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| What was the louisiana purchase |
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| when america ought a large piece of land now called louisiana from france |
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| who made the louisiana purchase |
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| who explored the louisiana purchase |
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| lewis and william clark 2 american explorers |
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| what country sold louisiana purchase |
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| a shoshone who joined lewis and clark on thier expidition to help |
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| what type of vehicle did settlers use to travel west |
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| what was the manifest destiny |
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| the country must expand it's boundries to the pacific ocean |
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| when did the california gold rush take place |
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| who are mourmons and where did they settle |
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| it is a religous group usually involving more than one wife and they settled in utah. |
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| what group made huge profits during the gold rush |
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| from what coast of what country did slaves come into america |
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| what state encoured slaves to have children to sell |
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| what was the middle passage |
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| the voyage slaves took across the atlantic |
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| what was the overseer responsible for on the plantation |
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| white man that watched to make sure that the slaves where doing thier jobs |
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| a line of very small cabins in which the slaves had to eat, sleep,and many other things |
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| who wrote "uncle toms cabin" and why was it important |
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| Harriet Beecher Stowe and it got alot of people to stop slavery |
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| what wrote did slaves follow when trying to escape to the north |
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| the would follow the north star the drinking gourd also under ground railroad |
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| when and where did the civil war start |
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| The American Civil War started on April 12, 1861 in South Carolina charleston harbor |
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| what was the "stars and bars" |
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| The first Confederate flag |
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| why was the "battle of antietam" important during the civil war |
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| it was the bloodyest day in the civil war |
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| when did president lichon deliver the "emacipation proclamation" |
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| why did the south attack gettysburg |
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| to force northern politions to quite the war |
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| someone who wanted to destroy georga |
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| what was the reconstuction |
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| when the south had to rebuild it's economy |
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| who were the radical republicans |
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| people who apossed the reconstruction |
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| who, when and where was lichon killed |
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| ford thearter, jhon wilks booth, April 14, 1865, |
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| why was a brand important to a rancher |
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| so they new what animals were theres |
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| what was the homestead act |
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| when the goverment gave away land for free |
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| what school was started by richard pratt for indians |
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| carlise school for indians |
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| who invented the electric light bulb |
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| who started the assembally line |
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| who invented the telaphone |
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| the delibrate killing of a certain racial, political, or cultural group |
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