Banana Kelly Collaborative High School
U.S. History Regents Prep
Key Terms Definition and Significance
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Constitution
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Legislative Branch
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Executive Branch
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Judicial Branch
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Congress
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Senate
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House of Representatives
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President
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Supreme Court
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isolationism
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Washington’s Farewell Address
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Big Stick Policy
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women’s suffrage
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World War I
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arms race
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nationalism
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imperialism
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alliance
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Triple Entente
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Triple Alliance
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Central Powers
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propaganda
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Lusitania
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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total war
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Fourteen Points
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Treaty of Versailles
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reparations
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immigration
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emigration
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Old Immigrants
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New Immigrants
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immigration laws
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quotas
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economic depression
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stock market crash
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rugged individualism
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tariff
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lameduck
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New Deal
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Relief, Recovery, Reform
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C.C.C.
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T.V.A.
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Social Security Act
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public works
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F.D.I.C.
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Wagner Act
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court packing
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precedent
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totalitarianism
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League of Nations
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Facism
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Nazism
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Communism
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dictatorship
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World War II
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aggression
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Allies
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Lend-Lease Act
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Atlantic Charter
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Neutrality Acts
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home front
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Holocaust
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Auschwitz
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genocide
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atomic bomb
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rationing
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internment
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relocation camps
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United Nations
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Cold War
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Iron Curtain
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N.A.T.O.
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Warsaw Pact
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superpowers
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Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Plan
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Civil Rights Movement
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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segregation
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integration
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separate but equal
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de jure segregation
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de facto segregation
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busing
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equal protection of the law
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Korean War
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Red Scare
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demography
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baby boom
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Great Society
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Civil Rights Acts (1964, 1968)
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poll tax
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literacy test
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Vietnam War
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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War Powers Resolution (1973)
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Apollo 11
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détente
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S.A.L.T.
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Watergate
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25th Amendment
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energy crisis
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Yom Kippur War
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O.P.E.C.
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inflation
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stagflation
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human rights
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Camp David Accords
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supply side economics
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affirmative action
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reverse discrimination
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women’s liberation movement
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Equal Rights Amendment
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Roe vs. Wade
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Hispanic/Latino
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Bill of Rights
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exclusionary rule
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Miranda vs. Arizona
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Gideon vs. Wainwright
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transnational problems
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Gulf War
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domestic/foreign
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rural/urban/suburban
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September 11th
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War in Afghanistan
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War in Iraq
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terrorism
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globalization
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