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26 Cards in this Set
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Minister who founded the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Philadelphia with Richard Allen
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Absalom Jones
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American commander who defeated the Muscogee in Tennessee for their land
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Andrew Jackson
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The victory against the British won by Gen. Andrew Jackson after the peace treaty was signed to end the war of 1812
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Battle of New Orleans
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Hired by George Washington to lay out the District of Columbia, and Washington, the city within the district to make plans for the nation's capital
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Benjamin Banneker
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A famous trailblazer who explored, hunted, and trapped in the Appalachians and was nicknamed "the pathfinder"
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Daniel Boone
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Was the first lady during the burning of Washington in 1814 and was in the white house when the British came into Washington DC. She saved important state papers and a famous painting of George Washington
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Dolley Madison
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The brief one-party era where the Democratic-Republicans became the sole political power instead of two parties
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Era of Good Feelings
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The lawyer who wrote the poem that became the national anthem titled "The Star Spangled Banner" after watching an all-night battle at Ft. McHenry
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Francis Scott Key
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Urged Madison and the US to "take the whole continent" because the angry Americans wanted to force the British out of Canada and the Spanish out of Florida
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Henry Clay
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Became President in 1809 had to deal with the growing conflict with Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley, especially Tecumseh
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James Madison
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New President who said the Americans were "one great family with a common interest" during the Era of Good Feelings
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James Monroe
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Told Boon about a "gap", later named the Cumberland Gap, that the Native Americans used to get to Kentucky
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John Findley
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Bought for $15 million, this land purchase included land west of New Orleans to present-day Idaho and north to Canada
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Louisiana Purchase
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Jefferson's assistant and army officer who lead an expedition to explore Louisiana and the Missouri River, and to find a safe route to the Pacific Ocean
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Meriwether Lewis
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The announcement made in 1823 by President Monroe that the US opposed "future colonization by any European powers" out of fear that they would follow Spain's example and try to make mostly British colonies independent states
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Monroe Doctrine
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Ruled France in the early 1800's and had taken over much of Europe thus scaring Jefferson at the time that he wanted to expand the French Empire in the Americas
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Not taking sides
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Neutral
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Fought the British navy on Lake Erie in 1813 until most of his crew lay wounded or dead but go on to defeat the British
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Oliver H. Perry
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The architect who had already begun plans to construct Washington DC before Banneker was hired
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Pierre L'Enfant
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People who led the way west
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Pioneers
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Young Shoshone woman who translated for the expedition and saved the valuable diaries kept by Lewis and Clark
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Sacagawea
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The 3rd president in 1801 who believed in the rights of the states to make many of their decisions
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Thomas Jefferson
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Members of Congress who wanted to declare war against Great Britain for taking American ships by force and making the sailors become British soldiers
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War Hawks
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The war declared in June of 1812 after the war hawks pressed Congress to declare
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War of 1812
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A fellow army officer and friend of Lewis who agreed to join him on his quest west
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William Clark
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An enslaved African American who was a soldier who traveled with the "Corps of Discovery"
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York
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