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30 Cards in this Set
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Industrial Revolution
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change in organization that resulted from the replacement of hand tools to machines
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American System
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pre civil war set of measurements to unify/strengthen nation
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Spain gave us control of Florida territory
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Monroe Doctrine
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Policy of US opposition to any European interference in the affairs of western hemisphere
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Missouri Compromise
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agreements passed to maintain the balance of power between slave and non slave states
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Democratic-Republican Party
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Political party known for its support of strong state governments
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Indian Removal Act
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forced native americans east of Mississippi to move to lands in the west
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Trail of Tears
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marches where cherokee people were forced off their land and onto indian territory
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Second Great Awakening
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religious movement where seeking salvation and personal need for personal/social improvement
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Transcendentalism
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a philosophical movement in the 1800s
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Abolition
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a movement to end slavery
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Fredrick Douglas
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rose from slavery becoming the leading African American voice
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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headed first womans rights convention
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Temperance Movement
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an effort to prevent the drinking of alcoholic beverages
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Seneca Falls Convention
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womens rights convention held in seneca falls
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Cottage Industry
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manufacturers provide the materials for goods to be produced at home
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National Traders Union
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first national association of trade union formed in 1834
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Market Revolution
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change in US economy produced by people beginning to buy and sell goods
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Manifest Destiny
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belief that the US would expand westward to Pacific and into mexican territory
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Oregon Trail
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route from independence missouri to oregon city used by pioneers
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Stephen F. Austin
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established a colony of american settlers in texas
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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treaty ending US war with mexico; mexico ceded california and mew mexico to the US
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Compromise of 1850
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congressional measures intended to settle disagreements between free and slave states
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Fugitive Slave Act
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designed to ensure that escaped slaves would return to bondage
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Underground Railroad
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routes which runaway slaves were helped to escape to free land
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John Brown
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abolitionist who believed god called him to fight slavery
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Bleeding Kansas
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name applied to kansas territory when it was a battleground
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Nativism
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favoring the interst of native born people
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republican party
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modern political party that was formed in 1854
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Dred Scott
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slave who opened a lawsuit for his freedom
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