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What election was Thomas Jefferson against John Adams and was decided by the House of Representatives

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Election of 1800

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What doubled the size of America and was sold by France for 15 million dollars

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The Louisiana Purchase

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Who were the two people that were sent out to explore the Louisiana Purchase and find resources

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Lewis and Clark (exploration)

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Impressment and the attack on Chesapeake

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British soldiers forced thousands of Americans to serve in the British navy, the us Chesapeake was intercepted by a British vessel,America tried to cut off trade with Great Britain with the embargo act, but that hurt Americans economy

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What are war hawks?

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People who pushed for war with Great Britain such as Henry clay and John Calhoun

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War of 1812-Fort McHenry

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British attack Fort McHenry- the fort at the entrance to Baltimore Harbor

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Star Spangled Banner

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After Fort McHenry was attacked Francis Scotty was inspired to write the song “Star Spangled Banner”

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War of 1812-D.C. Burned

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British forces were able to march into Washington DC and burn down the capital

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War of 1812- battle at New Orleans

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This battle happened after the treaty of Ghent ended the war

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Monroe doctrine

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Statement from James Monroe saying America will not interfere with Europe

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Irish potato famine

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Many Irish people immigrated to America when a disease spread through the their potatoes

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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She held the first Edmonds rights convention in Seneca falls New York

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Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes with new inventions such as interchangeable parts

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Capitalism

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Individuals put they’re company into business in hopes of making a profit

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Free enterprise system

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Free enterprise is a type of economy where products, prices, and services are determined by the market, not the government

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Supply and demand

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Is a product is in demand, the price goes up. When you have supply of an item the price gets lowered

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What was the Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Cotton

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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Made picking cotton easier for slaves and saved massive amounts of time

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban- cities

Rural- country

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Wilderness Road

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Daniel Boone and others cut down forest now known as the wilderness road which served as the main southern highway from east to west

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Daniel Boone

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He was a young pioneer and he built the wilderness road. From Tennessee

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Cumberland Gap

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Path that made it pass over the Appalachian mountains easier

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The Corrupt Bargain

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When the 1824 election ended without any candidate receiving a majority in the electoral college, the House of Representatives awarded the election to John Quincy Adams

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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Replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters

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Indian Removal Act

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Act passed by congress to remove all the Indians

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Trail of Tears

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Movement of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma

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Sequoyah

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Invented the Cherokee alphabet

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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency

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Gave inauguration speech that was 2 hours and died of pneumonia; shortest presidency

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Manifest Destiny

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Belief of expandingto the pasific

30
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Texas Rebellion

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Texas leaves the union

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The Alamo – battle significance

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Bought Texans much needed time

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Davy crocket

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Volunteered to fight at the Alamo

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Oregon Trail

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Used by settlers to migrate to the northwest pacific

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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?

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Fulfills the three part plan

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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush

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Doubled amount of gold. Left a big empathy on California

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Brigham Young

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Led Mormans from Illinois to Utah

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

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John Brown

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John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States

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Harriet Tubman

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Brought slaves to freedom multiple times

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Underground Railroad

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Secret trails that helped slaves he to freedom

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Frederick Douglass

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Most well known African American abolitionists

42
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Best seller that portrayed slavery as a cruel and brutal system

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Required citizens to help capture runaway slaves in 1850

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Increased territory of the United States and let people decide if they wanted slavery

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Bleeding Kansas

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First state to shed blood on the civil was over slavery

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Sumner-Brooks Incident

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Sumner lashed out on pro slavery people and got hit by a cane by is uncle.

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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John brown and 18 men planned a rebellion against slave holders but got executed

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Dred Scott v Sandford

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Scott was a slave that was bought in a slave state but moved to a free state but it was ruled that the constitution said he was still a slave. This divided the nation even more

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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech

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Senate race that became the nations attention. Lincoln lost.

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Election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln won against Douglas

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Causes of the Civil War

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Fred Scott decision. John brown. Slavery.

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Fort Sumter

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South attacked fort Sumter when union soldiers were unprepared. South win

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Ulysses S. Grant

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18th president. General for the union

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Robert e lee

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General for the south. Apposed slavery but wouldn’t fight against his own state

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Stonewall Jackson

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One of the most gifted commanders of all time

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First Battle of Bull Run

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South had the rebel yell, but were to disorganized to win the battle

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Anaconda Plan

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Unions plan to choke out the south

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54th Massachusetts

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First battle that used slaves

59
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The Battle of Gettysburg

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Remembered as pickets charge. Union is greatly outnumbered

60
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The Battle of Vicksburg

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Turning Point of the civil war after south lost control of the Mississippi River

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