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How did Native Americans migrate to North American

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Native Americans migrated to the Americas from Asia by walking across Beringia (Bering Strait)

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What’s the diversity of Native Americans

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Tribes differed because of location, climate, and available resources

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What’s the Colombian Exchange

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The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old World (Asia, Europe) and the New World (Americas)

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What were the affects of the Colombian Exchange

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affected every society on earth, new diseases caused death- new crops were grown all over the world

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What’s the significance of Jamestown

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Jamestown the first permanent British settlement in the Americans

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Why was Jamestown founded

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To make money

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Why did Puritans and Pilgrims come to America

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Came to the Americas for religious freedom

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Who fought in the French and Indian War

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French vs British
Native Americans fought on both sides

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Reason for taxation without representation

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Colonists were against taxation because of the principle they had no representation in Parliament so they felt Parliament had no right to tax them

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What is Thomas Jefferson’s greatest contribution to the American Revolution

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Writing the Declaration of Independence

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Battle of Saratoga

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It was the turning point battle of the Revolutionary War

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Who won the battle of Saratoga and who did they form an alliance with

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Colonists won and signed a formal alliance with France

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What was the Battle of Yorktown

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The last major battle of the Revolutionary War

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Who won the battle of yorktown

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The colonists won

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What is the articles of Confederation

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The constitution of the United States

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When was the Articles of Confederation created

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It was created after the declaration of independence was signed

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What is the biggest weakness of Articles

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Central government had no power to tax
America had no money o respect no power

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Who is the father of the constitution

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James Madison

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What did Madison do

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He kept a record of the secret convention in his diary

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Why did Madison do that

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He didn’t want interference from the public

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What is the biggest feud of the Constitutional Convention

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The feud between big States and small states

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What did Big States want

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They wanted representation based on population

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What did the Small States want

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They wanted representation to be equal for every state

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What is the 3/5 Compromise

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Established slaves as 3/5 of a person for population and representation purposes

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What is Check and Balances

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Power that one branch has over another

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Why was Checks and Balances created

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So that one branch of government does not gain too much power

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Judicial Review

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The Supreme Court’s ability to declare a law unconstitutional

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Why a Bill of Rights

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The constitution had nothing protecting the rights of individual Americans

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Precedents of Washington’s presidency

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Set behavioral examples for future presidents

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How many terms did Washington serve

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What is the Alien and Sedition Act

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Law that restricted freedom of speech and the press

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What affair did the Alien and Sedition Acts pass

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What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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A journey to explore the newly acquired Louisiana territory

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What is the Louisiana Purchase

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Land purchase from France that doubled the size of the U.S for a very cheap price

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What did Lewis and Clark collect

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Plants and animal specimens

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what did Lewis and Clark do with their collecting’s

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Sent them back to President Jefferson

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Who fought in the War of 1812

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U.S vs. Britain

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What is the Missouri Compromise

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Eased tensions between free/ slave states
Made Missouri a slave state and established a free/slave line located at the bottom border of Missouri

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What were the main issues that caused the war of 1812

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Impressment of American sailors
British inciting Indians on the frontier
British forts in American territory

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What was the political importance of Andrew Jackson

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He spread democracy to the common man white man and got more people involved in politics

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What was the Trail of Tears

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THe forced march of

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What was the Spoils System

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The belief that an elected officials should give government jobs to their friends/supporters

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Trail of Tears

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The forced march of Native Americans from the Southeast to reservations in Oklahoma- soldiers brutalized natives and some consider it ethnic cleansing

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What was the Erie Canal

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The most important construction project of the Industrial Revolution

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What did the Eire Canal do

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It boosted the economy of America

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What was the second great awakening

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A religious movement in the mid 1800s that spread evangelical christianity

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What is the significance of the Cotton Gin

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The cotton gin allowed farmers to produce more cotton and making it more valuable
It Increased the price of slaves and America’s dependence on slavery- transforms the Southern economy

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What did the second great awakening cause

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It caused people to reform society (change it for the better)

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What was the temperance movement

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The movement to encourage people to drink alcohol in moderation or not at all

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Irish immigration

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The largest group to immigrate to America in the 1840’s and 50s

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What happened with the potato famine

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Many poor Irish immigrated to the east coast of America

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Who else came when the Irish Immigrated

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Germans in large numbers

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What was the Potato Famine

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A disease infected Irish potato crops in 1845 causing many Irish to starve

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What was the Seneca falls convention

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The first women’s rights convention was held in seneca falls ny in 1848

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What was the seneca falls convention known for

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The birthplace of the womens rights movement

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Abolition movement

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The movement to end slavery based on morality (slavery is wrong)

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Who participated in the Abolition movement

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Rich northern whites free blacks and former slaves participated (both men and women)

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What is the significance of Frederick Douglass

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A former slave who told people the evils of slavery
Extremely intelligent proved that African Americans were not inferior people

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What is the Manifest Destiny

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The idea that the United States should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean

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What is the oregon trail

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The longest and most traveled western trail

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Where did the oregon trail start

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Started in independence missouri and ended in the American Northwest

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What is the significance of the California Gold Rush

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Although many people did not get rich the gold rush was responsible for the American settlement of california

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What is the significance of the Alamo

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The Alamo was a battle that inspired the Texas army to continue fighting in their revolution against Mexico

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What was the rally cry for the Alamo

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“Remember the Alamo”

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Why was the Mexican war fought

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The U.S wanted to acquire western lands that belonged to Mexico

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What was the solution to the Mexican War

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Draw them into a war and defeat them

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What was the result of Mexican War

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Treaty of Guadalipe Hidalgo America won a piece of land called the Mexican Cession

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What the significance of James K Polk

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The president who helped America complete its Manifest Destiny
The U.S went from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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