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Many opposed the Constitution in 1787 because they believed it did not offer adequate protection of individual rights B of R ratified in 1791, was created to protect individual rights such as, free speech, free press, bearing arms, maintaining private residences, illegal search and seizure 1st Ten Amendments to the Constitution
What is Bill of Rights
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clergyman, soldier during Colonial, Revolutionary and Post Revolutionary eras in Pennsylvania, elected to the 1st Congress
What is John Peter Muhlenberg
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Appealed to farmers Promoted political action to try and protect their industry They wanted the government to own the railroads, telephone and telegraph (to keep large companies from being able to control the prices)
What is Populism
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from Pennsylvania, treasurer of the US Mint from 1797 to 1813
What is Benjamin Rush
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A part of the Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front The objective was to capture an important railroad/train station which would break the rail net supporting the German Army in France The battle is credited for leading to the Armistice
What is Battle of the Argonne Forest
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Announced the colonies’ freedom from British rule and set forth the founding principles of the United States of America “all men are created equal” Unalienable rights Government derives its power from the consent of the governed
What is Declaration of Independence quotes
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Catholic, signer of D of I, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Senator from Maryland
What is Charles Carrol
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helped found the NAACP, he encouraged a liberal arts education for African American civil rights leaders
What is WEB Dubois
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“Out of Many, one” Proposed to Congress in 1782 as the unofficial motto for the United States Appears on most government tender and seals Symbolized the 13 original colonies uniting together to form one compact and represented body
What is E Pluribus Unum
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Long term - 1. Alliance system 2. Imperialist Competition 3. Stockpiling of Weapons Short term - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
What is Causes of WWI
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the only colonial governor who supported the American cause during the Revolution
What is John Peter Muhlenberg
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the procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote. The right to employ this procedure. The people can hold their elected leaders accountable for their actions ***During the Progressive Era political reforms were initiated which gave the people more say in how their government was run and operated, resulting in more participatory and democratic government
What is Recall
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Created the central banking system in the USA and granted legal authority to issue legal tender. The Federal Reserve now acts to regulate US monetary policy Due to an imbalance in balance of payments and a trade deficit, in 1971, the US moved away from the gold standard to fiat money; this move intended to prevent the devaluation of the dollar, foreign price gouges, and the depletion of US gold reserves to foreign countries
What is Federal Reserve Act of 1913
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Founder of Ford Motors, innovated the auto industry with the assembly line and invented the Model T and Model A cars, with an affordable price
What is Henry Ford
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a) the power or right of citizens to introduce a new legislative measure. b) the right and procedure by which citizens can propose a law by petition and ensure its submission to the electorate
What is Intiative
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author; wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the US meat packing industry, causing a public uproar and leading to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
What is Upton Sinclair
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the submission of a proposed public measure or actual statute to a direct popular vote, this allows the people to have more influence on the decision making process
What is Referendum
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The US forces sent to the Western Front (France), fought alongside British and French allied forces in the last year of World War I General John J Pershing was the Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces
What is American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
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Considered “The Father of Naval Aviation”, he was a pioneer in aviation Hydroaeroplane Catapult for launching planes from ships
What is Glen Curtis
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The US supported a revolution in Panama in the early 1900s. The US was permitted to build the canal and control a zone of 5 miles on each side of the canal (Canal Zone) The division of the country into two parts by the US territory caused tension throughout the 20th century President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty to return the canal area to Panama on December 31, 1999 The 48 mile international waterway allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving about 8,000 miles from journey around South America (Cape Horn)
What is Panama Canal
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American reformer and leader in the anti-lynching crusade and women’s suffrage movement
What is Ida B Wells
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
What is U.S. Constitution Preamble
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(September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago. Its facilities included a night school for adults, kindergarten classes, clubs for older children, a public kitchen, an art gallery, a coffeehouse, a gym, a girls' club, a bathhouse, a book bindery, music school, a drama group, and a library, as well as labor-related divisions. Her adult night school was a forerunner of the continuing education classes offered by many universities today.
What is Jane Addams
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He fought in Italy, earned a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and the Distinguished Service Cross. In 1996, more than fifty years after the assault on Castle Aghinolfi, he received a telephone call from a man working on a federal grant to reevaluate the heroism of African Americans in World War II. It was during this phone call he learned he was to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He is the only living African American World War II veteran to earn the Medal of Honor
What is Vernon J. Baker