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41 Cards in this Set
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invented the steel plow
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John Deere
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traveled with Lewis and Clark
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Sacagawea
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invented a much-improved sewing machine
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Elias Howe
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won the Battle of Lake Erie
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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served as director of the National Bank
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Nicholas Biddle
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invented the reaper
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Cyrus McCormick
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worked with the transatlantic cable
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Cyrus Field
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served as President Jackson's Vice President
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Martin Van Buren
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sold territory of Louisiana to United States
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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improved the power loom and built textile factories in New England
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Francis Cabot Lowell
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T/F:
A terrible potato famine caused much hardship in the country of GERMANY. |
False.
Ireland |
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T/F:
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 settled the boundary between CANADA and the United States. |
True
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T/F:
The trail that Daniel Boone cleared through the Cumberland Gap was called the WILDERNESS ROAD. |
True
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T/F:
Washington, D.C. was burned during the WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. |
False.
War of 1812 |
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The TARIFF Compromise preserved peace between the North and South. |
False.
Missouri |
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T/F:
The Louisiana Purchase TRIPLED the size of the United States. |
False.
Doubled |
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T/F:
Vice President JOHN C. CALHOUN wrote a pamphlet in support of states' rights. |
True
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The man sent by President Jefferson to explore the lands from the Arkansas River to the Rockies was Lieutenant WILLIAM CLARK. |
False.
Zebulon Pike |
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The "man from Tennessee" who won the Presidence in 1828 was ANDREW JACKSON. |
True
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Alexander Hamilton died in a duel with ______________.
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Aaron Burr
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To stop land speculation in the West, President Jackson issued a _______________ requiring that all public lands be paid for in silver and gold.
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Specie Circular
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The ______________, though short-lived, was the fastest overland communication service before the telegraph.
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Pony Express
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"dark and bloody ground"
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Kentucky
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won from the British as a result of the War for Independence
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Northwest Territory
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valley littered with fossils
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Big Bone Lick
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controlled by Russian traders
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Alaska
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What was considered by the South to be the "Tariff of Abominations"?
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Tariff of 1828
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Where was a great American victory won AFTER the War of 1812 was over?
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New Orleans
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Who invented the telegraph?
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Samuel Morse
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What is an entrepreneur?
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one who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas
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Who was America's greatest science teacher?
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Louis Agassiz
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What senator from Massachusetts was the greatest orator in Congress?
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Daniel Webster
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What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for?
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public schools with religious instruction
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What territorial governor led an American force that defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe?
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William Henry Harrison
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Which inventor made important improvements on the sewing machine?
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Isaac Merrit Singer
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What political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson and his powerful Presidency?
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Whig
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What famous poem did Francis Scott Key write?
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"The Star-Spangled Banner"
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What famous author used his experiences as a steamboat pilot to write books such as "Life on the Mississippi"?
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Samuel Clemens (or Mark Twain)
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What was the name for the sleek, record-breaking sailing ships built in America?
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clipper ships
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What mountain is named after the famous explorer Zebulon Pike?
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Pike's Peak
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What policy warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere?
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Monroe Doctrine
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