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How many Iroquois Nations were there? Name them
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5, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida and Mohawk
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Describe the government of the Iroquois
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Iroquois confederacy- sachems and matrilineal.. each nation had veto power, all must agree
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six ways in which women were uniquelly important in Iroquois society
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1. owned longhouses 2. arranged marraiges 3. chose sachems 4. matrilineal society 5. named children 6. headed planting and harvesting`
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Dekanawida
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religious leader who drempt about the five nations coming together
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Hiawatha
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organized league of the iroquois-- made dekanawidas dream come true
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matrilineal
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family centered around oldest woman
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firekeepers
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onondaga tribes
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three sisters
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corn beans and squash
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sachem
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specially chosen tribal leaders
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Christopher Columbus
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given money by the king and queen of spain to travel around the world to find eastern route to india for the spice trade Landed on the west indies, thought he had found the "new world"
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Ferdinand magellan
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first man to sail around the world
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Lief Erickson
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Viking-- made trips to Greenland
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WHat new inventions made European exploration easier
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astrolabe, caravel, compass
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What were explorers searching for?
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GOLD GOD GLORY!
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What is the Albany Plan of Union?
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Ben Franklin-- JOIN OR DIE!
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WHat NA were on the British side in the French and Indian war?
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Iroquois
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What NA were on the French side in the French and indian war?
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Huron and Algonquians
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What ended the French and Indian War
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Treaty of Paris, 1763
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Writs of Assistance
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Legal document -- blank search warrant
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Proclomation LIne of 1763
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Drew a line along the Appalachian mountains and forbade colonists to settle west of the line
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Sugar Act
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replaced an earlier tax on molasses
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Stamp Act
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put a tax on legal documents
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Declatory Act
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a law that says the british can make a law on anything and raise taxes
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Quartering Act
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Colonists had to pay for the housing of British Soldiers
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Townshend Act
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goods taxed such as glass, paper, silk, lead and tea
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Boston massacre
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Colonists started throwing snowballs, oyster shells, and sticks at soldiers
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Committees of Correspondence
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to keep colonists informed of British actioins with letters and pamphlets
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non-importation agreements
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promised to stop importing goods taxed by the townshend acts
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boston tea party
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50 people dressed as indians and swarmed down to the harbor and boarded the tea ships. Then they dumped all the tea in the gboston harbor
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intolerable acts
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1. shut down port of boston 2. one town meeting 3. people charged of crimes could be tried in Britain and Canada
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tea act
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removed taxes paid by the british east india company
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the new england colonies:
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MASSACHUSETS, CT, RI, NH
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MIDDLE COLONIES
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NY, NJ, PA, DEL
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SOUTHERN COLONIES:
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MARYLAND, VA, NC, SC, GA
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which different religious groups came to the colonies? Where did they settle?:
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pilgrims, mass. seperatists, plymouths. catholics, maryland. puritans, mass bay. quakers, penn.
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Plymouth Rock
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William bradford, religious freedom for seperatists
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massachusettes bay
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john winthrop, religous freedom for puritans
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connecticut
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thomas hooker, religous freedom , hated massachusetts government
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new hampshire
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Gorges and mason, land and trade and fishing
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pennsylvania
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willam penn, religous freedom for quakers and everyone
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rhode island
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roger williams, religous freedom for separatists
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new york
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peter minuet and duke of york, trade
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new jersey
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berkely / carteret, trade / farming
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delaware
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john printz, sweedish settles, trade/farming
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maryland
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lord baltimore, religoous freedom for catholics
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tea act
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removed taxes paid by the british east india company
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the new england colonies:
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MASSACHUSETS, CT, RI, NH
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MIDDLE COLONIES
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NY, NJ, PA, DEL
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SOUTHERN COLONIES:
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MARYLAND, VA, NC, SC, GA
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which different religious groups came to the colonies? Where did they settle?:
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pilgrims, mass. seperatists, plymouths. catholics, maryland. puritans, mass bay. quakers, penn.
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Plymouth Rock
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William bradford, religious freedom for seperatists
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massachusettes bay
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john winthrop, religous freedom for puritans
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connecticut
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thomas hooker, religous freedom , hated massachusetts government
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new hampshire
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Gorges and mason, land and trade and fishing
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pennsylvania
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willam penn, religous freedom for quakers and everyone
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rhode island
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roger williams, religous freedom for separatists
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new york
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peter minuet and duke of york, trade
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new jersey
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berkely / carteret, trade / farming
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delaware
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john printz, sweedish settles, trade/farming
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maryland
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lord baltimore, religoous freedom for catholics
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jamestown, virginia
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john smith, gold, profits, first succesful colony
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carolinas
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8 men, trade/farming
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georgia
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james oglethorpe/ buffer against Spanish Florida, refuge for debtors
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leader of the sons of liberty
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sam adams
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attorney who defended british troops in boston massacre trial
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john adams
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wrote dec of ind.
