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19 Cards in this Set
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Copperheads
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Northern Democrats
Radical fringe that wanted to support the South |
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John Brown
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fanatical freesoiler from Kansas
killed five men at Pottawatomie creek started guerilla wargare in Kansas raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia, 1859 |
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pet banks
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1830 state banks
received deposits of federal funds instead of the Bank of the United States chosen by Roger Taney, Jackson Secretary of Treasury |
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Dorothea Dix
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Boston schoolteacher
found horrible conditions for insane at East Cambridge Hous of Corrections commenced an investigation of jails and almshouses in Mass. Reported the legislature in 1843 Transformed social attitudes toward mental illness |
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Henry Clay
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War Hawk from Kentucky
speaker of the House treaty negotiator in Ghent in 1814 J.Q. Adams supporter in 1824, "corrupt bargain" Great compromiser |
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John Rolfe
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Virginia planter
1612, began developing milder form of tobacco Rolfe's strain of tobacco became Viginia's cash crop and economic savior of Jamestown Married Pocohontas, daughter of powerful Indian leader Powhatan in 1613 |
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Martin Luther
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German Monk
Challenged Catholic Church's tenets and authority 1517 he posted his "Ninety-five theses" protesting abuses by the church Protestant Reformation Lutherism Direct relationship with God, priesthood of believers Expelled from Catholic Church in 1520 |
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Union League
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founded at Philadelphia in 1862
intended to promote support for the Union instructed Blacks and whites in their rights and duties as citizens support |
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George Whitfield
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Great Awakening preacher
English minister Preached to huge crowds released "gales of heavenly wind" that swept the colonies Urged people to experience "a new birth" conversion and salvation |
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Gullah
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South Carolina and Georgia
black communities descendents of slaves language ties to African ancestors |
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Catherine Beecher
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Women's Rights leader
Teacher and advocate of education for women Wrote Treatise on Domestic Economy Upheld "cult of domesticity," and "woman's shpere" |
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Monroe Doctrine
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European powers can't colonize American continents
Differences in governing systems means Europe extension to American continents is seen as dangerous to peace and the safety of America non US interference with existing European colonies no US interference in internal European affairs and wars |
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Charles A. Beard
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An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution
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Edmund Ruffin
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Studies the chemistry of soils to improve their productivity
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William T. Sherman
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Determined to "make Georgia howl"
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Roger Williams
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Rhode Island
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Nicholas Biddle
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Attempted an early recharter of the Second Bank of the United States
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John Peter Zenger
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Newspaper editor tried for libel
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James Tallmadge, Jr
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Introduced an amendment to ban slavery in Missouri
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