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culture of consumption
prevalent in american society during the industrial age, a culture based on consumption, materialism and money
Thorstein Veblen
economist, wrote Theory of the Leisure Class, condemned...
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714. Life on the frontier was A) fairly comfortable for women but not for men. B) downright grim for most pioneer families. C) free of disease and premature death. D) rarely portrayed in popular literature. E) based on tight-knit communities.
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Fugitive Slave Act
part of the Compromise of 1850; a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders. resisted by...
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603. All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 except A) they were ill-trained and ill-disciplined. B) they were widely scattered. C) their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on the...
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Lexington/Concord
First battle of the American Revolution. "Shot heard 'round the world." Fought by Massachusetts Militia.
George Washington
Washington pulled his small force back into Fort Necessity...
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Olive Branch Petition
(July 8, 1775) The colonies' final offer of peace to Britain, agreeing to be loyal to the British government if it addressed their grievances (repealed the Coercive Acts and ended the taxation without representation...
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All of the following are reasons the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence
Distinctive social structure, Distinctive economic structure, Distinctive political structures, and The appearance of a recognizably American way...
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Battle of the Atlantic (Sept 1939-May 1945)
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, ...
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1st Amendment
Freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, & religion. And, government cannot establish any official religion, i.e., separation of church and state.
2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms....
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