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17 Cards in this Set
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Louisiana Purchase |
Thomas Jefferson bought land from France named 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 divided by United States and Great Britain. |
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California 1846 |
War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States. |
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Manifest Destiny |
Geographic and economic factors that influenced Westward movement. |
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Lewis and Clark Expedition |
They explored the lousianna purchase and the Oregon Territory 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 resources to bring new or better goods and services to market in hopes of earning a profit. |
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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. |
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Steam Locomotive |
The steam locomotive provided faster land transportation. |
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Reaper |
Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent reaper. The reaper increased the production of the average farmer. |
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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 |
The underground railroad is a way slaves went to run away and be free. |
