Chapter 8 Of America, Land I Love: From The Appalachians To The Rockies 1770-1828

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Daniel Boone

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a young pioneer who was taught by the Indians how to survive in the wilderness, blazed a trail to Kentucky, and founded Boonesborough

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John Finley

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a mountain man who captivated Daniel Boone with stories of a land beyond the mountains, Kentucky

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dark and bloody ground

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what the Cherokee, Shawnee, and Iroquois called Kentucky

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Warrior's Path

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the Indian path which led through the mountains to Kentucky

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Cumberland Gap

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the gap through which pioneers got from the east to Kentucky

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Big Bone Lick

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an entire valley which was littered with giant bones

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salt

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the main preservative

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Wilderness Road

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a trail almost 300 miles long through the Cumberland Gap

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Boonesborough

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the fort built by Daniel Boone in Kentucky

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Scots-Irish

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Scotish people who had settled down in Ireland before moving to America

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Kentucky

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the first frontier or "western" state

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Tennessee

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the seccond frontier state

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Northwest Territory

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today the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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ordered accurate serveys of the land to divide it into townships and sections

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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stated that when a territory reached a population of 60,000 persons it could become a state

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General Anthony Wayne

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defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

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Battle of Fallen Timbers

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the battle which took place near the present-day city of Toledo, Ohio were the Indians were defeated by General Anthony Wayne

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Treaty of Greenville

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the treaty which established a boundary line between Indian lands and the areas open to new settlement

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Ohio

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the first state of the Northwest Territory

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flatboat

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large rafts with flat bottoms

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Thomas Jefferson

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the issue of American rights and settlemnt in the West wolud be the most important issue durring his presidency

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Napolion Bonaparte

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forced the Spanish to close the Mississippi River to American trade and then sold Louisiana to the US at a really good price

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Robert Livingston

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was sent to Paris by Jefferson to buy New Orleans from France

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Meriwether Lewis

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the secretary of Jefferson who was sent to explore the Lousiana Purchase

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William Clark

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accompanied Lewis on his expedition

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York

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a black man who accompanied William Clark

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Mary 14, 1804

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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Missouri

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Tenton Sioux

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an Indian tribe who were excellent horsemen and lived in tepees in central South Dakota

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Mandans

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neighbors of the Tenton Sioux; Sacagawea lived in one of these villages

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Sacagawea

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"Bird Woman"; a Shoshoni who went with Lewis and Clark to help them speak with the Indians

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Montana

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Big Sky Country

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November 7, 1805

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Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean

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September 23, 1806

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Lewis and Clark return from their famous expedition

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Chinook Indians

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helped the explorers to find food in exchange for presents

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Zebulon Pike

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the explorer who explored the southern half of Louisiana in 1806; discovered Pike's Peak

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Pike's Peak

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the mountain in the Colorado Rockies found by Zebulon Pike

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Santa Fe

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where Zebulon Pike and his men got captured by the Spanish

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haciendas

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Spanish ranches

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Alexander Hamilton

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one of our Founding Fathers and the first secretary of the treasury; died in a duel with Aaron Burr

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Aaron Burr

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killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel

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Barbary Pirates

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pirates who controlled the northern shore of Africa

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Embargo Act

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the act of limiting or stopping trade with other nations

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War Hawks

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a group of Congressmen from the southern and westerns states who began to call for war with Great Britain

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Henry Clay

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the leader of the War Hawks

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James Madison

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the fourth President

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Dolly Madison

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served as the First Lady for President Jackson and James Madison

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Tecumseh

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an Indian chief known as "the Prohpet" who organized the Indian tribes for war against Amercan settlers

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New Madrid Quake

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the most violent earthquake in American history

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William Henry Harrison

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defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe

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War of 1812

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the war that began in June 1812

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"Old Ironsides"

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a nickname for the ship Constitution

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Oliver Hazard Perry

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defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie

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Battle of Thames River

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Tecumseh was killed in this battle

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Battle of Tippecanoe

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William Henry Harrison defeats the Indians under Tecumseh

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Battle of Lake Erie

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Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British fleet

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Andrew Jackson

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met and defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend

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Battle of Horseshoe Bend

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Andrew Jackson met and defeated the Creek Indians

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1814

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Washington, D.C. and the Presidental mansion burned by the British

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York, Ontario

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when this city was burned by the Americans it was rebuilt and renamed Toronto

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Fort McHenry

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the main fort at Baltimore which inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"

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Francis Scott Key

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wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"

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"The Star-Spangled Banner"

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our national anthem

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Battle of New Orleans

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Andrew Jackson defeated the British at the last great battle of the War of 1812

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Treaty of Ghent

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the treaty which ended the War of 1812

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Fort Mims

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the fort attacked by the Creek Indians under Tecumseh

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Hartford Convention

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the convention which gave rise to the issue of state's rights by declaring the right of a state to nullify an act of Congress

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nullify

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repeal

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Industrial Revolution

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began after the War of 1812

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James Monroe

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the fifth President

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Virginia Dynasty

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a dynasty which included Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and George Washington

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natonalism

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national pride

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"Era of Good Feelings"

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what Monroe's second term was sometimes refered to as

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1819

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Spain cedes Flordia to the United States

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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the aggrement between the United States and Spain in which Spain gave up all of its claims in the Pacific North West

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St. Louis

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a small frontier village located on the Mississippi river which grew into a big city

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Missouri

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the first state to be located entirely west of the Mississippi River

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tariffs

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taxes

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duty

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a fee which Southerners had to pay on manufactured goods

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Henry Clay

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the man who did the most to bring the North and the South together by helping them reach a compromise

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Missouri Compromise

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admitted Maine to the Union as a free state and providid for the admission of Missouri as a slave state

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Monroe Doctrine

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prohibited any future colonization in the New World by European powers

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favorite sons

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the most popular candidates from their parcitular region of the country

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sectionalism

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the idea in which people voted for the candidate who do the most for their section

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John Quincy Adams

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the sixth President

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National Republicans

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those who supported a program of nationalism and wanted a strong central government

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Democrats

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those who took up the cause of states' rights and sectionalism

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Jubilee

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50th anniversary of America's independence

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Andrew Jackson

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the "man from Tennessee"

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1803

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Louisiana Purchace

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1812-1814

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the War of 1812

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1814

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Treaty of Ghent

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1820

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Missouri Compromise