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American History Midterm
Mr.Witte
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History
11th Grade
01/14/2013

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David Wilmot
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Member of Congress proposed an amendment to outlaw slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico
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Stephen Austin
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Leader of the first group of American settlers came to Texas in 1822
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Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna
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The Dictator ship of General encouraged many American settlers to fight for an independent Texas.
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Sam Houston
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Led Texas rebels at San Jacinto and became the first president of the republic of Texas.
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William Travis
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Colonel was a leader of the Texans who fought at the Battle of the Alamo.
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Narcissa Prentiss Whitman
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was a Presbyterian missionary who worked among the Native Americans in the Oregon Country
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Kamiakin
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In 1855 Yakima chief led Native American resistance against being forced onto reservations in oregon and washington
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John C. Fremont (Bear Claw)
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Captain led an American expedition into California s the Mexican war began
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Brigham Young
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In the 1840' s Mormon leader led followers westward to settle in present day Utah
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Articles of Confederation
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Under which the united States government consisted of the legislature which both passed and enforced the laws.
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Legislative Branch
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The part of government that makes laws
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judicial Branch
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The part of government made up of judges and courts that interpret the law
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constitution
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A plan for how a government should operate
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Virginia Plan
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favored by the large states called for a legislature with representation in proportion to a state's population
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Three-Fifth Compromise
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portion of enslaved people were to be counted as part of a states population
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system of checks and balances
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The power of the president ot veto acts of Congress is an example of
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Electoral College
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The candidate who receives the majority of the voes because president
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Bill of Rights
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Guarantees that the individual freedoms of american citizens will be protected
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Cabinet
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The president appoints the heads of major departments of the executive branch
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Excise
Definition
tax on domestically produced goods
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precedent
Definition
event that establishes an unwritten custom
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political party
Definition
group influencing a nations political process
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tariff
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a tax on foreign imports
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XYZ affair
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controversy in 1798 over french demands from americans
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Gabriel Proser
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Blacksmith who planned large slave rebellion
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bureaucracy
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departments and workers that make up the federal government
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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expedition to explore the land included in the Louisiana Purchase
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Agenda
Definition
list of things to accomplish
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Embargo
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restriction on trade
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Louisiana Purchase
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Purchase from France in 1803 of New Orleans and a huge area west of the Mississippi River
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Treaty of Greenville
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agreement Native Americans were forced to accept after the battle of Fallen Timbers
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reservation
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area set aside for Native Americans who lost their homelands
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assimilation
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process by which people of one culture become part of another culture
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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military encounter between Governor Harrison and Tenskwatawa
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Impressment
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forcing people into military service
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Treaty of Ghent
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treaty ending the war of 1812
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Battle of New Orleans
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event that took place after the War of 1812 had officially ended
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depression
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severe economic downturn
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Missouri Compromise
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established 36 degree 30 degree N latitude as dividing line between free and slave states
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Infant Mortality rate
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rate at which babies less than one year die
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median age
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the age at which half of the population is younger and half older
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Wilderness Road
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route through the Appalachian Mountains
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cede
Definition
give up
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Pinckney treaty
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agreement between the United states and spain regarding boundaries and responsibilities for preserving peace
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trans-Appalachia
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area west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Republican virtues
Definition
qualities needed by people living in a republic
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Industrial Revolution
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period of change from machines using human or animal power to machines using other sources of power
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emigrate
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to move out of a nation
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interchangeable parts
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parts made to the same exact standard
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Cumberland Road
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road west built by the federal government
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turnpike
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highways on wich a toll is charged
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Mobile society
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society in which people move frequently
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denomination
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religious subgroup
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revival
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religious gathering often held outdoors
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congregation
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people in a church
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spiritual
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folk hymn
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evangelical
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revival movement that preached salvation for those who believed in christ and the bible
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Noah Webster
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promoted education and a standard national language
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Eli Whitney
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Invented the Cotton Gin
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Richard Allen
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founded the African Methodist episcopal church
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Susanna Haswell Rowson
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in 1794 published a popular moralizing novel entitled Charlotte Temple
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Samuel Slater
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duplicated the british spinning wheel and helped bring the industrial revolution to Amercia
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manufacturing
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use of machines to make products
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free enterprise system
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economic setup in which companies compete for profits
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Market Revolution
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change in way people made, bought and sold goods
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bank note
Definition
paper money issued by banks
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capital
Definition
wealth used to produce goods and make money
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section
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a region of land like north or south
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Urban
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relating to cities
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Turners Rebellion
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a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner that failed
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rural
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having to do with farming land
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Gibbons Vs. Ogdon
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a declaration that states cannot regulate commerce on interstate waterways
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Dartmouth College Vs. Woodward
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a statement that states cannot interfere in business contracts
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Monroe Doctrine
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a warning to European Governments to stay out of the Americas
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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a ruling that congress has the authority to charter a national bank
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Trail of Tears
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journey of the Cherokees west from Georgia
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spoils system
Definition
patronage as practiced by Andrew Jackson
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secede
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action threatened by south carolina in 1832
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Tariff of 1828
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import tax that benefited the Northerners at the expense of the Southerners
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Indian Removal Act
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law providing native american land in the Louisiana Purchase in return for the lands taken from them in the east
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French and Indian War
Definition
conflict between the british and french from 1754-1763
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Albany Plan of Union
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plan of union of the colonies
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prime minister
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highest official in a parliamentary government
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militia
Definition
group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers
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siege
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to surround an enemy in order to force its surrender
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Treaty of Paris
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agreement ending the French and Indian War
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Common Sense
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written by Thomas Paine
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Second Continental Congress
Definition
second gathering of representatives from the colonies
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Olive Branch Petition
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document asking King George III for a peaceful settlement to the conflict between the colonies and Britain
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Enlightenment
Definition
eighteenth-entury movement that emphasized science and reason as the way to improving society
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Declaration of Independence
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document stating the reasons for the colonies break with britain
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natural rights
Definition
rights that all people are born with
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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Native American protest of British rule in the Great lakes region
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Proclamation of 1763
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closure of trans-appalachian region to settlers
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Boycott
Definition
refusal to buy certain goods
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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fighting that marked the beginning of the revolutionary War
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Boston Massacre
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incident in which five colonists were shot by British Soldiers in 1770
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Transcendentalist who wrote about his two years of solitary life at Walden Pond
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Dorothea Dix
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Boston teacher who promoted legislation to improve conditions in prisons and poorhouses
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Robert Owen
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Scottish Social Reformer who founded the utopian community of New Harmony, Indiana
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David Walker
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African American writer whose 1829 essay Appeal promoted the anti-slavery movement
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Radical Abolitionist who published the Liberator
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Fredrick Douglass
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African American Abolitionist and publisher of the North Star
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Sojourner Truth
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former slave and speaker at antislavery at womens rights meetings
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Harriet Tubamn
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former slave who became the leader of the underground railroad
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Catherine Beecher
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teacher whose work on A treatise on Domestic Economy inspired women to build a strong American Society
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Lucretia Mott
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Quaker Minister who heled organize the Seneca Falls Convention
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