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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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Virginia Company

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A joint-stock company that gained a character to establish James town

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Jamestown

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Do

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John Smith

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Governor of Jamestown for first two years

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Pocahontas

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Well known for saving john smith life and bring some peace to British/Native American relations after her marriage to rolgh

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John Rolfe

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Learned how to grow this type of tobacco and sold the first crop in 1614 in England

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Tobacco

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The growth of tobacco allowed Virginia to grow and prosper

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Had shown that the settlers weren’t content with being restricted to the coast

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Plymouth Colony

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The colony of pilgrims they followed the mayflower compact

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Pilgrims

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Separatist who came to the colonies for religious freedom

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Mayflower

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A boat

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Mayflower Compact

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A document provided the laws and helped form government in America

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William Bradford

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Leader of pilgrims& writer of the Plymouth plantation

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Squanto and Samoset

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They helped the pilgrims learn how to grow

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Puritans

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Colony based on bible

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Winthrop

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Groups governor

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Both taken to trial for disagreeing with puritans . They made Rhode Island

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Salem Witch Trials

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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania and wrote the quakers constitution

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Quakers

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Tolerate of others people view. they wouldn’t fight in war

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Pacifists

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People who wouldn’t fight in war or use force

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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First Great Awakening

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Triangular Trade

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Was a system in which slaves , crops, and manufactured goods were traded by Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies

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Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon

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John Peter Zenger Trial

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Cause of French and Indian War

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France and Great Britain each wanted gain an upper hand on the other country in America

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Proclamation of 1763

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Halted western expansion by settlers west of the Appalachian mountains to appease the na’s

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The Sugar Act

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Lowered the tax on molasses to try and convince people to stop smuggling in 1764

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The Stamp Act

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Placed a tax on almost all printed stuff in colonies

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The Boston Massacre

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It was a fight because one British soldier got knocked down so another one fired. It was used as propaganda

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The Boston Tea Part

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A group of colonists led by the sons of liberty board a ship and throw all the tea in the sea

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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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Harsh laws intended to punish Massachusetts citizens as a reaction to Boston tea party. Closed harbor

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Patrick Henry

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Said “I’m not a Virginian, but an American

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John Hancock

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Was the 1st person to sign the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

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He called for the colonies to have complete independence from Great Britain

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Declaration of Independence – Year, location, author, significance

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1776, Thomas Jefferson, “ break up letter”

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Cause of American Revolutionary War

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Loyalists

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Were colonists still loyal to Great Britain also called tories

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Patriots

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Fought on own ground and had George Washington leadership

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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Battle of Saratoga

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The British had a plan to cut off ne from the rest of the colonies. But gb was to slow. The battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the war. After Saratoga France and Spain become allies of the colonies

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Winter at Valley Forge

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A time of terrible suffering without decent food, clothing or shelter for Washington and his troops

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Battle of Yorktown

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As cornwalls heads to Yorktown, Washington plans to attack at NYC

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Benedict Arnold

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Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war

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George Washington

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Marquis de La Fayette

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Believed that the future of America had a great influence on the future of mankind

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Friedrich von Steuben

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Drilled the troops at valley forge

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Francis Marion aka swamp fox

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Helped the patriots defend the south

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guerrilla warfare

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Hit and run war technique

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Gb recognize the us as a independent nation

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Created one territory out of the lands north to the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi River

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Articles of Confederation

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Each state had one vote in congress. It was unsuccessful

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Was an uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the government taxes on poor farmers

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The Great Compromise

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Established the modal for congress used to this day

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The 3/5 Compromise

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Allowed southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of a free person for representation

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The US Constitution – Father of, year, and purpose

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James Madison, idk, idk

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Bill of Rights

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1st ten amendments to the constitution

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1st Amendment

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Guarantees freedom of speech,religion,assembly,press and petition the government

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2nd Amendment

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Rights for citizens to bare arms and for states to be able to maintain a militia

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4th Amendment

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Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

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5th Amendment

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Natural rights can not be deprived without due process of law

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6th Amendment

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You have a right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury

65
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Three Branches of Government and their purpose

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Legislation branch- congress sees 10,000 bills per year but most of them die in committee before being voted on
Executive- carries out the laws
Judicial- interpreters laws and declares laws or presidential acts unconstitutional

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Whiskey Rebellion

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A civil uprising against taxing power of the federal government

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Alexander Hamilton

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Idk

68
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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Alien acts- allowed president to deport aliens

Sedition acts-a crime to speak on write false criticisms to try and weaken the government

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John Sevier

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Natchez Trace

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Marbury v Madison

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Was the landmark case the established judicial review

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Judicial review

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Means the court can nullify actions of other branches

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McCulloch v Maryland

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Supreme Court case over states rights

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Election of 1800

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John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson

