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U.S. chapter 12 Flashcards

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frontier

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land with a few people of west settled areas

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flatboat

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long boat with flat bottom

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dictator

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one who rules by force and allows his people little or no freedom

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ghost towns

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former mining towns full of empty buildings where no one lives

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Daniel Boone

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pioneer who began the settlement of Kentucky; called “the pioneer of pioneers”

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Wilderness Road

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trail cleared by Daniel Boone in Kentucky

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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law that divided the northwest territory into townships and demanded that one section of land in each township be set aside for a public school

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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law that guaranteed that the freedom and democracy the original states enjoyed would also be present in the territories

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Louisiana Purchase

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section of land purchased from France by President Jefferson that doubled the size of the united states

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Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark

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young men who led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase

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Sacagawea

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Indian women who went with the Lewis and Clark expedition to translate the Indian language

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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French ruler who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States

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War of 1812

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war fought between the United States and England; neither country won the war

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Francis Scott Key

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man who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” during the battle of Fort McHenry

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President James Monroe

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President who purchased Florida from Spain

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Francis Asbury

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famous circuit-riding preacher

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Peter Cartwright

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one of the best circuit - riding preacher

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General Santa Anna

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Mexican dictator who tried to crush the Texans rebellion

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Davy Crockett

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famous frontiersman who died fighting at the Alamo

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General Sam Houston

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leader of Texans in their fight for Independence

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President James K. Polk

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President during the Mexican War

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Gadson Purchase

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section of land in the Southwest Purchased from Mexico in order to build a railroad

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John Sutter

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man on whose land gold discovered in California in 1848

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forty-niners

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nickname for the people who flocked to California to find gold in 1849

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gold rush

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name given to the great movement of gold seekers to California

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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

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husband and wife who were missionaries to the Indians in Oregon

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Noah Webster

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writer of the first American dictionary and history and reading textbook, including the Blue-backed Speller

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William H. McGuffey

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author of a series of readers that were used in American schools

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Boonesborough

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pioneer settlement in Kentucky named after Daniel Boone

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Fort McHenry

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during a siege on this fort, “The Star- Spangled Banner was written

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Northwest Territory

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large piece of land that eventually became the states of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota

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Alamo

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Spanish mission where 187 men fighting for Texans were killed by Mexico

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San Jacinto

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place where the Texans defeated the Mexicans armys

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Rio Grande

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river that forms the border between Texans and Mexicans

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Oregon Territory

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land that eventually became the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as part of Montana and Wyoming

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase

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1812-1815

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war of 1812

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1819

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Florida is purchased from spain

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1846-1848

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Mexican War

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1848

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gold is discovered in California

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1853

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Gadsden Purchase

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