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Final 150 Part 2 Flashcards

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Election of 1800

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John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson, the election was decided by the House of Representatives

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Louisiana Purchase

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France sells this territory to the US for 15 million, doubled the size of the United States, federalists threatened to secede from the Union over the Purchase

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Both men led an expedition to explore the Louisiana purchase land and western territory, followed Missouri River towards the Pacific

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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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The British impressed the US citizens, the US ship 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 were two War hawks that helped during the War of 1812

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

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The impressment and attack of the Chesapeake led to the beginning of the War of 1812, During this D.C. Was burned but Dolley Madison took a painting of George Washington, At Fort McHenry, a famous battle, Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, Battle at New Orleans took place after the peace treaty was signed Andrew Jackson becomes war hero

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The Star Spangled Banner

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Written by Francis Scott Key inspired by the War of 1812

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Monroe Doctrine

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The Western Hemisphere was no longer able to be colonized, put in place due to many Latin American nations gaining independence from Spain at this time

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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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Citizens from Ireland wanted to leave there because people were dying from a massive potato famine and so many migrated to America

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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The first major women’s conference referring to suffrage for women. Elizabeth Candy Stanton led this convention with Lucretia Mott who helped women’s suffrage as well

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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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Capitalism

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Individuals put their capital into a business hoping to make profit

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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 they wish

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Supply and Demand

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Supply how much you have of a product and the demand is how much you want there is for a certain product. The higher the demand there is for a certain material the larger supply is needed.

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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Cotton because there was a high demand for textiles at the time and this is why more slaves were needed

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

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It created a way to pluck the seeds from the cotton plant and distribute the cotton more efficiently. Helped the production of cotton to fasten but created a higher demand for textiles which means more cotton which means more slaves

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban is city and rural is country

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Wilderness Road

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Created in 1775- route from Kentucky from the Atlantic coast

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Daniel Boone

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He and 30 other skilled foresters blazed the trail that eventually became Wilderness Road. This made him along hunter(an American wilderness explorer for at least 6 months at a time)

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Cumberland Gap

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In the mountains allowed for a path to be created that made passing through the Appalachian Mountains easier

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The Corrupt Bargain

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

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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Wins the Election of 1828 to become the 7th president,spoils system-the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters,

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Indian Removal Act

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1830- act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans, Mostly in Oklahoma

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Trail of Tears

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The relocation of Cherokee and other Native Americans from Georgia and other southern states to Oklahoma

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Sequoyah

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A Cherokee leader know for creating the Cherokee language

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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency

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Lasted 32 days, gave inaugural speech that lasted over 2 hours, dies of Pneumonia shortly after presidency starts

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Manifest Destiny

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The theory that God gave America to the settlers to expand, Expansion of the border westward

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Texas Rebellion

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Stephen F Austin recruited 300 American families to help him settle land in Mexico The battle of the Alamo then began

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The Alamo – battle significance

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Davy Crockett fought here, Santa Anna’s Mexico vs. Travis’s Texans, the Texans lost but bought them time to join together to fight, Sam Houston became commander in chief of the Texas force

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Davy Crockett

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Became major aspect of the Battle of the Alamo, who was a back woodsman from Tennessee who volunteered to fight here

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Oregon Trail

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This was used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest

5-6 month trip

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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?

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He fulfilled Manifest Destiny

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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession

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US believed the Texas border was the Rio Grande, Mexico believed it was the Nueces River, Mexican troops attack Zachary Taylor and his troops in the disputed area causing this war, Mexico lost half of its territory and was ended by he Treaty of Guadalupa Hildalgo

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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush

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1st to discover gold nugget on his property. This began the Gold Rush of California that more than doubled the world’s supply of gold

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Brigham Young

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Brigham Young led the migration of mormons to the Great Salt Lake area

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Helped preserve the balance between the North and the South

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John Brown

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Violent abolitionist who thought that God had chosen him to end the chaos between the North and South

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Harriet Tubman

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A famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, she expressed an unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Underground Railroad

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A network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people

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Frederick Douglass

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Most well known abolitionist, he escaped slavery in 1838, worked hard to become a powerful speaker

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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel that explored the issue of slavery

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Required all citizens to help locate runaway slaves in 1850, anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned, caused more anger in the North

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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 a Civil War over slavery

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Sumner-Brooks Incident

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Senator Charles Sumner lashed out against those for slavery including Andrew Butler, Butler’s cousin Preston Brooks walked into the Senate and hit Sumner with a cane

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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John Brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a weapon storage facility, he hoped to steal weapons give them to slaves slaves return to plantations plow them down and kill all slavery, Brown FAILED he was executed

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Dred Scott v Sandford

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Dred Scott v Stanford a slave vs his owner
Scott felt he should be free because he was born in free land and then taken to slave area, Court ruled Scott was steal slave and stated that the constitution protected slavery

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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech

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Senate race in Illinois that became the center of national attention, Lincoln gave a speech mainly about slavery that quoted, “I believe that this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free, a house divided against itself cannot stand”

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Election of 1860

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Lincoln becomes the 16th President first republican president, Lincoln promised not to disturb slavery where it already existed but many in the South didn’t trust his word

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Causes of the Civil War

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Attack on Fort Sumter, Lincolns presidency, issue of slavery against states rights, North vs South

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Fort Sumter

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Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, this marked the beginning of the Civil War

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Ulysses S. Grant

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The leader of the Union army became the 18th President

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Robert E. Lee

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Leader and chief of the Confederate army

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Stonewall Jackson

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Considered one of the most gifted and tactical commanders in US history

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First Battle of Bull Run

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The confederates let out a loud yell that terrified the Northern soldiers and caused them to flee but the South was too disorganized to continue on

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Anaconda Plan

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A military plan that surrounds the victim and attacks, Specifically the Union war plan to defeat the South by dividing them

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54th Massachusetts

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Group of African Americans who were well known regiments in the War

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The Battle of Gettysburg

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The Union forces were greatly outnumbered and are forced to retreat, after the two days of unsuccessful assaults Lee plans an attack

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The Battle of Vicksburg

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This and Gettysburg are considered the turning points of the war because they were Union victories allowing them to take control

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Shermans march to sea

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General William Tecumseh Sherman led the western army towards Atlanta, they burnt Atlanta and marched towards Savannah afterward

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Lee Surrendering to Grant

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Lee and his troops surrender to Grant in Appomattox VA on April 9 1865

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13th Amendment

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Abolished Slavery in 1865

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14th Amendment

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Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US including African Americans in1866

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15th Amendment

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Gave AA men the right to vote

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Lincoln Assassination – theater name, murderer, place of death

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In Fords theater by John Wilkes Booth, died at the Peterson House across the street from the theater on 10th street

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10 Percent Plan and Radical Republican Plans for Reconstruction

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Lincoln tried to forgive the South with this 10% plan, radical republicans want a harsh readmission process

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Freedman’s Bureau

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Agency that helped African Americans make the transition easier

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Segregation

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The major separation of the races

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Jim Crow Laws

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Laws that separated the races in almost every public place

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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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