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Chief Justice John Marshall
Fletcher v. Peck 1810 was the first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was part of the 13 colonies. -
New Jersey
New Jersey was part of the 13 colonies -
Georgia
Georgia was part of the 13 colonies. -
Connecticut
Connecticut was part of the 13 colonies. -
Massachusetts
Massachusetts was part of the 13 colonies. -
Maryland
Maryland was part of the 13 colonies. -
South Carolina
South Carolina was part of the 13 colonies. -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire was part of the 13 colonies -
Virginia
Virginia was part of the 13 colonies. -
New York
New York was part of the 13 colonies. -
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George Washington
Presidency
Fist president of the United States -
North Carolina
North Carolina was part of the 13 colonies. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was part of the 13 colonies. -
Vermont
Vermont was the first state to outlaw slavery. -
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Whiskey rebellion
A tax was put on whiskey and people didn't like the tax so they started a war.
The Whiskey Rebellion was the first test of federal authority in the United States.
It made people relize that the new government had the right to pass and enforce laws in all states. -
Kentucky
More than $6 billion worth of gold is held in the underground vaults of Fort Knox. This is the largest amount of gold stored anywhere in the world. -
Horas man's compaign for free compulsory public education
He wanted free compulsory public schools. -
Tennessee
Tennessee has more than 3,800 documented caves. -
washington's farewell adress
Washington's farewell address stated that George would not seek a third term as president. In this speech he mentioned to the people to stay away from alliances with foreign nations and to save those alliances for emergencies only. -
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Sojourner Truth
She escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. On June 1, 1843, Isabella Baumfree changed her name to Sojourner Truth, devoting her life to Methodism and the abolition of slavery. In May of 1851 she gave her famous speech "ain't I a woman". She lived in battle creek for 24 years. Her speech was about how she thinks that women should have the same rights men. -
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John Adams
Presidency
Fist Vice President of the United States -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills that were passed by the Federalists, signed into law by John Adams. The acts were designed by Federalists to limit the power of the republicians. -
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John Brown and the armed resistance,
He was mad because ther was slavery and he hated it. People thought that he was going to attack the anti-settlers on Pottawatomie creek. This resulted in him getting hung. -
Marbury v. Madison
William Marbury was a federalist. the people involved in the trial were William Marbury and James Madison. James Madison won the trial. -
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Tomas Jefferson
Presidency
The principle of independence. -
Ohio
Cleveland became the first city to be lighted by electricity. -
Louisiana Purchase
the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. The United States payed less that 3 cents per acer of land that they bought in the Louisiana purchase. -
Lewis & Clark
Thomas Jefferson Army volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark. They went across the western part of the United States. -
William Lloyd garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He founded the NEW ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY the following year. In 1833, he met with delegates from around the nation to form the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
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James Madison
Presidency
The father of the constitution -
Louisiana
The town of Jean Lafitte was once a hideaway for pirates. -
War of 1812
United States vs Great Britain. The United States won. After the war the United States took power over Great Britain. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
She met Susan B. Anthony, they wrote articles on divorce, property rights, and temperence and adopted the Bloomer costume. By 1852, she and Susan B. Anthony were refining techniques for her to write speeches and Anthony to deliver them. -
Indiana
Almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted in corn. -
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James Monroe
Presidency
Monroe doctrine -
Mississippi
The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States and is the nation's chief waterway. Its nickname is Old Man River -
Illinois
Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln" as Abraham Lincoln spent most of his life there. -
MCCULLOCH v. MARYLAND
Maryland passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank. The people involved in this case were James W. McCulloch and the state of Maryland. In the end James W. McCulloch won with 7 votes. In the end Maryland did not have the power to tax the Bank. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
the New Hampshire legislature attempted to change Dartmouth College a privately funded institution into a state university. Dartmough college and William H. Woodward were involved in this case. Dartmough College stayed a privatly funded school. Dartmough College won with 5 votes. -
Transcontinental Treaty
divided their North American claims along a line from the The southeastern corner of Louisiana (now), north and west to what is Wyoming (now), west along the latitude 42° N to the Pacific. Spain gave up Florida and renounced the Oregon Country in exchange for recognition of Spanish sovereignty over Texas. -
Alabama
The only state with the major natural resources to make iron and steel, Alabama is the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri admitted as a slave state. slavery would be admitted from any new states or territories above latitude 36 degrees, 30 minutes. They split the states free and slave states. -
Maine
