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33 Cards in this Set
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Between 1881 and 1862 what happened to America?
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Exploration, territorial expansion, and settlement
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What did Jefferson purchase from France?
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Louisiana Purchase
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What did the louisiana purchase do to the size of America?
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Doubled it
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Who explored the Louisianna purchase?
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Lewis and Clark
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Where did the Louisanna purchase extend?
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From Mississippi river to Pacific ocean
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What did Spain give to America?
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Florida through a treaty
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When was Teaxs added?
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After it became an Independent Republic
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What was divided between the U.S. and Great Britain?
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Oregon Territory
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What did we get from the war with Mexico?
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California and the Southwest territory
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What 2 things influenced westward migration?
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Geography and economic opportunity
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What were reasons for westward migration?
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1. growth in eastern states (too crowded)
2. Cheap fertile land (farming) 3. Gold rush 4. logging 5. freedom for slaves 6. cheaper and faster transportation 7. knowledge of overland trails 8. manifest destiny |
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What was a famous canal?
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Erie Canal
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What form of transportation went through the canals?
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Steamboats
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What were some examples of overland trails?
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Oregon and Santa Fe
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What does "Manifest Destiny" mean?
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Idea that expansion was good for the country and the right of the country
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Before the Civil war where was most of the industry?
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In the North
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What did the equipement in the north impact?
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Farming society in the south
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Who invented the cotton gin?
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Eli Whitney
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How did the cotton gin affect the south?
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1. Increased production of cotton
2. Need for more slave to cultivate and pick the cotton |
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Who invented the reaper?
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Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick
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How did the reaper change farming?
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Increased productivity
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Who invented the steamboat?
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Robert Fulton
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What did steamboats provide?
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Faster river transport
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What did the steamboat connect?
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Southern plantations and farms to Northern Industries
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What did the steam locomotive provide?
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Faster land transport
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What did the abolitionists want?
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To end slavery
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What did suffrage work towards?
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women gaining equal rights
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What did abolitionits believe about slavery?
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1. morally wrong
2. cruel and inhuman 3. violation of prinicples of democracy |
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Who were some famous abolitionists?
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Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass |
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What did suffrage supporters declare?
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"All men and women are created equal"
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What rights were not given to women?
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1. right to vote
2. equal opportunities in education and business 3. limited right to own property |
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When did the suffrage movement start and end?
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Before the civil war and after it ended
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Who were famous supporters of suffrage?
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Isable Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
