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24 Cards in this Set
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Texas War for Independence
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Stephen Austin-Father of Texas-colonized Austin area
Sam Houston-Pres of Republic of Texas, Senator, governor. The Alamo-In San Antonio battle between Mexico and refel Texian forces. |
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Mexican-american War
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Due to the annexatin of Texas
President Polk-wanted to purchase California and New Mexico Zachary Taylor-12 president-40- year army service-lead troops to victory Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo-PEACE TREATY THAT ENED THE WAR -WON PARTS OF COLORADO ARIZONA NEW MEXICO WYOMING CALFORNIA NEVADA UTAH |
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Andrew Jackson
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7TH President
Indian Removal Act-purchase tribe lands in the east in exchange for lands further west Trail of Tears-Jackson started but Martin Van Buren ordered it. |
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Indian Wars
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Little Big Horn-Custer Army and Cheyenne in Montana
Wounded Knee-between Dakota and U.S. Sand Creek-Colorado militia attached a village of Cheyeene and Arapaho |
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Inventions
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Cotton Gin-Separates the cotton fibers form the seedpods. Eli Whitney
Steam Engine-Heat energy-steam to mechanical work The Reaper-horse drawn farm equipment by cyrus Mccormick to cut small grain crops. Telegraph-Machine for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances |
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The Gilded Age
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After War Reconstruction era
Robber Barons-businessmen J.P.Morgan-financier Jay Gould-financier John Rockefeller-oil William Hearst-Newspaper magnate Yellow Journalism-Pulitzer v. hearst scandal unethical practice. |
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Unionization
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Knights of Labor-labor union
Samuel gompers-lbaor and political leader-AFL |
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Elizabeth Stanton
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Womans right movement
Seneca Falls Declaration |
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Dorothea Dix
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Created mental asylums
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William Lloyd Garrison
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editor of the radical abolitionist newpsper, The Liberator, American Anti Slavery Society
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Frederick Douglas
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Afican History, Aouthe abolitionist
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Harriet Tubman
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African abolitionist, escaped slave recue 300 slanfes to Canada
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Horace Mann
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american education reformer and abolitionist
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Factory Life
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Upton Sinclair-author Pure food
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Transcontinental Railroads
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crosses the continent sea to sea
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Oregon Trail
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pioneers used route spanned over halve the continent through missouri, kansas nebraska wyoming idaho and oregon
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Oklahoma Land Rush
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first arrival basis to purchase indian land from u.s.
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Homestead Act
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U.S. Federal Law that gave freehold title to 160 acres, must be 21 and live for 5 years Abe Lincoln signed
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Monroe Doctrine
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European power should no longer colonize with affairs in America
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Northwest Territory
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Ohio/Indiana/Illinois/Michigan/Wisconsin/Minnesota/
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Election of 1828
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Rematch with Pres John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
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Federalist
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Several sets of politcal beliefs around the world
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Anti-Federalist
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leave gov under articleds of Confederation
Reaction to Alexander hamiltons policies of George Washington 1st admin. |
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Jeffersonian Democracy
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Set of political goals
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