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| Member of Congress proposed an amendment to outlaw slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico |
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| Leader of the first group of American settlers came to Texas in 1822 |
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| Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna |
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| The Dictator ship of General encouraged many American settlers to fight for an independent Texas. |
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| Led Texas rebels at San Jacinto and became the first president of the republic of Texas. |
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| Colonel was a leader of the Texans who fought at the Battle of the Alamo. |
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| Narcissa Prentiss Whitman |
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| was a Presbyterian missionary who worked among the Native Americans in the Oregon Country |
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| In 1855 Yakima chief led Native American resistance against being forced onto reservations in oregon and washington |
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| John C. Fremont (Bear Claw) |
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| Captain led an American expedition into California s the Mexican war began |
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| In the 1840' s Mormon leader led followers westward to settle in present day Utah |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Under which the united States government consisted of the legislature which both passed and enforced the laws. |
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| The part of government that makes laws |
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| The part of government made up of judges and courts that interpret the law |
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| A plan for how a government should operate |
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| favored by the large states called for a legislature with representation in proportion to a state's population |
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| portion of enslaved people were to be counted as part of a states population |
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| system of checks and balances |
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| The power of the president ot veto acts of Congress is an example of |
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| The candidate who receives the majority of the voes because president |
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| Guarantees that the individual freedoms of american citizens will be protected |
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| The president appoints the heads of major departments of the executive branch |
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| tax on domestically produced goods |
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| event that establishes an unwritten custom |
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| group influencing a nations political process |
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| controversy in 1798 over french demands from americans |
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| Blacksmith who planned large slave rebellion |
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| departments and workers that make up the federal government |
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| Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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| expedition to explore the land included in the Louisiana Purchase |
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| list of things to accomplish |
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| Purchase from France in 1803 of New Orleans and a huge area west of the Mississippi River |
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| agreement Native Americans were forced to accept after the battle of Fallen Timbers |
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| area set aside for Native Americans who lost their homelands |
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| process by which people of one culture become part of another culture |
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| military encounter between Governor Harrison and Tenskwatawa |
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| forcing people into military service |
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| treaty ending the war of 1812 |
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| event that took place after the War of 1812 had officially ended |
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| established 36 degree 30 degree N latitude as dividing line between free and slave states |
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| rate at which babies less than one year die |
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| the age at which half of the population is younger and half older |
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| route through the Appalachian Mountains |
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| agreement between the United states and spain regarding boundaries and responsibilities for preserving peace |
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| area west of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| qualities needed by people living in a republic |
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| period of change from machines using human or animal power to machines using other sources of power |
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| parts made to the same exact standard |
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| road west built by the federal government |
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| highways on wich a toll is charged |
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| society in which people move frequently |
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| religious gathering often held outdoors |
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| revival movement that preached salvation for those who believed in christ and the bible |
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| promoted education and a standard national language |
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| founded the African Methodist episcopal church |
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| in 1794 published a popular moralizing novel entitled Charlotte Temple |
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| duplicated the british spinning wheel and helped bring the industrial revolution to Amercia |
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| use of machines to make products |
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| economic setup in which companies compete for profits |
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| change in way people made, bought and sold goods |
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| paper money issued by banks |
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| wealth used to produce goods and make money |
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| a region of land like north or south |
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| a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner that failed |
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| having to do with farming land |
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| a declaration that states cannot regulate commerce on interstate waterways |
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| Dartmouth College Vs. Woodward |
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| a statement that states cannot interfere in business contracts |
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| a warning to European Governments to stay out of the Americas |
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| a ruling that congress has the authority to charter a national bank |
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| journey of the Cherokees west from Georgia |
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| patronage as practiced by Andrew Jackson |
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| action threatened by south carolina in 1832 |
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| import tax that benefited the Northerners at the expense of the Southerners |
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| law providing native american land in the Louisiana Purchase in return for the lands taken from them in the east |
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| conflict between the british and french from 1754-1763 |
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| plan of union of the colonies |
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| highest official in a parliamentary government |
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| group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers |
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| to surround an enemy in order to force its surrender |
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| agreement ending the French and Indian War |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| second gathering of representatives from the colonies |
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| document asking King George III for a peaceful settlement to the conflict between the colonies and Britain |
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| eighteenth-entury movement that emphasized science and reason as the way to improving society |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| document stating the reasons for the colonies break with britain |
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| rights that all people are born with |
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| Native American protest of British rule in the Great lakes region |
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| closure of trans-appalachian region to settlers |
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| refusal to buy certain goods |
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| Battle of Lexington and Concord |
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| fighting that marked the beginning of the revolutionary War |
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| incident in which five colonists were shot by British Soldiers in 1770 |
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| Transcendentalist who wrote about his two years of solitary life at Walden Pond |
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| Boston teacher who promoted legislation to improve conditions in prisons and poorhouses |
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| Scottish Social Reformer who founded the utopian community of New Harmony, Indiana |
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| African American writer whose 1829 essay Appeal promoted the anti-slavery movement |
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| Radical Abolitionist who published the Liberator |
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| African American Abolitionist and publisher of the North Star |
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| former slave and speaker at antislavery at womens rights meetings |
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| former slave who became the leader of the underground railroad |
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| teacher whose work on A treatise on Domestic Economy inspired women to build a strong American Society |
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| Quaker Minister who heled organize the Seneca Falls Convention |
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