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Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States constitution. It did so on December 7, 1787. Delaware shares a semi-circular border with Pennsylvania. The border was drawn at the time of the original land grants to William Penn from King Charles II and the Duke of York.
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Bob Hoffman of York is hailed the world round as the Father of Weightlifting. Hoffman started York Barbell Corp. in 1932 and preached the gospel of physical fitness throughout his life as an U.S. Olympic coach, businessman and philanthropist.
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New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.
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Okefenokee Swamp encompasses over 400,000 acres of canals; moss draped cypress trees, and lily pad prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several endangered species.
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Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
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During revolutionary times Rockville was known as Hungerford's Tavern the name of its most familiar landmark. One of the first calls to freedom from British rule was heard at the tavern in 1774.
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The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast.
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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.
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Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
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In 1979 Vassar students were the first from a private college to be granted permission to study in the People's Republic of China.
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In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement.
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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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With a population of fewer than nine thousand people, Montpelier, Vermont is the smallest state capital in the U.S.
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In 1774 Harrodstown (now Harrodsburg) was established as the first permanent settlement in the Kentucky region. It was named after James Harrod who led a team of area surveyors.
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What happened-farmers resisted a tax on distilled spirits and then rebelled.
Conto US History? Significance?-Significance to the U.S. History showed that the government can suppress a rebellion. -
Andrew Johnson held every elective office at the local, state, and federal level, including President of the United States. He was elected alderman, mayor, state representative, and state senator from Greeneville. He served as governor and military governor of Tennessee and United States congressman, senator, and vice president, becoming President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second president of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first vice president under George Washington.
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What happened? 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.
Why were these laws passed? The alien and sedition acts were passed by congress in 1798 in preparation for an anticipation war with France. -
Date-1859
Why was he upset? Because he wanted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
What happened?- he was found guilty and executed for killing slave owners.
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Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
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Background
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
Players- John Marshall
Trial impacts- Marbury placed it squarely at the heart of the U.S. Governan -
The Y Bridge in Zanesville was first built in 1814 to span the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers. The current bridge is the fifth construction at the same location. "Ripley's Believe It or Not" proclaimed it the only bridge in the world which you can cross and still be on the same side of the river.
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Impact? Land Size, Cost, World impact (France =Gone from NA)
Impact: land size 828,000 square miles long, Cost:15 million dollars, the Louisiana purchase demonstrates Jefferson's ability to make pragmatic political decisions -
US vs Whom? The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iceland, it's North American colonies and its American Indian allies.
Result? Impact? War disappeared with the end of the war between Britain and France. And the destruction of the powers of tribes and American fears of native Americans -
Who went?- Lewis and Clark expedition
Where did they go? Map/Image of their route?-on a 2 year journey to go to the great ocean. (Pacific Ocean) -
Abolitionist
The Liberator - Dates- The Liberator (1831-1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831
Role in Slavery & Abolition- made quotes to support abolitionist
Goal of Liberator & Garrison?- goal was only to reduce the number of free blacks in the country and thus help preserve the institution of slavery -
James Madison, America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution."
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The world famous "Mardi Gras" is celebrated in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is an ancient custom that originated in southern Europe. It celebrates food and fun just before the 40 days of Lent: a Catholic time of prayer and sacrifice.
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Dates- November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902
Women’s Rights- 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. -
The first European known to have visited Indiana was French Explorer Rene'-Robert Cavalier sierur de La Salle, in 1679. After LaSalle and others explored the Great Lakes region, the land was claimed for New France, a nation based in Canada.
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James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States and the last president from the Virginia dynasty.
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Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy and Alton hosted the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that stirred interest all over the country in the slavery issue.
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In 1902 while on a hunting expedition in Sharkey County, President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt refused to shoot a captured bear. This act resulted in the creation of the world-famous teddy bear.
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Impact/Outcome- 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.
