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33 Cards in this Set
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Invented the sewing machine
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Elias Howe
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Created the foot treadle
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I.M. Singer
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created the telegraph
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Samuel F.B. Morse
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first message sent through telegraph line from Baltimore to Washington DC
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"What hath God wrought?"
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invented the first steel plow
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John Deere
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invented the mechanical reaper
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Cyrus McCormick
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invention, credit given to an inventor
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patent
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established the Church of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
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Joseph Smith
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Mormon bible
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Book of Mormons
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Smith's successor, moved Mormons near the Great Salt Lake; called Deseret, became Salt Lake City
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Brigham Young
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Mormon Church
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Mormon practice of having more than one wife
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polygamy
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settled Great Britain and US dispute over East and Midwest but both still "shared" Oregon Territory
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)
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Polk's slogan, called for annexation of Oregon Territory, referred to latitude/longitude
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"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"
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Leader of defense at the Alamo, died in battle
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Lt. Colonel William Travis
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designed Bowie Knife, died in battle of the Alamo
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Jim Bowie
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fronteersman who sported racoon hat
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Davy Crockett
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defeated Santa Anna at Battle of San Jacinto, president of the Republic of Texas
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Sam Houston
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had silk flag with one star, republic of Texas
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"Lone Star" Republic
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incorporating Texas into the Union
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annexation
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"boy heroes", of battle of Chapultepec, commited suicide rather than surrender to US forces
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Los Ninos Heroes
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General Scott's troops won, ended war with mexico
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Battle of Veracruz
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Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border of Texas, and ceded New Mexico and California, US paid 15 million for land
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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US paid 10 million for a piece of territory along the Gila River
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Gadsden Purchase
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supported a congressional prohibition on the extension of slavery into the territories
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Free-Soil Party
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where the first discovery of gold was
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Sutter's Mill
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inventor of Levi Jeans, durable pants made of canvas and/or denim
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Levi Strauss
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prospectors who flocked to California in the 1849 gold rush
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Forty-Niners
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when many prospectors traveled to California in search of gold
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Gold Rush
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the process of converting native Americans to Catholics
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Mission System
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How did the Mexican government distribute land?
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by land grants
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G.I.T stands for?
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Gone to Texas
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Sam Houston was defeated in which battle?
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Battle of San Jacinto
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