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23 Cards in this Set
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Louisiana Purchase |
Thomas Jefferson bought land from France(the Louisiana Purchase) which doubled the size of the United States. |
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Florida(1819) |
Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty |
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Texas(1845) |
Texas was added after it became an independent republic |
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Oregon(1846) |
The Oregon Territory was divide by the United States and Great Britain |
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California(1848) |
War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States. |
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Manifest Destiny |
The expansion was for the country and was the right of the country |
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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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Entrepreneur |
A person who organizes resource to bring new or better goods and services to market in hopes earning a profit |
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Cotton Gin |
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. It was made the process of getting the seed out of cotton faster. |
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Steamboat |
The Steamboat was improved by Entrepreneur Robert. It was made to provide faster river transportation. |
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Steam Locomotive |
The Steam Locomotive wasn't invented by anyone.It was made to provided faster land transportation. |
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Reaper |
The Reaper was invented by Jo Anderson(slave) and Cyrus McCormick. It was made so farmers don't have to work really hard |
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Abolitionist |
Men and women who work to end slavery |
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Emancipation |
The freeing from bondage |
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Suffrage |
The right to vote in an election |
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Underground Railroad |
It was a series of safe houses and hiding places for runaways that led north so they couldn't get capture |
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Harriet Tubman |
Led hundreds of enslaved African American 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 African Americans |
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Fredrick Douglass |
Wrote the North Star and worded for rights to better the lives of African American 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 right for all |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
Played a leadership role in the women's rights movement |
