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The Early Republic
Norwin Grade 5 chapter 10
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Social Studies
5th Grade
05/16/2013

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Daniel Boone
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hunter and pioneer who cleared the Cumberland Gap and built the Wilderness Road
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pioneer
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one of the first of a group of people to enter or settle a region
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frontier
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edge of a country or settlement
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Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
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valleys where people settled
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flatboat
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large rectangular boat partly covered by a roof
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canal
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waterway built for boat travel and shipping
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Chief Logan
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Mingo who was once friendly with settlers but after settlers killed his family he led many attacks on them
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flatboats and wagons
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the way settlers moved west
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men's job on frontier
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hunting
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women's job on frontier
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take care of children and farms
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Thomas Jefferson
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third President of the USA
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John Adams
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second President of USA
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manufacturer
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someone who uses machines to make goods
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ways Jefferson made national government smaller
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lowering taxes and decreasing the size of the army
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Louisiana Purchase
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bought from the French and doubled the size of the USA
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Lewis and Clark
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sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase
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corps
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team of people who work together
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interpreter
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someone who helps speakers of different languages
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Sacagawea
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Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark
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corses
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needed to cross the western mountains
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Zebukon Pike
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traveled the Mississippi River looking for its source
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source
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where a river begins
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French and Indian War
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where France gained Louisiana
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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agreed that US farmers could trade through New Orleans
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three things Jefferson asked Lewis and Clark to do
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gather land, plant, and animal information; study cultures; explore Missouri and Columbia Rivers
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Jefferson's reason to send explorers
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find a route to the Pacific Ocean
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food and medicine
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what plants can be used for
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mountain name for Zebukon
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Pike's Peak
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impressment
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making US soldiers fight for the British
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War Hawks
Definition
group who wanted to go to war against Britain
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Tecumseh
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Shawnee Chief who wanted to keep the settlers away
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June 18, 1812
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Congress declared war with Britain
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Indians, Britain, and USA
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who was battling in War of 1812
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Battle of Lake Champlain
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forced Britain to return to Canada instead of invading New York
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Dolley Madison
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saved a painting of George Washington
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Francis Scott Key
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wrote the Star Spangled Banner
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Treaty of Ghent
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ended the war and returned everything to the way it was before the war started
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prosperity
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economic success and security
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nationalism
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devotion to your country
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foreign policy
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government actions toward another country
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Monroe Doctrine
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warned other countries that the USA might act to protect the Western hemisphere
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Noah Webster
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published the first dictionary
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stripes on the flag
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represent the 13 colonies
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stars on the flag
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represent the states
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first president who came from the west
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Andrew Jackson
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suffrage
Definition
right to vote
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campaign
Definition
series of actions taken toward a goal
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ruling
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official decision
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Sequoya
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invented a writing system for the Cherokee
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