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- American History
- 1816-1840
- 1819
- Known as Emma, I founded the Troy Female Seminary in the early 1800's.
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- Willard
- Emma Willard also founded the Troy Female Seminary in New York in 1821
- 1823
- What Doctrine contained the following-Non-Colonization & Non-Intervention
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- Monroe
- Monroe Doctrine opposed European colonization & intervention in the Americas
- 1828
- I am credited with writing the first American Dictionary.
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- Webster
- Noah Webster's book became the Classic American Dictionary
- 1828
- Construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Train began
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- July 4th
- May 5th
- August 25th
- April 6th
- July 4th
- The first 14 miles opened for horsedrawn railcar traffic-May 24,1830
- 1833
- Oberlin College was the first in the U.S. to adopt Co-Education
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- True-Oberlin also refused to bar students on account of race in 1835
- 1836
- Feb. 23rd to March 1st Crockett, Bowie & Travis held the
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- Alamo
- The Alamo-Most heroic episode of the Texas War of Independence from Mexico
- 1824
- First organized workers strike by women happened in 1824
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- True-Pawtucket,R.I. weavers strike in first such action by women
- 1830
- Mormon Church organized by Joseph Smith (known as the prophet) in
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- Fayette, NY
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Detroit, MI
- Boston, MA
- Fayette, NY
- Fayette,N.Y.-The traditional starting point of the Mormon Church
- 1825
- First Iron steamboat built in the U.S. was the
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- Codorus
- Nautilus
- Clermont
- Virginia
- Codorus
- The Codorus was built by John Elgar at York, Pennsylvania
- 1835
- Cherokee's were forced to cede their lands in Georgia on 12/20. Why?
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- Gold found
- Indian Wars
- White settlers
- Oil found
- Gold found
- Gold discovered - Cherokee's were forced off their land and towards the West
- 1831
- Nat Turner-A Negro slave from Virginia, led a band of men in a slave rebellion
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- True-He killed 57 whites-The Army was called in-Turner captured-Tried & Hanged
- 1837
- The Sewing machine was invented by Elias
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- Howe
- Singer
- Pfaff
- White
- Howe
- Elias Howe-Conceived the idea-Spent 5 yrs. developing it-Built 4-Patented 1846
- 1837
- The first Steel Plow was produced by John
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- Deere
- Whitney
- Edison
- Singer
- Deere
- Deere's steel plow was sharp-effective-light enough to be pulled by horses
- 1825
- I was elected as President, not by popular vote , but by electorial vote.
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- Adams
- John Q. Adams-Fewer than 1/3 of the votes,he was the first minority President
- 1818
- Before the Civil war even began, Florida was invaded by:
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- Jackson
- Harrison
- Adams
- Van Buren
- Jackson
- Jacksons actions in Florida created an international incident
- 1840
- Van Buren established the 10-hour day for Federal employees on public works
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- True-in ensuing years, several states gradually accepted the ten hour day
- 1817
- Great Britain & United States negotiate this Great Lakes Pact.
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- Rush-Bagot
- The Rush-Bagot Pact severely limits Naval armament on the Great Lakes
- 1816
- Congress voted to revive the Bank of the United States in 1816
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- True-Branded as the Moneyed Monster-It did contribute to the economic life
- 1816
- Path breaking Tariff of 1816 was primarily Protective
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- True-Protecting industry for National Defense & promoting the General Welfare
- 1824
- I, Henry ________, devised a plan to use taxes and tarrifs to build roadsways.
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- Clay
- Clay's plan, based on Tariffs, would use the revenue for roads & canals
- 1825
- The Erie Canal was completed by the state of New York in 1825
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- True-Built completely by the state of New York without Federal Funds
- 1836
- The Bureau of Indian Affairs was established in 1836
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- True-Objective-To administer relations with America's original inhabitants
- 1836
- Liberty-Loving Texans declared independence and raised their Lone Star Flag
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- True-Independence declared with Sam Houston as Commander-in-Chief
- 1836
- The Democratic-Republican party was formed and led by __________.
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- Jackson
- Adams
- Van Buren
- Harrison
- Jackson
- Andrew Jackson-the Democratic party is still in existence today
- 1828
- The so called Tariff of Abomination excited extreme anger in the _________.
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- South
- The South claimed that the Tariff was unconstitutional
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