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25 Cards in this Set
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Louisiana Purchase |
Thomas Jefferson bought land from France(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 the United States and Great Britain. |
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California 1848 |
War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States. |
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Manifest Destiny |
The belief in the "expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country. |
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Lewis and Clark Expedition |
Louis and Clark explored the Louisiana purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. |
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Inventor |
The first to think of or make something. |
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Entrepreneur |
A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service 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 |
Was improved by the entrepreneur, Robert Fulton. It eventually provided faster river transportation that connected southern plantations and farms to northern industries and Western Territories. |
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Steam Locomotive |
Provided faster land transportation. |
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Reaper |
Jo Anderson(slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to bring this to market. It increased the productivity of the American farmer. |
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Abolitionists |
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 |
It was series of safe houses and hiding places for runaways that led north as far as Canada, were escaped slaves would be free from recapture. |
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Harriet Tubman |
Led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad. |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
wrote the Liberator and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans. |
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Frederick Douglass |
wrote the North Star and worded for rights to better lives of African Americans and women. |
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Isabella (Sojourner) Truth |
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 |
played a leadership role in the women's rights movement. |
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What basic rights were women deprived of? |
-Denied the right to vote -Denied equal opportunities, especially higher education. -Denied equal opportunities in business |
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Why did abolitionist believe slavery was wrong?
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-Morally wrong -Cruel and inhumane -A violation of the principles of democracy |
