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Andrew Jackson ✔✔He made the American Revolution ideals come alive in the sense that he favored the "common man." He allowed "common" people to work in government, and believed that sovereignty ... belonged with the people Martin Van Burnen ✔✔Martin Van Buren forced the move of many Native Americans from their homes during the "Trail of Tears." Abraham Lincoln ✔✔Abraham Lincoln was the President during the Civil War. He was the one who freed the slaves and gave them rights. Unfortunately, those rights were ignored until 40 or 50 years ago James k.Polk ✔✔u.s and mexican war James Madison ✔✔He was the Father of Our Constitution After the successful conclusion of the American Revolution, Madison devoted his efforts to strengthening the weak national government set up under the Articles of ConfederationThomas Jefferson ✔✔He almost single-handedly wrote the Declaration of Independence and was a significant figure among the Founding Fathers...Louisiana purchase John Adams ✔✔First President defeated for re-election, and his policies such as supporting the Alien and Sedition Acts were so unpopular that he single-handedly destroyed a political party (Federalists). Robert E. Lee ✔✔A former union general that joined the South after Virginia seceded. He was in charge of the Confederate Army, and led it to many victories. Ulysses S Grant ✔✔An American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War. Jefferson Davis ✔✔An American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. The Cotton Kingdom ✔✔South produced 75% of the worlds cotton and 50% of Americas . This is bringing n a lot of money for the south.Cotton exports ✔✔over half the value of US exports from 1820-6 Advantages of the Union during the Civil War ✔✔Railroads,Troops,Guns Disadva-invading Compromise of 1850 ✔✔Made California a union state Populor soviereity in the west Kansas/Nebraska Act ✔✔let inhabtites choose Women's responsibilities during the Civil War ✔✔They had to work Draft Riots ✔✔New york 13th Amendment ✔✔free slaveryThe Fugitive Slave Act ✔✔take free slave and turn them into slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation ✔✔Abraham Lincoln Jan 1 1863 Free slaves in south , but would not help south monitarly The Republican Party ✔✔Abraham was the 1st persident in the party. Made up of the other parties Confederate States ✔✔Texas,Louisiana,South Carolina,North Carolina,Alabama,Tennessee,Arkansas,Virginia,Georgia,Mississippi Battle of Gettysburg ✔✔Most people died, Turning Point of the war, Happen in 1863 in Penn important becasue it was one o the few times we deicede to invade the north Battle of Antietam ✔✔Bloodiest battle , in penn and we lose. Fort Summer ✔✔The first shots of the civil war were fired at fort, Summer in South CarolinaBattle of Vicksburg ✔✔July 4 1863, gateway to mississippi river Grant won it. Appomattox ✔✔Signed treated that ended the war Documentary of technology ✔✔Rifle,Mini ball, Iron class, Change to a moderen warfair. The south can buy supplies but they still cannot be as advanced as the north. They do not have to money and tech. To keep up Strategy of the Union ✔✔Trying to invade the South ;after the emancipation proclamation the north tries to free the slaves. Harriet Tubman ✔✔Underground Railroad Fredrick Douglass ✔✔Famous former slave. face of slavery Harriet Beecher Stowe ✔✔Wrote uncle Toms CabimAbolitionist Movement ✔✔1816 , 1830s trying get rid of slavery William Lloyd Garrison ✔✔Wrote the new paper that was sent to the south got everyone in rage.Called liberatior Theodore Weld ✔✔Evangelical American abolitionist, traveled and lectured to people Texas Revolution ✔✔War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas President Polk's goals of office ✔✔Reduce tax in calofornia and orgeon Gaines of American during Mexican American War ✔✔gained land Mexico's agreement for settlers in Texas ✔✔catholic, Become citizen of Mexico and build up the landMexico's actions leading up to the Texas Revolution, 1830-1835 ✔✔Close borders, imprisoned Steven F Austin General de Santa Anna ✔✔General of Mexican army Samuel Houston ✔✔General of Texas Army William B. Travis ✔✔Commander of the alamo Stephen F. Austin ✔✔"Father of Texas" Battle of The Alamo ✔✔Texans were greatly outnumbered and many were killed by the Mexicans. However, Texans were then inspired to seek revenge. Battle of San Jacinto ✔✔Capture Santa Anna. Lasted 18 min. Guadalupe River confrontation ✔✔Buried the cannonCalifornia Gold Rush ✔✔1849 (San Francisco 49ers) Gold discovered in California attracted a rush of people all over the country to San Francisco. 49'ers (not the football team) ✔✔... Oregon Trail ✔✔2000 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley: began by Protestant missionaries prairie Schooner ✔✔Wagon Chinese Immigrants ✔✔poured into the Western US during the gold rush Wilmot Proviso ✔✔popular sovereignty Elizabeth Cady Stanton ✔✔Lead the women rights moment and organized the convection at Seneca fallsManifest destiny ✔✔1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent. temperance Movement ✔✔A campaign to stop the drinking of alcohol. Second Great Awakening ✔✔A second religious fervor that swept the nation. The Cult of Domesticity ✔✔glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers Industrial Revolution ✔✔A conjunction of major improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods and delivering them to market. immigration -Irish -German ✔✔Irish-Put in war, potato faron , low paying jobs German-Skilled workers Paternalism ✔✔A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rightsdemocratic Party ✔✔A political party that arose in the 1820s from a split in the DemocraticRepublican party. Andrew Jackson was the first president elected from it. Nativism ✔✔A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones Market Revolution ✔✔Roads Canals Railroads factories Eli Whitney-Cotton grin Robert Fulton-Stem Boat Dred Scott vs.Sandford 1857 ✔✔1857 Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens; that living in a free state or territory, even for many years, did not free slaves; and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional Trail of tears ✔✔The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands.Indian Removal Act ✔✔(1830) Signed by President Andrew Jackson, the law permitted the negotiation of treaties to obtain the Indians' lands in exchange for their relocation to what would become Oklahoma. The nullification Crisis ✔✔south Carolina nullifies a tariff and Jackson threatens military intervention to in-force the tariff The American System ✔✔A plan introduced by Henry Clay that supported tariffs, internal improvements, and a National Bank. (Madison) Missouri Compromise ✔✔an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories Louisiana purchase ✔✔1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US. War Hawks ✔✔A member of Congress who wanted war with Britain before the War of 1812The war of 1812 ✔✔A war between the United States and Britain the resulted because of capturing naval vessels and Native Americans problems blamed on Britain [Show More]

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