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15 Cards in this Set
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Andrew Jackson
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President in 1828, who opened a new area in American politics
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Abolitionism
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A new movement to end slavery
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Abraham Lincoln
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Elected president in November 1860 created the Emancipation Proclamation which stated that slave are " forever free"
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Treaty of Paris
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Ended the french and indian war/ seven years war btw Great Britian and France and their allies
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Secede
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Withdraw
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John Mcdonald
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Became the first prince minister of the dominion
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Dominion of Canada
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In 1867 parliament passed the British north America act which established a canadian nation - the Dominion of canada with it own constitution
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Clara Burton
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in the US civil war (1861-1865) transformed nursing into a profession trained middle class women in white
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American Federal of Labor
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emerged after the richest nine percent of americans owned 71 percemnt of the wealth and workers organizzed unions of American federation of labor lacked real power
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Wilfred Laurier
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became first french canadian prime minister in 1896 able to reconize two major groups
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Candillos
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Presidents of Mexico strong leader that lead by strong military force
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Santa Anna
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AKA antonio lopez de santa anna. he ruled mexico from 1833 to 1855. He misused state funds, halted reforms and created chaos
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Pennsilares
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a person born on the Iberian peninsala, typically a spanish on portuguese offical who resided temporarily in latin america for polititical economic gain and men returned to europe.
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Mestizos
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a person of mixed euorpean and native american idian descent
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Porfporio Diaz
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Ruled mexico btw 1877 and 1911 and created a conservitive, centrealized gov with the support of the army, forgein capitalists, large land owners and catholic church
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