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• New Orleans


  Port for trade due to its location being near the mouth of the Mississippi River
• Immigration


  • Quotas: laws that set a limit on the number of individuals who can immigrate from each country during a specific period (ex: Immigration Act of 1924 established Quotas that could limit immigration)
  • National Origins Act: a part of the Immigration Act of 1924; limited the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. from each country
• Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society

  Intended to end poverty, domestic
• Ronald Reagan


  "Reaganomics"- supply-side economics, cut taxes for the wealthy in hopes that people will spend money in order to stimulate the economy
• Lobbying


  Attempt to get congress members to propose a bill
• Filibuster


  Attempt to block passage of a bill
• Citizen participation in government


  • Initiative: allows citizens to propose laws
  • Referendum: allows citizens to vote directly on a particular issue
  • Recall: allows citizens to remove an elected official from office before term is over
• Great Compromise


  Settle disputes about representation in government
• Compromises at constitutional convention

  • G.C.
  • 3/5ths: declared slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person
  • Presidential (electoral college)
• Cesar Chavez


  Farmers, improve conditions, and wages (fought for the same rights as the populists during the progressive era)
• Rachel Carson


  Silent spring book, environmental movement
• Miranda v.s. Arizona


  Granted rights for the accused
• Department of Homeland Security

  Developed after September 11th, 2001
• Erie canal


  Shipping goods from Midwest to Atlantic, reduced prices
• Flexibility of the Constitution

  • Elastic Clause ("necessary and proper")
  • Amendment process
• Progressive movement


  Correct the abuses and problems associated with industrialization (like big businesses)
• Agencies that regulate business activity

  • ICC (interstate commerce commission)
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Food and Drug Administration