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25 Cards in this Set
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Louisiana Puchase |
Was purchased by Thomas Jefferson for 15 million dollars |
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Florida 1819 |
Got Florida from Spain in a treaty |
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Texas 1845 |
It became a state in 1845 which included New Mexico and several other states. |
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Oregon 1846 |
We divided this with Great Britain. It included all of Oregon and Washington. |
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California 1848 |
War with Mexico |
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Manifest Destiny |
People thought that a country stretching from sea to sea was what lay head for the United States |
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Lewis and Clark expedition |
They led and expedition from the Mississippi River to the Rockies. |
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Inventor |
The first person to think of or make something |
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Entreprneur |
Someone who organizes resources to bring a new or better product or service to the market hoping to make make a profit |
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Cotton Gin |
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. It helped pick the seeds out of cotton. It increased the production of cotton. |
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Steamboat |
It was improved by the entrepreneur, Robert Fulton. It provided a faster river transportation. |
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Steam Locomotive |
It provided a faster land transportation. |
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Reaper |
Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson invented the reaper. It was a machine to cut grains. |
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Abolitionists |
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 |
Series of safe houses and hiding places for runaway slaves. |
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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 African Americans |
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Frederick Douglass |
Wrote the North Star and worked 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 know advocate for equality and justice. |
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Susan B. Anthony |
Was and 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 rights movement. |
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What basic rights were women deprived of. |
Denied the right to vote, Denied equal opportunities in business |
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Why did abolitionists believe slavery was wrong. |
1. Morally wrong 2. Inhumane 3. Cruel 4. A violation of the principals of democracy |
