USH STAAR EOC Study Flashcard

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voting in elections, serving on a jury

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Civic Responsibilities

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law intended to assimilate Native Americans into American culture

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Dawes Act

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desire to decrease crime & health problems, resulted in increased crime & speakeasies, women supported

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Prohibition

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League of Nations (rejected by U.S. Congress), freedom of the seas, Poland as an independent nation

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Wilson's Fourteen Points

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popularity of African-American artists, gospel music, jazz, influenced civil rights movement

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Harlem Renaissance

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limited president to serve only two terms, passed in response to FDR serving four terms

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22nd Amendment

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a new strategic weapon developed at Los Alamos, NM; Japan surrendered after bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, resulted in arms race with Soviets

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Atomic Bomb

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Jonas Salk developed to stop polio; this limited the spread of infectious diseases

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Vaccines

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1st African American woman to serve in Congress in 1968

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Shirley Chisholm

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Congress limited the military power of the executive branch, result of actions during the Vietnam War

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War Powers Resolution