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25 Cards in this Set
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Louisiana Purchase |
Thomas Jefferson bought land from France which doubled the size of the united states. |
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Florida 1819 |
Spain gave Florida to to the United states through a treaty. |
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Texas 1845 |
Texas was added after it became a independent republic. |
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Oregon 1846 |
The Oregon territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain. |
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California 1848 |
war withe Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States. |
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Manifest Destiny |
Belief in the right of Manifest Destiny. |
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Lewis and Clark expedition |
In the Lewis and Clark expedition Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana purchase from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean. |
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Inventor |
A person who is the first to think of or make something. |
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Entreprenuer |
A person who organizes resources to bring new or better goods and services to market in hope of earning a profit. |
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Cotton Gin |
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton. |
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Steamboat |
The Steamboat was improved by the entrepreneur Robert Fulton. It eventually provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and western territories. |
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Steam locomotive |
The Steam locomotive provided faster land transportation. |
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Reaper |
Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent the reaper. McCormick was an entrepreneur who brought the reaper to market. The reaper increased the production of the American farmer. |
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Abolitionist |
Men and women who work to end slavery. |
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Emacipation |
The freeing from bondage. |
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Suffrage |
The right to vote in an election. |
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Underground railroad |
Is a series of safe houses and hiding places for runaways that led north as far as Canada. |
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Harriet Tubman |
Led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the underground railroad. |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
Wrote the liberator and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved Africa n Americans. |
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Fredrick Douglas |
Wrote the North Star and and worded for rights to better the lives of African Americans and women. |
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Isabella Sojourner Truth |
A former enslaved African American, was nationally known advocate for equality and justice. |
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Susan B Anthony |
Was an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all. |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
Played a leadership role in the women's right movement. |
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What basic rights were women deprived of. |
Denied to vote. Denied educational opportunities especially higher education. Denied equal opportunities in business. |
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Why did abolitionists believe slavery was wrong. |
Abolitionists believe slavery is wrong. Morally wrong. Cruel and inhumane. A violation of the principals of democracy. |
