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History- Making of America Flashcards

1
Q

how many states did America have originally

A

13 states

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2
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it was a federal republic meaning ………..

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states had the same power as the federal government

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3
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which type of people only had the vote or any power

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white property owning men

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4
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who was the first president

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George Washington

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5
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what did George Washington do

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fought wars with Indians to gain land

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6
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which president made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803

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President Jefferson

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7
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what was key to south economy

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cotton

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8
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what was cotton dependent on

A

slavery

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9
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what did the Missouri compromise in 1820 do

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made sure that each new slave state would be balanced by a new free state

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10
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what were the 5 civilised Indian tribes

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cherokee
chickasaw
seminole
creek
choctaw

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11
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what did president Andrew Jackson do

A

led the 5 civilised Indian tribes to their expulsion west in the
Trail Of Tears - 1834

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12
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what did the Plain Indians such as Lakota depend on

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buffalo
lived nomadically in tipis

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13
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in the 1840s pioneers began travelling west in wagon trains along trails such as

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the Oregon and California trails

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14
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what did the Oregon and California trails promise

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a promise of a new life in a better economy

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15
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what were the conditions of the Oregon and California trails

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harsh weather conditions
rivers
diseases
mountains

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16
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what was the largest mass migration in American history

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the Californian Gold Rush 1849

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17
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what happened in the Californian Gold Rush 1849

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300,000 people went
places like San Francisco grew
many people made lots of money

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18
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what year did the south leave the union

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1861

19
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when the south left the union what did they call themselves

A

confederacy

20
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why did the south go to war with the north

A

to keep slavery

21
Q

what did the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 do

A

states could pick whether to have slavery or not

22
Q

what did the Supreme Court do

A

sided with the slave owners

23
Q

who were two abolitionists

A

John Brown
Frederick Douglass

24
Q

what did Fredrick Douglass and John Brown do

A

spreaded the idea of ending slavery

25
Q

what did the Emancipation Proclamation do

A

freed slaves

26
Q

1863 - 54th Massachusetts

A

ex slaves in South Carolina were taught to read and many were given 40 acres of land

27
Q

what did the Transcontinental railroad of 1869 do

A

united the east and west

28
Q

what was good about the transcontinental railroad

A

opened up easier travel

29
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what was bad about the transcontinental railroad

A

cut across Indian hunting grounds

30
Q

what did the cattle industry introduce

A

new trails
new cow towns
however these were violent drunken places

31
Q

what did the Homesteaders Act 1862 offer

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160 acres for $10 for a promise to farm for 10 years

(many returned due to difficult farming conditions, loneliness and harsh weather)

32
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why did tensions rise between white settlers and Indians

A

over land and water

33
Q

what was Little Crows war 1862 because of

A

response to the government starving the Indians

34
Q

what was the result of the Great Sioux War

A

the government began exterminating the buffalo

forcing all Indians to :
assimilate or die
move to reservations
sign the Dawes Act

35
Q

Big business grew and the first corporations such as

A

Carnegie steel company

36
Q

how many original states were there in america

A

13

37
Q

who were 4 early presidents

A

George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson

38
Q

which tribes were forced out of the east 1830-1838

A

cherokee
creek
chocktaw
seminole
chickisaw

39
Q

states of the south

A

florida
alabama
mississipi
georgia
north carolina
south carolina
virgina
texas
louisiana

40
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when was the start and end of the civil war

A

start: 1861
end: 1865

41
Q

when was the emancipation proclamation

A

1863

42
Q

new cities that had grown by 1900

A

san francisco
denver
dodge city

43
Q

changes jn African American life after 1877

A

jim crow laws
segregation
army removed from south

44
Q

what was the jim crow laws

A

were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation,
remained in force until 1965.

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