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24 Cards in this Set
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Louisiana Purchase |
Thomas Jefferson land from France(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 the United States and Great Britain. |
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Manifest Destiny |
The expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country. |
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Lewis and Clark Expedition |
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon Territory from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. |
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Inventor |
They are the first to think of or make something new. |
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Entrepreneur |
A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better service to the market in hopes 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 this increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick cotton. |
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Steamboat |
The steamboat was improved by the entrepreneur Robert Fulton it eventually provided faster 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(slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent the reaper McCormick was an entrepreneur who brought the reaper to the market the reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer. |
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Abolitionists |
Men and women 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 runways that led north. |
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Harriet Tubman |
She led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad. |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
He wrote the Liberator and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African American. |
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Frederick Douglass |
He wrote the North Star and worked for rights to better the lives of African Americans and women. |
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Isabella Sojourner Truth |
Was 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 |
She played a leadership role in the women's rights movement. |
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What basic rights did women deprived of? |
Denied the right to vote. Denied educational opportunities,especially higher education. Denied equal opportunities in business. Limited in rights to own property. |
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Why did abolitionist believe slavery was wrong? |
Morally wrong. Cruel and inhumane. A violation of the principals of democracy. Demeaned immediate freeing of the slaves. |
