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76 Cards in this Set
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land with few people west of settled areas |
frontier |
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long boat with a flat bottom |
flatboat |
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one who rules by force and allows his people little or no freedom |
dictator |
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former mining town full of empty buildings where no one lives |
ghost town |
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pioneer who began the settlement of Kentucky; called the "pioneer of pioneers" |
Daniel Boone |
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trail cleared by Daniel Boone in Kentucky |
Wilderness Road |
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law that divided the Northwest Territory into townships and demanded that one section of land in each township be set aside for a public school |
Land Ordinance of 1785 |
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law that guaranteed that the freedom and democracy the original states enjoyed would also be present in the territories |
Northwest Ordinance or 1787 |
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section of land purchased from France by President Jefferson that doubled the size of the United States |
Louisiana Purchase |
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young men who led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
Captain Meriwether Lewis & Captain William Clark |
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Indian woman who went with the Lewis & Clark expedition to translate the Indian language |
Sacagawea |
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French ruler who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
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war fought between the United States and England; neither country won the war |
War of 1812 |
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man who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" during the battle of Fort McHenry |
Francis Scott Key |
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President who purchased Florida from Spain |
President James Monroe |
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famous circuit-riding preacher |
Francis Asbury |
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one of the best-known circuit-riding preachers of the Second Great Awakening |
Peter Cartwright |
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Mexican dictator who tried to crush the Texas rebellion |
General Santa Anna |
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famous frontiersman who died fighting at the Alamo |
Davy Crockett |
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leader of the Texans in their fight for independence |
General Sam Houston |
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President during the Mexican War |
President James K. Polk |
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section of land in the Southwest purchased from Mexico in order to build a railroad |
Gadsden Purchase |
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man on whose land gold was discovered in California in 1848 |
John Sutter |
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nickname for the people who flocked to California in 1848 |
forty niners |
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name given to the great movement of gold seekers to California |
Gold Rush |
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husband and wife who were missionaries to the Native Americans in Oregon |
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman |
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writer of the first American dictionary and history and reading textbooks, including the Blue-backed Speller |
Noah Webster |
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author of a series of readers that were used in American schools |
William H. McGuffey |
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pioneer settlement in Kentucky named after Daniel Boone |
Boonesborough |
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during a siege on this for, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written |
Fort McHenry |
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large piece of land that eventually became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota |
Northwest Territory |
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Spanish mission where 187 men fighting for Texas were killed by Mexicans |
Alamo |
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place where the Texans defeated the Mexican army |
San Jacinto |
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river that forms the border between Texas and Mexico |
Rio Grande |
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land that eventually became the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as part of Montana and Wyoming |
Oregon Territory |
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date of the Louisiana Purchase |
1803 |
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dated that the War of 1812 lasted |
1812-1815 |
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date Florida was purchased from Spain |
1819 |
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dates of the Mexican War |
1846-1848 |
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date gold was discovered in California |
1848 |
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date of the Gadsden Purchase |
1853 |
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True or False Daniel Boone was able to explore the wilderness without being captured by Native Americans |
False |
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Why was the Wilderness Road developed? |
So that other pioneers could settle in Kentucky |
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Who was Boonesborough named after? |
Daniel Boone |
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True of False The Northwest Territory became part of the United States after we won the War for Independence. |
True |
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How big were the townships in the Land Ordinance of 1785 |
6 miles on each side |
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How much were the sections of land in the Land Ordinance of 1785 sold to the settlers for? |
No less that $1 an acre |
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What state was the first to be settled in the Northwest Territory? |
Ohio |
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Who was our 3rd president? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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How much did Thomas Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory for? |
5 million dollars |
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Why did he purchase the Louisiana Territory? |
To make free trade |
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How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the size of the United States? |
It was more than doubled the size of the United States |
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Why did Napoleon Bonaparte agree to sell the Louisiana Territory? |
He needed money to fight in war against Europe |
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Why did the United States declare war on England in 1812? |
England caused problems with American ships trying to sail to France and kidnapped their sailors and made them become apart of the British Navy. |
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What did the British do in Washington D.C. in 1814? |
They marched into Washington D.C. and burned the Capitol building and the President's house. |
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Who won the War of 1812? |
Noone, both sides agreed to make peace. |
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What president purchased Florida from Spain? |
James Monroe |
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Why did he purchase Florida? |
1. Criminals ran to Florida to hide and Spain did little to stop them. 2. The Native Americans in Florida were warlike and Spain did nothing to control them from terrorizing settlers in Georgia. |
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True or False Spain was not paid the 5 million dollars to purchase the land, the money went to the people of Georgia and other citizens who had suffered property damage by the Native Americans. |
True |
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True or False The circuit preachers preached every day of the week, sometimes as many as 6 sermons per day |
True |
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What state did the Great Awakening begin in? |
Kentucky |
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What was the average salary paid to circuit preachers? |
$30-40 per year |
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What county was Texas, New Mexico, Arizona & California apart of? |
Mexico |
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Who did Mexico fight and win her independence from in 1821? |
Spain |
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What Mexican dictator took over in 1833 and refused to let the people be free? |
Santa Anna |
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Why did the American agree to move to Texas? |
The Mexican government agreed to sell them land cheaply if they became Mexican citizens and obeyed Mexico's laws. |
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What surprise battle helped Texas to become a free nation? |
The Battle of San Jacinto |
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Who was the first president of Texas? |
General Sam Houston |
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True or False Texas was it's own nation until 1845 and then she became the 28th state. |
True |
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Why did did the Mexican War start? |
Mexico never recognized Texas as an independent nation. |
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How long did the Mexican War last? |
2 years |
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What brought an end to the Mexican War? |
Mexico agreed to sell California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona to the United States for 15 million dollars. |
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What was the agreement to end the Mexican War called? |
The Mexican Cession |
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What states made up the Oregon Territory? |
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho as well as part of Montana and Wyoming and part of Canada |
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At that time who owned the Oregon Territory |
England and the United States |
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How long was the Oregon Trail? |
Over 2000 miles long |
