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horsesHorses arent native to america they were brought up from Mexico and other hispanic countries.
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mayflowerThe pilgrims came to America and landed on plymouth rock.
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pocahontasPocahontas was a native american who led Louis and clark on their expedition.
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WhalingWhaling was huge back in the 17th, 18th, and even 19th century, they used whale oil for everything from lamps to massive belts used in factorys.
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The Boston Massacre was basically just a street fight between British soldiers and colonists. The colonists were taunting and throw snow balls and other objcts at troops
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boston tea partyDue to Britain tryin to tax us on tea, the colonist snuck onto a British ship and threw all there tea over board
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Paul RevereHe was an express rider on his way to lexington to give Samuel Adams and John Hancock a letter, warning them of british troops.
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dan He led the rebel army and also was in charge of many militia's.
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DeclarationThe Declaration of independence was created by Thomas Jefferson and many other deligates from the conference.
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NYBritish ships opened fire on New York but the colonist defeated them and drove them off.
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Retreat on broadwayIt's also know as the battle of Harlem Heights, and the American colonist pushed the british out of Manhatten
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surrenderGeneral Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga, New York. Following many grusome and fierce battles
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smallpoxSmall pox was never in America until it was brought over from Europe where it was an epidemic
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Valley forgeThe continental army led by General George Washington got stranded at valley forge with very little supplies and rations, barely made it through the rough winter.
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power loomEdmund Cartwright was the first to patent the power loom and started a factory in England, once U.S had them it was huge boom for cotton indusrty and put alot of women to work
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washingtonGeorge Washinton was the first president of the united states, he was inaugurated on April 30th of 1789.
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ginThe cotton gin was a machine that was used to sperate the seeds from the good cotton fiber and was invented by Eli Whitney.
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purchase The biggest land contract between to nations was the louisiana purchase from France for about 15 million dollars.
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lewis n clarkLewis and Clark were to chosen to lead an expedition into the louisiana territory to chart the land and make maps
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steamboatsBefore they invented steamboats farmers would have to build a flat boat to transport goods down river to sell and walk back home. Now there are powered boats that can go against water current.
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milkMilk sickness was a terrible epidemic that struck back in 1818, in Kentucky, Ohio, and even in Indiana. Probobly the most famous case of milk sickness was Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's mom.
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jedJedediah Smith was a man of many accomplishments. He led many western expansion expeditions and was mostly know for trapping beaver. He had worked out a deal to where he could trapp all the beaver he wanted to in upper Missouri.
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canalThe Erie Canal was a great accomplishment for our naton it linked the Atlantic Ocean with the Great lakes allowing ships to bring goods that far into the country.
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indiansIt was part of Andrew Jacksons indian removal policy, made them leave all land east of Mississippi. On the trail the Cherokee people lost around 4000 of the 15000 in the tribe.
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alamoRemember the Alamo. What a great line and at the Alamo was a battle between Mexico and The U.S. for power over Texas
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fredFrederick Douglass was one of the fisrt and most know African Americans to learn to read and write. He eventually escaped from his owner at the age of twenty by impersonating a sailor.
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codeMorris code was a means of communication back then, using dots and dashes the could transmit messages over great distance through wires linking stations together. Played big role in helping us win the was by being able to relay messages from Washingto DC to the where the battle was actually going on.
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donnerThere were many westward migrations to discover new land and live better lives. The most famous was the Donner Party on there way through Utah and Nevada, thought they were taking a faster route through the Mountains but ended up getting snowed in. The only way for any of them to survive was to become cannibals, so they started eating each other.
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goldThe California fold rush of 1848 was a huge boom time for California. Hundreds of thousands of people cam to California to become part of this great opportunity of wealth.
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Also known as the Compromise of 1850, let slave owners track down any runaway slaves in anystate and bring them back into slavery.
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harpThe raid in Hrpers Ferry was led by John Brown, him, his sons, and a few others raided the U.S. Federal Arsenal. They planned on stealing all the weapons freeing the slaves, arming them to help free them.
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rr cwRail roads were essential to the North during the Civil war. They used it to ship everything from food and weapons to people down to the south where the battle was taking place.
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Production of clothing, patents, and big industry all doubled in the north during the civil war.
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lincolnLincoln was elected president on Nov 6, 1860. He di alot of great things for our developing nation and gave us many important documents such as the Emancipation Proclomation.
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claraClara Barton was a battlefield nurse back in 1861, she later bacame the founder of the American Red Cross.
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postalThey eventually came up with a battlefield postal service, which allowed troops to mail letters to their families with easily.
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minie The minie ball was critical for accuracy in the battlefield. it allowed to ball to travel much farther at greater speeds, they also did alot more damage.
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govIt gave federal land grants to settlers moving out west. Wasnt taking into affect until 1862.
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procThe emancipation proclomation was a very important document given to us by Abraham Lincoln, it freed the slaves and ended slavery.
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rejoin Lincoln offers confederate states to rejoin the union and end the war, the south turns him down.
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address The Gettysburg Address was an event that happened during civil war giving by Abraham Lincoln.
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fluidThey started using embalming fluid to help preserve the bodies and keep them from decaying.
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steelVarnagy figured out a way to make steel much faster nand cheaper than the previous way they used to make steel
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bulb Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, electicity. there were many of power plants built because of him and designed by him.
