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3rd 9 weeks Exam RVW
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | Third president of the US |
| Zebulon Pike | Explorer who went to present day Colorado and helped map the Louisiana Territory's western boarder |
| Northwest Passage | water route across North America |
| Osceola | Native American leader that led a resisting group in Florida |
| spoils system | Rewarding friends and supporters with government jobs |
| relocate | To move to another place |
| Seminole | The name of the Native American tribe in Florida that resisted forced removal to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. |
| mudslinging | A tactic in political campaigns where candidates engage in gossip and lies |
| Indian Removal Act | Act of Congress, pushed by Jackson, that allowed the federal government to pay the Native Americans to move to Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma |
| Trail of Tears | Brutal forced removal of the Cherokee tribe from Georgia to Indian Territory in modern day Oklahoma |
| The Forty-Niners | Fortune seekers who came to California during the Gold Rush seeking riches |
| Mountain Men | Adventurers and explorers in the west that lived in the wilderness, usually involved in the fur trade and opening up trails for settlers moving west |
| Polygamy | The idea that a man could have multiple wives |
| Manifest Destiny | Phrase made popular by John O’Sullivan, meaning it was America’s obvious fate to spread across North America |
| Second Great Awakening | a period from 1790-1830 when Americans would travel great distances to hear preachers and ideas about Christianity |
| Horace Mann | Education reformer; believed that education was a key to wealth and economic opportunity for all |
| Utopia | a community based on a vision of a perfect society |
| civil disobedience | to disobey unjust laws |
| Dorothea DIx | prison/asylum reformer |
| abolitionist | a person who favored the end of slavery |
| American Colonization Society | wanted to send free slaves to Liberia |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | famous abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Underground Railroad | series of passages to help slaves escape from the south to Canada |
| Seneca Falls Convention | First women's rights convention |
| Declaration of Sentiments | AKA Seneca Falls Declaration, advocated for women's rights; modeled after the Declaration of Independence |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | achieved fame as a female doctor |
| Embargo | prohibiting trade with another country |
| Impressment | capturing US sailors and forcing them to work for Great Britain |
| James Madison | President during War of 1812 |
| Eli Whitney | pioneered the use of interchangeable parts; invented the cotton gin |
| Daniel Boone | helped widen Native American trails, making it easier for Americans to travel west |
| Sectionalism | differences in different parts of the country |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Supreme Court ruled that only Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce |
| Adams Onis- Treaty | The treaty that resulted in Spain giving Florida to the US |
| Monroe Doctrine | warning by President Monroe to European powers to stay out of the Americas |
| Spoils System | the practice of replacing current government employees with supporters and friends of the winning candidate |
| Indian Territory | present day Oklahoma |
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Mrs.Vermette
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