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30 Cards in this Set
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what were the three causes of the civil war?
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slavery,tariffs,and state rights
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what did the confederacy have in advantage in the civil war?
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they knew the land well.
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what is manifest destiny?
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the expansion of the untied states from the atlantic to the pacific.
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how was tx involved with the war? what did we send out of tx and where?
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tx was part of the confederate side and they sent out cotton out into mexico.
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what were women's role during the civil war?
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they served as nurses, drivers, shopkeepers,farmers, and teachers.
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list the wins of the confederate side.
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galveston,sabine pass,red river campaign, and the palmetto ranch which was fought after the war ended.
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what did the 13 amendment state?
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slavery ended this was the first amendment to come out after the war ended.
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what did the emancipation proclamation state?
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slavery was illegal or not allowed in the southern states only
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why did the us delay the annexation of tx?
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fear of troubles with mx; us did not want another slave state
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what is the joint resolution of 1845?
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it made tx a state of the us
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what is the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo? what was written in it?
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ended united states mexico war,gave the u.s and mexico war cession, allowed mx people living in the area to have full rights as u.s citizens,mx was paid 15 million dollars;rio grande river=the border of tx.
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who was the pres. of the u.s in 1844? what did he believe in?
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james k polk; he believed in manifest destiny and annexation of tx.
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why did we have the mx american war? what were the results of the war?
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mx never recognized tx as independent, disagreements with the borders with mx(rio grande river vs. the nieces river),trading points on the rio grande and in california,property damages from the tx revolution. as a result the u.s won and achieved the goal of manifest destiny
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what happened in the drawing of the black beans?
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if you drew a black bean=death and if you drew a white=jail time. men were captured from the mier expedition and out in jail until santa anna came up with the idea of drawing black beans.
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what are the three government branches and what are their duties?
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legislative-deals with lawmaking(laws of the state)
executive-carrying out laws of the state judicial-deals with jury or court(interprets the laws of the state) |
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define individual rights.
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right to free speech,religion,press, and trial by jury
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define republicanism.
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people vote for people to represent their views
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the pres. of the republic of tx.
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houston-tried to make treaties with the native americans in a peaceful way;poor annexation(he was the first) problems with mx
lamar-poor,problems with mx,added the navy,gave land for education,ordered the santa fe expedition jones-was pres. when tx was annexed,end to the republic of tx |
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blockade
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using troops or warships to prevent passage of supplies
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states rights
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the belief that individual states should have more power than the federal government
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conscription
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the forced enrollment of people into the military
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secede
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to withdraw;to remove oneself from
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abolitionist
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a person who works to end slavery
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tariff
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a tax on imported goods
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union
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northern states who remained part of the united states
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confederacy
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a group of eleven southern states that withdrew from the united states
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sectionalism
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loyalty to ones state or region of the country first and then the nation second
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reconstruction
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the effort to recognize the seceded states and bring them back into the union
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amendment
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formal written changes to the constitution
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martial law
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the law applied by government military forces in an emergency.
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