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Early U.S. - Semester 2
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10th Grade
05/31/2010

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Gold and silver coins used by banks to back up notes
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Specie
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The first locomotive in the US
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Tom Thumb
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Where did Industrial Revolution begin?
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Great Britian
Term
Showing pride for one's country
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Nationalsim
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Man known as "the liberator" and who freed many colonies from Spain?
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Simon Bolivar
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What was made possible in the textile industry by machines?
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Mass Production
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What canal connected lake Erie and the Hudson together?
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Erie Canal
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What document did J. Q. Adams write that positioned the US defender of the western hemisphere?
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Monroe Doctrine
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What did Slater bring to America to start the Industrial Revolution?
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Textile mill plans
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Who invented the locomotive?
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Peter Cooper
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Who invented the steamboat with his successful voyage on the Claremont?
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Robert Fulton
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What was stated in the Monroe doctrine that said that Europe was not to get involved with the western hemisphere?
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Non-interference Act
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Who invented the system of interchangeable parts?
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Eli Whitney
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Stated in the Monroe Doctrine and said that Europe was not supposed to try to colonize any more land in the Americas.
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Non-colonization Act
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These people came to America to escape political oppression after a failed revolution
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German Immigrants
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A potato famine caused these people to come to the US.
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Irish Immigrants
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Invented a steel plow in 1837 to turn the prairie sod.
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John Deere
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second great awakening dealt with...
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Religion
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About what did Lyman Beecher preach extensively?
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the evils of alcohol
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People were outraged that the Mormons practiced what?
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Polygamy
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What is a religious group that has the same beliefs and practices?
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Denomination
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The founder and first leader of the Mormons
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Joseph Smith
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Who led thousands of Mormons across the Rocky mountains to the Great Salt Lake?
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Brigham Young
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What country was created in Africa to take in slaves from colonization in America?
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Liberia
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What are the 3 major battles of the Texas Revolution?
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San Jacinto, the Alamo, and the Goliad
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What Best describes the result of the Mexican war?
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The expansion of the US from Atlantic to Pacific.
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What was the result of Texas fighting Mexico?
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they gained independence
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US general who led the siege of Mexico city and defeated Santa Anna
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Winfield Scott
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Who was the US ambassador who that was sent to Mexico to Purchase it along with California, but was denied by Mexico's government?
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John Slidell
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US should control the whole continent, coast to coast
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Manifest Destiny
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Treaty ending Mexican War?
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
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President who provoked the Mexican war
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James K. Polk
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eating of ones own kind
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Cannibalism
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The employee of John Shutter who found gold
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James Marshall
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Mexican govt. granted land to this man who built a sawmill, and an employee found gold
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John Sutter
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What party was diverted off the Oregon trail, and had to become cannibals?
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Donner Party
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Spanish settlers in California
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Californios
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Who defeated the Mexican govt. and was the 1st president of Texas
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Stephen F. Austin
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Native Mexicans living in Texas
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Tejanos
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Who came up with The Compromise of 1850?
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Henry Clay
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What General surrounded the arsenal at Harpers Ferry and captured Brown?
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Lee
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What was the only northern state that Lincoln did not win in the election of 1860?
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New Jersey
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Who was the CSA president from Mississippi?
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Jefferson Davis
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What is the term used when the citizens get to decide if the state will be free or slave?
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Popular Sovereignty
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John brown was convicted of this
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Treason
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The first state to secede from the Union
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South Carolina
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The chief justice in the Dred Scott decision.
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Roger B. Taney
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This was passed to abolish slavery after the Dred Scott Decision
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An Ammendemnt
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Who was the general who watched over John Brown's hanging?
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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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What does secede mean?
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To withdraw from, leave the group
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What is used to elect the president?
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Electoral College
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What was the reason for the Gettysburg Address?
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It was a cemetery dedication
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What capitol city did Jefferson Davis flee before he was captured?
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Richmond
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In what house did Lee surrender his forces to Grant?
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McLean House
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On the 3rd day of Gettysburg what happened to the confederates cannonade?
Definition
They overshot th target
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What was the first battle of the civil war?
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1st Battle of Manassas
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In what battle was General Jackson shot?
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Chancellorsville
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What was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?
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Antietam
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What did Lincoln release with the intent to free all slaves?
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Why did the Union fight the war?
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Beginning: rejoin the south with the Union
End: End slavery
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The man that spoke for 2 hours at Gettysburg National Cemetery
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Edward Everett
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The greatest killer of the civil war
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Disease
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Was Lee allowed to keep his sword?
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Yes
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Who was the savior at Little Round Top the 2nd day of Gettysburg?
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Chamberlin
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The greatest advantage of the north was
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Population
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Beginning and ending of civil war dates
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Began: April 12,1861
Ended: April 9, 1865
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Killing an individual by a mob
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Lynching
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The first leader of the KKK
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Nathan B. Forrest
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Reconstruction referred to:
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rebuilding the south, and reuniting the nation.
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What was passed into the Constitution to give Africans civil rights?
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14th Ammendment
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The 1896 court case that ruled "separate but equal"
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Who killed Lincoln?
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John Wilkes Booth
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Forgiveness to a group of people for a crime
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Amnesty
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The 13th 14th and 15th amendments are known as:
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Civil War Ammendments
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How much did the Civil War cost?
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$20 billion
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The group that had Johnson impeached
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House of Representatives
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Tests who barred those who couldn't read or write
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Literacy Tests
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Where did Lincoln die?
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the Peterson House
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This man made steel making process much easier and cheaper.
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Bessemer
Term
Who promoted football and played at Yale?
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Walter Camp
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What % of the oil industry did Rockefeller control in 1880?
Definition
90%
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What company did Rockefeller create?
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Standard Oil
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In what sport did the African Americans create Negro Leagues?
Definition
Baseball
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Who invented basketball?
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James Naismith
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Who was the architect that designed central park?
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Frederic Olmsted
Term
What was the complete control of a product that is for sale?
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Monopoly
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What is the railway that went from coast to coast in the US?
Definition
Transcontinental Railroad
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