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Delaware
Delaware is the only state with no national park system. -
New Jersey
New Jersey is the car theft Capitol of the world. -
Georgia
St Mary's , Georgia is the second oldest city in the US. -
Connecticut
In Hartford Connecticut it is illegal to walk on your hands. -
Massachusetts
The fig newton was named after Newton Massachusetts. -
Maryland
King Williams school of Maryland was the first school to open in the US -
South Carolina
The first battle of the civil war took place at fort Sumter in South Carolina. -
New Hampshire
The first alarm clock was invented in New Hampshire. -
Virginia
Virginia is known as the birthplace of a nation. -
New York
New York is the site of the first US railroad. -
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George Washington
His greatest accomplishment during presidency was creating the cabinet. -
North Carolina
The first mini golf course is in North Carolina. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest US state. -
Vermont
Vermonter capital is the only one in the US without a mcdonalds. -
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Whiskey rebellion
When a tax was put on whiskey to help the national debt people rioted. The government sent peacekeeps and showed the government could suppress violent resistance to its law. -
Kentucky
The first cheeseburger was served in Kentucky. -
Washington farewell adress
Washington turned down a third year of presidency because he feared of becoming like Britain.he warned the people that fighting would tear the nation apart. -
Tennessee
Tennessee has more than 3,800 documented caves. -
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John Adams presidency
John Adams was the first Vice President to become president -
Alien and sedition acts
Four bills were passed into law to increase national security by John Adams. They were not liked SS they made it harder to become citizen and limited rights. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Made the Louisiana purchase -
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Chief Justice John marshall
His cases Included Marbury vs Madison
And McCulloch vs maryland
He kept the balance of power between the states. -
Ohio
The Cincinnati reds of Ohio were the first Major League Baseball team in the US. -
Marbury vs madison
James Madison would not recognize John marburys appointment as justice of the peace so Marbury took it to court declaring it unconstitutional and won.
This was the beginning of judicial review. -
Loisisana purchase
Thomas jefferson made the purchase of 828,000 spuare miles of land from the french for 11,250,000 US dollars. It largely expanded the US. Frances presence here was removed. -
Lewis and clark
Lewis, Clark, and a group of selected soldiers were sent to map out the newly purchased land from the louisiana purchase. they were helped by natives like sagatawea. -
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James Madison presidency
Madison was known as the author of the constitution -
Louisiana
Louisiana gas the tallest state capital building in the US. -
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the war of 1812
on june 18 1812 the war started. on july 1812 the british take over fort michilimackinac .january 1813 is the battle of frenchtown.In april 1813 US troops burn the city of york. In retalliation to this soon after the british burn washington DC.
January 1814 the british are forever defeaed at the battle of new orleans and the war is over. December 1814 the treaty of ghent ended it. the ending of the war ushered in the era of good feelings.Britain agreed to stopn interfering with the US and Canada -
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln spent most of his childhood in Indiana. -
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James Monroe
James Monroe was best known for his honesty -
Mississippi
Mississippi has the world largest shrimp. -
Illinois
The Sears tower is the tallest building in North America. -
Transcontinental treaty
This resulted in formin g a new border with new spain and the purchase of florida from spain. -
McCulloch vs maryland
Maryland decided to tax all out of state banking and John McCulloch refused to pay this and Maryland sued him.maryland also wanted to tax the federal government.
McCulloch won and it was made true that no state had the power to tax the federal government. -
Dartmouth college vs woodward
The state voted to make Dartmouth public. Dartmouth declared this unconstitutional and took the legislature to court. Dartmouth won and made it clear that the legislature could not interfere with private business. -
Alabama
Willis Mays was born in Westfield Alabama. -
The missourie compromise
Missourie was accepted as a slave state as long as the loisiana purchase past the 36th parallel was not allowed to have slaves. -
Maine
The nations first sawmill was built in Maine. -
Missouri
At the St. Louis world fair the ice cream cone was invented. -
The monroe doctrine
This speech by James Monroe was warning European countries to not interfere with the U.S. anymore or it will be taken as an act of aggression. -
Gibbons vs ogden
Ogden was operating a steamboat business with state permission. Gibbons was operating in the same waters with a federal permit so Ogden sued him.gibbons won and ended navigational monopolies in the U.S. -
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams had public schools built and canals and roadways for travel also built. -
sojourner truth
in 1826 sojourner truth escaped slavery. In october of 1851 she gave ther Aint I a woman speech. In 1857 she moved to battle creek where she later died. She was born a slave and escaped and became an abolitionist and gave speeches. -
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the first and only president to pay off the national debt. -
abolitionist movement
this was a large movement in support of ending slavery. Important things in this were the liberator which started in 1841, 1833 the anti slavery society is founded, 1838 frederich douglas escapes slavery.
