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| Whitney: United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825 |
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| How did the Berlin Wall affect its people? |
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| No contact with United States citizens and lost contact with families. |
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| a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France |
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| The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 (ch. 20, 1 Stat. 73-93) was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the . |
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| In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated |
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| The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic episode in 1798 that worsened relations between France and the United States and led to the undeclared Quasi-War of 1798. |
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| a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers |
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| Necessary Evil sometimes referred to as Plane # 91 was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-45-MO 44-86291, victor number 91) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. |
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| states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress |
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| charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods" |
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| Hartford Convention (1814) |
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| The Hartford Convention was an event in 1814-1815 in the United States during the War of 1812 in which New England's opposition to the war reached |
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| a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813) |
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| territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
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| Marshall: United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835) |
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| individualism: the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs |
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| 49ers are an Italian Italo House and Eurodance act featuring producer and DJ Gianfranco Bortolotti and vocalist Ann-Marie Smith. |
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| a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting |
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| The Texas Annexation of 1845 was the voluntary annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States of America. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the |
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| A plantation economy is an economy which is based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called ... |
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| The Oregon Trail is a 13-episode NBC western television series starring Rod Taylor as the widower Evan Thorpe, who leaves his Illinois farm in |
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| Stephen or Steve Austin may refer to: * Stone Cold Steve Austin, professional wrestler * Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836), the "Father of Texas |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
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| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish) is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the |
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| The Indain Removal Act of 1830 |
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| First major legislation that reversed the US policy of respecting the rights of American Indians. |
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| The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803–1806), headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, was the first American overland expedition to the |
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