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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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Freedom of religion

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Virginia Company

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A joint stock company that gained a charter to establish Jamestown.

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Jamestown

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The second settlement in America and they spent lots of time looking for gold

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John Smith

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Governor of Jamestown for its first two years he had a good relationship with the Powhattens

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Pocahontas

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Well known for saving John Smith bring peace to the British/Native relations after marrying John Rolfe

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John Rolfe

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Married Pocahontas

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Tobacco

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Saved Jamestown

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Had shown that the settlers were not happy with being restricted to the coast

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Plymouth Colony

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The colony of pilgrims

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Pilgrims

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Came to America on the Mayflower on September 1620

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Mayflower

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A ship that the pilgrims used to reach America

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Mayflower Compact

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A document that provided laws for America

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William Bradford

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Most famous for writing the Plymouth Plankton and led the Pilgrims for over 30 years

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Squanto and Samoset

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Taught the pilgrims how to plant corn beans and squash

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Puritans

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Believed in theocracy (church played role in laws)

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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A puritan colony and its leader was John Winthrop

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John Winthrop

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The first governed of the mass. Bay colony

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Reformed Rhode Island

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Salem Witch Trials

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People were falsely accused of being witches and were killed

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William Penn

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A Quaker that wrote Pennsylvania’s constitution

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Quakers

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Tolerant of other people’s views

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Pacifists

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People who refuse to fight in wars or use force

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Georgia

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First Great Awakening

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Religious revival in the colonies

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Triangular Trade

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A trade system between Africa the Caribbean and American Colonies

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Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon

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All created by Benjamin Franklin

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John Peter Zenger Trial

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Developed freedom of the press

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Cause of French and Indian War

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Between the French and GB

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Proclamation of 1763

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Great Britain signed the proclamation of 1763 which halted western expansion by moving the settlers west of the Appalachian mountains

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The Sugar Act

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Lowered the tax on molasses but also allowed to seize goods from smugglers without going to court

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The Stamp Act

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Placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies

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The Boston Massacre

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A fight breaks out between the townspeople and British soldiers 5 people died

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The Boston Tea Party

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A group of colonist led by the Sons of Liberty board an East Indian Trading Company and destroyed the tea by throwing it overboard

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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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Closed the Boston harbor until the tea was paid for

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Patrick Henry

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Said,”I am not a Virginian, but an American”

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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty

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Started the AR

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John Hancock

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Created the continental army and was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

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Called for the colonies to have independence from GB

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Declaration of Independence – Year, location, author, significance

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Year-1776
Location- Philadelphia
Author- Thomas Jefferson
Significance- to explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation

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Cause of American Revolutionary War

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Taxation

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Loyalists

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People who wanted to remain with GB

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Patriots

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People who wanted independence

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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73 were killed and is where minutemen fired he shot heard around the world

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Battle of Saratoga

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Turning point of the revolutionary war

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Winter at Valley Forge

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A time of suffering without decent clothing shelter or food for Washington and his troops

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Battle of Yorktown

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The last major battle of the revolutionary war

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47
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Benedict Arnold

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A traitor

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Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war

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George Washington

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Marquis de La Fayette

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He said the future of man kind depended on the future of America

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Friedrich von Steuben

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Drilled the troops at valley forge

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Francis Marion

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Considered the father of guerrilla warfare

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guerrilla warfare

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A hit and run method

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Ended the war

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Admitted new states to the Union and listed a guaranteed bill of rights in the territory

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Articles of Confederation

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First Constitution

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56
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Shays’ Rebellion

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An uprising by Massachusetts farmers on poor farmers

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The Great Compromise

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Established a model for congress used to this day

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The 3/5 Compromise

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Every slave counts as 3/5 of a person

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The US Constitution – Father of, year, and purpose

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Father- James Madison
Year- 1788
Purpose-

60
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Bill of Rights

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First ten amendments

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1st Amendment

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Guarantees freedom of speech, assembly, press, religion, and petition

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2nd Amendment

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Right to bear arms

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4th Amendment

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Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

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5th Amendment

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Natural rights cannot be deprived without due process of law

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6th Amendment

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You have the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury

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Three Branches of Government and their purpose

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Legislative-law making
Executive- carries out laws
Judicial- interprets laws and declares laws or presidential acts unconstitutional

67
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Whiskey Rebellion

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A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government

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Alexander Hamilton

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The sec. of treasury for the first department and wanted for the government to have more power than the state’s

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Allowed president to deport aliens

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John Sevier

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The first governor of TN

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Natchez Trace

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A route for trade between Mississippi and Nashville

72
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Marbury v Madison

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Established judicial review

73
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Judicial review

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Court can nullify actions of other branches

74
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McCulloch v Maryland

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Maryland put a tax on the bank ruled unconstitutional states had less power than the federal

75
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Election of 1800

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John Adan,s vs. Thomas Jefferson pres. vs. vp Jefferson and Arron burr had 73 electoral votes Jefferson won by one vote by HoR

