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US History Flashcards

1
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Worlds 20 most important economic and political powers, includes former colonies and non-European countries

A

G-20

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2
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Increasing economic , political and cultural interdependence and interaction throughout the world

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Globalization

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3
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_ tribe

Long houses and farming
Northeast

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Iroquois

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4
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_ tribe

Furtrade
Northeast

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Algonquin

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5
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Three sisters tradition of farming

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Corn, beans and squash

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6
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Tribes participated in an alliance against the US

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Muscogee confederacy

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7
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Southern tribe remained in Georgia until forcibly removed

Seven clans

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Cherokee

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8
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Depended on Buffalo for food and materials

No horses until European contact

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Western tribes: Sioux, Cheyenne, Apache,Comanche , Arapaho

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9
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Descendants of Anasazi
Cliff dwellings
Arizona

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Navajo

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10
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Totem poles told history

Fishing and canoes

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Pacific Northwest

Chinook and coast Salish

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11
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Great Britain consolidated control over North America as a result of

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French and Indian war

British victory

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12
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Agreement not to settle west of the Appalachians, to make peace

Signed by

Called?

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Kings George III

Proclamation of 1763

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13
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Colonist forced to shelter British troops stationed in the region

Protest against caused:

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Quartering act

Boston massacre

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14
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Stirred up rebellion against tax collectors (stamp act)

Led by:

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Samuel Adams led sons and daughters of liberty

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15
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Protests against quartering act resulted in British troops firing on a crowd of protestors

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Boston massacre

1773

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16
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_
Declared independence of US
Issued Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776

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Second continental congress

Ben Franklin, John Adams , Thomas Jefferson, James Madison

17
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Americans favored independence _

Americans still loyal to Britain _

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Patriots

Tories

18
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Conflict btwn US and British (and Shawnee)

US prevailed, expanded westward

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War of 1812

19
Q

_ doubled the size of the US

Signed by_

A

Louisiana purchase

Thomas Jefferson

20
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Fate of US to expand westward and settle

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Manifest destiny

21
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Adams-onis treaty

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US purchased Florida from Spain after Seminole war

22
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Western Hemisphere is closed to further European colonization

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Monroe doctrine

23
Q

Banned slavery north of the thirty sixth parallel

**permitting slavery in Missouri

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Missouri compromise

24
Q

Forced migration of Indians to make way for white settlers

Followed _ act

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Trail of tears

Indian removal act

25
Q

Main cause of civil war

A

Slavery

26
Q

Publicized abolition

American anti slavery society

A

Frederick Douglass

27
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Repealed the Missouri compromise _ allowed slavery north of 36th parallel

_ emerged

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Kansas- Nebraska act - allowed slavery north of the thirty sixth parallel

Republican Party

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