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Semester 2 Flashcards

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George Washington

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1st pres. Never lived in the White House

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Pierre L’enfant

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Designed Washington, D.C. And was buried overlooking it in Arlington

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Benjamin Banneker

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African American assistant to Pierre, memorized the design and constructed dc.

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John Adams

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2nd pres, XYZ affair,alien sedition acts

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Marbury vs. Madison

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First time the Judicial review was used to determine the constitutionality of a government action

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Louisiana purchase

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USA purchased Louisiana from Spain for $15million…the country doubled in size

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Lewis and Clark

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Explored the northern part of territory to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean, they leave up the Missouri River on May 14, 1804

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Sacajawea

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Became a guide to Lewis and Clark at age 16, John Baptiste was her son

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Thomas Jefferson

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3rd pres, lassiez faire

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Lassiez-faire

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Let the people do as they choose

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James Madison

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4th pres, Father of the constitution

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Francis Scott Key

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Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

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13
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Missouri Comprimise

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Maine is free state, Missouri is a slave state

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James Monroe

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5th pres, “era of good feelings”

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John Quincey Adams

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6th pres, the corrupt bargain

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Andrew Jackson

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7th pres, “president of the people”

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Tariff

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A fee paid by merchants who imported goods

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Trail of Tears

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Trail from southeast to Oklahoma, Cherokee are forced to move, 4,000 die

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Martin Van Buren

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8th pres, panic of 1837 ruins his presidency

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William Henry Harrison

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9th pres, died of pneumonia, gave a 1 1/2 hour speech at inauguration

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John Tyler

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10th pres, 1st vice pres to take over, signs the Annexation of Texas

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Abolitionist

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Do away with slavery

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Fredrick Douglass

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Born a slave, educated, escaped, wrote the North Star

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Slave codes

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Written to prevent slave rebellion

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Immigration 1820-60

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Largest group was Irish because of potato famine…2nd largest was Germany

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Temperance movement

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Reformers who blamed alcohol for family problems, called for little of no alcohol

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Utopias

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Communities based on a vision of a perfect society

28
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Seneca falls convention

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A convention for women’s rights and equality, most controversial issue was sufferage (right to vote)

29
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Susan B. Anthony

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Built the women’s rights movement to a national level

30
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Jedediah smith

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1st American to visit California, his best friends were a bible and rifle

31
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Oregon trail

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Began in Missouri, 2000 miles long

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Prairie schooners

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Wagons that crossed the plains

33
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Alamo

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Fort is defeated by the Mexican army

34
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Davy Crockett

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King of the wild frontier, fought at the Alamo

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Manifest Destiny

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A belief that the US should extend from the Atlantic to the pacific

36
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James Polk

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11th pres, fulfilled manifest destiny

37
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Treaty of Guatalupe Hidalgo

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“Mexican Cession” the US pays $15 million for southwest

38
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Zachary Taylor

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12th pres, cherries and milk

39
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Millard Filmore

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13th pres, most forgettable pres

40
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Franklin Pierce

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14th pres, son died in a train accident, effects his presidency

41
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Harriet Tubman

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Frees 300 slaves, the Conductor of the Underground Railroad

42
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James Buchanan

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15th pres, 7 states leave while he’s in office

43
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Abraham Lincoln

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16th pres, #1 goal was to “save the union”

44
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Jefferson Davis

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1st and only pres for the Confederate States of America

45
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Robert E. Lee

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One of the greatest generals that ever fought for the south

46
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Battle of Gettysburg

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Lawrence chamberlain,little round top defeated confederates, pickets charge, turning point of the war

47
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Surrender at Appomattox

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Lee surrenders to Grant, this virtually ended the Civil War

48
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13th amendment

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Outlawed slavery

49
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15th amendment

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Prohibited the states from denying any person the right to vote because of race or color

50
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Lincoln’s assassination

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John Wilkes booth killed Lincoln at a play, he said “sic semper tyrannis”

51
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Andrew Johnson

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17th pres, first to be impeached

52
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Ulysses S. Grant

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18th pres, union commanding general

53
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Gilded Age

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Suggests great wealth but actually has poverty, “age of industry”

54
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Statue of Liberty

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Symbolizes freedom and oppurtunity, torch=freedom, tablet=dec of Ind.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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19th pres, comprimise of 1877

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James Garfield

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20th pres, assassinated after 10 weeks by Charles J. Guiteau

57
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Chester A. Arthur

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21st pres, had to break the spoils service

58
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Benjamin Harrison

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23rd pres, dependent and disability pensions

59
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Grover Cleveland

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22&24 pres, panic of 1893 ruins presidency

60
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The populist party

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Believed in single terms for presidency, national tax, shorter work hours, and women’s right to vote

61
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Plessey vs. Ferguson

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Plessey sues for being denied a seat on a railroad car, court says segregation is legal

62
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Homestead act

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Opened Great Plains for settlement gave 160 acres for free if they live on it for five years

63
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Dawes Act

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Offered land and citizenship to native Americans families to farm on

64
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Battle of Little Bighorn

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Custer, wanting glory, divided his army and attacked the native Americans, “Custers last stand”

65
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Wounded knee

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USA tries to capture big foot, marked the end of armed conflicts btwn whites and native Americans

66
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William McKinley

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25th pres, Spanish American war

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