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28 Cards in this Set
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George Liele
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America's 1st missionary to a foreign country
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John Jasper
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fiery black preacher who ministered in Civil War hospitals
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Lott Carey
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Father of Western African Missions
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Adoniram Judson
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Father of American Missions
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Daniel Boone
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most famous pioneer of the colonial times
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Sacagawea
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Shoshone Indian guide for Lewis and Clark
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Peter Cartwright
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one of the best known circuit-riding preachers
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Catherine Ferguson
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woman responsible for New York City's first Sunday School
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Noah Webster
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the man who wrote the 1st major American dictionary
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Samuel J.Mills
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leader of the "haystack" prayer meetings
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Louisiana Purchase
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more than doubled the size of the US
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1812
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America declared war on England - English were kidnapping American soldiers
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Andrew Jackson
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responsible for victory at the Battle of New Orleans
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Texas
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the state that was once an independent country
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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responsible for opening American trade with Japan
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Jonathan Goble
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1st Baptist Missionary to Japan
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Wilderness Trail
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trail blazed by Daniel Boone for pioneers to head west
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1st man-made canal in US
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Erie Canal
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Circuit Riders
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preachers that travelled from town to town
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America's contribution to the field of music
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spirituals
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What ended War of 1812
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Treaty of Ghent
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Alamo
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most heroic and best remembered battle in Texas
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Gold miners in the California Gold Rush are called
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forty-niners
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towns that are deserted
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Ghost Towns
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author of children's reading series
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William McGuffey
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best beloved hymn of the 1800's
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Isaac Watts
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President responsible for Louisiana Purchase
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Thomas Jefferson
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purchase that made up the southern parts of the states of New Mexico and Arizona
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Gadsden Purchase
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