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146 Cards in this Set
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Ships that went to Jamestown
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Susan Constant, Discovery and Godspeed
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Conquistador
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Spaniards who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and conqueror in the 16th century
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Roger Williams
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Founder of Rhode Island, believed in Freedom of Religion
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Proprietor
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Owner
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St. Agustine
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oldest European founded city
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Seperatist
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member of one of the Puritan groups that denying the possibility of reform within the church of England, established their own independent congregations
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Powhatan
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group of native americans that lived in eastern Virginia at the time of the first English settlements there
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Joint-Stock Companies
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allowed several investors to pool their wealth in support of a colony that would yield profit
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Anne Hutchinson
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worshippers didnt need church or ministers to interpret the bible
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Juan Ponce De Leon
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founded Florida
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Philadelphia
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founded by the quakers, to support freedom of the religion
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Led by Nathaniel Bacon, over the high taxes Virginia put on farmers
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Mayflower
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pilgrims ship, aiming towards Virginia, but landed at Cape Cod
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Hernando Cortez
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Led an army into the American mainland, eager to claim new lands for Spain
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Headright System
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Virgina companys policy of granting 50 acres of land to each settler and to each family member who accompanied them
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Pocahontas
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The sole reason Jamestown didn't die immediately.
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Starving Times
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Jamestown deteriorated to the point of famine
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Tobacco
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Leading cash crop in Jamestown
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Puritan
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Member of a group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the church of england
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Pequot War
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1637 conflict in which the Pequot nation battled Connecticut colonists and their narragansett allies
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Metacom
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Wampanoag Cheif
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Self government
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govern by themselves
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Royal colony
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Colony under the direct control of the English monarch
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Olive Branch Petition
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urging a return to the "former harmony" between Britian and the Colonies
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George Washington
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established Foort Necessity, the opening of French & Indian War
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Common Sense
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Written by Thomas Paine, influencing people to join the American Revolution
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Intolerable Acts
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series of laws enacted by Parliament to punish Mass. for Boston Tea Party
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Stamp Act
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Taxation of goods and services
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Townshend Act
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Tax on imported goods
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Quartering Acts
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Americans had to house British soldiers
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Treaty of Paris
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ended Revolutionary War, declaring USA as a free country
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minutemen
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civilian soldiers, ready to fight in a minutes notice
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profiteering
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selling goods in short supply at inflated prices
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saratoga
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battle in new york
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trenton
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ending battle of american revolution
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Bunker Hill
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deadliest battle of the war
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Yorktown
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Turning Point in American Revolution
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Boston Tea Party
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Dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act
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Boston Massacre
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open fire on colonists by british soldiers
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General Lafayette
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offered his assistance in American REvolution
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Egalitarianism
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Belief that everyone should have equal rights
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Inflation
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increase of prices
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Deflation
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decreaase of prices
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Founding fathers that signed DOI
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Thomas Jefferson an Ben Franklin
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Captain Steuben
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Prussian captain that volunteeres his services to Washington
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Paul Revere
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famous for his midnight ride, warning colonists of red coats
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James Madison
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Father of Constitution
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Federalist
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Supported constitution
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Anti-Federalisist
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did not support constitiution
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Legislative branch
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make laws
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judicial branch
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pass laws
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executive branch
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carry out the laws
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1st amendment
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religious and political freedom
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2nd amendment
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right to bear arms
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3rd amendment
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freedom from quartering troops
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4th amendment
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freedom against unreasonable search and seizure
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5th amendment
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rightto the accused
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6th amenment
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right to a speedy/public trial
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7th amendment
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right to trial by jury
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8th amendment
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Limits on fines and punishments
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9th amendment
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rights of the people
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10th amendment
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power of states and the people
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ratification
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official approval
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checks and balances
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prevents any branch of government from dominating the other branches
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the federalists
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papers written by federalists to persuade their cause
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who was at the constitutional convention of 1787
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George Washington, Benjamin Franklin
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bill of rights
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first tenn amendments
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federalism
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nat. gov and state share power
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republic
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citizens rule through elected representatives
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Judiciary Act of 1801
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a law that increased the number of fed. judged allowing president adams to fill new posts with federalists
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alien and sedation acts
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four laws enacted in 1789 to reduce political power of recent immigrants to the usa
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democratic republican
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politiclal party known for its support in strong state governments
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john marshall
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appointed by john adams, chif justice in 1801
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john jay
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cheif justice of supreme court
