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7th Grade Finals Wahsoe County
Washoe County 2021 7th Grade Finals
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Social Studies
7th Grade
05/31/2021

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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
An agreement that doubled the size of the United States
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Lewis and Clark expedition
Definition
A journey to explore Louisiana Purchase
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Sacagawea
Definition
A Shoshone from the Rocky Mountains
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Zebulon Pike
Definition
Another young army officer who was sent on a mission to the west
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USS Constitution
Definition
A large warship
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Impressment
Definition
The practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy
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Embargo
Definition
The banning of trade
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Tecumseh
Definition
A Shawnee chief
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Andrew Jackson
Definition
The commander of the Tennessee militia Battle of New Orleans- The last major conflict of the War of 1812
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Treaty of Ghent
Definition
The treaty which had been signed in Belgium on December 24
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
An exclusive statement of American policy warning European powers not to interfere with the Americas
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Nationalism
Definition
A feeling of pride and loyalty to a nation
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Erie Canal
Definition
A project that ran from Albany to Buffalo, New York
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Sectionalism
Definition
Disagreement between the different regions
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Missouri Compromise
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A compromise that settled the conflict that had arisen from Missouris application for statehood
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States rights doctrine
Definition
Since the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power
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Indian Removal Act
Definition
An act authorizing the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands West
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Indian Territory
Definition
U.S. land in what is now Oklahoma- and planned to move Native Americans there
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Worcester v. Georgia
Definition
The court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force
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Trail of Tears
Definition
The Cherokees 800-mile forced march
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Osceola
Definition
A leader that told his people to resist with force causing The Second Seminole War
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Oregon Trail
Definition
A 2000-mile long trail which stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri west into Oregon Country
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Santa Fe Trail
Definition
A trail that led from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Mormons
Definition
The members of Joseph Smiths church
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Brigham Young
Definition
The head of the Mormon Church starting in 1844
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Empresarios
Definition
Agents
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
Definition
A general that suspended Mexicos republican constitution
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Alamo
Definition
An abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in Texas Revolution
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Battle of San Jacinto
Definition
Texans forced Santa Anna to sign a treaty giving Texas its independence
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
Obvious fate to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy
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