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| What Was The Industrial Revolution? |
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| Change in social and economic organization which resulted in hand tools with machines. |
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| American inventor who invented the cotton gin. |
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| Significance Of The Erie Canal? |
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| It connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. It made the shipment of goods faster and cheaper, it shortened the distance of travel. |
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| What Was The Missouri Compromise? |
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| Agreements made by congress to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. |
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| What Was The Trail Of Tears? |
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| A march in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Gerogie to the Indian Territory, thousands of Cherokees died on the way. |
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| Machine invented by Eli Whitney that cleaned the seeds from cotton fibers. |
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| What Was Andrew Jackson's War On National Bank? |
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| Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the bank. |
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| What Was The Tariff Of Abominations? |
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| Tariff increase that made Southerners believe it was enriching Northerners at their expense. |
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| Rule limiting or preventing debate on an issue. |
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| American slave whos started the largest slave rebellion in Virgina. |
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| Belonging to the period before the Civil War. |
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| African American activist that demanded an end to slavery. |
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| Who Was Frederick Douglass? |
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| Abolitionist who escaped slavery. |
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| Who Was William Lloyd Garrison? |
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| Abolitionist that published an anti-slavery journal. |
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| Who Was Elizabeth Cady Stanton? |
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| She fought for women's sufferage. She believed that all of humanity should be treated equally. |
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| Abolitionist who ran the American Antislavery Society and Seneca Falls women's rights convention. |
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| Abolitionist and women's right's activist, |
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| Who Was Sourjouner Truth? |
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| Former slave, Abolitionist and women's rights activist. |
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| Who Was Catharine Beecher? |
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| American educator who encouraged women to pursue a career in teaching. |
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| American women's rights and temperance advocate. She presented her views in her own monthly paper, The Lily. |
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| What Was The Temperance Movement? |
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| Organized effort to end the drinking of alcholic beverages. |
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| What was Seneca Falls Convention? |
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| Women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. |
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| What Was The Second Great Awakening? |
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| religious movement in which individuals had the responsibility of seeking salvation. |
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| American social reformer and pioneer in the movement for humane treatment of the insane. |
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| What Was "The North Star" |
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| Frederick Douglass wrote "The North Star" which was an antislavery newspaper. the north star was the star that fugitive slaves on the underground railroad used to guide themselves to freedom. |
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| Who Invented The Steam Boat? |
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| John Fitch Was Granted a U.S Patent for the Steamboat |
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| American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded deere and company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world. Invented the first steel plow. |
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| He invented the mechanical reaper, which combined all the steps that earlier harvesting machines had. |
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| Who Was Charles Goodyear? |
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| He discovered vulcanization, which strengthened rubber for a variety of industrial uses, including automobile tires. |
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was an American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code, and an accomplished painter. |
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| American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the western United States. |
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| American statesman, politician, and soldier. He is best known for his leading role in bringing Texas into the United States. |
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| Texas statesman who was commander-in-chief of the revolutionary forces against Mexico. |
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| Who Was Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna? |
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| Mexican soldier and politician. |
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| He was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. |
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| What Was The Latter Day Saint Movement? |
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| Comes from Mormonism. Follows Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. |
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| to incorporate a territory into an existing political unit, such as a state or nation. |
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A mission and fort in San Antonio, Texas, where Mexican foces massacred rebllious Texans. |
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| What was the Texas Revolution? |
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| Rebellion in which texas gained its independence from Mexico. |
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| What Was The Republic of Texas? |
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| Establishment when Americn settlers in Tejas declared and fought for their independence. |
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| What Was the Battle of San Jancito? |
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the last battle of the war for Texas' independence from Mexico. |
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| Who Was The U.S President during The Mexican War? |
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| What Was The Bear Flag Republic? |
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| A revolt against Mexico proclaimed by California |
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| One of the people who migrated to California in search of riches after gold was discovered. |
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