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Delaware
Nickname: the first state -
Pennslyvania
Nickname: the keystone state -
New Jersey
Nickname: the garden state -
Georgia
Nickname: the peach state -
Connecticut
Nickname: the constitution state -
Massachusetts
Nickname: the bay state -
Maryland
Nickname: the old line state -
South Carolina
Nickname: the plametto state -
New Hampshire
Nickname: the granite state -
Virginia
Nickname: the old dominion state -
New York
Nickname: the empire state -
Vermont
Nickname: the green mountain state -
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George Washington
- he was the commander-in-chief of the continental army in 1783
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North Carolina
Nickname: the tar heel state -
Rhode Island
Nickname: the ocean state -
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Whiskey Rebellion
- tax on whiskey
- whiskey helped build civilization
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Kentucky
Nickname: the bluegrass state -
Tennessee
Nickname: the volunteer state -
Washingtons Fairwell Adress
- he said to stay away from political party
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John Adams
- ran a president ticket with Thomas Jefferson
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Alien and Sedition Acts
- 4 bills past & French foriegn threats
- foreigners had to be a citizen for 14 years before they could vote
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Thomas Jefferson
- wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Marbury vs Madison
- John Adams made William Marbury the Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia. Thomas Jefferson did not want to recognize the appointment of William Marbury. The notice of appointment was done by the 'secretary of state' who was James Madison. Marbury sued Madison & the Supreme Court took the case.
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Ohio
Nickname: the buckeye state -
Louisiana Purchase
- Jefferson sent negotiators to France to buy as much land as they could with $10 million.
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Lewis and Clark
- went to Louisiana
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James Madison
- war of 1812
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Louisiana
Nickname: the pelican state -
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War of 1812
USA vs Canada
USA won -
Indiana
Nickname: the hoosier state -
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James Monroe
-last president of the First Party System -
Mississippi
Nickname: the magnolia state -
Illinois
Nickname: prairie state -
McCulloch vs Maryland
- Maryland had a statute imposing a tax on all banks. Maryland sued McCulloch for not paying his tax.
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Transcontinental Treaty
settled a border dispute betweent the U.S.A and Spain -
Darthmouth College vs Wooward
- tried to turn Darthmouth college into a state university
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Alabama
Nickname: yellowhammer State -
Horace Mann
- Wanted to educate
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Missouri Comopromise
- stated slavery was done in Louisiana
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Maine
Nickname: the pine tree state -
Missouri
Nickname: the show me state -
Monroe Doctrine
- James Monroe gave the speech
- Aimed towards the Europeans
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Gibbons vs Ogden
- New York Legislature passed a law giving one company that controls too much to a group of investors
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JQ Adams
-signed the 'tarrif of abominations' in 1828 -
William Garrison
- leader of abolition
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Andrew Jackson
-first and only president to pay off the entire national debt -
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Abolitionist Movement
- 1830
- End the institution of slavery in the US
- William Garrison
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Nat Turner
- 30 year old slave
- led a slave rebellion
- Nat got hung
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Cheif Justice John Marshall
- Power should be balanced between states and the national government
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Arkansas
Nickname: the natural state -
Michigan
Nickname: the Great Lakes state -
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Martin Van Buren
-set up a system of bonds for national debt -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- organized first womens rights convention
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William Harrison
-longest speech & only 30 days in office -
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John Tyler
-no vice president -
Florida
Nickname: the sunshine state -
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James Polk
-pushed to make Califonia a state -
Manifest Destiny
"the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable." -
Texas
Nickname: the lone star state -
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Mexican-American war
- USA won
- Mexican Cession
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Wisconsin
Nickname: the badger state -
Iowa
Nickname: the hawkeye state -
Seneca Falls Resolution
- 200 women in the womens rights convention
- first womens rights convention
- social, civil, religious rights
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Seneca Falls Convention
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Lucretina Mott
- Martha Wright
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Zach Taylor
-major general in the army -
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Millard Fillmore
-anti slave -
California
Nickname: the golden state -
Susan B Anthony
- taught for 16 years
- joined womens rights movement in 1852
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Frederick Douglass
- Gave "What to a slave is the 4th of July" speech in 1852
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Franklin Pierce
-bought distributed territory from Mexico -
Harriet Tubman
- free slaves
- saved her 2 children and brother
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James Buchanan
-ordered an attack on mormons in utah -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
- a case that Dred Scott was either a slave or free
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Minnesota
Nickname: the north star state -
Oregon
Nickname: the beaver state -
John Brown
"Believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States." -
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Abe Lincoln
-ended slavery -
Sojourner Truth
Born: 1797
Died: 1883
- former slave who became womens rights activist
- "Ain't I a Women" in 1851
- Died in Battle Creek, MI
