown up in Havana, Cuba and started the Spanish-American War.
What is the U.S.S. Maine
300
This act granted religious toleration to all Christians and gives a death penalty on Jews, atheists, and anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus Christ.
What is Maryland's Act of Toleration
300
In 1968 American troops entered a Vietnamese village and their "search and destroy" turned into a massacre of 300 unarmed civilians. This increased the divide between the American population about continuing American presence in Vietnam.
What is the My Lai massacre
300
This was the term that described the relaxation of tensions between the United States, China, and the Soviet Union.
What is detente
300
This plague is caused by the Yersina pestis. It spread through the air as well as bites from infected fleas and rats. The infected had a fever, horrible pain, and mysterious black boils that oozed pus and blood.
What is the Black Plague
400
This treaty ended the war of Spanish succession in 1713 and accepted Queen Anne as the British monarch and France gave Britain various parts of Canada.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht
400
This convention originally planned on meeting to discuss the promotion of interstate commerce in 1786 but instead decided to make a convention to amend the Articles of Confederation.
What is Annapolis Convention
400
This was an unsuccessful attempt on the United States part to overthrow the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in 1961.
What is Bay of Pigs
400
This required the president to report all commitments of US troops to Congress within 48 hours and set a 60 day limit on those activities.
What is War Powers Act of 1973
400
The Secretary of State John Hay requested this policy. It respected the rights the Chinese rights and promoted fair competition among those interested in Chinese resources.
What is Open Door Policy
500
This rebellion occurred when a New Yorker revolted against the colonial authority of King James II when the 1688 Glorious Revolution crossed the Atlantic ocean. The militia seized control of the lower part of New York from 1689-1691.
What is Leisler's Rebellion
500
To be ruled by a mob. An example is when Britain began imposing taxes on the colonists. The colonists in return formed mobs and stole money from the stamp agents.
What is mobocracy
500
This court case in 1973 legalized abortion on the basis of a women's right to privacy.
What is Roe v. Wade
500
This sought to guarantee gender equality. It required women to serve in combat. It legalized homosexual marriage. It deprived a women's right to be a wife. It needed 41 state legislatures to adopt it but only had 38 so it ended.
What is Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
500
New Hampshire state legislature changed the charter changing the institution from private to public, as well as changing the duties of the trustees, and how they were selected. The institution claimed this was unconstitutional and the Supreme Court agreed with them and it continued to be a private institution.
What is Dartmouth College v. Woodward.
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