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62 Cards in this Set
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overland trails |
trails across land |
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reaper
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a machine for cutting standing grain
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cultivate
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to prepare and work on land in order to raise crops
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abolitionist
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a person who supports getting rid of slavery
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productivity
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the speed in which goods or services are made available
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industrialization
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rapid growth in the use of machines for manufacturing and production
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migration
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the movement of people from one place or country to another
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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equal rights
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treating every person the same
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inhumane
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lacking kindness or compassion
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violate
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the act of breaking through without permission or passing by force
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availability
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present and ready for use
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morally
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concerned with the judgment of whether something is good or bad
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independent republic
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a free state in which the power rests with the citizens
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territorial expansion
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trying to increase the size or the boundaries of a nation
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entrepreneur
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a person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit
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inventor
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a person who is the first to think of or make something
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deprived
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not having the necessities of life
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manifest destiny
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the idea that expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the county
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democracy
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a type of government where people rule
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advocate
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a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of something or someone
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emancipation
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freeing someone or something
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What territory was explored by Lewis and Clark from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean?
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Louisiana Purchase
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Florida was given to the United States through a treaty with what country?
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Spain
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What was given to the United States through a treaty with Spain?
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Florida
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What territory was purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson?
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Louisiana Purchase
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What was admitted to the Union after it became an independent republic?
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Texas
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What territory was divided between the United States and Great Britain?
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Oregon
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What territorial expansion doubled the size of the United States?
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Louisiana Purchase
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A war with Mexico resulted in what territory becoming part of the United States?
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California and the southwest
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During what time period did the United States acquire many territories?
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1801 – 1861
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The Oregon territory was divided between the United States and what country?
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Great Britain
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Who did Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory from?
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France
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The United States gained possession of California and the southwest territory through a war with what country?
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Mexico
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What provided faster land transportation?
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steam locomotive
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Who improved the steamboat?
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Robert Fulton
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What invention before the Civil War increased the desire for slavery?
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cotton gin
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What product before the Civil War increased the productivity of the American farmer?
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reaper
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Who invented the cotton gin?
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Eli Whitney
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What provided faster river transportation and connected southern plantations to northern industries and western territories?
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steamboat
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Who brought the reaper to market?
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Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson
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What provided faster land transportation before the Civil War?
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steam locomotive
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What invention increased the desire for slave labor to cultivate and pick crops?
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cotton gin
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What abolitionist wrote The Liberator and worked for the immediate emancipation of all slaves?
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William Lloyd Garrison
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What were people who were anti-slavery known as?
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abolitionists
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What abolitionist led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
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Harriet Tubman
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What were two things that abolitionists believed?
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immediate freeing of slaves AND that slavery is morally wrong, cruel, and violated the principles of democracy
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What abolitionist wrote the North Star newspaper?
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Frederick Douglass
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Supporters of what movement believed that women were deprived of basic rights?
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Suffrage Movement
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Name three leaders of the Suffrage Movement.
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Isabelle Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony
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Name three leaders of the Abolitionist Movement.
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Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and William Lloyd Garrison
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Who was a former enslaved African American who was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice?
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Isabelle Sojourner Truth
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Who was an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all?
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Susan B. Anthony
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Who played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement?
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Supporters of what movement stated that “All men and women are created equal”?
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Suffrage Movement
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One factor that influenced westward movement was population growth where?
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in the eastern states
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One factor that influenced westward movement was the availability of cheap and fertile what?
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land
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List four economic opportunities that influenced westward movement.
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logging, freedom for runaway slaves, farming, California Gold Rush
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What canal influenced westward movement by providing cheaper and faster transportation?
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Erie Canal
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People who supported the idea of Thomas Jefferson buying the Louisiana Purchase and expanding our nation believed in what idea?
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manifest destiny
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Knowledge of what two overland trails influenced westward movement?
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Oregon and Sante Fe
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What provided faster and cheaper water transportation?
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rivers, Erie Canal, and the steamboat |