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thomas jefferson
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wrote common sense
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thomas paine
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his writings influenced jefferson
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john locke
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major slogan of the rev. war
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no taxation without representation!
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propoganda
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over-exagurated
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boycott-
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to refuse to buy a certain item
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three parts of the dec of ind.
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theory on government, wrongs done by the king, declare independence, (preamble?)
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advantages of the americans in rev war
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homeland, fighting for freedom, leader -- george washington, french allys
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advantages of the british in rev war
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more soldiers, bigger army and nacy, more money then us, german solderis,
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the firsts shots of the rev war
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lexington and concord
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battle misnamed in rev war
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battle of bunker hill
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turning part of rev war
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battle of saratoga
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final battle of rev war
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battle of yorktown
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treaty that ended the rev war
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treaty of paris -- 1783
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terms of treaty of paris 1783
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free nation, borders- atlantic to mississippi river and florida to canada
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what is sectionalism
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strong sense of loyalty to a state or secrtion instead of the whole country
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adv of north in civil war
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4 times as many free citizens, had factories, strong navy
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adv of south in civil war
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defensive war, hunting skills, fighting for a purpose
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missouri compromise
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1. number of slave and free states had to be equal 2 line at southern border at 36 30 slavery banned above it, 3. maine free, missouri, slave
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compromise of 1850
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clays plan, california admitted as free state, new mexico and utah, pop sov. would decide free or slave, slave trade banned in wash DC. fugitive slave law pased
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kansas-nebraska act
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made the missouri compromise invalid. said that the kanses nebraska act would now be settled by pop sov. led to a huge influx of people attemting to vote pro slavery and pro abolition--
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bleeding kansas
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2 govs set up, john brown and his children kill pro slavery citizens- led to the verge of war- frirst real bloodshed between north and south
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dred scott v. sanford
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d. s. sued for his freedom after having moved into a free state. sup court ruled that 1. d.d. was a slave and therefor should not be allowed to even bring a case to court 2. slaves wer enot citizens 3 slaves were property and had no rightrs, missouri compromise and any anti-slave laws were unconstitutional
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republican party
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main goal to keep slavery of western territory
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election of 1860
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lincoln repub, breckenridge south dem. douglas north dem. bell union party -- lincoln wins
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fort sumter
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first battle of civil war. federal fort surrounded by southern army. fort surrendered without a single death
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popular sovereignty
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voters get to make the decisions-- in this casse it has to do with the decision of whether or not slavery would be legal
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purpose of civil war
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to keep the union together
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bull run
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showed both sideds they needed to train their soldiers.. union panicked and retreted
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shiloh
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grant led untion, grant victorius, on of the bloodiest battles
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antietam
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neithre side won, mcclellan attacked lee. LED TO EMANC. PROC
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gettysburg
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turning point of the civil war, lees men stumbled on union troops at small town of gettysburg. 50000 casualties
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vicksburg
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grant attacks vicksburg from rear by suprise, gives us total control of mississippi
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appotomattox courthouse
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ends war, confederates surrended in 1865
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emancipation proclomation
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allows blacks to join the union army, freed the slaves
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johnsons plan
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majority of white voters have to sswear loyalty to us -- raity 13th amendment
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reconstruction act-
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period of souths rebuilding, as well as gov. plan to rebuild it. raity 14th and 15th amendments - 5 military districts, forced states to make anew const.
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13th 14th 15th amendments
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free slaves, citizenship to all born in us and equal protection under the law, slaves right to vote
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RADICAL REPUBLICANS AND RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION** IMPORTANT
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wanted to break up the power of wealthy southern plantation owners
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jim crow laws
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segregation laws..... poll tax, literacy tests, grandfathers clause
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ku klux klan
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secret society that wanted to keep blacks and their followers out of office
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what was the trans cont railroad?
