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U.S. History
Meridian School District 2 EOC Study
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10th Grade
05/30/2013

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The Whiskey Rebellion showed that the national government had…
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Power and authority to enforce taxes
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The 1st Secretary of the Treasury
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Alexander Hamilton
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Party that followed Jefferson and favored popular sovereignty and limited government
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Democratic-Republican Party
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Party that followed Hamilton and wanted a strong national government to strengthen the nation’s credit and economy (a national bank)
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Federalist Party
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In his Farewell Address, Washington stated that the U.S. should …
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Remain neutral in foreign affairs and not get involved, avoid political parties
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Under President John Adams these increased citizenship requirements and made it illegal to slander the government
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Supreme Court’s case of Marbury v. Madison established
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Judicial review (determine the constitutionality of a law)
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Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase and look for…
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The Northwest Passage (water route to the Pacific)
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The issue between Great Britain and the U.S. that led to the War of 1812
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Impressment (seizing American sailors and forcing them into the British navy)
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Main result of the War of 1812
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Increased patriotism (nationalism)
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Saved important historical objects from the White House before it was burned by the British
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Dolley Madison
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While watching the Battle of Fort McHenry, he wrote the Star-Spangled Banner
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Francis Scott Key
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The last battle of the War of 1812 that took place after the Treaty of Ghent
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Battle of New Orleans
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The hero of the Battle of New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson
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The idea of spreading majority rule and political power to all people
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Jacksonian Democracy
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This act forced Indians to relocate because white settlers wanted their land
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Indian Removal Act
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The Cherokee removal and forced march
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Trail of Tears
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Andrew Jackson favored the practice of giving government jobs to political backers known as…
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The Spoils System
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Factory work replaced farming
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Industrial Revolution
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Most goods produced before the Industrial Revolution were…
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Made at home or small shops
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Because of ports and water sources, most factories were built in the…
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northeast
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He started the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast
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Samuel Slater
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Maintained the balance of power between the free states and slave states
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
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Launched the women’s rights movement
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Leader of the women’s rights movement
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Published the 1st dictionary in America
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Noah Webster
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The Monroe Doctrine stated that the U.S. would not allow what?
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Allow European nations to interfere in the Americas
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Conflict between the settlers and Native Americans was caused by…
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Settlers taking the land
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Goal of spreading our borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Manifest Destiny
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Transportation improvements like the railroad help create
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Made movement of people and products cheaper and easier
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Constructed the Transcontinental Railroad
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Chinese and Irish
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Invented the steamboat
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Robert Fulton
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Invented the telegraph
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Samuel Morse
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Mountain men, Indians, and explorers meeting in a pre-arranged site to trade for supplies
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Rendezvous
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Route used by farmers and missionaries traveling west
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Oregon Trail
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Sought religious freedom in the West
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Mormons
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First person to establish a colony in Texas
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Stephen F. Austin
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This event started the Mexican War
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Border clash between American and Mexican troops near the Rio Grande River
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War, gave the U.S. the…
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Mexican Cession
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Gold discovered on his land set off the Gold Rush
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John Sutter
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Gold-seekers who went west to make their fortunes were called…
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Forty-niners
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Contributed to westward movement by offering free land to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for five years
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Homestead Act of 1862
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Name for the cultural and economic separation between the North and South before the Civil War
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Sectionalism
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According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the decision to allow slavery would be decided by…
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Popular sovereignty (voting)
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Formed in 1856 as an anti-slavery political party
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Republican Party
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Lincoln gained national attention when he participated in these while running for senator in Illinois
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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The two major disagreements between the North and South which led to the Civil War
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States rights and slavery
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Invented the Cotton Gin which increased the demand for slaves in the South
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Eli Whitney
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Fanatical abolitionist who led a raid on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry to seize weapons for a slave rebellion
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John Brown
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Led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman
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Slave who sued for his freedom
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Dred Scott
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Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an anti-slavery book that strengthened the abolitionist movement
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Abolitionist who made speeches and demonstrated against slavery
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Frederick Douglass
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His election in 1860 caused the South to secede from the Union
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Abraham Lincoln
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This made Civil War more deadly than ethe arlier American conflicts
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Advancements in weapons technology
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Advancements in weapons technology
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Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware
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Lincoln issued this after the Battle of Antietam…it freed the slaves in the rebellion states
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Emancipation Proclamation
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On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when the South fired on…
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Ft. Sumter
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The 1st major battle of the Civil War
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Bull Run
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The South’s first advancement into the North, it was the bloodiest single day in American history
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The South’s first advancement into the North, it was the bloodiest single day in American history
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The Union army seized control of this Confederate stronghold and gained control of the Mississippi River
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Vicksburg
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The three day battle that was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
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Gettysburg
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General Lee ordered this direct attack on the third day at Gettysburg, which was known as…
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Pickett’s Charge
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The major Confederate general that was offered command of the Union forces when the war started
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Robert E. Lee
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Union general who used total war in his march to the sea
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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His victories helped Lincoln get elected to a second term
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Lee surrendered his army at this location in Virginia
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Appomattox Courthouse
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The president of the Confederacy
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Jefferson Davis
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One of the 1st African-American regiments organized in the North that attacked Ft. Wagner
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54th Massachusetts
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Well known actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater
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John Wilkes Booth
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The period following the Civil War is known as…
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Reconstruction
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Guaranteed citizenship for former slaves
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14th Amendment
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Guaranteed African American men the right to vote
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15th Amendment
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It was set up to help build schools, reunite families, and provide food and clothing for former slaves
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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Laws passed in Southern states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
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“Black codes”
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Northerners who went south after the war in search of wealth
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Carpetbaggers
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Became president when Lincoln was assassinated
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Andrew Johnson
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The reason President Johnson was impeached
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He fought against Radical Reconstruction
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Land set aside by the federal government for Native Americans
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reservations
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The belief that one’s ethnic group is superior to others
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ethnocentrism
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Tragic event in Colorado led by Col. Chivington resulting in the deaths of 140 Cheyenne Arapaho.
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Sand Creek Massacre
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Treaty signed by the Sioux in return for a promise to not build roads or allow white settlers in those areas.
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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Battle in Montana where the Sioux were victorious
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Little Bighorn
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The primary goal of this act was to encourage Native Americans to assimilate or adopt the language, beliefs and customs of most Americans.
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Dawes Act
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It was here that the government created a school to help Native Americans assimilate into American culture.
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Carlisle, Pa.
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It was here that the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
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Promontory Point, Utah (1869)
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This man was sent to Montana to return the Sioux to their reservation.
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Lt. Colonel George A. Custer
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It was at this battle where Sioux and Cheyenne wiped out 211 members of the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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These are the two primary factors that led to the closing of the American frontier.
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Homestead Act and the Transcontinental Railroad
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