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LOUISIANA PURCHASE

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530mill acres land bought from France in 1803

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ABOLISIONISTS

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Small number of white and free black Americans who were against slavery.

Growth of slavery immoral

Set out to stop it altogether

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COTTON GIN

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1739–ELI WHITNEY

processed cotton 50x faster

Slavery expansion

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MISSOURI COMPROMISE

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1820

Drew a vertical line between middle country

States created in west ABOVE LINE became FREE STATES and BELOW LINE would be SLAVE STATES

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MISSOURI COMPROMISE also said

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For every slave state there would be a free state to keep a balance or power

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INDIAN REMOVAL ACT

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1839

Law which promised tribes money if they relocate

Made by Andrew Jackson

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MORMONS

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Religious group set up in early 19th century

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POLYGAMY

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Marrying many wives

Mormon beliefs

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MORMONS leader and where they chose to settle

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Brigham young

Great salt lake

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GOLD no.1

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California discovered in 1848

1849-50,000 went to mine these were called the 49ers

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GOLD no.2

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1858

Pikes peak in Kansas—occupied by Cheyenne Indians

1859 over 100,000 rush to place (59ers)

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What did the gold rush in pikes peak lead to the discovery of

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The plains were inhabitable

Whites began settling. Which broke treaty’s from 1850s
Tribes begging fighting back

By 1860 war between USA and plains inevitable

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when was LINCOLN elected and who supported him most

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Nov 1860

North, almost no support from south

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What did Lincoln make illegal when he fully became president in March 4 1961

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Confederacy

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When was war declared

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15 April 1961

Lincoln would defend union

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EMANCIPATION PROCLIMATION

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All slaves in confederate states free

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13th amendment

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Jan 1865 (emmansipation proclimation)

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Lincoln died when leaving who to replace him

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April 1865

Andrew jackson

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What period was known as radical reconstruction

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Feb 1866

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Congress bought civil rights bill when and what is it

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A law to protect rights of all black Americans

March 1866

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14th amendment

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July 1868

Anyone born in USA is us citizens now matter skin colour

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15th amendment

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March 1870

All black Americans right to vote

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Freedman’s bureau

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assisting freedmen (former slaves) in the South

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What happened in 1870

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Freedman’s bureau was shut down

25
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Abraham approved what in 1862 which would do what

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Pacific railroad act

Provide money to companies willing to build railroad connecting east and west

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What is union pacific and central pacific

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Union pacific-east to west

central pacific-west to east

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Long drive

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Taking cattle over plains to be sold

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What did long drives cause conflict with

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Indian buffalo hunting lands

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Texas longhorns

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Hardy cattle

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Cow towns

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Located railroad lines
Where cattle bought and sold

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Cattle ranches

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Located on plains
Set up so cattle not driven all way from Texas

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HOMESTEAD ACT

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Offered people 160 acres of land free for 5 years

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HOMESTEADS

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Houses built on plains out of sod

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Ghost dance

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1890s religious movement

Believed if they danced and prayed white settlers would leave and buffalo return

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What did the gov do in 1890

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Sent in army to stop ghost dancers

Many tan away to Dakota

They were eventually tracked down at WOUNDED KNEE

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WOUNDED KNEE

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Army open fired in ghost dancers killing over 250 men women and kids
On 15 Jan 1891 4,000 ghost dancers surrender

37
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JIM CROW

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Introduced in 1890s

Segregation

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