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27 Cards in this Set
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long boat with a flat bottom |
flatboat |
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pioneer who began the settlement of Kentucky; called "the pioneers of pioneers" |
Daniel Boone |
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trail cleared by Daniel Boone in Kentucky |
Wilderness Road |
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law that divided the northwest territory into townships and demanded that one section of land in each township be set aside for a public school |
Land Ordinance of 1785 |
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law that guaranteed the freedom and democracy the original states enjoyed would also be present in the territories |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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pioneer settlement in Kentucky named after Daniel Boone |
Boonesborough |
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large piece of land that eventually became the states Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota |
Northwest Territory |
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Louisiana Purchase |
1803 |
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War of 1812 |
1812-1815 |
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Florida is purchased from Spain |
1819 |
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Mexican war |
1846-1848 |
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gold is discovered in California |
1848 |
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Gadsden Purchase |
1853 |
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section of land purchased from france by president Jefferson that doubled the size of the united states |
Louisiana Purchase |
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young men who led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark |
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Indian woman who went with the lewis and clark expedition to translate the Indian language |
Sacagawea |
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french ruler who sold the Louisiana territory to the United States |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
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war fought between the United States and England |
War of 1812 |
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Man who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" during the battle of Fort McHenry |
Francis Scott Key |
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president who purchased Florida from Spain |
President James Monroe |
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famous circuit-riding Preacher |
Francis Asbury |
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one of the best circuit-riding preachers of the Second Great Awakening |
Peter Cartwright |
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mexican dictator who tried to crush the texas rebellion |
General Santa Anna |
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famous frontiersman who died fighting at the Alamo |
Davy Crockett |
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section of land in the southwest purchased from Mexico in order to build a railroad |
Gadsden Purchase |
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during a seige on this fort, "The Star Spangled Banner" was written |
Fort McHenry |
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Spanish Mission where 187 men fighting for Texas were killed by Mexicans |
Alamo |
