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Mercantilism - the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries
than it buys;colonies exist for the benefit of mother country
Navigation Laws of 1660 and 1663 - 1660: ships' crews had to be 3/4 English, and
"enumerated" products not produced by the mother country, such as tobacco,
cotton, and sugar were to be shipped from the colonies only to England or other
English colonies
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1663: required all European goods bound for America to be shipped through
England first.[6] In England, the goods would be unloaded, inspected, paid duties,
and finally reloaded. had to be carried in English vessels,Furthermore, imports of
'enumerated commodities' (such as sugar, rice, and tobacco) had to do the same.
1895 Supreme Court Ruling of US v. E.C Knight - decision under ShermanAnti-Trust
Act shot down by Supreme Court - sugar refining was manufacturing rather than
trade/commerce
Frances Perkins - U.S. Secretary of Labor from (FDR)1933 to 1945, and the first
woman ever appointed to the cabinet., Social Security and Minimum wage
Objectives of Populists - calling for free coinage of silver, abolition of national
banks, a subtreasury scheme or some similar system, a graduated income tax,
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paper money, government ownership of all forms of transportation and
communication, election of Senators by direct vote, immigration restrictions, 8hr
days, postal banks, pensions, revision of the law of contracts,
NAFTA and Bill Clinton - NAFTA was created to allow the free movement of goods
between canada, mexico, and the u.s. by lessening and eliminating tariffs. Clinton
believed in it so much he signed this document, promising that it would create
good quality jobs for Americans, but the opposite occurred.
Kyoto Treaty - a treaty signed in 1997. It requires countries who sign it to reduce
thieir gas emissions to levels below what they were producing in 1990
Margaret Sanger - United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and
planned parenthood in the 1920's
Battle of Saratoga - Turning point of American Revolution; American Victory
Brain Trust - Group of expert policy advisors who worked with FDR in the 1930s to
end the Great Depression.
Mercantilism - the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries
than it buys;colonies exist for the benefit of mother country
Navigation Laws of 1660 and 1663 - 1660: ships' crews had to be 3/4 English, and
"enumerated" products not produced by the mother country, such as tobacco,
cotton, and sugar were to be shipped from the colonies only to England or other
English colonies
_______________________________________
1663: required all European goods bound for America to be shipped through
England first.[6] In England, the goods would be unloaded, inspected, paid duties,
and finally reloaded. had to be carried in English vessels,Furthermore, imports of
'enumerated commodities' (such as sugar, rice, and tobacco) had to do the same.
1895 Supreme Court Ruling of US v. E.C Knight - decision under ShermanAnti-Trust
Act shot down by Supreme Court - sugar refining was manufacturing rather than
trade/commerce
Frances Perkins - U.S. Secretary of Labor from (FDR)1933 to 1945, and the first
woman ever appointed to the cabinet., Social Security and Minimum wage
Objectives of Populists - calling for free coinage of silver, abolition of national
banks, a subtreasury scheme or some similar system, a graduated income tax,
, AP US History Exam Study Guide rated A
paper money, government ownership of all forms of transportation and
communication, election of Senators by direct vote, immigration restrictions, 8hr
days, postal banks, pensions, revision of the law of contracts,
NAFTA and Bill Clinton - NAFTA was created to allow the free movement of goods
between canada, mexico, and the u.s. by lessening and eliminating tariffs. Clinton
believed in it so much he signed this document, promising that it would create
good quality jobs for Americans, but the opposite occurred.
Kyoto Treaty - a treaty signed in 1997. It requires countries who sign it to reduce
thieir gas emissions to levels below what they were producing in 1990
Margaret Sanger - United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and
planned parenthood in the 1920's
Battle of Saratoga - Turning point of American Revolution; American Victory
Brain Trust - Group of expert policy advisors who worked with FDR in the 1930s to
end the Great Depression.
