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1
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The trail through the Cumberland Gap which the settlers used to travel west

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Wilderness Road

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A person who risks personal loss to develop + market new products or ideas

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Entrepreneur

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3
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The Indian guide the traveled with Lewis and Clark in the Louisiana territory

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Sacagawea

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4
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A statement requiring that all public lands must be paid for in gold or silver

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Specie Circular

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5
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Explored the southern half of the Louisiana Territory

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Zebulon Pike

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6
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stirred up slavery Bellion in Virginia

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Nat Turner

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7
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he killed Alexander Hamilton

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Aaron Burr 

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8
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called their Air Force removal the trail of Tears

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Cherokee tribe

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9
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Leading Warhawk before the war of 1812

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Henry Clay

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10
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was burned by the British during the war of 1812

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Washington DC

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defeated the British Great Lakes fleet at the battle of Lake

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Oliver hazard Perry 

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12
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The first state of the northwest territory to be admitted to the union

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Ohio

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13
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the greatest orator in Congress 

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Daniel Webster 

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14
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Country that sold the Louisiana territory to the United States 

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France 

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15
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Best known city of French heritage in the US

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New Orleans

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16
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Who proposed the compromise Tariff of 1833 

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Henry Clay

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17
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made Orleans a major commercial part

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Steam locomotive

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18
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A closed meeting of party leaders to nominate candidates

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Caucus

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19
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major means of transportation for the cotton Rich lands of the south and communities along the Ohio river 

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Steamboat

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20
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how did Francis Cabot Lowell bring higher standards to US factories 

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lowell implemented Christian principles to bring benefits to his employees 

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Why did Americans desire to move farther west in early 1800s

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Because Land was becoming scarce and Americans desired greater opportunities

22
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how did the tariff of 1828 caused division between the north and south

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The tariff increased the north profit at the expense of south

23
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when did the United States buy Louisiana

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1803

24
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when did the treaty of Ghent happenen

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1814

25
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When did Adam’s -Onis Treaty happen

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1819

26
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When did Webster Ashburn treaty happen

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1842

27
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when did the first transatlantic cable get placed

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1858

28
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First frontier or western state admitted to the union

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Kentucky

29
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First female physician in the US

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Elizabeth Blackwell

30
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Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

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Francis Scott key

31
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First president to die in office

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William Henry Harrison

32
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Officially ended the war of 1812

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treaty of Ghent 

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political party consisting of former national Republicans and members of the political groups who were united only over there dislikes 

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Whig

34
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Foreign policy that proclaimed the US would prohibit any interference in the affairs of independent Latin American nations

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Monroe doctrine

35
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A state breaking away from the union 

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sucession

36
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wrote the South Carolina exposition and protest against the Tarrif of 1828

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John C.Calhoun

37
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Won the favorite sons election

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John Quincy Adams

38
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officially opened the Erie canal in 1825

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Dewitt clinton

39
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developed the first successful steamboat in 1807

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Robert Fulton

40
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surgeon who uses ether to introduce a deep sleep so that his patients would not feel pain during surgery

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Crawford long

41
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improved the power loom

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Francis Cabot Lowell

42
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US naval officer in Pioneer of naval oceanography who is often called the “Pathfinder of the seas”

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Matthew Maury

43
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invented the reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

44
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invented the telegraph

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Samuel F.B. Morse

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Businessman who made farther improvements to the sewing machine

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Isaac Singer

46
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dentist who used nitrous oxide to ease the pain of dental work

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Horace Wells

47
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invented the cotton gin

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Eli Whitney

48
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Maps

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