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History Test 4 Flashcards

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Frontiersman who blazed the wilderness road through the Cumberland Gap and led settlers into Kentucky and Tennessee

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Daniel boone

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Vice president under Adams and Jackson who promoted states rights, resigned vice presidency to represent South Carolina

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John C. Calhoun

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Democratic President, served 1829-1837

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Andrew Jackson

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Senator from South Carolina who argued for states rights and strict construction of the constitution

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Robert Hayne

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Massachusetts senator who strove to preserve the Union , great orator and intellect

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Daniel Webster

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Senator from Kentucky who proposed the compromise Tariff of 1833

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Henry Clay

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Chief of the Sac and Fox tribes in Illinois and fought the state militia in what became known as Black’s Hawk’s war

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Black Hawk

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Radical abolitionist who published the liberator

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Former slave who published and abolitionist paper called the North Star

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Frederick Douglass

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Led a slave rebellion in Virginia that massacred many innocent people

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Nat Turner

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Director of the national bank who caused a financial panic in 1837

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Nicholas Biddle

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Democratic President, served 1837-1841

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Martin Van Buren

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Whig President (1841), known as OLD TIPPECANOE, died 31 one days after his inaguration

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William Henry Harrison

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Vice president who became President when Harrison died, served 1841-1845

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John Tyler

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English minister to the United States known for his fairness and the Webster, Ashburton Treaty

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Lord Ashburton

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High tariff that benefited the North a the expense of the South, Tarrif of abominations

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Tariff of 1828

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A state can decide what is best for the states population under the laws of the constitution, key issue in the 1800’s that often divided congress

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states’ rights

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Right of a state to nullify, or cancel, a federal law

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nullification doctrine

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The withdrawal of a state form the union

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Secession

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An emphasis on the common man and a new spirit defined by Andrew Jackson’s politicals view

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Jacksonian Era

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One who believes that the federal government is limited by specific constitutional guidelines, leaving the states all other powers

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Strict constructionist

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trusted friends of President Jackson who served as his personal advisers

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Kitchen cabinet

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Lowered duties on foreign goods coming into the country

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Compromise tariff of 1833

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Gave the president the authority to use the army and navy to enforce tariff laws

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Force Bill

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Require Indians living east of the Mississippi River to move west

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Indian Removal Act

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A close meeting of party leaders, how presidential candidates where chosen before 1832

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Caucus

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Gave the common people a voice, choosing presidential candidates, how presidential candidates were chosen, starting with the election of 1832

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Nominating Convention

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System in which the president awards faithful supporters with jobs and appointments

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Spoiled System

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Design to recharter the national bank, vetoed by Jackson

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Bank Charter Bill

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30
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Statement issued by president Jackson requiring all public lands to be paid for in gold and silver

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Specie Circular

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Party formed in opposition to Jackson’s powerful Presidency

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Whig party

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32
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Journey of the Cherokee to Oklahoma following their removal from the East

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Trail of Tears

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Slave revolt in virginia that resulted in the deaths of many inocent poiple

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Nat turner Revolt

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Incident when Canadian militia set an American boat on fire, Killing one American

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Caroline incident

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Settled the U.S. Canadian border in the Northeast; laid the foundation for the longest unfortified and peaceful boundary in the world.

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Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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Indian Removal Act

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1830

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37
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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1842

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38
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Defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

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Anthony Wayne

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Democratic republican president; served 1801-1809

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Thomas Jefferson

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40
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French dictator who shut down the Mississippi River to trade and sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States

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Napoleón Bonaparte

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Negotiated the Louisiana purchase with France

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Robert Livingston

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Explored the northern half of the Louisiana Territory for President Jefferson

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Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

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Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark as a guide and interpreter

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Sacagawea

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Explored the southern part of Louisiana; discovered Pikes Peak

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Zebulon Pike

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45
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Founding Father killed by Aaron bur in a duel

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Alexander Hamilton

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46
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Vice president of Jefferson who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel

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Aaron Bur

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47
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Democratic-Republican President; server 1809-1817

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James Maddison

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48
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Served as official hostess for President Jefferson and as first Lady for husband James Maddison

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Dolley Maddison

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49
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Speaker of the house and leading War Hawk from Kentucky

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Henry Clay

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50
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Organized Indian resistance against American settlers

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The Prophet, Tecumseh

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51
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Defeated the Indians at the battle of Tippecanoe

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William Henry Harrison

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American captain who defeated the British at the battle of Lake Erie

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Oliver Hazard Perry

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Defeated the Creeks at the battle of Horseshoe Bend; defeated the British at the battle of New Orleans

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Andrew Jackson

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wrote our national anthem, “The Star-Splanged Banner”

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Francis Scott Key

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Democratic-Republican President; served 1817-1825

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James Monroe

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Minority President chosen by the House; served 1825-1829

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John Quincy Adams

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A gap through the mountains that led into Kentucky

