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Daniel Boone
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a young pioneer who was taught by the Indians how to survive in the wilderness, blazed a trail to Kentucky, and founded Boonesborough
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John Finley
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a mountain man who captivated Daniel Boone with stories of a land beyond the mountains, Kentucky
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dark and bloody ground
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what the Cherokee, Shawnee, and Iroquois called Kentucky
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Warrior's Path
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the Indian path which led through the mountains to Kentucky
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Cumberland Gap
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the gap through which pioneers got from the east to Kentucky
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Big Bone Lick
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an entire valley which was littered with giant bones
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salt
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the main preservative
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Wilderness Road
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a trail almost 300 miles long through the Cumberland Gap
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Boonesborough
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the fort built by Daniel Boone in Kentucky
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Scots-Irish
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Scotish people who had settled down in Ireland before moving to America
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Kentucky
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the first frontier or "western" state
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Tennessee
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the seccond frontier state
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Northwest Territory
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today the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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ordered accurate serveys of the land to divide it into townships and sections
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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stated that when a territory reached a population of 60,000 persons it could become a state
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General Anthony Wayne
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defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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the battle which took place near the present-day city of Toledo, Ohio were the Indians were defeated by General Anthony Wayne
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Treaty of Greenville
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the treaty which established a boundary line between Indian lands and the areas open to new settlement
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Ohio
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the first state of the Northwest Territory
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flatboat
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large rafts with flat bottoms
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Thomas Jefferson
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the issue of American rights and settlemnt in the West wolud be the most important issue durring his presidency
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Napolion Bonaparte
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forced the Spanish to close the Mississippi River to American trade and then sold Louisiana to the US at a really good price
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Robert Livingston
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was sent to Paris by Jefferson to buy New Orleans from France
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Meriwether Lewis
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the secretary of Jefferson who was sent to explore the Lousiana Purchase
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William Clark
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accompanied Lewis on his expedition
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York
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a black man who accompanied William Clark
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Mary 14, 1804
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Missouri
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Tenton Sioux
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an Indian tribe who were excellent horsemen and lived in tepees in central South Dakota
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Mandans
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neighbors of the Tenton Sioux; Sacagawea lived in one of these villages
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Sacagawea
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"Bird Woman"; a Shoshoni who went with Lewis and Clark to help them speak with the Indians
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Montana
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Big Sky Country
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November 7, 1805
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Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean
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September 23, 1806
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Lewis and Clark return from their famous expedition
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Chinook Indians
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helped the explorers to find food in exchange for presents
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Zebulon Pike
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the explorer who explored the southern half of Louisiana in 1806; discovered Pike's Peak
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Pike's Peak
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the mountain in the Colorado Rockies found by Zebulon Pike
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Santa Fe
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where Zebulon Pike and his men got captured by the Spanish
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haciendas
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Spanish ranches
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Alexander Hamilton
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one of our Founding Fathers and the first secretary of the treasury; died in a duel with Aaron Burr
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Aaron Burr
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killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel
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Barbary Pirates
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pirates who controlled the northern shore of Africa
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Embargo Act
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the act of limiting or stopping trade with other nations
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War Hawks
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a group of Congressmen from the southern and westerns states who began to call for war with Great Britain
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Henry Clay
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the leader of the War Hawks
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James Madison
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the fourth President
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Dolly Madison
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served as the First Lady for President Jackson and James Madison
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Tecumseh
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an Indian chief known as "the Prohpet" who organized the Indian tribes for war against Amercan settlers
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New Madrid Quake
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the most violent earthquake in American history
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William Henry Harrison
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defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe
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War of 1812
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the war that began in June 1812
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"Old Ironsides"
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a nickname for the ship Constitution
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie
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Battle of Thames River
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Tecumseh was killed in this battle
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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William Henry Harrison defeats the Indians under Tecumseh
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Battle of Lake Erie
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Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British fleet
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Andrew Jackson
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met and defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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Andrew Jackson met and defeated the Creek Indians
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1814
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Washington, D.C. and the Presidental mansion burned by the British
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York, Ontario
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when this city was burned by the Americans it was rebuilt and renamed Toronto
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Fort McHenry
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the main fort at Baltimore which inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Francis Scott Key
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wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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"The Star-Spangled Banner"
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our national anthem
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Battle of New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson defeated the British at the last great battle of the War of 1812
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Treaty of Ghent
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the treaty which ended the War of 1812
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Fort Mims
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the fort attacked by the Creek Indians under Tecumseh
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Hartford Convention
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the convention which gave rise to the issue of state's rights by declaring the right of a state to nullify an act of Congress
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nullify
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repeal
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Industrial Revolution
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began after the War of 1812
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James Monroe
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the fifth President
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Virginia Dynasty
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a dynasty which included Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and George Washington
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natonalism
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national pride
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"Era of Good Feelings"
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what Monroe's second term was sometimes refered to as
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1819
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Spain cedes Flordia to the United States
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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the aggrement between the United States and Spain in which Spain gave up all of its claims in the Pacific North West
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St. Louis
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a small frontier village located on the Mississippi river which grew into a big city
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Missouri
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the first state to be located entirely west of the Mississippi River
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tariffs
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taxes
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duty
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a fee which Southerners had to pay on manufactured goods
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Henry Clay
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the man who did the most to bring the North and the South together by helping them reach a compromise
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Missouri Compromise
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admitted Maine to the Union as a free state and providid for the admission of Missouri as a slave state
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Monroe Doctrine
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prohibited any future colonization in the New World by European powers
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favorite sons
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the most popular candidates from their parcitular region of the country
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sectionalism
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the idea in which people voted for the candidate who do the most for their section
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John Quincy Adams
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the sixth President
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National Republicans
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those who supported a program of nationalism and wanted a strong central government
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Democrats
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those who took up the cause of states' rights and sectionalism
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Jubilee
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50th anniversary of America's independence
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Andrew Jackson
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the "man from Tennessee"
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1803
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Louisiana Purchace
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1812-1814
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the War of 1812
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1814
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Treaty of Ghent
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1820
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Missouri Compromise
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