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Background-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
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Background-Throughout the early years of the Republic, the power of the Federal Government had continued to grow. By the second decade of the 19th century, cases pitting advocates of States' rights against those arguing for the supremacy of the National Government came frequently before the Court.
Players- Chief Justice John Marshall
Trial impacts-In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section -
Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.
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Dates- 1820 - Susan Brownell Anthony born on February 15 in Adams, Massachsetts, the second of 7 children.
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 Evolut -
Outcome?- 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.
Slavery impact- The Compromise resolved the conflict over the admission of Missouri by allowing that territory to become a slave state. -
Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.
They got to keep the slave state.
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Missouri is known as the "Show Me State".
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Who gave speech- James Monroe
What was the main message? The United States would remain neutral in European affairs and not get involved in European conflicts -
Background- 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.
Players- Chief John Marshall
Trial impacts- 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.
Outcome- Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of a unanimous (6-0) -
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States . He was born into a recently immigrated Scots-Irish farming family of relatively modest means.
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What year did it begin?- 1829
What was it’s intention? Was an attempt to abolish slavery
Abolish what? slavery
Dates- 1830-1839
Leaders- William Lloyd Garrison, John Greenleaf Whittier, Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Message from Movement?- "I Will Be Heard -
Basics- 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.
Date- February of 1831
What happened to Nat? He was captured and enslaved. He and his men managed to killed 55 white southerners. -
Dates- 1833 book Report on the Condition of Public Instruction in Germany
What did he/his group want?- he/ they wanted education to be free for all students. -
Big cases- Marbury v. Madison(1803), fletcher v. Peck(1810), Mchulloch v. Maryland(1819, cohens v. Virginia(1821), Gibbons v. Ogden(1824)
What was his influence- he was part of the 3 branches and making them all have equal, especially the judicial branch
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Famous singer Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland Arkansas.
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Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.
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Who was president?-Andrew Jackson
Basics of the story- 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. -
William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office.
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John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845). He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, and became president.
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Life dates, On June 1, 1843 sojourner truth became a Methodist
Role in Abolition- she gave speeches on abolishing slavery
Basics of life
“Ain’t I a Woman?” - speech & date AIN'T I A WOMAN?Delivered 1851
Battle Creek, MI?- she moved to battle creek to give more speeches. -
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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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 Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee.
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What did this mean?- 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.
Why significant? Important?- According to PBS.org, Manifest Destiny was significant to the expansion of the United States in the 19th century. It was the primary force that caused the United States to expand west across North America. To Americans, expansion offered self-advancement -
Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.
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Why were we fighting?- because they wanted land
What were results- 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.
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Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry.
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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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What was the goal?- Its primary goal was to discuss the rights of women.
What were rights asked for?- 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. -
Dates- 1848
Key players-The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.
What happened there-In July of 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott spearheaded the first women's rights convention in American history.
What is the significance? The first woman's rights -
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army.
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Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States (1850–1853), the last Whig president, and the last president not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.
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Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States (1853–1857). Genial and well-spoken, Pierce was a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.
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Dates- 4/20/1853
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.
Key players?-Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Garrett, Williams still, Samuel Burris
Results- Tubman: Conductor of the Underground RailroadTubman made 19 trips to Maryland and helped 300 people to freedom. D -
Background- By the mid-1850s, sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart.
Players- John Marshall, Andrew Jackson
Trial impacts- the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court.
Outcome- The Court decided 7-2 in favor of the slave owner. Every justice submitted an individual opinion justifying his position, with Chief Justice Tane -
The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet.
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Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state.
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
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What was his message? Stay away from??? The didn't want the U.S to look like England. He wanted to stay away from alliances.
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Life dates?1818-1895
“What to a Slave is the 4th of July?” - Speech God speed the year of jubilee
Role in Abolition- Frederick Douglass and the anti slavery movement. His role was to travel and deliver speeches, distribute pamphlets and get subscribers to the Liberator. -
The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.
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James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States (1857–1861), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War.
