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Actual Exam 1 Flashcards

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First permanent French settlement in the New World

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Quebec

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Type of government established by the US Constitution

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Federal republic

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3
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Call me that established the house of Burgesses

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Jamestown

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Where the first shots were fired that begin the war of independence

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Lexington

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5
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Turning point of the war for independence

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Saratoga

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6
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Invented the reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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Area about let the bear flag both against Mexico

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California

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You’re tariff of abominationis past

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1833

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Establish Christian principles in the factories he own

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Francis Cabot Lowell

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Trained circuit riding preacher’s during the second great awakening

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Francis Asbury

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Negotiated purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States

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James Gadsden

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12
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Promoted the idea of public school

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Horace Mann

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13
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First president of the republic of Texas

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Sam Houston

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14
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Discovered a mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada

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James beckworth

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First man to go to Oregon country in response to the Indians call for the gospel

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Jason Lee

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16
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54 40 or fight campaign slogan

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James K Polk

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Ended tribute to the Barbary pirates

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Thomas Jefferson

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18
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Warned European powers against interfering in the western hemisphere

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James Monroe

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19
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First US president

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George Washington

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20
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Issued specie circular

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Andrew Jackson

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21
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Jamestown prove this about economics

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Free enterprise system works best because it promotes personal responsibility

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22
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Why is the constitution provided for three branches of government

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Provide a check and balance to guard against one person gaining too much power

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Call the war of 1812 affected the expansion of the United States

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The diminished threat from England encourage you are settlement in the west

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During the 1800s why parents believed that educator was important

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To maintain freedom

25
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How missionaries influenced the west

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Brought the gospel and improve the quality of life among the Indians

26
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Order the following

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Defeat of the Spanish Armada, founding of Jamestown the founding of Harvard, years of the French and Indian war,Missouri compromise, year of the Webster Ashburton Treaty, Oregon treaty, treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, townshend Harris treaty

27
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Establish the first town school system in America

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Ole’ deluder Satan act

28
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Prepared England for limited government

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Magna Carta

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Levied a tax on all legal documents

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Stamp act

30
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Required all public lands to be paid for silver and gold

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Specie circular

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Establish townships for the Northwest Territory

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Land ordinance

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Type of interpretation of the Constitution Thomas Jefferson and the democratic republican stand for

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Strict interpretation

33
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Revived interest in trade with the east

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Crusades

34
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City in Missouri from which wagon trains left when starting the Oregon Trail

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Independence

35
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War that resulted in English tradition and liberty in North America

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French and Indian war

36
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Owner for the California ranch where gold was discovered in 1848

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John Sutter

37
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Applied science or the practical use of scientific knowledge

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Technology

38
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Who wrote poor Richards almanac

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Benjamin Franklin

39
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Developed the first successful steamboat

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Robert Fulton

40
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The scarlet letter

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

41
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Rpm who discovered the Hawaiian islands

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James cook

42
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Location of the first major amphibious landing of American forces

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Veracruz

43
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Branch of government that enforces the laws

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Executive

44
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The purpose of the government as listed in the US Constitution

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Protect

45
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Colony that set a precedence of religious freedom

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Rhode Island

46
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First white women to cross the Rockies

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Narcissi Whitman and Eliza Spaulding

47
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Greatest Orator in congress

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Daniel Webster

48
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Father of American missions

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Adoniram Judson

49
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First state to outlaw liquor

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Maine

50
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Wrote the first American dictionary

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Noah Webster

51
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Texas one that’s in the pregnant from Santa Anna at this battle

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Battle of San Jacinto

52
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Who defeated Santa Anna‘s army at the battle of burns vista

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Zachary Taylor

53
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Country that sold the Louisiana territory

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France

54
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Country that experience a potato famine

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Ireland

55
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Country that threatened the freedoms of Texans

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Mexico

56
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Country that supported Columbus and his expedition to the New World

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Spain

57
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Country that side Oregon treaty with the United States

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England

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