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Election of 1800

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John Adams v. Thomas Jefferson

two candidates had 73 Electoral Votes: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

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Louisiana Purchase

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France sells the territory for $15 million

Doubled the size of the US, 1803, Thomas Jefferson

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Lewis and Clark were sent on an expedition to explore this territory and find its resources

Sacagawea helped talk to Native American chiefs

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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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Impressment- the act of forcing Americans to serve in the British navy

The US ship Chesapeake was intercepted by a British vessel demanding to search for dissenters the captain refused and the British commander attacked

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War Hawks from the War of 1812

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People who pushed for war with Great Britain 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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  • British forces were able to march into Washington DC and burn the Capital and president’s mansion down
  • The British attacked Fort McHenry at the entrance to Baltimore Harbor after Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the song “The Star-Spangled Banner”
  • Battle of New Orleans took place after the treaty was signed it was a decisive victory for the US and made Andrew Jackson a household name
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The Star Spangled Banner

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Written by Francis Scott Key after Fort McHenry inspired him

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Monroe Doctrine

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This was put in place due to many Latin American nations gaining independence from Spain at this time.

The Monroe Doctrine became an important part of American foreign policy instantly

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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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1860s The largest group of immigrants was from Ireland do to a terrible potato famine

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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Held in Seneca Falls, New York first women’s rights convention

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Industrial Revolution

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The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry began in New England, US

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Capitalism

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Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a 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 where they wish

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Supply and Demand

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How much of something a company has compared to how much the consumers want

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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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It removed seeds from cotton. Made producing cotton easier and faster

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban= City and Rural = Country

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Wilderness Road

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Daniel Boone blazed the trail. Route to Kentucky from the Atlantic Coast

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Daniel Boone

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A long hunter, an American wilderness explorer for at least 6 months at a time

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Cumberland Gap

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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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He Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, meets with Adams and agrees to use his influence to help Adams get the vote in the House of Representatives. John Quincy Adams win the election of 1824. This caused the democratic and republican to split up.

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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Spoils system- the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters

Jackson tried to kill the bank by withdrawing all federal funds from the national bank and placing them in smaller state banks this caused the nation to enter a depression

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Indian Removal Act

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Act passed by congress in order to relocate Native Americans

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Trail of Tears

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Relocation and movement of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma

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Sequoyah
Is known for creating the written Cherokee language
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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency
Inauguration speech lasted over 2 hours. Died shortly of Pneumonia afterwords. Presidency only lasted 32 days (shortest presidency)
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Manifest Destiny
Belief that the USA was destined by God to stretch from Atlantic to Pacific.
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Texas Rebellion
When colonist rebel against the Mexican government
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The Alamo – battle significance
Santa Anna's Mexico vs. Travis' Texans Davy Crockett volunteered to fight The defenders of the Alamo bought the Texans some much needed time. Sam Houston becomes commander in chief of the Texas forces
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Davy Crockett
Backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered to fight at the Alamo
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Oregon Trail
Was used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest
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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?
Fulfilled Manifest Destiny
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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession
US believes the Texas border is the Rio Grande Mexico believes the border is the Nueces River. Mexican Cession- ceded (gave up) California and New Mexico and in return the US gave them $15 million
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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush
John Sutter obtained land in California he was the first to find gold. This started the Gold Rush which more than doubled the World's supply of gold
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Brigham Young
Lead a group of mormons to the Great Salt Lake area of Utah where they could safely practice their religion
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Helped preserve the balance between the North and the South. | The compromise was made to have Maine enter as free and Missouri enter as a slave state.
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John Brown
Violent abolitionist that believed god had chosen him to end slavery
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Harriet Tubman
The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
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Underground Railroad
A network of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people
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Frederick Douglass
Most well known African American abolitionist. Edited anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star. Thought slavery destroyed America's ideals 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 runaway slaves in 1850. Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Increased the amount of territory open o slaveholding in the US
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Bleeding Kansas
Kansas became the first to shed blood in a civil war over slavery.
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Sumner-Brooks Incident
Charles Sumner lashed out against these for slavery and Preston Brooks hit Sumner with a cane.
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a weapon storage facility. He hoped to start a rebellion against slaveholders by army slaves. He was quickly defeated no executed for treason.
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Dred Scott v Sandford
The case divided the nation even more. It was a salve against his owner he was bought in Missouri but his owners moved to Wisconsin (free state). Chief Justice said he was still a slave.
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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech
Lincoln-Douglass debates – senate race in Illinois that became the center of national attention the main topic was slavery Lincoln said "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
Lincoln becomes the 16th President. The more populous North had outvoted the South
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Causes of the Civil War
The south did not trust Lincoln. Many states seceded. Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter n April 12, 1861. This attack marked the beginning of the Civil War
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Fort Sumter
Marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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Ulysses S. Grant
He and his 40,000 troops are headed to an important railroad junction in Mississippi there was a church named "Shiloh" near their resting point in South West Tennessee
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Robert E. Lee
He was opposed to slavery, but still fought on the Confederate side because he was a proud Virginian that would not sight against his own state
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Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jackson was considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US history . Confederate troops became inspired by reinforcements by him.
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First Battle of Bull Run
The first major battle of the Civil War fought near the town of Manassas Junction and a small river named Bull Run.
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Anaconda Plan
Union war plan to defeat the South by dividing them in two
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54th Massachusetts
The most well known African American regiment
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The Battle of Gettysburg
Union forces were greatly outnumbered and are forced to retreat. Then the north wins by hiding in the hills.
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The Battle of Vicksburg
The Union victory was considered a turning point for the war along with the victory at Gettysburg
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Sherman’s March to the Sea
General William Tecumeh Sherman led the western army towards Atlanta after burning Atlanta, Sherman's army began the march towards Savannah, Georgia
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Lee Surrendering to Grant
On April 9, 1865, Lee and his troops surrendered to Grant in a small Virginia village called Appomattox Court House
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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in 1865
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14th Amendment
Gave full citizenship to those 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
Ford's theater, John Wilkes Booth, Petersen House
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10 Percent Plan and Radical Republican Plans for Reconstruction
The 10 percent plan was very forgiving the radical republicans wanted a harsher readmission process
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Freedman’s Bureau
An agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
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Segregation
Separation of a race
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Jim Crow Laws
Laws that required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place
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Ku Klux Klan
The largest anti-African American terrorist organization in the south

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