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History of the Americas
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- The violence that broke out between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers in Lawrence, Kansas is called what?
- How was the population affected by the increase of factories in the north?
- What group of people wanted to end slavery throughout the whole U.S.?
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act completely voided (or ignored) what to settle the issue of slavery?
- Very common portable source of energy used to power steam engine
- Government you are part of where you posses citizenship is
- People who made things by hand are called
- Who's credited with adapting the steam engine
- What area became known as the bear flag republic?
- Why did California's population grow so quickly in the 1840s?
- Name 2 or 3 states that were carved out of the Mexican cession.
- Stephen Austin was an ________. This means that Mexico offered him land at cheaper prices as long as they obeyed Mexican laws.
- Why did so many northern Americans object to the annexation of Texans into the United States?
- what was the unemployment rate among african americans?
- The belief in manifest destiny led to conflict between what two countries?
- When Jackson vetoed the re-chartering of the national bank, what happened to the economy?
- What country did the United States invade during the war of 1812?
- What was the result of temperance campaigns led by the American Temperance Union?
- What changed after 1815 to strengthen the idea of separate spheres and separate duties for men and women?
- Which group made up the bulk of the workforce in New England textile mills until the 1840s?