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met at promontary point, people could get out west and goods could travel faster
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what hardships did the farms face in the "frontier"
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weather, sod, grasshoppers, buffalo and LOW PRICES
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how did the us expansion change the way of life for natives on the great plains
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relocated to reservations, buffalo killed, made and broke traeaties over land, forced to acculturation, massacred
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what was the dawes act? what was its purpose
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said native americans could own land but only individually purpose was to split up native american tribes -- granted citizen ship
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trail of tears
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andrew jackson, na forced at gunppoint -- removal of cherokee na from native lands, march across mississippi
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tarrif of abominations
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south carolina objected to high tarriff and said it was horrible. high us tarriff meant high european tarriff which meant south had to pay a lot for european goods which they relied on
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monroe doctrine
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1. europe couldnt colonize in w. hemis 2. we wont mess with u and u wont mess with us (europe)
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spoils system
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if u helped the pres get elected, u would get a job even if u werent qualified
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alien act
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expel any foreigner who was thought to be dangerous (adams)
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sedition act
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gov could fine and jail people who critized gov-- clear violation of 1st amendment (adams)
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manifest destiny
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belief that god wanted to us to expand all the way to pacific ocean. resulted in mexican war and the aquisition of the oregon territory
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lousinana punchase who did we purchase it from? when? how much?who bought it? how did it affect the us? why did we want it?
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france, 1803, 15 million, jefferson, doubled size of us, wanted new orleans to control the trading port of mississippi
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who was sent to explore lousinana purchase?
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lewis and clarke
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how did the us aquire oregon territory?
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by treaty with great britain
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texas fight for independs-- why did people settle in texas?
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oppurtunity for farming, land and extenstion of slavery
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why did texas declare its independence from mexico
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didnt agree with mexican law, wanted to be independent, didnt want to be catholic, didnt like santa anna
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what were the cause of the mexican war?
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both wanted the land, american blood spilled on american soil, manifest detiny
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how did the mexican war end? what were the terms of the treaty
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us won land including new border of texas, new mexico, arizona, nevada, and california (mexican cession)
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what led people to move to cali?
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gold rush, religion, manifest destiny and fertile land
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weaknesses of articles of confederation
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weak nation gov. national gov couldnt collect taxes, no court systems, coul;d not regualre inter state commerse
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new jersey plan
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william patterson , equal rep. supported small states.. uni cameral
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virginia plan
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edmund randolph and james madison, supported large states, bicameral, proportional representaiton
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great compromise
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roger sherman, equal AND proportional representation- supported big and little states , 3/5 compromise
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legislative branch powers
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congress, make the laws, collect taxes, coin money, declare wars,
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legislative checks on other branches
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can override pres. veto, can impeach, ratify treaties
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executive branches and powers
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president and cabinet, execute the laws, accept or veto laws, spencd money, collect taxes
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executive branch checks on other branches
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can veto congress, nominate judges, pardon people
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judicial branch powers
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unterpret the laws,
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judicial branch checks
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can say a law made is unconstitutional
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impeach
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bring charges upon an elected official
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judicial review
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power of the supreme courrt to decide whether the acts of a president or laws passed by congress are constitutional
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federalism
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power between the federal gov and the states
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expressed power
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power give to the federal gov
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concurrent power
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power fgiven to the states and federal gov(both)
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reserved power
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power given only to the states
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ratify
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to approve
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electoral college
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group of electors from every state who meet every 4 years to vote of pres and v.pres
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elastic clause
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the laws can be flexible
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bill of rights 1
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freedom or religion, press, speech, assembly and petition( early settlers religion and stuff)
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bill of rights 2
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right to bear arms ( pre revolution, english attempted to limit militia activity)
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BOR 3
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no quarter ( quartering act)
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BOR 4
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search and siezure ( british troops ofter searhhhch houses and property at will in an attempt to suppress organizations working towards a revolution)
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BOR 5
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rights of the accused- double jeopaerdy, due proccess ( many under british law accused in the colonies were jailed without being accused of a crime)
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BOR 6
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more rights of the accused-- british courts could keep a suspect in jail without accusing him or her of a crime of bringing them into a coury of law
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BOR 7
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rights in a civil case- right to a trial by jury-
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BOR 8
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cruel and unusual punishement and protections against excessive bails and fines..
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BOR 9
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unenumerated rights guarantee that rights not listed in the const. are still protected
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BOR 10
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guarantee that the people and the states have all of the powers not specifically delegarted the federal gov.
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tinker v. demoines
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armbands-- symbolic speech was allowed in school as long as it did not take away from the learning process
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brown v. board of ed.
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4 black stufents wanted to attend an all white public school--= ended segregation, seperate but equal was not ok
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gideon v. wainwright
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plessy v. ferguson
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1/8 black man wanted to ride in an all white train he refused to leave his seat-- seperate but equal was ok
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nj v. tlo
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girl broek school rule-- school searched her bag and found mariwanna... school acted and had the rights of paernts to search without a warrant
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marbury v. madison
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established judicial review
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