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| Hamilton believed that common people couldn't be trusted, calling them a "great beast." He was a federalist, meaning he supported a strict view and minimal interpretation of the Constitution. He also believed a national bank was important for the industrial nation he sought after. |
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| Jefferson believes that the common people are just. He supports farmers and an agricultural society. He is an antifederalist, meaning he was for interpreting the Constitution. He doesn't want a bank. He believed rebellion was necessary every 200 years. Government should support the people in a laissez-faire style economy. |
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Boundary: NW Ordinance of 1787
Mississippi River= Geographic Boundary
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| 1803- Jefferson buys from Napoleon. TJ is fearful of expansion, but at $15 million dollars he couldn't refuse. He sends Lewis and Clark to explore to find animals, resources and natives. US Land Doubles. |
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| Ceded in 1819- Seminole Indians attacked Georgia. President Monroe sends VP Jackson to attack. Spanish fighting Mexico and give up land due to threat of war |
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| annexed in 1845- Battle for Alamo- Mexico v. Texas- Texas wins and gains independence. Texas asks to be a part of the United States and on the second request is allowed. This leads to the Mexican War |
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| to be joined voluntarily or added |
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| joint ownership by Great Britain until a treaty splits the territory in two in 1840, with the southern half being modern day WA and OR. |
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| at the end of the Mexican war, this territory is purchased for $15 million dollars. |
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$10 million dollars to Mexico in 1853
needed for a Southern Railroad |
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purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million dollars
Seward's Folly- believed to be a bad purchase but later found to contain oil |
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| Used to be an independent nation until the U.S. encourages the people to overthrow their queen to own all sugar farms. They want no tax and military advantages. It is under control in 1898 and in 1959 it becomes a state. |
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| King declares colonists shall no longer expand |
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| a divine right to claim and settle new lands WEST |
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| process by which a minority group adopts the customs and ways of a dominant group: "Americanize" |
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| able to read and write and eventually creates his own Cherokee written language: example of assimilation |
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| Vice President at the time; known for being very brutal to the slaves and ignores court decisions, removing and killing Indians |
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| Indian Removal Act (1830) |
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| This act says that the Indians have rights and that Jackson has no rights to kick them off. Jackson goes against the whole U.S. government, continuing to kick them off. |
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| decides it is NOT the U.S. right to take the natives land. Jackson also ignores this and goes against the U.S. government. |
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| 1838- Cherokee are forcibly removed from Georgia and relocated to Oklahoma (1/4 of population die on this trail, naming it Trail of Tears) |
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| gives cheap land to anyone willing to move West |
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| Tries to improve living conditions of Natives by teaching them farming methods and assimilation |
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| Also known as a massacre because natives surrender before battle but military goes in and kills Indians after the surrender |
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| Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (1988) |
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casinos are allowed on reservation
way to pay back natives for the way we treated them |
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| slave who escaped to the North to become a historian, writer and abolitionist |
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| a black slave who led a rebellion and killed tons of slave owners. After being convict he was put to death. |
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| after escaping slavery, she became an abolitionist and a member of the Underground Railroad |
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| American politician and Senator from Massachusetts who was a severe anti-slavery activist, leading forces of anti-slavery in Massachusetts. |
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| the "great compromiser" being in on issues such as slavery and the Nullification Crisis |
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| known for intense support of slavery. politician from South Carolina |
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| editor of the journal "The Liberator" a severe anti-slavery campaign. Also, he was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery society. |
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| author of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. This work opened eyes of the North and angered the South. |
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| lost to Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election |
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| white who was a vigilante that took a band of white farmers to kill nasty slave owners. This was known as John Brown's raid (1859) |
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| person for the abolishing of slavery |
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| case in which, by Chief Justice Roger Taney, determined to NOT be citizens but property. This property is included in the right to "property, life and pursuit of happiness" |
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| Abraham Lincoln wins; South thinks he is against slavery therefore seceding. Jefferson Davis is the existing president of the Confederacy. |
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| A series of houses owned by abolitionists harboring slaves connected by underground tunnels. These were used to help slaves and fugitives |
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| Slogan used to support the usage of slaves through supporting a cash crop, Cotton. |
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Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1820 |
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ME is admitted as a free state
In order to keep sectional balance, MO has to be admitted as a slave state |
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CA admitted as a free state
In order to keep sectional balance, a stricter fugitive slave law is enforced |
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| punishments would be tougher on those who harbored slaves and fugitives as well as the slaves and fugitives themselves |
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| Territory owned by the United States is split up into Nebraska (North Part) and Kansas (South Part). Both states are given popular sovereignty |
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| North Advantages in the Civil War |
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1. Larger Population
2. More Factories/Industries |
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| South Advantages in the Civil War |
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1. Fighting on their Own Territory
2. Better Generals (at the start of war) |
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| the Southern part of the United States during the Civil War |
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| the act of states leaving a country or a smaller part of a country leaving the country |
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South was more for state rights (Antifederalists)
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| tax paid on imports and exports |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| the speech made by Abraham Lincoln declaring that slaves are now free and shall always be free. |
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| the Northern part of the United States during the Civil War |
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| won the election of 1860, sending the country into a spiral of the Civil War |
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| North Advantages in the Civil War |
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1. Larger Population
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| South Advantages in the Civil War |
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| the Southern part of the United States during the Civil War |
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| the act of states leaving a country or a smaller part of a country leaving the country |
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| tax paid on imports and exports |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| the speech made by Abraham Lincoln declaring that slaves are now free and shall always be free. |
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| the Northern part of the United States during the Civil War |
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| won the election of 1860, sending the country into a spiral of the Civil War |
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| series of laws greatly restricting slave behavior and conduct |
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| Battle of Little Big Horn |
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| miners looking for gold when the Sioux attack settlers in the Dakotas. General Custer attack the Sioux and eventually the Indians surrender. |
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| a strategy in which destroying everything would cripple the opponent's resources and morale |
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| this speech, given by Abraham Lincoln after the Gettysburg Battlke honored the fallen Union soldiers and redefined the purpose of the war |
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| the theory that a state should have the power to invalidate a federal law as they see fit |
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| this plan helps "suffocate" the South by seizing ports, advancing down the Mississippi River and dividing the South |
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| head general of the Confederacy during the Civil War |
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| President of the Confederacy (the South) at the time of the Civil War |
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| one of the first battles of the civil war that the South won, setting the mood for most of the war |
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| known as one of the most bloody battles in US history, the Union win gathered confidence to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation |
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| major turning point of the Civil War; Anaconda Plan administered during this battle |
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| final battle of the Civil War in which the Union flanked the Confederacy, leading to the win of the Union in the Civil War (Lee surrenders to Grant) |
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| Union general who is widely known for winning the Civil War; later becomes President |
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| major turning point of the Civil War |
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| Sherman's March to the Sea |
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| General Sherman takes his troops from Atlanta to Savannah, GA and destroys everything along the way in a strategy of Total War |
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| Union commander of an all-black regiment during the Civil War |
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