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53 Cards in this Set
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13 Colonies- Name at least 5 |
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusets, Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire |
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Confederate States- Name at least 5 |
Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas |
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Members that wrote Dec of Independence - Name at least 4 |
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Livingston Sherman |
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Colony advantages in revolution- Name at least 4 |
George Washington, foreign aid, home field, cause, defensive war, style of fighting |
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Famous Battles of Revolutionary War- Name 4 |
Lexington&Concord, Yorktown, Bunker Hill, Saratoga |
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Wars we fought in- Name at least 4 |
Revolutionary War, Mexican-American, Civil, War of 1812, Spanish-American, French-Native |
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Famous generals during civil war for union- Name 3 |
Ulysses Grant, Sherman, George Mead |
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Famous generals during civil war for confederate- Name 3 |
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, George Pickett |
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Civil war battles-Name at least 4 |
Gettysburg, Bull Run/Manassas, Chancelorsville, Vicksburg, Fort Sumter |
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Border states- Name at least 4 |
Delaware, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Missouri |
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New Nations after WWI |
Syria, Palestine, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Iraq, Jordan, Lithuania, Finland, Lebanon |
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Causes of WWI |
Imperialism, nationalism, militarism, patriotism, alliances |
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Southern advantages during civil war-Name 4 |
Outdoor skills, Robert E Lee, military bases, cause, defensive war, knew territory, cotton for trade |
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Northern advantages during civil war-Name 4 |
Set army, set navy, set government, set monetary system, transportation, agriculture, population |
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Central powers- Name 3 |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman empire |
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Allied Powers- Name 4 |
England, France, Russia, U.S, Italy, Serbia |
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Group of advisors to president |
Cabinet |
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to withdraw from the U.S |
Secession |
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Where was the constitution and declaration of independence written |
Philadelphia |
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First state to secede from Union |
South Carolina |
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Capital of Confederacy |
Richmond |
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Second English colony |
Plymouth |
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First permanent English colony in the new world |
Jamestown |
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Inventor of cotton gin |
Eli Whitney |
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"Give me liberty or give me death" |
Patrick Henry |
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"star spangled banner" |
Francis Scott Key |
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assassinated Abe Lincoln |
John Wilkes Booth |
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first to receive a phd |
W.E.B DuBois |
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First to sign Dec of Independence |
John Hancock |
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"British are coming" |
Paul Revere |
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Told he wasnt allowed to sue or even be heard in court bc he was black |
Dred Scott |
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Signed Dec of Independence, known for his inventions |
Benjamin Franklin |
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General in charge of confederate army although he had been offered to be general of union army |
Robert E Lee |
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his ideas sparked the revolution |
John Locke |
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"these are the times that try mans souls" |
Thomas Paine |
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He saved Jamestown by finding out tobacco grows well here |
John Rolfe |
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shot in duel, wouldve been president if he didnt die |
Alexander Hamilton |
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First and only president of confederacy |
Jefferson Davis |
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shot Alexander Hamilton |
Aaron Burr |
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freed slave, wrote a book abt slavery |
Frederick Douglas |
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General @ battle of New Orleans, later went on to become president |
Andrew Jackson |
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Union general from Illinois |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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invented incandescent light bulb |
Thomas Edison |
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president during Mexican War |
James Polk |
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didnt like being president |
Thomas Jefferson |
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made the sedition act while in presidency |
John Adams |
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lived in white house prior to later becoming president |
John Quincy Adams |
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first president to die in office |
William Harrison |
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first to become president without being elected |
John Tyler |
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youngest to become president |
Teddy Roosevelt |
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first president to become impeached |
Andrew Johnson |
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president got stuck in bathtub |
William Taft |
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served 2 nonconsecutive terms |
Grover Cleveland |