semester test Flashcards

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emerson

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romanticism, goodness in people,

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transentalism

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to rise above

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thoreau

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romanticism, there are some bad laws and you can follow them, change them, or break them

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poe

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romanticism but dark and creepy

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industrialization

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to develop the industry

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nationalism

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pride in ones country, working together to be better

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sectionalism

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loyal to ones own country or region, states growing at different rates

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nativism

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opposing immigrants, only liked people who were born in place

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social reform

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movement that aims to make change in ones society

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manifest destiny

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u.s. spread from sea to shinning sea

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missouri compromise

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36 degrees 30 mins, above line is free, below line is slaves

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compromise of 1850

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mexican american war, cali free state, mexican territory slave state, strict fugitive slave act (any escaped slave had to be returned to their masters)

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popular sovereignty

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people and states could choose of they wanted to be a slave country or not

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dred scott

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slave that sued for his freedom

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harriet tubman

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underground railroad

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harriet stowe

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“uncle toms cabin” the truth about slavery

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stephen douglas

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went against lincoln for senator

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fredrick douglas

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abolitionist movement, ex-slave, educated

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john brown

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radical abolitionist, seized the u.s. harper ferry

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lincoln

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16th president, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal gov

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andrew johnson

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17th president, first president impeached

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jefferson davis

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president of the confederacy

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robert lee

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commander of the confederate army in north virgina

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ulysses grant

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commander of union

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gettysburg address
dedicating cemetery
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war battles
start - fort sumpter | finish - appomatx (surrender)
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lincolns plan
lenient
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13th amendment
abolish slavery
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14th amendment
give slaves citizenship
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15th amendment
black men the right to vote
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black codes
things blacks couldnt do, kkk
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plessy v ferguson
separate but equal
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whitman
free verse
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dickinson
sing any poem to gilligans island, rhyme and meter
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homestead act
let people have land
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carnegie
steel, give back
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vanderbilt
railroads
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j.p. morgan
banking
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rockafeller
oil
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social darwism
strong businesses will survive and small businesses will die, rich people are smart and hard-working and poor people are dumb and lazy, give a hand up
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imperialism
building navy, strong navy
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militarism
complete military
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allied
``` great britain france italy russia u.s. ```
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central
germany austria-hungary ottoman empire
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causes of the gd
industrial slowdown unequal distribution of wealth over production of agricultural goods risky consumer spending