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libertyThe statue of liberty was a gift to the U.S. from France as a Representation of freedom.
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buffaloOnly 85 buffalo left in the U.S. do to hunting them for there meat and pelt.
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rogueMugshots all started back in 1890 when the Rogues ggallary used pictures to help identify wanted people.
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riisWrote how the other half lives, he was a polllitcal cartoonist who had alot to do with helpin find and help the slums. he also inveted flash, so you can take pictures in the dark
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reservationDo to population growth and the need for more room and resources the American Colonists forced Indians to relocate to reservations.
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clean George Wary was probably the biggest push for cleaning up NewYork. he headed all kinds of street cleaning crews and set sanitation.
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searsSears catalog first started out rather small mostly with watches and jewelry, as time went on it grew and partnered up with Roebuck.
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skyBy 1902 Manhatan had over 65 skyscrapers being built, no room to build out so build up.
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air Air conditioning was in vented in 1902 to beat the heat and humidity. It made it easier to live in hot places such as desert and caused more people to move there
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sewerAll of the larger cities in America now have sewer systems to dispose of waste. It helped tramendously and kept alot of people from getting sick.
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Triangle shirtwaist The triangle shirt waist fire was a horrible tragety that happened back before fire codes were up to date. Many young women losy their live from either the fire or jumping from the nineth floor windows.
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ford In 1913 Henry Ford came up with the idea of the assembly line. It made him able to mass produce cars cheaper and faster than ever.
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water The Los Angeles Aquaduct made it possible for people to live in desert and other dry places in the region. It brought water for hundreds of miles from a lake in the mountains.
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proh Prohibition was passed to bann alcohal completely from the U.S. It made it illegal to produce, posses, and even consume.
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<ahref='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/110488/Chicago-Race-Riot-of-1919' >race</a> The Red summer was the summer of 1919 in Chicago, there were many race riots. A black boy on the beach was also killed by some white men throwing rocks.
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godard Calvin Goddard one of first to use ballstics and bullet comparision.
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oscar He was the first ever black congressman back in 1928.
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al capAl Capone was one of the biggest mobsters back in the 20s and 30s, he headed many of the illegal operations had some guys dress up as cops and unload on other mobsters.
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depre The Great depression was a time in history when the united states was deaply in debt. It took WWII to bring us out of our slump and get back on track.
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bank The stock market crashed back in 1929 because of men taking bank runs and selling all there stock and withdrawling all of there money from bank.
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bank The Bank of the United States collapsed due to bank runs and the bank spending money they didn't have.
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capone They attempted many time to put Capone away, but could never pin anything on him. So they finally got him on tax evasion
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storm The Dust bowl's storm would get so big and pick up so much sand and dirt that would reach to New york and Boston.
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radio Radio finally connects the world. You can now listen to the same radio announcement as other people in other countries.
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dust Black Sunday was one of the worst dust storms and stretched for miles, The worst probably struck Colorado and effected many peoples lifes and forced people to leave there homes.
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colorado The Colorado river had to be diverted so that the river bed could dry up and they could begin work on the dam. They had to carve and blast a tunnel through 3 miles of rock.
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damThe Hoover Dam was built to supply power to Nevada, mostly Los Vegas. Largest concrete structure.
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joeJoe louis an African American from the united states boxed against Max Schmeling from Germany. They fought once and max won but they had rematch and Joe tore him up.
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jeep The jeep was first designed and made by Bantam, which was baught out by Willy's who produced the army jeep
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rushmore Mt Rushmore was started in 1927 took 14v yrs to complete. It stood 60 ft tall a cost a million dollars to complete.
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zero The Japanese zero was the japs best plane used during WWII, could fly 2,000 miles on a tank of gas.
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pearl That day in December no one in America ever expected the Japanese to Bomb our Naval base.
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yard We took B17 bombers over to France and destroyed German railways and supplies.
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d day We stormed the beaches of Normandy, France and captured there baracks and that was key to winning the war.
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war World war two ended in 1945, they signed a peace treaty and the war was ended
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bomb The project was actually the united states attempting to make the biggest bomb known to man at that time. Invented by Albert Einstein.
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japs bomb We dropped Atomic bombs on two Japanese cities that destroyed everything withinn a mile.
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<ahref='http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/japansurrender.htm' >surrender</a> The Japanese surrender due to such great devastation in their country. Cities destroyed, food shortages, and oil shortages.
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hollywood They changed the name and the sign on the hill in Hollywoodland just to Hollywood.
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levo Was the first suburb built, eventually there was 3 different Levittowns. Low cost housing quick and easy to build.
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car After the war it was boom time for us. Back then the United states was producing more than 80% of the worlds automobiles.
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highway They came up with a system of roads that would all link togetheer and could get you from one side of country all the way to other much faster and easier.
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crisis Was a time in U.S. when everyone was paranoid about a nuclear attack, people were ready for dooms day bomb shelters and all.
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mlk MLk jr. was a black man who played a huge role in the getting blacks to be equal.
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apollo In 61 JFK within a decade they will have reached the moon and just 8 yrs later we made it.
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oilThe Hamel Brothers drilled for oil at spindletop, found the largest oil deposite at the time. they had a new technigue of drilling allowed them to drill deeper much faster.
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workDuring war all men able to were already over seas at war, so women had to run the country back home. They worked in factories, offices, government jobs.
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