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Cheif Justice John Marshall
He was part of the 3 branches and making them all have equal, especially the judicial branch -
Delaware
1st state to ratify the constitution -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate -
New Jersey
New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S. -
Georgia
4th state to ratify the constitution, Georgia Tech once beat Cumberland University 222 - 0 in a football game, about 9.85 million people in population. -
Connecticut
5th state to ratify the constitution. From 1703 to 1875, Connecticut had two capitals; sessions of the General Assembly met alternately in Hartford and New Haven. -
Massachusetts
The first U.S.Postal zip code in Massachusetts is 01001 at Agawam. -
Maryland
King Williams School opened in 1696 it was the first school in the United States -
South Carolina
8th state to ratify the constitution. Chris Rock Comedian and actor is from South Carolina -
New Hampshire
Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from Mother England -- a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. -
Virginia
Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I. -
New York
11th state to ratify the constitution. -
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George Washington
George Washington was president from April 30 1789 until March 4 1797, he served two terms until he took himself out of office. -
North Carolina
Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the United States. It covers an area of 1,214 square miles. Its distances North to South are 48 miles and East to West 37 miles. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers resisted a tax on distilled spirits and then rebelled. This showed that the government can suppress a rebellion . -
Vermont
Vermont was the first state admitted to the Union after the ratification of the Constitution. -
Kentucky
The town of Murray is home to the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum located on the campus of Murray State University. -
Tennessee
The city of Kingston served as Tennessee's state capital for one day (September 21, 1807) as a result of treaties negotiated with the Cherokee Indians. The two-hour legislative session passed two resolutions and adjourned back to Knoxville -
Washingtons Farewell Adress
George Washington didn't want the U.S to look like Englan, so he took himself out of office. He wanted to stay away from alliances. -
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John Adams
John Adams was president from March 4 1797 until March 4 1809, he was the first Vice President of the United States. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and sedition acts were passed by the federalist congress in 1798 and signed into the law by president Adams. These laws included new powers to deport for foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. The alien and sedition acts were passed by congress in 1798 in preparation for an anticipation war with France. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was president from March 4 1801 until March 4 1809, he helped write e Declaration of Independence. -
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Louisiana Purchase
land size 828,000 square miles long, The cost was 15 million dollars, the Louisiana purchase demonstrates Jefferson's ability to make pragmatic political decisions -
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Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark went on a 4 year journey to go to the great ocean. (Pacific Ocean) -
Marbury vs. Madison
Marbury- argued that he was entitled to his commission and that the judicial act act of 1789 gave the supreme court of the United States original jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus
Madison- was sued by Marbury and asked the Supreme Court of the United States to issue a writ of mandamus, a court order that requires an official to perform or refrain from performing a certain duty.
President Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic-Republican followers launched a series of attacks against the -
Ohio
Ohio senator John Glenn became the oldest man to venture into outer space.On February 20, 1962 he was the first American to orbit the earth. In October of 1998 at age 77 he returned to the space program and traveled back into space -
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William Lloyd Harrsion
The Liberator (1831-1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831
. He made quotes to support abolitionist. His goal was only to reduce the number of free blacks in the country and thus help preserve the institution of slavery -
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James Madison
James Madison was president from March 4 1809 until March 4 1817, he was a Co-Author of the Federalist papers. -
Louisiana
Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV. -
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War of 1812
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iceland, it's North American colonies and its American Indian allies. And the destruction of the powers of tribes and American fears of native Americans -
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
She helped organize the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20. Over 300 people attended. Stanton drafted a Declaration of Sentiments, which she read at the convention. -
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 7 years old. He lived most of his boyhood life in Spencer County with his parents Thomas and Nancy -
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James Monroe
James Monroe was president from March 4 1817 until March 4 1825, there was a completion of the Adams-Onis treaty ended the tensions with Spain. -
Mississippi
The first nuclear submarine built in the south was produced in Mississippi. -
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Frederick Douglass
“What to a Slave is the 4th of July?” - Speech God speed the year of jubile. Frederick Douglass and the anti slavery movement. His role was to travel and deliver speeches, distribute pamphlets and get subscribers -
Illinois
The world's first Skyscraper was built in Chicago, 1885. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
In 1769 the King of England granted a charter to Dartmouth College. This document spelled out the purpose of the school, set up the structure to govern it, and gave land to the college. In 1816, the state legislature of New Hampshire passed laws that revised the charter. These laws changed the school from private to public. They changed the duties of the trustees. They changed how the trustees were selected.http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/initiatives_awards/students_in_action/ -
Transcontinental Treaty
Adams used the Jackson’s military action to present Spain with a demand to either control the inhabitants of East Florida or cede it to the United States. Minister Onís and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claim to West Florida. -
McCullouch v. Maryland
In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank. -
Alabama
Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon. -
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Susan B. Anthony
She gave rights to all women over 21 -
Missouri Comprimise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of Missouri. The Compromise resolved the conflict over the admission of Missouri by allowing that territory to become a slave state. -
Maine
Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable. -
Missouri
Missouri is known as the "Show Me State". -
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe gave a speech. The United States would remain neutral in European affairs and not get involved in European conflicts -
Gibbons v. Ogden
As the American frontier moved west and settlers pushed beyond the Appalachians into the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys, the question of commercial development became very important.Public reaction to Gibbons v. Ogden was overwhelmingly positive. Within a month of Marshall's decision, twenty steamboats were operating in New York waters, many from other states. Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of a unanimous (6-0) Court siding -
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John Quincy Adams
JQ Adams was president from March 4 1825 until March 4 1829, he was a better Secretary of State then he was a president. -
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was president from March 4 1829 until March 4 1837, he faced South Carolina in the Nullification Crisis when the government had the right to nullify tariff legislation. -
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Abolitionists Movement
Was an attempt to abolish slavery -
Nat Turners Rebellion
In 1831 a slave named Nat Turner led a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. A religious leader and self-styled Baptist minister, Turner and a group of followers killed some sixty white men, women, and children on the night of August 21. He was captured and enslaved. He and his men managed to killed 55 white southerners. -
Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory public education
1833 book Report on the Condition of Public Instruction in Germany. He/ they wanted education to be free for all students. -
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Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
Michigan
Detroit is known as the car capital of the world. -
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Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
Arkansas
Famous singer Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland Arkansas. -
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Martin VanBuren
Martin VanBuren was president from March 4 1837 until March 4 1841, he Advocated lower tariffs and free trade to pleasure the South. -
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William Henry Harrison
William Harrison was president March 4 1841 until April 4 1841, he had the shortest term of 32 days because he gave a long speech out side with out a jacket. He got ammonia because of this. -
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John Tyler
John Tyler was president from April 4 1841 to March 4 1845, he vetoed Wig Bills to recreate a national bank. -
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner truth became a Methodist, she gave speeches on abolishing slavery also on the basics of life -
Florida
Greater Miami is the only metropolitan area in the United States whose borders encompass two national parks. You can hike through pristine Everglades National Park or ride on glass-bottom boats across Biscayne National Park -
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James K. Polk
James K. Polk was president from March 4 1845 to March 4 1849, he claimed the Oregon territory after a treaty with England. -
Texas
Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State -
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Mexican American War
The war was primarily a territorial dispute caused by the United States' policy of manifest destiny. President Polk and the American citizens wanted to expand their nation by acquiring all of the land on the North American continent regardless of the native people already residing on the land. -
Iowa
Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry. -
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James Buchanan
James Buchanan was president from March 4 1857 to March 4 1861, he vetoed bills concerning the establishment of college thought that there were already enough educated mind in America. -
Wisconsin
Wisconsin visitors and residents enjoy the state's 7,446 streams and rivers. End-to-end they'd stretch 26,767 miles. -
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Seneca Falls Convention
The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.
In July of 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott spearheaded the first women's rights convention in American history.
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Seneca Falls Resoluton
The primary goal was to discuss the rights of women.In 1848 and into the future", according to Judith Wellman, a historian of the convention.
Declaration of Sentiments (what were the sentiments)- The Declaration of Sentiments, offered for the acceptance of the Convention, was then read by E. C. -
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Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was president from March 4 1849 to July 9 1850, he was elected on his war experience. -
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was president from July 9 1850 to March 4 1853, he had support of the fugitive slave act caused Whig party to split In two and caused the downfall of his national political career. -
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Susan B. Anthony Events
1851- Susan B Anthony travels to Syracuse, N.Y., anti-slavery convention. She visits Amelia Bloomer, hears William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, and meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
1856 - Anthony becomes agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
1898 - The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women is published. Anthony establishes a press bureau to feed articles on woman suffrage to the national and -
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was president from March 4 1853 to March 4 1857, he was president at a critical time in american history the country and as becoming more polarized into northern and southern interests. -
Harriet Tubman and the under ground rail road
Information of Underground Railroad- After Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, she returned to slave-holding states many times to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern free states and to Canada. It was very dangerous to be a runaway slave. Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Tubman made 19 trips to Maryland and helped 300 people to freedom. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
By the mid-1850s, sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart. The Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court decided 7-2 in favor of the slave owner. Every justice submitted an individual opinion justifying his position, with Chief Justice Tane -
Minnesota
The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet. -
Oregon
Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state. -
John Brown and the armed resistance
Why was he upset? Because he wanted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. he was found guilty and executed for killing slave owners.he got hung -
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Abraham Lincolm
Abraham Lincoln was president from March 4 1861 until his assassination in April 15 1865, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation which began the process of freedom for America's slaves
