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New Mexico(who went?)
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traders
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New Mexico (why did they go?)
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to trade goods and make $
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New Mexico (how did they get there?)
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santa fe trail
wagon trains |
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New Mexico (what did they find when they got there?)
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other traders
silver gold fur |
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oregon (who went)
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settlers
missionaries native amanericans farmers |
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oregon (why did they go)
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to farm
convert native americans to Christianity |
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oregon (how did they get there)
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oregon tail
walked wagon trains |
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oregon (what did they find when they got there)
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fertile soil
lots of rain |
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utah (who went)
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mormons
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utah (why did they go)
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gain religious freedom
avoid religious presectuations |
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utah(how did they go)
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oregon trail
wagon train walked |
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utah (what did they find when they got there)
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desert
salt lake |
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mountain men
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opened the west by finding mountain passes
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land speculators
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bought and sold land
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Mormons
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religious group who fled religious persecutions
settled in Utah |
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitmen
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missionaries who tried to convert Native americans to christinanity
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the sager family
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traveled the oregon trail suffered great hardships on the way
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William Becknell
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found the santa fe trail
got wealthy trading there |
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why did spain want people to settle in texas?
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they hoped that the new colonist would help to defend against native americans and americans who would illegally sneak into texas
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what effect did mexicos independence have on stephen austins land grant?
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the spanish land grant given to austin was worthless
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what brought american settlers into conflict with the mexican government
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mexico did not want slavery
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what happened at the alamo
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mexico and tejanos claimed alamo but the texans tried to take it the mexicans responded and took it back
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annex
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attach or add
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why was the U.S reluctant to annex texas?
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didnt want war with mexico
texas was a slave state and we didnt know how to balance it |
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what role did the tejanos and texas play in the texas reveloution
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helped tejanos fight mexican army.
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fredrick douglass (who was he)
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public speaker and author
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harriet tubman (who)
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conucter of underground railroad
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william loyd garrison
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antislavery newspaper called the liberator
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elizabeth cady saltor
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reformer fighting for womes rights to vote
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the oregon country stretched north into present day
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canada
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Native Americans lived in oregon before Europeans came to America
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true
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who whee the first settlers in the oregon territory?
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russian
spanish french |
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early settlers in oregon discovered a river route that would lead them back east (t/f)
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false
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americans gained further rights to the oregon territories through the Louisiana purchase and florida purchase treaties with--------
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france and spain
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moutain men where known for
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thier bravery
thier explorations thier realations with N.A. |
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religous oorganizations sent missionaries westward to
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convert native americans to christinanity
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how long was the oregon trail?
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2,000 miles
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what did the cities of st.Joseph,westport, and independence all have in common
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they were jumping-off points for the oregon trail
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which was part of the compromise Oregon Treaty of 1846 between America and Britian
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Britain gained control of northwest canada
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when did the movment begin to end slavery
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1700's
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in 1804 which states had outlawed slavery
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northern states
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In 1807 congressed baned slave importing(t/f)
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true
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imigrant (def)
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to come into a foreing place
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emigrant(def)
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to leave a place settle somewhere else
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manifest destiny
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belief that americans were destined to expand to the pacific ocean
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trails west
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oregon trail
california trail santa fe trail old spanish trail mormon trail |
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a method of production that brought many workers and machines togethere into one building
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factorey systeam
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the feeling of pride loyalty and protection toward your country (henery clay)
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nationalism
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-no future colonies
european countries cant start new states neutrly towards europe us will not take sides in european wars -a diffrent systeam us will not take sides in european wars - a diffrent systeam us will defend republicican of government -no interference if europe invaded latin america; would consider hostil |
monroe doctrin
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factory machines replaced hand tools and large scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work
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industrial reveloution
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is loyalty to the intrest of your own religion or section of the country rather than to the nation as a whole
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sectionalism
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parts that are exactly alike
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interchangable parts
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textile mills in the village emplyed farm girls who lived in company owned bording houses
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lowell mills
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missiouri admitted as a slave state
and main as a free states kept balances of power in the senate between slave states and free states |
the missiouri compromise
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henery clay
protective tarrif -protect of american economy/high taxes on american goods -improves transpiration |
american systeam
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cottin gin was invented in
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1793
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how did the cottin gin change the south
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it encouraged southerners to grow more cotton
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the songs in which enslaved people of the south expressed their religious beliefs or passed coded messages were called
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spirituals
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what was included in the farewell adress
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-you must remain united
-unity is the foundation of your independence - |
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george washingtons concerns
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-forming of political parties
-ressist oppositon to the consitution -religion and morality -foreign alliance(remain neutral) -do not have an over powerful army |
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the election of 1824
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john quincy adams vs.andrew jackson vs. henery clay
-john quincy adams won |
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jacksonia democracy
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ideas of spreding political power to all the people ensured mojority rules
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the spoil systeam
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giving government jobs to people in your political party became known as spoil systeam
-started by andrew jackson |
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5 major tribes in southeast
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-cherokee
-chikasaw -choctaw -creek -seminue |
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why did whites want the land
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there had been a gold discovery
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andrew jacksons removal policy
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he wanted all the native americans out and went to congress to pass the indian remvoal act
-many people opposed it |
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trails of tears (who)
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cherokee tribe
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trails on tears(what)
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harsh journey for cherokee tribe from homeland to indian territory
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trails of tear (when)
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1838-1839
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sectional diffrences
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the country was being pulled apart by conflicts among 3 main sections northeast,south,west
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states' rights...issues debated
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sales of public lands,internal improvments,tarrifs
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tarrif of abominitions
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raise on raw material and manufactured goods
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secession
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withdrawl if the fedral government tried to collect tariffs
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doctrine of nullification
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a state had the right to nullify or reject a fedral law that is considered unconstitutional
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inflation
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is an increased in prices and a decrease in the value of money
(panic of1837) |
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depression
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sever economic slump
factor of the panic of 1837 |
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jacksons war on the bank
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1832,2nd bank of america was monopolizing too much so he tried shutting down the bank eventully it did shut down but several years later the economy would have to pay majorly for this event
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panic of 1837
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-economic slump caused by 2nd bank closing
-banks and 90% of factories closed down -infalation and depression were both causes of this incident -people started paying with gold an silver |
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the whig party
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-party formed by jacksons war with bank
opposed andrew jackons and concentrated power -included henery clay,daneil webster and others |
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louisian purchase
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doubled the size of u.s
bought from france and napolean |
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john c. calhoun
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wanted to find a way from south carolina not to leave a union
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tarrif of abominations
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raised tarrifs on raw material and manufactured goods
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webster-hayne debate
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webster believed that people made the union not the staes hayne supported nullification and they became enimies when both disagreed at a toast
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daniel webster
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senortor from massachusets powerful speaker in his time
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thomas jefferson dreamed of the united states as a country
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self-sufficent farmers
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lousiana purchase more than doubled the size of the united states(t/f)
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true
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what did jefferson want the native americans in the united states
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settle down and become farmers
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