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20 Cards in this Set
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What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
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A primary source is a first hand acount, secondary source is a 3ed person point of view.
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What is a penninsula?
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A body of land srounded on three sides by water.
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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A agremment by the men on the Mayflower's a bill of rigths.
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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
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To state the indepence of the United states from England
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Who lived in a longhouse?
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The iroquois native american people.
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What were some impacts of European Exploration?
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the new world began to be conolized by Europe.Also brought new sickness to the native americans, and took food from them.
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Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclomation?
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To state that slaves were free people in the United States.
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What led to the Northern Victory during the Civil War?
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The north was more devolped then the south.
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What hardships did cowhands face on cattle drives?
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.barbed wier
.hostal indians .snow/dust storms .angry famers |
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What was the importance of the buffalo to the Plains Indians?
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They were the primary source of food and clothing for the indians,also their hide was worth alot of money to settlers.
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Why was the transcontinental railroad built?
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.to connect the east to west
.to cut travle time from east to west .tohelp expand the west |
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Which region of the US was known for barbed wire fencing and sod houses?
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the mid-west region of the united states.
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After Reconstruction, how did white Southerners gain control of state governments?
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They passed Jim crow laws to prevent freededmen from voting.
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What were the Jim Crow laws?
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laws passed to restrict the rigths of newly freed slaves.
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Segregation
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a system of "sepreat but equal" public spaces for whits and blacks.
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What were the challenges the settlers had moving out west?
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.the west had bad weather
.the west had indeans .in the west alot of land was not good for farming. |
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Why did people move out west?
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.for the 160 acers of land.
.for the abilty to own land. .for the gold |
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Why did the Southern States secede (break away) from the Union?
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The south seceded from the uion because they did not like the polices of leting slaves be free and have rigths.
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Why did the Ku Klux Klan form durning reconstruction?
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Becaus the south was in ruin and whits blamed freeded men.
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What led to native americans being forced onto reservations?
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The need for more land by settlers.
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