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22 Cards in this Set
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Isabel Sojourner Truth
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A former slave who traveled the country speaking out against slavery and equal right for women. She was an abolitionist.
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Susan B. Anthony
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Women’s suffrage leader who worked to enable women to have the same rights as men
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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A leader of the Suffrage Movement who worked with Susan B. Anthony. She organized the first convention for women’s right.
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Abolitionist
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A person who wanted to end slavery.
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Eli Whitney
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American Inventor who invented the cotton gin which increased the production of cotton.
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Jo Anderson
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A slave who worked with Cyrus McCormick to invent the reaper.
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Cyrus McCormick
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Invented the reaper for harvesting wheat
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Pioneer
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A person who leads the way into new areas.
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Harriet Tubman
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Abolitionist and former slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She led 300 slaves to freedom.
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Frederick Douglas
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Was a former slave who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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American abolitionist who started a newspaper called The Liberator. He believed slavery was immoral and demanded that the slaves be immediately freed.
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Suffrage
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The right to vote in local or national elections.
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Meriwether Lewis
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American explorer chosen by Thomas Jefferson to be a pathfinder in the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
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William Clark
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American explorer who aided Meriwether Lewis in an expedition through the Louisiana Purchase.
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Robert Fulton
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Improved the steamboat which eventually provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories.
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Louisiana Purchase
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Thomas Jefferson bought land from France
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Manifest Destiny
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The belief
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Florida Acquisition
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Spain gave Florida to the Untied States through a treaty.
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Texas Annexation
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Texas was added to the United States after it became an independent republic.
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Acquisition of Oregon Country
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Was divided between the United States and Great Britain.
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Mexican Cession (California)
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War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.
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Suffragist
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Someone who believes that women should have the right to vote.
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