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24 Cards in this Set
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Florida 1819 |
was ceded by Mexico to the US in 1819
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Texas 1845 |
broke away from Mexico and became an independent republic and then in 1836 became a state |
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Oregon 1846 |
was jointly occupied by Great Britain and the US was split into present-day Washington, parts of Montana and Idaho, and western Canada |
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California 1848 |
The US fought with Mexico to acquire the territory of California in 1848 |
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Manifest Destiny |
The idea that expansion was the best thing and the right of the country to do. |
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Lewis and Clark expedition |
explored all the land gained in the Louisiana Purchase and The Oregon Country |
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Inventor |
People who thinks of or makes something first |
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Entrepreneur |
Somebody who puts newer or better products on the market |
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Cotton gin |
A machine that filtered seeds from cotton fiber |
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Steamboat |
A ship using a steam engine to move a paddle to move across water efficiently |
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Steam locomotive |
A train which also uses a steam engine to move to carry large amounts of resources and people across land |
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Reaper |
A horse-pulled machine that automatically cut and piled grains |
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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 |
A series of safe houses and hiding places for runaway slaves that led North as far as Canada |
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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 |
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 rights movement. |
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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 worded for rights to better the lives of African Americans and women. |
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What basic rights were women deprived of? |
>Denied the right to vote >Denied educational opportunities, especially in higher education >Denied equal opportunities in business >Limited in rights to own property |
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Why did abolitionists believe slavery was wrong? |
>Morally wrong >Cruel and inhumane >A violation of principals of democracy |
