| A | B |
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| Articles of Confederation | 1st weak government of the SUS before the Constitution |
| Black Codes | discrimination laws enacted after the Civil War that restricted African-Americans |
| Brown vs. Board of Ed. | segreation in schools is unconstitutional |
| Civil rights movement | an ethnic group fighting for basic rights |
| Confederate | a person siding with the South during the Civil War |
| Declaration of Independence | document listing wrongs of the king and stating independence for the 13 colonies |
| Dollar Diplomacy | US policy of using a nation's economic power to influence other countries |
| Emancipation Proclamation | if Southern states did not re-enter the Union by Jan 1st, 1863 slavery would be abolished in that state |
| Great Compromizse | settled the issue of representation by creating the Senate and the House |
| Great Depression | decline of business and inactivity of trade from 1929-1941 |
| Harlem Renaissance | the rise of the Jazz Age, the rise of African culture |
| Jim Crow Laws | Southern legislatures passed laws segregating blacks and whites |
| Little Big Horn | the place of Custers' last stand being defeated by Indians |
| Louisianna Purchase | US bought Louisiana territory from France for $15; doubled the size of the US |
| Marshall Plan | US economic plan to help Europe rebuild after WWI |
| Open Door Policy | stated that all nations have equal trading rights with China |
| Progressive Era | movement to make political and economic changes due to industrialization |
| Reconstruction | program plan to rebuild the South after the Civil War |
| Roe vs. Wade | due to right of privacy abortion was legal if in first 3 months of pregnancy |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | Blacks and Whites can have separate schools; separate but equal is legal |
| State of Union Address | speech given by the President each year to give direction for the country |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | five slaves counted as three people for representation |
| Truman Doctrine | policy of containment; US would support any nation fighting Communism |
| Watergate Scandal | Nixon was to be impeached based on: abuse of executive power, obstruction of justice & defiance of Congress |
| Wounded Knee | Indian reservation in South Dakota;soldiers shot & killed unarmed Indians |
