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46 Cards in this Set
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Abraham Lincoln |
Born 1809; 16th president in 1860; assassinated in 1865 |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
1863 Lincoln abolished slavery; 1865 was when it was ratified |
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Dred Scott Decision |
1857, said that if you are black you are property |
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Missouri Compromise |
Took place in 1820, for every free state that entered the US a slave state would aswell |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (detailed story about slavery) |
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Harriet Tubman |
conductor of underground railroad
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Westward Expansion |
Westward Expansion was when Americans began to settle the Western Frontier. |
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Homestead Act |
Land was given for free to people willing to move westward.
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Erie Canal |
Waterway dug for transport of goods
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Conestoga Wagon |
wagon with clothe covering, pulled by horses, cows and ox
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Underground Railroad |
safe haven where slaves went for shelter and food |
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Transcontinental Railroad |
railroad built that connected the Pacific Coast to Eastern US
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Robert E Lee |
American general commanding Confederate Army |
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Fort Sumter |
Confederates overtake fort; start of civil war (1861)
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Battle of Gettysburg |
Battle that took place in 1863 |
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Antietam |
battle that took place in 1862 (Bloodiest day in American History) |
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Harper's Ferry |
John Brown raided harpers ferry in 1859 |
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John Brown
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White abolitionist planned to capture fort and transfer weapons and ammunition to slaves; captured and hanged. |
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Abolitionist
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a person who favors abolition |
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13th Amendment |
End slavery in the US |
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Ft Appomattox |
Final papers for civil war
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Mason Dixon Line |
Separates maryland and Pennsylvania
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Confederacy |
Southern States
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Union |
Northern States
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Jefferson Davis |
President of the South |
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Frederick Douglas |
1817, worked in maryland, escaped in 1888 |
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What was the first state to leave the US? |
South Carolina |
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Who came in the 1500s? |
Spanish and French |
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Who settled in 1607? |
English Colony in Jamestown, VA |
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Who settled in the 1620s? |
Pilgrims-New England |
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Who came to america in the 17 and 1800s? |
African Slaves |
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When did Irish immigration begin? |
1800 |
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Who was the largest group of immigrants?
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German |
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Why did Asian immigration cause conflict? |
This caused a conflict due to religious and cultural beliefs |
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What is the Chinese Exclusion Act? |
prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. |
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What is special about Ellis Island? |
It is one of the most major gateways for immigration |
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What did the immigration act of 1924 do? |
Started quotas for each country. |
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What did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965? |
Started the idea of sponsorship. |
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What are some pull factors? |
Economic opportunity, educational opportunity, political and social freedom |
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What are some push factors? |
war conflict, discrimination, sale of agricultural land |
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What religion is rising in the US? |
Muslims |
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Who was thomas jefferson? |
3rd president of the US, wrote the declaration of independence and he was the second vice president |
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Who was George Washington? |
first president, commander in chief of continental army |
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John Adams |
second president of the US, first Vice President |
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Ben Franklin |
was an author, printer and scientist |
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Trail of Tears |
the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate |