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Cumberland Gap

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Area of salt deposits in Kentucky, valuable because salt was the main preservative

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Big Bone Lick

59
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Fort built by Daniel Boone in Kentucky

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Boonesborough

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Became the first frontier of “western” state in 1792

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All the lands north of the Ohio River

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Northwest Territory

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Became the first state from the North West territory

in 1803

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An important port on the Mississippi River

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New Orleans

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Ordered accurate surveys of the North West Territory

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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Called for Congress to administer the Northwest Territory by appointing a governor and judges

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Jefferson’s plan to stop all trade with Europe

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Embargo Act

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Congressmen, mostly from southern and western states, who called for war whith England

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Poem by Francis Scott Key; became the U.S. national anthem

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“The Star-Splanged Banner”

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Name of the presidential mansion after the war of 1812

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White House

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National pride

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nationalism

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Began after War of 1812; marked by national growth and cooperation

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Era of good feelings

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A tax on European imported goods that protected the American industry

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Tariff of 1816

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Group of presidents from Virginia who guided our country in the early years of its history; included Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

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Virginia Dynasty

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Admitted Maine as a free state and provided for the admission of Missouri as a slave state, maintaining a balance in the senate while avoiding conflict amongst the states

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Missouri Compromise

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Prohibited any feature colonization in the new World by European powers

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Monroe Doctrine

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The most popular candidates from different regions of the country

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Favorite sons

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Split into two groups, the national; Republicans, who wanted a strong central government, and the Democrats, who supported states’ rights

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Democratic-Republican Party

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Established a boundary between Indian lands and lands open to settlement

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Treaty of Greenville

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Land purchased from France for 15 000 000 more than doubling the size of the United States

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Louisiana Purchase

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Begun in an effort to stop the Indians before they gained further strength; led and won by William Henry Harrison

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Battle of Tippecanoe

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War between Britain and the United States; American victory

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War of 1812

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U.S. navy defeated the British Great Lakes Fleet and won the control of the War of 1812.

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Battle of New Orleans

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Ended the war of 1812 (1814)

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Treaty of Ghent

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A meeting of delegates from the New England states in 1814 who condemned the war with England and declared the right of a state to nullify or repeal an act of Congress

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Hartford Convention

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Spain cede Florida and gave up its claim to the pacific Northwest.

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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Louisiana Purchase

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War of 1812

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1812 - 1814

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Treaty of Ghent

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Spain cedes Florida to the United States

90
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Missouri Compromise

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New York governor who promoted the construction of the Erie Canal

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DeWitt Clinton

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Developed the first successful steamboat

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Robert Fulton

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Steamboat pilot and author; better known as Mark Twain

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Samuel Clemens

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Invented the steel plow

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John Deere

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Developed the reaping machine

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Cyrus McCormick

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Improved the power loom and built textile factories in New England

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Francis Cabot Lowell

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Invented a much-improved sewing machine

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Elias Howe

98
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Improved the sewing machine

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Isaac Merrit Singer

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Invented the telegraph and developed Morse code

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Samuel F. B. Morse

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“Pathfinder of the Seas” ; pioneer of naval oceanography

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Matthew Maury

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Entrepreneur responsible for the pain of dental work

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Horace Wells

102
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Pioneered the use of painkillers for surgery

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Crawford Long, William Morton

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First woman physician

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Elizabeth Blackwell

104
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Used nitrous oxide to ease the pain of dental work

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Horace Wells

105
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Became the commercial center of the nation in the 1800s

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New York City

106
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Major commercial center of the nation in the 1800s

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New Orleans

107
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Linked the Hudson River with Lake Erie

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Erie Canal

108
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Major means of transportation for cotton crops from the plantations of the South to the port of New Orleans

109
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Narrow-hulled vessels that dramatically cut travel time

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Clipper ships

110
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Most significant development of the transportation revolution; brought speed, efficiency, and ease of transportation that waterways could not provide

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steam locomotive

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Made plowing prairie grass easier

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Steel plow

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Made harvesting of grain easier

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Reaping machine

113
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Machine used to weave cloth

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power loom

114
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Legal rights to inventions

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Most important invention for the safety of coal miners; invented by Sir Humphry Davy

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Miner’s safety lamp

116
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Conducted electrical currents over wires in a series of coded messages

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Developed by Samuel Morse for the telegraph

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Morse code

118
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Fastest mail service available before the telegraph

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Pony Express

119
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Underwater telegraph cable connecting Newfoundland to Ireland

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Transatlantic cable

120
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One who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas

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entrepreneur

121
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Medical term to describe the absence of pain

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anesthesia

122
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Applied science; the practical use of scientific knowledge

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technology

123
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Blight of the Irish potato crop that caused widespread starvation in Ireland; many people migrated to the United States during this time

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Potato famine of the 1840s

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First successful steamboat

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Erie Canal officially opens

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First transatlantic cable is laid between Newfoundland and Ireland

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