significan leaders were harriet tubman, frederick douglas, and william lloyd garrison. -
William lloyd garrison
He published the liberator, an anti slavey newspaper that william wrote that started january 1st 1831 to 1865. he was an abolitionist that held amny rallys and had many speeches. -
nat turners rebellion
this was the biggest slave rebellion in history which was led by nat turner. It killed as many as 65 people. It was ended when enforcements came to end the problem. most members fled but many were caught and hanged includin the leader, nat. -
Dred Scott vs stanford
A slave named dred Scott sued his owner Stanford for his freedom. He argued he was in a slave free state so he was moved to a solve state and denied.this act helped fuel the civil war. -
Arkansas
The home of Walmart is Arkansas. -
Michigan
Michigan has the largest freshwater shoreline in the world. -
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Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren cut back federal spending and helped the economy. -
Frederick douglas
in 1838 frederick douglas escaped slavery. In 1847 he published the snti slavery newspaper the north star. In 1872 he moved to washington DC. His speech what to a slave is the fourth of july focuses on how the bill of rights does not seem to correspond to blacks. this speech was in 1852. -
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the trail of tears
During Andrew Jackson's presidency native americans were forced to walk many miles to new indian reserves. On the way many natives died of disease and starvation. -
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William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was the first president from the northwest territory. -
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John Tyler
John Tyler signed the annexation of Texas into law. -
Florida
Gatorade was named after the florida gators where it was first invented. -
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james polk
James Polk led America into the mexican american war and won america the entire southwest region. -
Manifest destiny
this was the belief that america was going to spread from coast to coast and fueled western settlements, the removal of indians, and the mexican american war. -
Texas
The first word spoken on the moon was Houston. -
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The mexican American war
on april 26th 1846 the war begins. The battle of monterey is won by the US on september 24 1846. the US wins the battle of buena vista feb 2nd 1848 and is the last battle of the war.the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was then signed that day, the US gains texas, new mexico, and part of california. -
Iowa
John Wayne was born in winter set Iowa. -
Wisconsin
The Republican Party was gored in ripon Wisconsin. -
seneca falls resolution
the goal was to get women the right to vote and other civil rights. the declaration of sentiments was a pettition signed by many people supporting this cause. -
seneca falls convention
Key players were susan B anthony and Elizibeth cady stanton. this was the first womens rights convention held in history. -
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Zachary Taylor
Zachary Tyler admitted California as a state. -
Harriet tubman and the underground railroad
in 1850 harriet bacame a conductor of the underground railroad.In her third trip (1851) she got many passengers safely to canada. In 1861 harriet became a nurse in the civil war. The underground railroad was a group of people that helped escaped slaves to safety. Key people were frederick douglas and harriet tubman. This resulted in the freeing of many slaves and many slave rebellions. -
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore signed the 1850 compromise into law. -
California
One of every eight US residents lives in California. -
horace mann’s campaign for free compulsory public schools
In 1852 massachusetts passed the first compulsory school attendance laws. By1885 16 states have passed these laws.
Horace mann led a campaign to have mandatory schooling payed for by the government. -
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Franklin Peirce
Franklin Peirce signed the Kansas Nebraska act into law. -
Susan B anthony
In 1856 she became part of the anti slavery society. In 1859 she held the first womens suffrage meeting. In 1905 she met with president rooselvelt about womens rights. Susan was a womens rights activist and eventually caused the 19th amendment that allowed women 21 and over to vote. -
Elizabeth cady stanton
She was a womens rights activist who worked with susan B anthony. In 1856 she joined the anti slavery society. In 1888 she and anthony founded the international council for women. -
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james buchanan
James Buchanan was the last president before the civil war. -
Minnesota
The mall of America is in Minnesota. -
Oregon
Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state. -
John Brown and the armed resistance
John brown was upset because people were looking for slaves to turn in his home town. He attacked harpers ferry with 18 men. him and all the men were hanged but became martyrs and sparked the antislavery movement. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation to end slavery.
