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Final Exam

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laissez-faire   "let alone" - government should not interfere in peoples' lives  
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Secede   means to with draw from the Union  
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sedition   stirring up a rebellion against a government  
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embargo   is a ban on trade with another country  
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nullify   to cancel a law  
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suffrage   is the right to vote  
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tariff   is a tax, usually referring to imported goods  
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neutral   not taking sides  
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democracy   ensuring that all people have the same rights  
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manifest destiny   belief that the U.S. was made to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean  
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In the 1830's factories no longer had to rely on rivers to power their machines. What did factories begin to use to power their equipment?   steam power  
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What did trade unions want to accomplish?   better working conditions, pay, hours  
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By the 1800s, the North and the South   were dependent on each other's products  
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Samuel Morse invented   the telegraph  
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Eli Whitney invented   the cotton gin  
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Elias Howe invented   the sewing machine  
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Cyrus McCormick invented   the mechanical reaper  
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Robert Fulton invented   the steamboat  
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Alessandro Volta invented   the battery  
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Peter Cooper invented   Steam-powered locomotive  
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Alfred Vail invented   morse code  
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John Deere invented   the steel plow  
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What industry was first changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution   textile (cloth)  
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Lewis and Clark were directed to do which of the following   study climate, wildlife, Native Americans, and a route to the Pacific Ocean  
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This gave the U.S/ control of a vast amount of land west of the Mississippi River   The Louisiana Purchase  
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In farewell address, Washington urged the to do what   stay neutral in foreign affairs  
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Western farmers opposed the tax on liquor by staging the what   Whiskey Rebellion  
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He was responsible for destroying the Second Bank of the United States   Andrew Jackson  
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He was the President at the time of the Louisiana Purchase   Thomas Jefferson  
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His economic plans for the government included a national bank   Alexander Hamilton  
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He was the President during the War of 1812   James Madison  
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Mormons began settling this land in 1846   Utah  
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"Remember the Alamo" became the battle cry that called for Americans to fight for this territory   Texas  
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President James K. Polk's presidential campaign slogan of "Fifty Four-forty or fight" referred to the line of latitude for this northern territory   Oregon  
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The U.S. gained this territory as a result of the Mexican-American War   California  
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for   women's rights  
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Frederick Douglass was a leading   abolitionist  
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Horace Mann fought for the right for every child to have an   education  
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Dorothea Dix fought for the rights of the   mentally ill  
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