More than nine-tenths of Maine's total land area is forested, the highest percentage of forest coverage of any state. -
Missouri
The tallest monument built in the U.S., the Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, is 630 feet tall -
Monroe Doctrine
President Monroe gave the speech. no to Europe because we don't want any future colonization with europe. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
A New York state law gave to individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction. Thomas Gibbons and Aaron Ogden were involved in this case. the navigation by steamboat operators for purposes of conducting interstate commerce was to be decided by Congress. Thomas Gibbons won the case with 6 votes. -
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John Quincy Adams
Presidency
Protected road and canal building -
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Andrew Jackson
Presidency
Defeated the British at new orlands -
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Martin van Buren
Presidency
He divorces the federal Treasury Department from its relationship with all banks. -
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Abolitionist movement
This movement was to get rid of slaves and discrimination. Lyman Beecher, Nathaniel Taylor, and Charles G. Finney We're all big names in this movement. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat Turner was a black american slave who led the only effective slave rebellion. He was hung in Jerusalem, Virginia, along with 16 of his followers -
Arkansas
The first woman elected to the U.S. Senate was from Arkansas Hattie Caraway -
Michigan
The Great Lakes account for one-fifth of the world's surface freshwater supply. -
Trail of tears
Andrew Jackson was president during the trail of tears. The white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles to a Indian territory across the Mississippi River. This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears. -
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William Harrison
Presidency
Defeated the British and their Native American alleys -
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John Tyler
Presidency
First president to get married while he was in office -
Flordia
Key West has the highest average temperature in the United States. -
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James Polk
Presidency
He signed the declaration of war against Mexico -
Manifest destiny
The manifest destiny was to extend its influence beyond its continental boundaries into the Pacific and Caribbean basins. -
Texas
The Texas Rangers were organized in 1835 to protect the growing settlements from Indians and dangerous outlaws. -
Mexican American war
United States declined to incorporate it into the union, largely because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state. The United states won the war. The united states won the land of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, southwestern Colorado, and southwestern Wyoming. -
Iowa
Iowa has historically placed a strong emphasis on education. In 2003, Iowa had the second highest average SAT scores by state, and tied for second highest average ACT scores. -
Wisconsin
Two Rivers is the home of the ice cream sundae. -
Seneca Falls Resolution
The goal was to ha e recognition of women as equal members of society. He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.He has withheld her from rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men. These are just some examples of the sentiments, -
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Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton We're two main people helping at this convention. This was a Convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women. The significance of this was that it was the first women's rights convection -
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Zachary Taylor
Presidency
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California
The California Redwood Trees are the tallest and largest living organisms in the world. -
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Millard Fillmore
Presidency
He signed the Fugitive Slave Law, this stated that any runaway slave, if found, must be returned to the owner. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, and became popular for his very good writing. In his speech "what to a slave, is the Fourth of July", he states that from a slaves perspective this date is a shame. In his speech he says ". . . To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity;. . ." -
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Franklin pierce
Presidency
He signed the Gadsden Purchase Treaty, giving the United States 45,000 square miles of northern Mexico -
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James Buchanan
Presidency
He supported the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision, which determined that slaves were not citizens of the United States regardless of what state (free or slave) they were living in -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. Dred Scott and John F.A. Sanford were involved in theis case. The Court held the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, hoping to end the slavery question forever. John F.A. Sanford won with 7 votes. -
Minnesota
The Mall of America in Bloomington is over 9.5 million square feet in size. -
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
She escaped from slavery, then returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern free states and to Canada. She freed 70 slaves in about thirteen expeditions including her three other brothers, Henry, Ben, and Robert, their wives and some of their children. She also provided specific instructions to 50 to 60 slaves who escaped to the north too. Her Goal Was to become free and help other slaves be free and one day get her parents. -
Oregon
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to lead the first American overland expedition to strengthen the American claim to Oregon. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Presidency
He came up with the Emancipation Proclamation which began the process of freedom for America's slaves -
Susan B. Anthony
she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
