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1
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George Washington

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First president

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Samuel Adams

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Boston area Party

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3
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Drew Scott

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Dred Scott Decision

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Sacagawea

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Helped Lewis + Clarke

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5
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Thomas Jefferson

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Constitution

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6
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Daniel Shay

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Shays rebellion

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Abraham Lincoln

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Emancipation proclamation

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8
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Harriet Tubman

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Underground Railroad

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9
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John Marshall

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Was a judge

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John Brown

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Harper’s ferry

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Fredrick Douglass

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Author

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12
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Jefferson Davis

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President for confederate states of America

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13
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Stamp act

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Required a stamp on all goods

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14
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Boston Massacre

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Killed 5 colonists by British

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Declaration of Independence

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13 colonies declaring themselves as separate from Britain

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16
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Constitutional Convention

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Meeting to make constitution

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17
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The great compromise

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Large population states vs small population states wanting equal votes

18
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3/5 compromise

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Slaves counted as 3/5 population for voting

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Federalism

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Sharing of power between national and state gov

20
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Federalists / Anti Federalists

21
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Virginia / New Jersey Plan

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How to balance house of reps

22
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States rights

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Struggle between fed gov and individual states re political power

23
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Murbury v Madison

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First case to apply principle of judicial review

24
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Articles of confederation

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Function of US gov after split from Britain

25
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Bill of rights

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26
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Radical republicans

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Opposition to slavery

27
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Civil rights act of 1866 & 1875

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1866: rights to all white males given to everyone
1875: African Americans get equal treatment for public stuff

28
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Yorktown

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Last battle in American Revolution

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Sons of Liberty

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Fighting taxation of British

30
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Intolerable acts

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Laws passed after tea party to punish colonists

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Mexican war

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To see if we got Texas or not

32
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Abolitionism movement / anti slavery movement

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Abolitionist - moral

Anti slavery- for $

33
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Compromise of 1850

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Fugitive slave act, cA free state

34
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Kansas Nebraska act

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Let decide for themselves if slavery or not

35
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Secession

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The southern states going into confederacy

36
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Total war

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Cutting off all resources

37
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Reconstruction

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38
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Civil war amendments

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13- abolished slavery
14- equal protection for all
15- granted voting to all

39
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10% plan

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10% of state had to pledge allegiance to union

40
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Freed men’s bureau

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To help AA w education

41
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Scalawags + carpet naggers

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S- white southerners , supported reconstruction

C- northerners moving down to south

42
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KKK

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