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10 Cards in this Set
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How did Taylor's life and rise to national prominence happen?
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family traced back to William Brewster (on Mayflower)
Shared great grandfather with James Madison Military service |
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Tell about the lives of his two children: Sarah and Richard
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Sarah- married Jefferson Davis (pres. south confed)
Richard- gen. in confed. army (Civil war) |
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Who helped find gold in California?
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James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in California
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List the people who participated in the Gold Rush and tell something about each
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Chinese- different people
Latino- South America Europe- Mainly French |
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What is the foreign Miners Tax and the Police Tax of 1862?
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Tax on foreigners ($20 a month)
PT- passed in California |
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What is the regional women's rights convention and how did it get it's start?
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gave women more rights and protection
started because women could not earn money and could not legally protect themselves from abusive husbands, and they could not vote |
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What was the compromise of 1850?
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Series of laws regarding states and territory from Mexican/American war
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Tell about Franz Josef and why was he proud?
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member of oldest royal family in Europe
As a child, he was told he would become emperor Age 18- became emperor |
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Explain Prince Wilhelm's hopes and plans in 1848
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His brother, Fredric William IV was the king, and Wilhelm wanted to be the ruler
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Discuss Karl Marx's education, beliefs, and The Communist Manifesto from 1848
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Karl Marx wrote articles for the newspaper
He got angry about a law banning picking up twigs and stuff in the forest, so he wrote an angry article The government banned newspaper Marx researched communism and tried to convince the society to be communist |
