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Part 2 Final 150 Flashcards

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Election of 1800

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John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson
2 candidates had 73 votes- Thomas Jefferson and Aron Burr
The election was decided by the house of reps and Jefferson won

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Louisiana Purchase

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1803 by Thomas Jefferson
15 million dollars
Helped westward expansion

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Lewis and Clark were sent on a exploration of the new land to find its values

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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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Both were causes of the War of 1812

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War Hawks from the War of 1812

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People who pushed for war with GB such as 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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The Impressment of soldiers and attack on the Chesapeake started the war because of Britain messing with America.

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The Star Spangled Banner

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After the fort Mc Henry bombardment, Francis Scott Keys was inspired to write the song called the national anthem

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Monroe Doctrine

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America basically told England to leave us alone and we will leave they alone

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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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The Irish had the potato famine which allowed for more Irishmen to come and start a farm in America

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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Held in Seneca Falls

She takes about the women’s suffrage rights

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Industrial Revolution

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Change from ag to industry society

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Capitalism

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Individuals pit there money Minot a business in hopes of making a profit

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Free Enterprise System

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People are free to buy, sale, and produce what they want and can work where they wish

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Supply and Demand

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The higher the supply the lower the cost

The higher the demand the higher the cost

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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 the process of interchangeable parts that allowed product to be made by using indentical machine parts

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban- city

Rural- county

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Wilderness Road

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Route to Kentucky from the Atlantic

Made passing through mountains easier

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Daniel Boone

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Blazed wilderness road. He was a long hunter, an American explorer

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Cumberland Gap

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Allowed a path through the Appalachian mountains which allowed expansion easier

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The Corrupt Bargain

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Henry Clay meets John Adams and agrees to use influence to help Adams get the vote in the House of Reps

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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The spoils system is Jacksons way of replacing old employees with his new ones.
He also tried to make the federal banks, state banks.

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Indian Removal Act

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Act passed by congress in order to relocate Indians in Oklahoma

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Trail of Tears

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Relocation and movement of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma. Many died

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Sequoyah

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Made the Cherokee alphabet and saved the Lewis and Clark notes.

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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency

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9th President with the longest inauguration ever in the rain and snow. Died 32 days of office

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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that America will expand from east to west

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Texas Rebellion

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Was a rebellion of colonist from the United States in putting up restrictions to the Mexican government

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The Alamo – battle significance

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Bought the Texans some much needed time in order to fight the Mexicans

30
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Davy Crockett

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Backwoods man from Tennessee who volunteered to fight in the Alamo

31
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Oregon Trail

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Was used for settlers migrating northwest

32
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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?

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He fulfilled Americas dream of becoming one nation and fulfilled the manifest destiny

33
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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession

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The US thought that the border was different form Mexicos and it caused issues which led to the war. Following the war Mexican government gave California and New Mexico away and in return for 15 million

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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush

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John Sutter made the first to find a gold nugget on his property which led to the start of the Gold Rush

35
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Brigham Young

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Led the migration of the mormons to The Great Salt Lake Area in Utah

36
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Was made to keep the balance between the free states and slave states

37
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John Brown

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A violent abolisher that did all that was possible to stop slavery

38
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Harriet Tubman

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Famous for her Underground Railroad. She also led the most people to freedom

39
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Underground Railroad

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A network of routes in the south for slaves

40
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Frederick Douglass

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Most well known black abolitionist

41
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Novel that explores the issue of slavery

42
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Fugitive Slave Act

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Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves

43
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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the Us. Popular Sovereignty

44
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Bleeding Kansas

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Kansas became the first territory to shed blood over slavery.

45
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Sumner-Brooks Incident

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Summer lashed out against slavery, butlers cousin, brooks walked in and hit sumner with his cane

46
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John brown led 18 on a raid to attack harpers ferry in hope to start a rebellion

47
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Dred Scott v Sandford

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Dred Scott was a slave that moved into a free state but stayed as a slave and sued his owner but lost.

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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech

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Lincoln was concerned about slavery but not willing to deal with it.
Douglas was seriously concerned

49
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Election of 1860

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Lincoln becomes the 16th president and he wins because of the south

50
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Causes of the Civil War

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The north wanted no slavery and to keep the country together. The south wanted to preserve there way of life.

51
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Fort Sumter

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Start of the civil war when the confederacy shoots first and the north looses

52
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Ulysses S. Grant

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General for the north and 17th president

53
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Robert E. Lee

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Confederacy general

54
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Stonewall Jackson

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Battle of the bull run, general for the south

55
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First Battle of Bull Run

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A victory for the confederacy that was in Manassas Junction

56
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Anaconda Plan

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To choke out the south and force a surrender

57
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54th Massachusetts

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Best African American army for the north

58
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The Battle of Gettysburg

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The confederacy gets slaughtered and lee gets blame for the bloody pickets charge.Gettysburg is where Lincoln gave his address. And is considered the turning point of the war

59
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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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Sherman marched into Atlanta and burned it down and went on to burn savannah

60
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Lee Surrendering to Grant

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Lee surrenders to Grant at the Appomattox courthouse which ended the war

61
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13th Amendment

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Abolished slavery in 1865

62
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14th Amendment

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Got citizenship to all citizens born in the us

63
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15th Amendment

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Gave A-A men the right to vote

64
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Lincoln Assassination – theater name, murderer, place of death

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Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth at fords theatre later dying in the Peterson house

65
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10 Percent Plan and Radical Republican Plans for Reconstruction

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The 10% plan was not harsh to the south but the republicans plan was

66
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Freedman’s Bureau

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Helped slaves earn rights

67
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Segregation

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Separation of 2 races

68
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Jim Crow Laws

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Tried to Make slaves not have rights

69
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Ku Klux Klan

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Black terrorist group

70
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Battle of Vicksburg

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The battle of Vicksburg was also a turning battle of the war.

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