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Chapters 8 & 9 (8th Grade) Flashcards

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The first state to ban slavery in its constitution..

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Ohio

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The group that encouraged African-American slaves to return to Africa..

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American Colonization Society

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People who wanted to get rid of slavery were known as…

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abolitionists

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The antislavery newspaper started by William Lloyd Garrison…

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The Liberator

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The Boston tailor who wrote the pamphlet: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World…

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David Walker

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The most prominent African-American speaker against slavery was…

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Frederick Douglass

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The rebellious slave ship where the captives eventually regained their freedom…

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Amistad

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The series of secret passages that helped slaves escaped was a former slave named…

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Underground Railroad

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The most famous of the people who helped slaves escape was a former slave named…

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Harriet Tubman

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An African-American who not only fought for slaves’ freedom but for women’s rights…

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Soujourner Truth

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The site of the first-ever women’s rights convention…

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Seneca Falls, New York

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The right for women to vote is known as…

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suffrage

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The women who dedicated her life to getting the women the right to vote…

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Susan B. Anthony

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The constitutional amendment that finally gave women the right to vote…

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19th Amendment

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Unsettled land is also known as…

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frontier

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Owners of ranches in places such as early California were known as…

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rancheros

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Another name for church community…

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mission

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The idea that the United States should expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean was known as…

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manifest destiny

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The first trail heading towards the west, paved by Captain William Becknell, was known as…

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Santa Fe Trail

20
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The German immigrant who set up a fur trading outpost in Oregon was…

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John Jacob Astor

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The most commonly trapped animals used for their furs were…

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beavers, minks, and otters

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Gruff fur-trappers who traveled by themselves throughout the west were known as…

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mountain men

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People who travel from place to place to preach religion are known as…

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missionaries

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The distance of the Oregon Trail…

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2,000 miles

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What many people on the Oregon Trail used for fire in the absence of wood…

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buffalo chips

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The first person to establish a colony of Americans in Texas…

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Stephen Austin

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The man who became president of Mexico and later declared himself the dictator…

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General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

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The commander of the Alamo…

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William Barret Travis

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The leader of all forces in Texas…

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Sam Houston

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Where is the Alamo?

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San Antonio, Texas

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How many days did the Alamo hold out?

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12 days

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Where Santa Anna was eventually captured and forced to sign a document recognizing the independence of Texas…

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San Jacinto, Texas

33
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Who won the election of 1844?

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James K. Polk

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The latitude that sets the border between the United States and Canada…

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49N

35
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Where Polk sent troops to provoke war with Mexico…

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Rio Grande

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The commander of the Bear Flag Rebellion…

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John C. Fremont

37
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The agreement that gave the US territory in its present southwest…

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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The name for Mexico’s “giving up” of the territory that includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico for $18 million…

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Mexican Cession

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The agreement that gave the US southern Arizona and southern New Mexico for $10 million, completing manifest destiny…

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Gadsden Purchase

40
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The founder of the Mormons…

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Joseph Smith

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The man who led the Mormons into Utah…

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Brigham Young

42
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What finally was banned by Mormon leaders, allowing Utah to become a state in 1896?

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Polygamy

43
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The carpenter who discovered gold on California’s American River…

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James Marshall

44
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People who came to California in search of gold…

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forty-niners

History (8th Grade) (2 decks)

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