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jays treaty
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british evacutaed NW territory
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excise tax
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tax on a production sale or consumption of goods produced within a country
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embargo
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government ban on trade with one or more nations
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sacajawea
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lead lewis and clark on their expedition. sole reason why they survived
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treaty of ghent
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ended war of 1812
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armistice
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agreement to end armed conflict
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XYZ Affair
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incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from US diplomats
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who was involved in the louisana purchase
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napoleon bonaparte, thomas jefferson, james monroe, robert livingston
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cabinet
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department heads, who serve as presidents cheif advisors
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andrew jackson
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beat john quicy adams for president in 1828
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impressment
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forcable seizure of men for military service
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Midnight judges
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judges appointed by john adams in his last hour of administration
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neutrality
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refusal to take part in war between other nations
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symbol burned in the war of 1812
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the white house
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great awakening
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revival of religious feeling in american colonies during the 1730s and 50s
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second great awakening
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religious movement in which individual responsibility for seeking salvation was emphasized along with the need for social and personal improvement
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lucrecia mott
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quaker abolitionist who held the first womens rights convention in seneca falls
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missouri compromise
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series of agreements passed by congress in 1820-21 to mantain the balance of power between slave and free states
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indian removal act
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forced native americanseas of the missippi to move to lands to the west
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Nationalism
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pride towards one country
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utopian communities
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experimental communites designed to be a perfect society
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dorothea dix
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reformed asylums and prisons
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margaret fuller
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published womin in the 19th century, for womans rights
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mass production
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production of goods in mass amount
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spoil system
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practice of winning candidates rewarding their supporters with Government jobs
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revival
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religious gathering designed to reawaken fall through impassioned preaching
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National Road
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Federally founded road began in 1811 by 1838 extending from Maryland-Illinois
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John Quincy Adams
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established foreign policy guided by nationalism
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Industrial revolution
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change in social and economic organization that resulted from the replacement of hand tools with machines and from development of large scale industrial production
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erie canal
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waterway connecting hudson river with lake erie
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What two things helped Great Britian start the industrial revolution in the united states
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interchangeable parts
mass production |
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Interchangeable parts
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parts that are exactly alike
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robert e lee
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US Marine , stopped uprising at Harper's Ferry
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Millard Filmore
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Taylors vice president
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Jefferson Davis
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President of confederatets
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Nativism
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preference of native born Amerians over immigrants
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Popular Sovereignity
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Give state option of being free state or slave state
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Horace Greeley
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abolotionist, editor of NY times
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Bleeding Kansas
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John Brown led attack on southerners
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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delivered messafe thgat slavery was a great moral struggle
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Harpers Ferry
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John Brown led raid on pro-slavery people
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John Calhoun
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President Monroe's Secretary of War
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daniel Webster
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ameican senetor from mass
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John Brown
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infamous abolitionist who led Bleeding Kansas
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Fort Sumter
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Sea fort located in Charleston Harbor
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Battle of Bull Run
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First major land battle of civil war
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Stonewall Jackson
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confederate generaL
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George McClellan
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Major general in civil war
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Ulysses L Grant
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Captured for henry and for donelson , led union troops
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Robert E Lee
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Commander of Confederate Troop
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Habeus Corpu
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person undder arrest to be brought to a judge
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Conscription
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drafting of citizens to militart service
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13th Amendment
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abolished slavery
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Antietam
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Bloodiest 1 day battle of civil war
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Andersonville
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battle in civil war
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El mira
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prison to ave worst conditions in the north
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shermans march to the sea
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frightening georgias civilians into abandoning confederate cause
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appomatix courthouse
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place where robert e lee surrendered , ending civil war
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anaconda plan
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three part strategy union had to win the civil war
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April 12th 1861
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Battle of Fort Sumter
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Radical Republicans
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Wanted to give black oeople full citizenship, including the right to vote
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Thaddeus Stevens
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Radical Republicans Leader
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Wade-Davis Bill
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gave congress control of Reconstruction
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Freedmons Bureau
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assisted former slaves
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Black Codes
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gave african americans citizenship and forbade states from passing discriminatory laws
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14th amendment
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provided constitutional basis for civil rights act
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impeach
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formally charge president with misconduct in the office
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15th amendment
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prohibits denial of voting rights
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hiram revels
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first african american senetor
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panic of 1873
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series of financial failures that triggered a 5 year depression
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Redemption
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return to power in the south
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home rule
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states power of governing its citizens without federal gov involvement
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