76
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Louisiana Purchase

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Purchase made in 1803 where France sells its territory for 15 million about 250 million now

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Went on an expedition to explore the new territory from the Louisiana purchase

78
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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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The causes of the war of 1812

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War Hawks from the War of 1812

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People who pushed for war such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun

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War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans

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D.C. Burned- British soldiers marched into D.C. And burned the capitol building and the presidents mansion
Fort McHenry-British attack fort at entrance of Baltimore harbor
Battle of New Orleans- was decisive victory for US

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The Star Spangled Banner

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Written during battle of Fort McHenry and national anthem

82
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Monroe Doctrine

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Said that America didn’t want new European colonies in the americas

83
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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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People were leaving Ireland to come to America

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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Publicly fought for women’s suffrage

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Industrial Revolution

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There was a growth of factories in the north

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Capitalism

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Economic system based on private ownership of goods productions or services for a project

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Free Enterprise System

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People can buy, sell, and produce what they want

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Supply and Demand

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What the cost is eat by

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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Cotton

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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important

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Allowed for cotton to be seeded a lot faster

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban- city

Rural- country

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Wilderness Road

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Route from Kentucky to Atlantic coast

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Daniel Boone

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Blazed the wilderness trail along with 30 others

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Cumberland Gap

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Where VA, KY, and TN meet

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The Corrupt Bargain

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Between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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Spoils system- practice of replacing gov’t employees with winning candidates supporters

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Indian Removal Act

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Forced Indians west of the Mississippi River

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Trail of Tears

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Relocating Cherokee to Oklahoma

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Sequoyah

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Created the written Cherokee language

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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency

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Lasted for 32 day because he died of pneumonia

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Manifest Destiny

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The belief that America should expand from coast to coast

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Texas Rebellion

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Texas became the lone star republic

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The Alamo – battle significance

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Bought the Texans some much needed time

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Davy Crockett

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Backwoodsman from TN who volunteered at the Alamo

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Oregon Trail

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He send by settlers to migrate to the pacific

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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?

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Manifest destiny

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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession

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Border Dispute-America believed that the border between Texas and Mexico was the Rio Grande river and Mexico thought it was the Nueces River
Mexico Concession- ceded California and New Mexico and in return the US gave the $15 million

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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush

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First person to find gold in California and this led to the California gold rush

109
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Brigham Young

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Led the migration of the Mormon from the great salt lake area to Utah

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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John Brown

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An abolitionist who tried to start a rebellion against slaveholders

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Harriet Tubman

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Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad

113
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Underground Railroad

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Network of escape routes for slaves in the south

114
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Frederick Douglass

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H

115
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Novel that explored the issue of slavery

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Required all citizens to catch runaway slaves if you aided a slave than you will be fined or imprisoned

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US

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Bleeding Kansas

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Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in the civil war over slavery

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Sumner-Brooks Incident

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Senator Charles Sumner lashed out against those who were for slavery including Andrew P Butler who told his cousin rep Preston Brooks and he walked into the senate chamber and hit Sumner with his cane leaving him unconscious and bleeding

120
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John Brown broke into a weapon storage unit trying to start a rebellion against slave holders

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Dred Scott v Sandford

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A court case in which a slave tried to sue their owner and couldn’t because he had no rights

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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech

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Lincoln said a house divided cannot stand talking about the nation being divided over slavery

123
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Election of 1860

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Lincoln becomes 16th president

124
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Causes of the Civil War

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Slavery and bringing the nation together

125
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Fort Sumter

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Confederate guns opened fire on fort Sumter on April 12, 1861

126
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Ulysses S. Grant

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General of the north and the 18th president

127
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Robert E. Lee

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General of south

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Stonewall Jackson

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Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US history

129
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First Battle of Bull Run

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The confederates let out the rebel yell and some northern soldiers to drop their weapons and run and retreat

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Anaconda Plan

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H

131
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54th Massachusetts

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The most well known A-A regiment

132
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The Battle of Gettysburg

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Union forces are greatly outnumbered and forced to retreat but lee plans to attack the Yankees and charge across an open field and become easy targets

133
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The Battle of Vicksburg

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One of the turning points of the war

134
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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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Sherman’s army burned many cities including Atlanta on his way to savannah

135
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Lee Surrendering to Grant

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Surrendered in a village called Appomattox court house

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13th Amendment

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H

137
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14th Amendment

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H

138
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15th Amendment

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H

139
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Lincoln Assassination – theater name, murderer, place of death

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Theatre name- Ford’s Theatre
Murderer- John Wilkes Booth
Place of Death- Petersen House

140
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10 Percent Plan and Radical Republican Plans for Reconstruction

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10 percent plan- forgiving on south

Radical Republicans- harsh on south

141
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Freedman’s Bureau

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Helped freed slaves have a normal life

142
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Segregation

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Separation of the races

143
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Jim Crow Laws

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Whites and blacks had to be separate in public places

144
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Ku Klux Klan

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The largest anti-African American terrorist organization in the south

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