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Louisiana Purchase

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France sells the territory for 15 million around 250 million in modern money

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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They were sent to explore and find the territory resources

77
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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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Impressment- the act of forcing Americans to serve in the British army
Attack on the Chesapeake- the us ship the Chesapeake was intercepted by the British vessel demanding to search for dissenters

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War Hawks from the War of 1812

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People who pushed for war with gb such as Henry clay and john c Calhoun

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War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans

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Idk what’s this is asking

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The Star Spangled Banner

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Francis scoot key wrote it

81
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Monroe Doctrine

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The Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization

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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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Was the first women’s rights convention in Seneca falls,New York
Was for women’s suffrage

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Industrial Revolution

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Capitalism

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Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit

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Free Enterprise System

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People are free to buy,sell, and produce what they want and can work where they wish

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Supply and Demand

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Prices/cost are set by supply and demand

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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Cotton

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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important

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It removed seeds from cotton.

It was quicker and slaves could do other work

90
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Urban vs Rural

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Urban-city

Rural-country

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Wilderness Road

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The route to Kentucky from the Atlantic coast

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Daniel Boone

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Made the wilderness road

He is a long hunter

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Cumberland Gap

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Allowed for a path to be created that made passing through the Appalachian mountains easier

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The Corrupt Bargain

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The speaker of the house,Henry Clay meets with Adams and agrees to use his influence to help Adams get the vote in hor
Adams wins the election

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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It do

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Indian Removal Act

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Passed by congress in order to relocate na’s

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Trail of Tears

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Relocation and movement of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma

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Sequoyah

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Created the written Cherokee language

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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency

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Tippecanoe and Tyler too
Gave inauguration speech on march 4, 1841 that lasted over 2 years
Shortest presideny

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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean

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Texas Rebellion

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Idk

102
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The Alamo – battle significance

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U

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Davy Crockett

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Backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered to fight at the Alamo

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Oregon Trail

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Was used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Ocean

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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?

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Speaker of the house and governor for Tennessee

“Young Hickory”

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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession

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Conflict begun when Mexican troops attacked Zachary Taylor and his troops
Us believes the Texas border is the rio grande river and Mexico believes the border is the niece river

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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush

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1st to discover a gold nugget on his property

The gold rush more than doubled the worlds supply of gold. When the Levi’s jeans first came out

108
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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To have maine enter as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

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John Brown

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Violent abolitionist that believed god had chosen him to end slavery

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Harriet Tubman

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The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad

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Underground Railroad

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A network of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people

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Frederick Douglass

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Most well known a-a abolitionist

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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Novel that explored the issues of slavery

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850. Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned.
The enforcement of this act caused more anger in the north

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Increased the amount of territory open to slave holding in the us.
Letting people decide for themselves about an issue is called popular sovereignty

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Bleeding Kansas

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Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery

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Sumner-Brooks Incident

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Senator Charles sumner lashed out against those for slavery, including Andrew P. Butler

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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John Brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a weapon storage facility .
He hoped to start a rebellion against slave holders by arming slaves,but he and his men were quickly known defeated

119
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Dred Scott v Sandford

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Dred Scott was slave that sued his owner but he lost

120
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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech

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Senate race in Illinois that became the center of national attention
R-Lincoln vs. D- Stephen A. Douglass
The main topic was slavery

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Election of 1860

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The more popular north outvoted the south.

Lincoln won

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Causes of the Civil War

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People were mad about Lincoln being president

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Fort Sumter

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Confederate guns opened fire on fort Sumter on April 12,1861.
Marked the beginning of the civil war

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Him and his 40,000 troops are headed to an important railroad junction in Mississippi.
He is the 18th president

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Robert E. Lee

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Was opposed to slavery, but still fought on the confederate side because he was a proud Virginian that wouldn’t fight against his own state

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Stonewall Jackson

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Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in us history

127
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First Battle of Bull Run

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The confederate let out a loud and strange scream,a rebel yell, that terrified the northern soldiers and caused them to drop their weapon and retreat
The confederates were too disorganized and weakened to pursue the fight

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Anaconda Plan

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To defeat the south by dividing them in 2

129
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54th Massachusetts

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The most well known a-a regiment

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The Battle of Gettysburg

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Lee believed that the losing of Gettysburg was all his fault

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The Battle of Vicksburg

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Idk

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Sherman’s March to the sea

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General William Tecumseh Sherman led the western army towards Atlanta.
After burning Atlanta,Sherman’s army began their historic “march to sea” towards savanna Georgia

133
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Lee Surrendering to Grant

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On April 9,1865,lee and his troops surrendered to grant in a small Virginia village called Appomattox court house

134
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13th Amendment

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Abolished slavery in 1865

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14th Amendment

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Gave full citizen

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