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FInal Flashcards

1
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What is the Louisiana Purchase?

A

a land deal between the United States and France,Thomas Jefferson paid $15 million for the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

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Lewis and Clark

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to men sent on a mission to explore newly purchased western land

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3
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Who was Sacojoea

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an indian woman who joined the Lewis and Clark expidishion to help guide

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4
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Fronteirsmen

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men who tried to live in unsettled land. Often Hunters, trappers and traders

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5
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Where was Oregon Trail ended and started

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Began in Missuri ended in Oregon

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6
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Ante-bellum

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the period of time before the civil war

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7
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who went west

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Lewis and Clark, Sacajoea, TrailBlazers, Af Am Slaves, Immigrants, Vaqueros, Women, Missionaries

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8
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cottage industry

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a buissnes carried in a persons home

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9
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Urbinazation

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when cities grow larger as more people began living and working in central areas

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10
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regional specilization

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when different parts of the country focus on specific aspect of industry

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11
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famine

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an extreme wide reaching food storage

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12
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how long did gettysburg last

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3 days

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13
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who won gettysburg battle

A

union

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14
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battles within gettysburg

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little round top, pickets charge(confederate)

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15
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john burns

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70 year old that fought in gettysburg and survived

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16
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who won in vicksburg battle

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union, they starved

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17
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who started the anaconda plan

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general win field scott

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18
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what did william sherman beleive

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total war: no rules

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19
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what happend at appamatix

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robert E lee surendered to ulysis S grant

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20
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where is appamatics court house

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Virginia

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21
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reconstruction

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period after the war when they started to rebuild the nation

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22
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10

% plan

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if 10% of a states citizens agreed to swear loyalty to union and end slavery

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23
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freedmens burow

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welfare agency to help formaly enslaved peeps become full citizens

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24
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andrew johnson

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inherited unstable country and the staggering task of trying to bring it together. His goal was to bring the Democratic Party back into power.

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25
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Black codes

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laws that denied African Americans the right to vote. States prohibited marrying among blacks and whites and denied blacks to serve on juries. Northerners were mad

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26
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Military reconstruction AC

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laws were passed to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans.

27
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Who was in the MAW

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USA and Mexico

28
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when was the MAW

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april 1846 -feb 1848

29
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where was the MAW

A

Texas

30
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why did they have the MAW

A

dipute from the rio grande and nueces river

31
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transportation in Westward expansion

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horse, stagecoach, railroad, steamboat, foot

32
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manifest destiny

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people thought that it was our destiny to go west wich grew america

33
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what time period was westward expansion

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1803-1890

34
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who were the 49ers

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people who went to the gold rush in 1849

35
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what were the rules of westward exansion

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must live there for 5 years

36
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trail of tears

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kicked NA out of there home and put them in oklahoma

37
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how did texas join the US

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Texans needed help from america/ 1849

38
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what territory was settled in the 49th parallel

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oregon city

39
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mexican cession

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california utah

40
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why did we buy gadsden purchase

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to complete the railline

41
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what did they do at lewis and clark expidition

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headed west to find the NW passage, Cataloged animals,maps,plants, found the pacific,

42
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what was the biggest thing that made people come to america from europe

A

getting rich

43
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what industry did the industrial rev take over and change

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textile- anything made of woven fiber

44
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irish settled on east coast because…

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they were poor

45
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what were the differences between irish and german

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irish were poor and spoke english/Germans were rich and spoke german, more educated

46
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how did the invention of the railroad affect th us

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helped move goods and people, cut time in half, safer

47
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how did the macormic reapor help settle the US

A

helped cut hay and farmers made more profit

48
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what was morse code used for

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used for the telegraph

49
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why did industrialization happen more in englend

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More ports, more population, more railroads, more tech

50
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inventors

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samuel slater- memorized blueprint factories ely whitney- made cotten gin

51
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four ways transportation changed

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canals,railroad,steamboat,rodes

52
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immigration

A

comeing into a country

53
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emigration

A

going out of a country

54
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what did Aberham Lincon want

A

preserve the union

55
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how did we deal with slavery at first

A

missuri comp 1850 comp

56
Q

what did uncle toms cabin do to us

A

read the book and learned about the horrers of slavery

57
Q

john brown

A

slave rebelion

58
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what was the #1 thing that happend that caused the south to ceced

A

aberham lincon election

59
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first scermish

A

fort sumpter

60
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13th amendment

A

abolish slavery nation wide

61
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14th amendment

A

citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the USA

62
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15th amendment

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prohibits states from alienating people from there race to vote

63
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what did south have more of

A

farm land, home territory fighting, skilled soldiers, better leaders

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