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13 Cards in this Set
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Mormonism
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Established in Salt Lake City
Smith -killed in 1844 because of religion -established oligarchy -exodus to Utah Young -saved religion Increased westward expansion |
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California
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Junipero Serra
-father of CA -established 9 of CA missions Gold Rush -began in 1849 -James Marshall -Polk verified discovery Guadalupe Hidalgo -CA admitted as state -no govt on gold territory |
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Texas
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Sam Houston
-led texas army to victory against Santa Anna Alam0 -Mexican troops seized Alamo Santa Anna -captured at San Jacinto |
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Mexican American War and Annexation of Texas
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Polk defeats Clay
California -Polk wanted land -offered Mexico to buy it and got it for 18 million -Mexicans crossed border and started war |
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German and Irish Immigration
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Pull to America
-diseases, conflicts Push from Germany -hope for better life -30 years war Carl Shurz -German who helped Lincoln win Potato Blight -fungus causes potatoes to rot |
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Geronimo
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Mexican Conflicts
-family killed by Mexicans -wants revenge Captured by white men Surrenders in 1886 Defeat made remaining tribes more submissive to white control BRAVE |
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Abolitionism
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William Boyd Garrison
-American Anti-Slavery Society -triggered Civil War -"The Liberator" newspaper Fugitive Slave Law John Brown -convicted of murder after raiding Harpers Ferry, Virginia -helped abolitionism -caused violent conflict Fredrick Douglas -helped end slavery |
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Women's Rights
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Jobs: household work
Womens Rights Convention -1848 in Seneca Falls, NY Susan B Anthony -Temprance Movement -arrested for voting Elizabeth Cady Stanton -Married Women's Property Act -women could hold property and have custody of children |
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Education Reform
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Horace Mann
-elected to senate -wanted all to have education -proper schooling=birth right -Board of Education Universities -1st in NC -Thomas Jefferson influence Women's Education -frowned upon -Mt Holeyok college in 1816 |
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Temperance Movement
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Susan B Anthony
-denied to speak at a meeting -Womens Tate Temperance Movement of NY Neal S Dow -drafted Maine Prohibitory Law in 1851 -Father of Prohibition American Temperance Society -largest organization -negatives of drinking Maine Law -remained until repeal of Nation Prohibition in 1934 -12 states passed similar laws |
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Transportation
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Background
-industrial revolution -westward expansion Roads -Lancaster Turnpike=first road Steamboats -Robert Fulton invented it in 1817 Canals -Erie Canal linked great lakes to Hudson river -lowered costs, provided jobs Railroads -more reliable, faster, cheaper -first railroad: Balitimore and Ohio River Other -Oregon Trail -California Trail -Pony Express Mail (e to w) |
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Lincoln and Douglas Debates
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Douglas
-supported Mexican American war -illinois politician Lincoln -spot resolutions Debates -helped Lincoln reach presidency -Douglas encouaged fear to get people out of Republican party -Lincoln claimed Douglas conspired to nationalize slavery |
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Nat Turner
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Led Slave rebellion in 1831
Effects -led to reign of terror -inspiration for other slaves to revolt -repressive laws |
