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11th Grade
10/06/2010

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Jefferson's Great Gamble
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War between France and US; 828,000 sq. miles of Louisiana Territory was bought from France
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American Massacre
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Mormons were blamed for robbing a train; John D Lee was a Mormon to blame
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Fields of Honor
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Emancipation proclamation issued after Antietam; Union Victory- Bloodiest Battle was Gettysburg
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Nothing Like it in the World
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Union, Pacific built transcontinental railroad; Three ways to get west before railroad, Over Utah, Nevada, and Rockies over panama
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Women of the American Revolution
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Thomas helped Benedict Arnold at the beginning of the war; Margaret Hill lived in Trenton, NJ
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Benjamin Franklin
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born a Quaker converted to Deist; Albany Congress suggested to deal with Indians
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Founding Brothers
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Burr Killed Alexander Hamilton; Constitution stated slave trade couldn't be altered until 1808
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Ladies of liberty
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Mary Washington sacrificed her winter to be with the troops; Which founding father corresponded with his niece
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Mayflower
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colonists spent two moths looking for land; Pokanoket were the firsts Indians that were friends with settlers from Plymouth
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The Southern Lady
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Women were submissive and hardworking, All of the above- Women in antebellum period took care of slaves, their children, and gardening
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Witch-Hunt
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The leading Puritan ministers publishing " The return of several ministers" Tituba- First Barbadian accused
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Louisa May Alcott: The woman behind Little Women
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Louisa Alcott was 21 when she published her first book; Louisa paid off her family debt
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Sea Wolf of t he Confederacy
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Gunboat 6 killed commander Thomas Hugar; Read faile to escape P.O.W 3 times
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Through a Howling Wilderness
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Spoiled Food, Gunpowder, Floods, and sickness killed off half the army; People did not accept flag- Arnold lost
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1776
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British considered America a money maker;General Howe believed that the Americans were not going to attack British soil
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State of Jones
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Confederate states consisted of 11 states; Classes, slaves, planters and yeoman Farmers ***
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Lightning Man
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Samuel F Bemore started in London in arts but was hated for being American; Started national Art Acadamy of Design; Painted Layfette
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H.L Hunley
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Blockaded could not trade;Submarine to destroy ship in blockade died
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American Lion
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Nullification Proclamation issued to say nullification was unconstitutional; SC wanted to succed
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Washington's secret war
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Continental Army faced problems such as-lack of shoes jackets and socks;Most famous winter quarters was VALLEY FORGE;
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Wade Hampton III
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Became governor of SC;One of three man to reach rank of lieutenant general who had not graduated from west point; Commander was Robert E Lee
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Lewis and Clark, Voyage of discovery
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Thomas Jefferson provided necessary resources; Created to search for northwest passasge
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1812: War with America
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Creek and Redsticks began rallying whites to protect their land; Napoleon Bonaparte took control of trade
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Federalist Era
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Recounting events after the adoption of the constitution leads to government as a whole
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