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Frontier Theory - argument advanced by Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893, american democracy was
formed by the American frontier, the moving frontier line
Congress of Vienne - Held in 1814-1815. Formed to fix the problems Napoléon caused. All European
countries were invited, but only Austria (Klaus von Metternich), Russia(Tsar Alexander I), Prussia,
England (Castlereagh) made any big decisions. a. Established the concert of Europe a system whereby
the major powers agreed to solve their differences through a consensus arrived at through diplomacy,
negotiation and agreement, rather than war.
CPI - measures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased
by households. A statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items
whose prices are collected periodically.
GDP - the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a
specific time period. Though GDP is usually calculated on an annual basis, it can be calculated on a
quarterly basis as well.
Thurgood Marshall - a. Supreme court justice and civil rights activist.
b. Legal counsel for the NAACP, he guided litigation that destroyed the legal under pinning's of Jim Crow
segregation. As counsel to the NAACP, he utilized the judiciary to champion equality for African
Americans. In 1954, he won the Brown v. Board of Education case,
c. The nation's first black Justice.
Characteristics of Sumerian Cities - a. Sumerians inhabited various city states. City Center.
b. Each centered around a temple called a Ziggurat.
c. They believed that a God owned each city.
d. Since the Sumer city states were not united, they fell to the Babylonians.
Rachael Carson, Silent Spring - a. Example drawn from real communities where the use of DDT had
caused damage to wildlife, birds, bees, agricultural, domestic pets, and even humans.
, b. It was observed that the eagles had started to disappear and they weren't reproducing, falcons
started to die, etc. The symptoms in these deaths were very much universal
What did Rachel Carson advocate in SS? - a. Nature is our home and not something that should take an
advantage of. DDT shouldn't be used because its not only affecting the wildlife but will also affect the
future generation
b. Govt became more conscious of how to use insecticides and which ones should be used, what their
impacts are and how they affect everyone in the food chain.
Betty Friedman - Wrote the Feminine mystique (1963), involves women finding fulfillment beyond
traditional roles.
Cause of the spread of Nationalism in Europe - The French Revolution paved the way for the modern
Nation State and also played a key role in the birth of Modern Nationalism.
Policies Eleanor Roosevelt had in her hands - made sure there were relief programs for women ("She-
She-She Camps"), as well as for men. She pressed for the creation of youth programs, encouraging the
establishment of the National Youth Administration. She befriended black leaders Mary McLeod
Bethune and Walter White, became a champion of civil rights, lobbied against the poll tax, supported
the Southern Tenant Farmer's Union, and pushed for the inclusion of blacks in government programs.
Housing became one of her special concerns and she worked with the Housing Division of the Public
Works Administration and the Washington Housing Authority to support planned communities
("greenbelt towns") and slum clearance projects. She enthusiastically supported federal aid to the arts,
played a key role in establishing the Federal Arts Projects, and defended the projects against
congressional attacks.
Greatest Consequence of the American Revolution. - Focus isn't on states, it's as a nation first then
states, Leaders held more accountable- Know what tyranny is like, Challenge to institution of slavery-
Rhetoric and values conflict with slavery
New England Colonies - Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic Colonies - Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
Southern Colonies - Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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