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Final 150 Test Part 2 Flashcards

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A controversial election where the total votes were tied. The vote was decided by the House of Representatives, and the election was won by Thomas Jefferson

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Election of 1800

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An American purchase of Spaniard land that largely expanded the nation

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Louisiana Purchase

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Journey in which Jefferson sent a group of people to explore the Westernmost parts of America

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Louis and Clark Expedition

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Was a national song made by Francis Scott during the battle of Fort McHenry

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Star Spangled Banner

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A statement saying that the United States of America would not interfere with Europeans

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Monroe Doctrine

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A Great Potato Famine caused this

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Ireland’s relation to immigration

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An economic system in which owners and companies own the means of production

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Capitalism

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The number one crop in the South in the 1800s

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Cotton

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City or town against countryside

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Urban vs. Rural

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The main road from the East to the West

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Wilderness Road

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Lead an expedition to make the Wilderness Road

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Daniel Boone

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A mountain trail that made it easy to travel through the Appalachian Mountains

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Cumberland Gap

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A path Indians were forced to walk when Andrew Jackson sent them away from their homes

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The trail of tears

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Helped slaves escape the plantations they were on.

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The Underground Railroad

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An abolitionist who thought he was sent by God to end slavery

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John Brown, A.K.A the G.O.A.T according the first law of Kaleb Metcalfism, stating “ I will murder anyone who doesn’t like John Brown” (CNN’, page 4.20)

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The act of forcing Americans to serve in the British Navy

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Impressment

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When a US ship was impresses and was forced to be searched

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Attack on the Chesapeake

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The change from an Agrian society to a an industrial one

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Industrial Revolution

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People can buy sell and produce whatever they want

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Free Enterprise System

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The amount of service or product available that factors the price of a product

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Supply and Demand

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Was know for creating the Cherokee written language

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Sequoyah

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The belief it was Gods will for America to expand West

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Manifest Destiny

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When the speaker of the House of Representatives helped Adams win the election of 1824

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The Corrupt Bargain

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Act passed by congress to relocate Native Americans

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Indian Removal Act

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300 families helped gain Independence from Mexico

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Texas Rebellion

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Tennessee Congressman who volunteered to fight on the Alamo

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Davy Crockett

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Helped most settlers move to the West easily

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Oregon Trail

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Led Mormons to the Great Slat Lake city area. Was the largest migration in US history (12,000) people

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Brigham Young

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Allowed Maine to enter as a slave state. Help even out North and South

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Made 13 missions along the Underground Railroad

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Harriet Tubman

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11th President that fulfilled Manifest Destiny

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James K. Polk

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Man that first found gold in California

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John Sutter

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More than doubled the worlds gold supply

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California Gold Rush

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Most well known African American abolitionist

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Frederick Douglass

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Novel that captured the horror of slavery

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Required citizens to help recapture runaway slaves

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Fugitive Slave Act

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First place to shed blood over slavery in a Civil War

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Bleeding Kansas

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People who pushed for a war with Great Britain.

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Warhawks from the War of 1812

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DC was burned, Battle of Fort McHenry, and The Battle of New Orleans

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War of 1812

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The First Women’s Suffrage event

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Elizabeth Cady Stantons Convention

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Allowed Texas to gain Independence from Mexico

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The Alamo Signifigance

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Pulled the seeds out of cotton balls and increased their supply and demand

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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

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Gave 2 hour inauguration speech and died after only 32 days after becoming the president

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William Henry Harrison

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7th president who had a fight with the bank and used the spoils system

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Andrew Jackson

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Texas gains Independence from Mexico. America believed Texas was on their side of the border

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Mexican War

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Let the people decide how their state would decide slavery matters in that state

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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After a tense argue net over slavery a man was left bleeding after he was hit with a cane

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Summer Brooks Incident

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A raid led to start a Rebellion against slavery

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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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Slavery was the [insert answer here]

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Cause of the Civil War

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Election President Lincoln won, largely because the Democrat Party was divided

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Election of 1860

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Plan that would give the North control of the MISSISSIPPI River and would cut off the Souths cotton supply

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Anaconda Plan

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Completely abolished slavey in the US

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13th Amendment

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Citizens will not be denied service due to race rationality religion culture or color

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15th amendment

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No state can deprive people from the pursuits of Life Liberty or Happiness

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14th amendment

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The separation of a group or race of people

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Segregation

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Court case that said slavery was protected by the Constitution

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Dred Scott Case

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Confederate guns opened fire and marked the beginning of the Civil War

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Fort Sumter

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A commander who was considered gifted in the field of the tactical

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Stonewall Jackson

59
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First battle that involved slaves

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54th Massachusetts

60
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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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A destruction oath from Atlanta to Savannah Georgia

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