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79 Cards in this Set
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A long journey traveling with family |
overland trails
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A machine for cutting standing grain
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reaper
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To prepare and work on land in order to raise crops
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cultivate
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A person who supports getting rid of slavery
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Abolitionist
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The speed in which goods or services are made available
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productivity
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Rapid growth in the use of machines for manufacturing and production
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industrialization
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The movement of people from one place or country to another
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migration
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The right to vote
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suffrage
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Treating every person the same
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equal rights
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Lacking kindness or compassion
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inhumane
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The act of breaking through without permission or passing by force
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violation
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Present and ready for use
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availability
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Concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of your actions
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morally
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A free state in which the power rests with the citizens
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independent republic
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Trying to increase the size or the boundaries of a nation
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territorial expansion
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A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes to earn a profit
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entrepreneur
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A person who is the first to think of or make something
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inventor
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Not having the necessities of life
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deprived
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The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the country
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Manifest Destiny
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A type of government where the people rule
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democracy
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Who played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement?
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Who was advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all?
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Susan B. Anthony
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Who was a former enslaved African American who was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice?
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Isabella Sojourner Truth
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What were people called who worked to end slavery?
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Abolitionists
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Supporters of what movement stated, “All men and women are created equal!”
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Women’s Suffrage
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What were people who were anti-slavery known as?
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Abolitionists
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What abolitionist wrote the Liberator newspaper and worked for immediate emancipation of all slaves?
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William Lloyd Garrison
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What abolitionist wrote the North Star newspaper?
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Frederick Douglass
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What were TWO things that abolitionists believed?
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1. Immediate freeing of slaves 2. Slavery is morally wrong, cruel, and violated the principles of democracy
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What abolitionist led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
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Harriet Tubman
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Supporters of what movement believed that women were deprived of basic rights (voting, education, owning property)?
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Suffrage Movement
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Name 3 leaders of the Suffrage Movement.
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1. Susan B. Anthony 2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton 3. Isabella Sojourner Truth
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Name 3 leaders of the Abolitionist Movement.
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1. Frederick Douglass 2. Harriet Tubman 3. William Lloyd Garrison
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Who improved the steamboat?
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Robert Fulton
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What invention before the Civil War increased the need for slavery?
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the cotton gin
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What invention before the Civil War increased the productivity of the American Farmer?
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reaper
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Who invented the Cotton Gin?
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Eli Whitney
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Who invented the reaper?
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Cyrus McCormick & Jo Anderson (slave)
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What provided faster river transportation and connected Southern plantations to Northern industries and Western territories?
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steamboat
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Who was the entrepreneur who brought the reaper to the market?
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Cyrus McCormick
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What provided faster land transportation before the Civil War?
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steam locomotive
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Prior to the Civil War, where was most industrialization in America?
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the North
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The equipment produced in the North had an impact on what in the South?
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the farming society of the South
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What invention increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick crops?
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Cotton Gin
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Entrepreneurs hoped to make a profit. What is a profit?
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money earned
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What impact did the Cotton Gin have on Americans?
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The Cotton Gin increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor.
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What impact did the reaper have on Americans?
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The reaper increased productivity of the American farmer.
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What impact did the steamboat have on Americans?
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The steamboat provided faster river transportation and connected different parts of America.
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What impact did the steam locomotive have on Americans?
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The steam locomotive provided faster LAND transportation.
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What territory was explored by Lewis & Clark from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean?
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Louisiana Purchase
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Florida was given to the United States through a treaty with what country?
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Spain
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What was given to the United States through a treaty with Spain?
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Florida
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What territory was purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson?
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Louisiana Purchase
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What was admitted to the Union after it became an independent republic?
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Texas
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What territory was divided between the United States and Great Britain?
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Oregon
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What territorial expansion doubled the size of the United States?
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Louisiana Purchase
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A war with Mexico resulted in what territory becoming part of the United States?
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California & the Southwest Territory
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How did the United States get the Louisiana Purchase?
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Louisiana was purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson
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How did the U.S. get California and the Southwest Territory?
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California & the Southwest Territory became part of the U.S. after war with Mexico.
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How did the U.S. get Texas?
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Texas was admitted to the Union after it became an independent republic.
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How did the United States get the Oregon territory?
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The Oregon Territory was divided between the United States & Texas.
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How did the United States get Florida?
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Florida was given to the United States through a treaty with Spain.
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During what time period did the United States acquire many territories?
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1801-1861
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The Oregon Territory was divided between the United States and what country?
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Great Britain
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Who did Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana territory from?
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France
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The United States gained possession of California and the Southwest Territory through a war with what country?
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Mexico
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What was influenced by geography and economic opportunity?
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westward migration
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What provided faster land transportation?
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steam locomotive
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One factor that influenced westward movement was population growth where?
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Eastern states
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One factor that influenced westward movement was the availability of cheap and fertile what?
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land
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List 4 economic opportunities that influenced westward movement.
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1. California Gold Rush 2. Logging 3. Farming 4. Freedom for runaway slaves
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What canal influenced westward movement by providing cheaper and faster transportation?
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Erie Canal
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People who supported the idea of Thomas Jefferson buying the Louisiana Purchase and expanding our nation believed in what idea?
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Manifest Destiny
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What is the idea or belief that expansion was for the good of the country?
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Manifest Destiny
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The Erie Canal, rivers, and steamboats influenced what factor of westward movement?
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cheaper and faster transportation
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Knowledge of what 2 overland trails influenced westward movement?
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1. Oregon Trail 2. Santa Fe Trail
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Westward migration was influenced by what 2 factors?
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geography and economic factors
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What is Manifest Destiny?
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The belief that expansion was for the good of the country; the right of the country
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What provided cheaper and faster river transportation (3 things)?
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rivers, the Erie Canal, and the steamboat |
