Chapter 7 Flashcards

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  1. Judith Sargent Murray
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an early American advocate for women’s rights,

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  1. University of Virginia
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started by Thomas jefferson in 1819

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  1. Benjamin Rush
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a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, as well as the treasurer of the US Mint

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  1. Noah Webster
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the creator of the first dictionary of the American English Language

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  1. Washington Irving
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an author famous for his book “The Legend of SLeepy Hollow”

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  1. Mason Weems
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author of a story about George Washington’s Life

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  1. Deism
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belief in the existence of a superior being, who will not interfere in the Universe

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  1. Thomas Paine
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a propagandist who was the creator of “Common Sense” as well as “The Age of Reason”

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  1. Unitarian Church
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God as one person, and Jesus Christ is his son, but is not a god

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10.Second Great Awakening

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a time where there was great desire to join a church, of any faith.

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  1. Evangelicanism
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a wide-reaching “canopy” that covers a diverse number of Protestant traditions, denominations, organizations

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  1. Freethinkers
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a person who rejects accepted opinions, especially those concerning religious beliefs

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  1. Samuel Slater
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known as the father of the Industrial Revolution in the United States

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  1. Eli Whitney
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creator of the Cotton Gin, as well as interchangeable parts by creating his gun company

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  1. Robert Fulton
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an inventor who is credited with creating the Steamboat

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  1. turnpike
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a type of an expressway that requires a fee in order for a person to pass through

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  1. Thomas Jefferson
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bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte for 15 million

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  1. Barbary War
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wars fought between the United States and the Barbary States

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  1. Marbury v. Madison
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Supreme Court case in which the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States

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  1. Judicial Review
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the Supreme court has the right to scrutinize the decisions made by the Legislative branches

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  1. John Marshall
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a supreme court justice who dramatically changed the position the supreme court had in the government

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  1. Impeachment of Samuel Chase
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an attempt by Jefferson to remove Samuel Chase as a court Justice

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  1. Napoleon Bonaparte
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sold the Louisiana purchase to the United States after his dreams of having a North American Empire were crushed

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  1. Louisiana Purchase
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sold to the US from France and went from the Western Mississippi to Montana

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  1. Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent by Jefferson to explore the land of the Louisiana purchase

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  1. Zebulon Pike Expedition
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searched the land around the rivers of the Louisiana Purchase

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  1. Essex Junto
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New England Federalist Party from Essex county, Massachusettes

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  1. Aaron Burr
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the vice president of Thomas Jefferson. Got into a duel with Hamilton

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  1. Hamilton-Burr Duel
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Hamilton made fun of Burr in a Newspaper and they dueled it out and Hamilton ended up dying

30
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  1. impressment
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the British Navy would take American soldiers into their ranks to fight.

31
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  1. Chesapeake-Leopard Incident
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crew of the Leopard pursued, attacked and boarded the American ship looking for deserters from the Royal Navy

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  1. The Embargo of 1807
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enacted by Congress in 1807 because of President Thomas Jefferson that banned trade between U.S. ports and foreign nations.

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  1. Non-Intercourse Act
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replaced the Embargo Act and made it so there was no trade with British and France ports

34
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  1. William Henry Harrison
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The ninth president of the United States who served for only one month

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  1. Tenskwatawa
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Tenskwatawa, was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe He was the brother of Tecumseh

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  1. Tecumseh
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leader of confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh’s War

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  1. Battle of Tippecanoe
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was a conflict between the Confederacy of Native Indian warriors led by Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison.

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  1. War Hawks
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congress members who urged for the War of 1812 to happen

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  1. War of 1812
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A war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815

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  1. Oliver Hazard Perry
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an American naval commander.

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  1. Andrew Jackson
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the seventh US President who was known for fighting duels and was extremely popular

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  1. Burning of Washington D.C.
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The Capital of the United States was burned by the British in the War of 1812

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  1. Bombardment of Ft. McHenry
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bombardment by the British in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner while watching it

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  1. The Star-Spangled Banner
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written by Francis Scott Key during the bombing of Fort McHenry

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  1. Battle of New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson’s rise to fame as general where he restrained british forces

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  1. Hartford Convention
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New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812

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  1. Treaty of Ghent
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the treaty that ended the war of 1812 between the Americans and the British

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  1. Rush-Bagot Agreement
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treaty between the United States and Britain limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain