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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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Favored a strong federal government

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McCulloch v Maryland

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Chief Justice Marshall ruled that Maryland had no right to tax the bank…..

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Election of 1800

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John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson….

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Louisiana Purchase

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1803 France sells the territory for 15 million….. double the size of US

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Inspired people to go west and settle by sparking a sense of adventure

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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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The Chesapeake was intercepted by a British vessel demanding to search for dissenters

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War Hawks from the War of 1812

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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 forces were able to march into Washington and burn the capital and the presidents mansion

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The Star Spangled Banne

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Written by Francis Scott key after fort Mchenry battle

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Monroe Doctrine

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Put in place due to many Latin American nations gaining independence from Spain at the time

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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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Helped the growth of industry in America

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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The Seneca falls convention… first woman’s rights convention… focused on woman’s suffrage

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Capitalism

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Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit

Capital- money used for the investment

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Free Enterprise System

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People are free to buy/sell and produce what they want and can work as they wish

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Supply and Demand

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Sets prices/cost is set by supply and demand….. a way of making money

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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Cotton

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Industrial Revolution

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The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry

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

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It made it easier to separate the cotton and its seeds, it took less time to separate the cotton than by hand, so more cotton could be sold

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban- city

Rural- county

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Wilderness Road

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Created by Daniel Boone, route to Kentucky from Atlantic coast, aided early exploration of Tennessee.. made passing through the mountains easier

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Daniel Boone

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American pioneer….. created wilderness road

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Cumberland Gap

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Path created making it easier to pass through the Appalachian mountains

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The Corrupt Bargain

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Speaker of the house, Henry clay, meets with Adams and agrees to use the his power to influence and help Adams get to vote in the House of Representatives

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank
Spoils system- the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supports
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Indian Removal Act
Act passed by congress in order to relocate Native Americans
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Trail of Tears
Relocation and movement of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma. Called trail of tears because the Cherokee won the court case but were still forced to move
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Sequoyah
Created the Cherokee language
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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency
Shortest presidency/32 days
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Manifest Destiny
Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean
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Texas Rebellion
The battle of the Alamo, and the battle of San jacinto line star Republic is formed
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The Alamo – battle significance
The defenders of the Alamo bought the Texans much needed time
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Davy Crockett
Backwoods man from Tennessee who volunteered to fight at the Alamo
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Oregon Trail
Used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest
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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?
Manifest destiny
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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession
US believes the Texas border is the rio grande river and Mexico believes the border is the Nueces river
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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush
John shutter was the first person to discover a gold nugget on his property
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Brigham Young
He lead the Mormonism religions group to the great Salt Lake City of Utah
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Helped preserve the balance between north and south....
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John Brown
Violent abolitionist that believed god had had chosen him to come end slavery
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Harriet Tubman
Helped on Underground Railroad... she never lost a passenger. Made several trips back to the south to save slaves
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Underground Railroad
Network of escape routes out of south for enslaved people
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Frederick Douglass
Most well know African American abolitionist, edited anti slavery newspaper called the North Star believed injustice of slavery destroyed Americans ideas of freedom
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Novel that explored the issue of slavery
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Fugitive Slave Act
Required all citizens to help catch run away slaves in 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US
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Bleeding Kansas
Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery
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Sumner-Brooks Incident
Senator Charles sumner lashed out against ode for slaver
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a storage facility. He wanted to arm slaves and start a rebellion....
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Dred Scott v Sandford
Divide the nation even more..,
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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech
Senate race in Illinois... main topic was slavery Lincoln- republican Douglas- democratic
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Election of 1860
Lincoln became 16th president
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Causes of the Civil War
Secession of the south.... formation of the confederate states of America
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Fort Sumter
Confederate guns opened fire on fort Sumter in April 12 1861
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Ulysses S. Grant
Union general | Became 18th president
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Robert E. Lee
Opposed to slavery, but fought for confederate side because he was a proud Virginian that wouldn't fight against his own state.....
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Stonewall Jackson
Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US history
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First Battle of Bull Run
The confederate troops let out a loud and strange scream, rebel yell that terrified the union and caused them to drip their weapons and run....
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Anaconda Plan
Union war plan to defeat the south by dividing them into two
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54th Massachusetts
Most well know African American regiment
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The Battle of Gettysburg
Union forces are greatly outnumbered and are forced to retreat
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The Battle of Vicksburg
Turing point for union in war including battle of Gettysburg
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Sherman’s March to the sea
Led the western army towards Atlanta after burning Atlanta
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Lee Surrendering to Grant
On April 9 1865, lee and his troops surrounded to grant
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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in 1865
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14th Amendment
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US, including African Americans in 1866
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15th Amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote in 1870
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Lincoln Assassination – theater name, murderer, place of death
Theater-fords theatre Murderer- john Wilkes booth Place of death- Petersen house
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10 Percent Plan and Radical Republican Plans for Reconstruction
Very forgiving of the south
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Freedman’s Bureau
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
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Segregation
Isolation of group... race, or class
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Jim Crow Laws
Laws that require blacks and whites to be separated in almost every public plan ever in the south
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Ku Klux Klan
Largest anti African American Terrorist group in the south

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