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33 Cards in this Set
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Monroe Doctrine
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A policy of U.S opposition to any European inference in the Western Hemisphere announced by President Monroe in 1823
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Louisiana Purchase
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1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France
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George Washington&France/ England 1793
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George wanted neutrality from both countries so that their conflicts wouldn't affect the new nation's status
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Erie Canal
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Completed in 1825. It water-way connected New York City and Buffalo, New york
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Transportation in early 1800s&effects
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The national road from Maryland to West Virginia, then the Erie Canal in 1825 and steamboats
effects were cheap and safe transportation for trade |
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North vs. South Pre- Civil War
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Consistent fighting & disagreements and slavery debates
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Seneca Falls Declaration
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A women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY
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Susan B. Anthony
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women's rights activist
help women be able to vote |
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Cotton & Cotton gin
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A machine invented in 1793 that cleaned cotton much faster for more efficiency than slave workers invented by Eli Whitney
Cotton was the south's money maker |
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Missouri Compromise
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A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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An 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery or not
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Slavery in the South
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Buying and selling
1/3 popular soveirgnty |
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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Rebel slaves were killing the white population including owners
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Andrew Jackson
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7th president
The hero of the battle of New Orleans helped all whites vote Trail of Tears enthusiast Promote democracy and expansion National Bank closed because he got us out of debt |
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Manifest Destiny
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The belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
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The Indian Wars
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Conflicts between Americans and Native Americans
1860-90 frontier White settlers NA's waged war bc 1. killing buffalo 2. Americanized Homestead Act |
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Westward expansion
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expanded into what is now Oklahoma
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Mormons
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Members of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 Mormon trail NY--->Missouri
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The Mexican Cession
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A vast region given up by Mexico after the war with Mexico. It included the present day states of CA, NV, UT, AZ, NM, CD, WY
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The Mexican- American War
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Territory debate Texas
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Abolitionists
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The movement to end slavery
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Underground Railroad
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A series of escape routes used by slaves escaping the South
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Compromise of 1850
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a series of congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free and slave states
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Dred Scott Decision
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He was not free
Slaves property free/ slave state Missouri Compromise |
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Abraham Lincol
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16th Pres
During civil war - for union |
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Slaves could fight in war
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Reconstruction
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The process the U.S government used to readmit the confederate states to the union after the civil war
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Civil war North and SOuth
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North fought for unity
South fought for slavery |
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Jim Crow Laws
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Meant to enforce separation of white and black people in public places in the South
South reconstruction free= not really Segregation |
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13th
14th and 15th |
13- abolish slavery
14-rights 15- voting |
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Dawes act of 1887
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Distributed reconstruction land to individual owners
Native Americans Americans clothing/religion |
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Industrial Growth
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Started making machine and inventions
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Andrew Johnson
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17th president
VP for Lincoln reconstruction fired sec. of state Impeached thought that 14th amendment wasn't equal |
