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38 Cards in this Set
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Republic virtues |
Virtues to the American people would need to govern themselves, such as self-reliance, industry, frugality, harmony, and the ability to sacrifice individual needs for the good of the community |
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Mobile society |
A society where people are constantly moving about |
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Second great awakening |
Religious movement of the early 1800's |
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Evangelical |
Focus on emotionally powerful preaching, rather than formal ceremonies, and after teaching of the bible |
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Evangelical |
Focus on emotionally powerful preaching, rather than formal ceremonies, and after teaching of the bible |
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Congregation |
The people of a church; a religious gathering |
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Revival |
A gathering where people are "revived" or brought back to a religious life |
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Revival |
A gathering where people are "revived" or brought back to a religious life |
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Denomination |
A religious subgroup |
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Trains-Appalachia |
Area west of the Appalachian mountains |
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Trains-Appalachia |
Area west of the Appalachian mountains |
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Adams-onus treaty |
1819 treaty between the U.S. & Spain, in which ceded Florida to the U.S. Also called the transcontinental treaty |
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Trains-Appalachia |
Area west of the Appalachian mountains |
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Adams-onus treaty |
1819 treaty between the U.S. & Spain, in which ceded Florida to the U.S. Also called the transcontinental treaty |
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Cede |
The surrender officially or informally |
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Manifest destiny |
Argument that it was the uneniable fate of the U.S. To expand across North America |
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Mountain man |
An American fur trader who explored the Rocky Mountains & regions farther west in the early 1800's |
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Oregon trail |
Trail for independence, Missouri; to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840's |
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Pass |
A low place in the mountains the allows travelers to cross over the other side |
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Pass |
A low place in the mountains the allows travelers to cross over the other side |
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Santa Fe trail |
Trail for independence, Missouri; to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the mid 1700's |
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California gold rush |
Mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848 |
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Ghost town |
Town that has been abandoned due to the lack of economic activity |
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Great Plains |
Vast grassland between the Mississippi & the Rocky Mountains |
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Great Plains |
Vast grassland between the Mississippi & the Rocky Mountains |
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Nomadic |
People who move there homes regularly, usually in search of available food sources |
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Great Plains |
Vast grassland between the Mississippi & the Rocky Mountains |
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Nomadic |
People who move there homes regularly, usually in search of available food sources |
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Presidio |
Fort built in SW by Spanish |
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Great Plains |
Vast grassland between the Mississippi & the Rocky Mountains |
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Nomadic |
People who move there homes regularly, usually in search of available food sources |
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Presidio |
Fort built in SW by Spanish |
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Texas war for independence |
Successful revolt by Texans against Mexican rule in 1835-1836 |
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Great Plains |
Vast grassland between the Mississippi & the Rocky Mountains |
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Nomadic |
People who move there homes regularly, usually in search of available food sources |
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Presidio |
Fort built in SW by Spanish |
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Texas war for independence |
Successful revolt by Texans against Mexican rule in 1835-1836 |
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Battle of the Alamo |
Capture by Mexican troops of a Texas-held mission in San Antonio in 1836 |
