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Chapter 12 and 13 Vocabulary
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History
8th Grade
04/01/2009

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individualism
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idea that a person should be free from government interference
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legislature
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the law making branch of state government
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academies
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schools that depended on local interest and financing
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economy
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the way people produce goods and services
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stockades
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an enclosure or pen in which prisoners are kept
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trail of tears
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when 4,000 people died from cold, hunger, disease.
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Archibald DeBow Murphey
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the leader of a small group of reformers
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literary fund
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a fund that the legislature said would be used to establish a public school system
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internal improvements
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when the state would pay to improve harbors
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constitutuional reform
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changing the constitution
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Whig Party
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formed in the united states
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David L. Swain
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a popular, lawyer, legislature and judge
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Nathaniel Macon
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an eastern Democrat and long time legislator
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William Gaston
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a lawyer, legislature, and judge
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Edward Bishop Dudley
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a whigh from wilmington
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Wilmington and Weldon railroad
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a 16 and a half mile long rail road
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Raleigh and Gaston railroad
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a railroad that led from raleigh to gaston
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NC gold rush
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the first gold rush in american history
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Dorothea Dix
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a nationally known social reformer
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William A Graham
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from the center of the united states
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progressive
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making improvements
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Charles Manly
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an unimpressive 54 year old whig governor
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William H Holden
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an affective new democrat
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david s reid
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in 1848 ran for governor in the democrat
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manhood suffrage
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the right of white males to vote even if they did not own property
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Calvin H. Wiley
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appointed the first superindendent
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reforms
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made NC one of the most progressive in the union
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