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Election of 1800

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John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson

Tomas Jefferson becomes our 3rd president

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Louisiana Purchase

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1803
France sells the territory for $15 million
Doubled the size of US

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Inspired people to go west and settle by sparking a sense of adventure

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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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The Chesapeake was intercepted by a British vessel demanding to search for dissenters. Influenced Embargo Act

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War Hawks from the War of 1812

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Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun

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War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans

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D.C. Burned- British forces were able to march into Washington DC and burned the capitol and the presidents mansion

Fort McHenry- influenced Francis Scott Key to write “Star Spangled Banner”

Battle of New Orleans- took place after peace treaty, made Andrew Jackson a household name

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The Star Spangled Banner

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Written by Francis Scott Key after Fort McHenry Battle

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Monroe Doctrine

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Put in place due to many Latin American nations gaining independence from Spain at the time. Became important part of American foreign policy.

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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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Helped the growth of industry in American. The largest group of immigration came from Ireland.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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The Seneca Falls Convention. First women’s rights convention. Focused on women’s suffrage.

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Capitalism

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Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit
Capital- money used for the investment

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Free Enterprise System

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People are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want and can work as they wish.
Also know as free market System

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Supply and Demand

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Sets prices/cost is set by supply and demand. A way of making money.

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Industrial Revolution

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The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry.

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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Cotton

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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important

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It made it easier to separate the cotton and its seeds. It took less time to separate with the cotton gin than by hand, so more cotton could be produced, then more cotton could be sold, which brought in more money and then bought more slaves.

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban- city

Rural- country

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Wilderness Road

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Created by Daniel Boone, route to Kentucky from Atlantic coast, aided early exploration of Tennessee. Made passing through the mountains easier

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Daniel Boone

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American pioneer. Created wilderness road

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Cumberland Gap

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Path created making it easier to pass trough the Appalachian mountains

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The Corrupt Bargain

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Speaker of the house, Henry Clay, meets with Adams and agrees to use his power to influence and help Adams get the vote in House of Representatives.

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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Spoils System- the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters

Jackson tried to kill the bank by withdrawing all federal funds from the national bank and placing them in smaller state banks

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Indian Removal Act

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Act passed by congress in order to relocate native Americans

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Trail of Tears

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Relocation and movement of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma.
Called trail of tear because the Cherokee won the court case, but were still forced to move

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Sequoyah
Created the Cherokee language
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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency
Shortest presidency- 32 days
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Manifest Destiny
Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean
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Texas Rebellion
The battle of the Alamo, and battle of San jacinto | Lone star republic is formed
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The Alamo – battle significance
The defenders of the Alamo bought the Texans much needed time
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Davy Crockett
Backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered to fight at the Alamo
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Oregon Trail
Used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest
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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?
Manifest destiny.
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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession
US believes the Texas border is the rio grande river and Mexico believes the border is the Nueces River Ceded California on NM and in return the US gave them $15 million
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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush
John shutter was the first person to discover a gold nugget on his property. The California gold rush more than double the worlds supply of gold.
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Brigham Young
He led the Mormonism religious group to the great salt lake area of Utah
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Helped preserve the balance between north and south. 1 free state, 1 slave state.
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John Brown
Violent abolitionist that believed god had chosen him to end slavery, led raid on harpers ferry
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Harriet Tubman
Helped on Underground Railroad. She never lost a passenger.made several trips back to the south to save slaves.
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Underground Railroad
Network of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people
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Frederick Douglass
Most well known African American abolitionist Edited anti slavery newspaper called the North Star Believed injustice of slavery destroyed Americans ideals of freedom
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Novel that explored the issue of slavery
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Fugitive Slave Act
Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US
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Bleeding Kansas
Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery
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Sumner-Brooks Incident
Senator Charles Sumner lashed out against ode for slaver, including Andrew P. Butler. Butler's cousin, Rep. Preston Brooks, walked into the senate chamber and hit sumner with a cane.
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a storage facility. He wanted to arm slaves and start a rebellion, but he and his men were quickly defeated.
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Dred Scott v Sandford
Divide the nation even more. Justice Roger B. Toney's decision stated that the constitution protected slavery.
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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech
Senate race in Illinois. Main topic was slavery. Lincoln- republican Douglas- democrat
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Election of 1860
Lincoln became 16th president
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Causes of the Civil War
Secession of the south. Formation of the Confederate states of American
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Fort Sumter
Confederate guns opened fire on fort sumpter on April 12, 1861
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Ulysses S. Grant
Union general | Became 18th president.
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Robert E. Lee
Opposed to slavery, but fought for confederate side, because he was a proud Virginian that wouldn't fight against his own state.
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Stonewall Jackson
Considered on of the most gifted tactical commanders in US history. Inspiration to confederate forces
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First Battle of Bull Run
The confederate troops let out a lout and strange scream, Rebel yell, that terrified the union and caused the, to drop their weapons and run Confederate win
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Anaconda Plan
Union War plan to defeat the south by dividing them into two.
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54th Massachusetts
Most well known African American regiment
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The Battle of Gettysburg
Union forces are greatly outnumbered and are forced to retreat. Lee planned the Pickett's charge which left them easy targets to the Yankees in hiding in the hills. Union victory. Lee blamed himself for the loss Turning point for union
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The Battle of Vicksburg
Turning point for union in war including battle of Gettysburg
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Sherman's March to the Sea
General Sherman led the western army towards Atlanta. After burning Atlanta, Sherman's army began their history "march to the sea" towards Savannah, Georgia
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Lee Surrendering to Grant
On April 9, 1865, Lee and his troops surrendered to grant in a small Virginia village called Appomattox Court House. The terms were very forgiving
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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in 1865
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14th Amendment
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US, including African Americans in 1866
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15th Amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote in 1870
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Lincoln Assassination – theater name, murderer, place of death
Theatre name- Fords theatre Murderer- John Wilkes Booth Place of death- Petersen House
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10 Percent Plan and Radical Republican Plans for Reconstruction
Lincoln's 10% plan- very forgiving of south Radical republican plan- wanted a harsher readmission process
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Freedman’s Bureau
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
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Segregation
Isolation of group, race, or class
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Jim Crow Laws
Laws that required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public plan ever in the south. Plessy vs Ferguson. Segregation was legal as long as it was separate AND equal
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Ku Klux Klan
Largest anti Africa American terrorist organization in the south

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