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84 Cards in this Set
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bring into the union
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annex
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those who believed the US should extend across North America
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expansionists
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belief that it was fate for the US to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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manifest destiny
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land set aside by US for Indian tribes
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reservation
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privately built toll roads
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turnpike
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populated because of Klondike Gold
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Alaska
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Mormons momved here because of religious persecution
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Utah
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Follwed a trail here in the 1830's
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Oregon
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The 49ers settled this area
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California
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Populated because of copper
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Montana
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a group who watched for slave catchers
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vigilance committee
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sent by Southerners into Kansas
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border ruffians
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sending soldiers in to control territory
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martial law
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believed in anti-slavery
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free soldiers
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Money
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North
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Navy
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North
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Home Territory
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South
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Knew how to ride and shoot
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South
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Better Officers
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South
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Industry
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North
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Population
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North
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England
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South
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Surrendered to the North
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Lee
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Very successful in the Western Campaign
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Grant
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March to the Sea
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Sherman
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President of the Confederacy
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Davis
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Enacted Martial Law
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Lincoln
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separated races
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segregation
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when the value of the dollar goes down
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inflation
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paper currency used in the North
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greenbacks
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drafting men for war in the South
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conscription law
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a pardon
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amnesty
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restoring power to native born whites
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redemption
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debtors bound to their creditors
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peonage
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white southerners who cooperated with Republicans
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scalawags
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northerners who came for a short time to exploit the south
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carpetbaggers
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restoring power to native born whites
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redeemers
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prohibited slavery
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13th amendment
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black americans are citizens
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14th amendment
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right to vote to black males
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15th amendment
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local merchants loan planting equipment to small farmers; they inflate prices and interest rates-keeps poor farmers in debt
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crop lien system
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blacks who couldn't afford land, worked for landlord-they get share of crop; make just enough to get by, cannot afford to buy their own land
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sharecropping
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cooperation to fix prices
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pooling agreement
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created to manage several companies
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holding company
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combination of companies to stop competition
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trust
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the only company in an industry
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monopoly
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why did the cowboys drive the cattle north
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railroads
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what was the unintentional result of the dawes act
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more land given to white settlers
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this resulted when the peaceful cheyenne and arapaho were attacked without warning by US militia and killed over 150 native Americans, mostly women and children
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Sand creek massacre
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where custer attacked before "the signal" and resulted in the death of all his troops
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battle of little big horn
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which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the plains indians
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the massacre at wounded knee
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what was the importance of the dred scott court case
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african americans did not have rights because they were not citizens
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under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory
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the residents of the territory
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how was the opening of new territores and states related to the civil war
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the balance of free and slavery states in congress would be upset
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the civil war happened in what decade
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1860's
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the vast majority of northerners went to war to
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save the union
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what state was created as a result of the civil war
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west virginia
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which battle of the war severed ties between england and the south
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antietam
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which was NOT a part of the anaconda plan
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attack the capital
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what was the aim of "total war" as practiced by shermans march to the sea
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bring the war home to the south
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tammany hall was the name of
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a new york city political machine
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what is the main purpose of patronage
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to reward one's supporters
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which of the following is an example of graft
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saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the difference for yourself
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why did we acquire Hawaii as a territory
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to control the sugar industry
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what was the purpose for the john hay's open door notes
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to make equal trade for all countries in china
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the progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except
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promoting business monopolies
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muckrakers were
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journalists
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world war I took place during which decade
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1910's
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which event sparked world war I
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the assassination of archduke ferdinand in sarajevo
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who was the triple entente
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great britain, russia, france
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why was wilson disappointed with the treaty of versailles
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the treaty failed to address the league of nations
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who rejected wilsons fourteen points peace plan
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the us senate
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why did african americans migrate to northern cities
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greater prospects of jobs
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what did the teapot dome scandal indicate about harding
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he was a poor judge of character
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which murder trial was the result of american reaction to the red scare
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the sacco and vanzetti trail
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what was the unintended result of prohibition
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increased organized criminal activity
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what was the intent of the immigration laws passed during the 1920's
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reducing all immigration
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which is the best description of the economy just before the great depression
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foreign money problems with uneven income distribution and a banking panic
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who made up the bonus army that marched on washington
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world war I veterans and their families
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what did hoover ask businesses to do voluntarily
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maintain wage rates and stabilize employment
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what was the overall effect of the new deal
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federal government became the principal source of social services
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what was the result of the good neighbor policy
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improved relations with latin america
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what did isolationists fear would be the result of the lend lease act
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US involvement in war
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what incident led the US to enter WWII
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the japanese attack on pearl harbor
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