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44 Cards in this Set
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Townshend act
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made by charles townshend. indirect taxes placed on imported items and 3 penny tax on tea.
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Sacajawea
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served as a guide to the expedition led by meriwther lewis.
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John Marshall
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Chief justice of the supreme court.
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William Henry Harrison
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governer of indiana territory invited several native american chiefs too fort wayne and perrsuaded them to sign away three million acres of trival land to u.s. govt.
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Tecumseh
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Shawnee chief organized to fight for homeland against intruding white settlers.
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Treaty of Ghent
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the 1814 treaty that ended the war of 1812.
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John C. Calhoun
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he was the vice president from S.C whose famous toast included the phrase "the union nest to our liberty, the most dear"
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Monroe Doctrine
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a policiy of u.s opposition to any european interfernce in the affairs of teh western hemishpere announced by pres. monroe in 1823.
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Missouri compromise
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a series of laws inacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power btwn. slave states and free states.
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Sequoya
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he invented the alphabet and the bilinguel calendar.
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Indian removal act
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when they made the people move from one spot to another and this resulted in the trail of tears.
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spoils system
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pracitce of winning candadites rewarding there supporters with govt jobs
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John Ross
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chief of the cherokees.
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The treaty new of echota
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gave at least 8 million acres of cherokee land to teh federal govt for approx. five million dollars and land in oklahoma.
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Industrial revelution
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massive change in social and economic org. resulting from a replacement fo hand tools by machines and large scale industrial products. 18th cent. great britian.
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Samuel Slater
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He built the first successful mechanized textile factory in america.
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Henry Clay
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southerner swayed memebers of congress from there regions to approve the tariff. promoted teh american system
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national road
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ferderally funded road begun in 1811 and by 1838 extended from cumberland maryland to illonois.
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cherokee
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created a formal govt. with a legislature consisting of 2 houses a court system anda constit. civilized tribe.
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Trail of Tears
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an 800 mile trip made partly by steamboat and raiload but mostly by foot. more and more cherokees began dying. buried many people along here.
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presiding officer of senate adn hor?
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hor speaker
senate vice pres. |
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Charles G. Finney
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conducted sucessful revivals in rochester ny known as father of modern rivalism. termed slavery as a great natl sin.
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unitarianism
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criticized revivals for there public displays of emotionalism. emphasized reason and appeals to conciense as a path to perfection.
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Richard Allen
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established bethel african church he encouraged his members to fight back against slavery.
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Henry david thoreau
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friend of emerson put the idea of self reliance into perspective by building himself a cabin on waldon pond.
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Dorthea dix
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social reformer worked for bringing about reforms for mentally ill favoered rehabilitation for sick and improsoned. persuaded 9 southern states to made hospitals.
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Utopia
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pefect place
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brooke farm
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utopia comm.
be self sufficient |
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William lloyd garrison
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radical white abolitionist. editor of anitslavery newspaper the liberator. favored imediate emancipation.
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David walker
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free individual n. carolina encouraged salves to rise up and take there freedom.
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Frederick douglass
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literate held a skilled job shipyard escape to freedom pub. n. star newspaper end slavery wihtout violence.
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nat turner
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escape slave from va. organized a rebellion that left many dead experienced a vision that he interpreted as a call to lead his fellow slaves into a fight for freedom. captured tried and hanged.
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Cult of domesticity
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belief that married womenn should restrict there activity to there home and family.
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sarah and angeline grimke
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pub. and appeal to christian women to teh south.
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temperance
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and effort to prohibit the drinking of alcohol.
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emma willard
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est. academic school for shcool for girls troy ny.
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mary lyons
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mount holyoke female seminary.
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prudence crandall
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opened school for girls.
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elizabeth blackwell
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first female to graduate from medical school.
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amelia bloomer
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pub a temperance newspaper introduced new fashoin for women.
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gag rule
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a rule limiting or preventing debate on an issue.
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antebellum
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belonging to teh period before the civil war.
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putting out system
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a system of production in whch manufatureers provide the materials for goods to be produced in the home.
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commonwealth v hunt
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this upheld the rights of labor by declaring work stoppages legal
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