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Deleware
Delaware was the first state made. -
New Jersey
Largest chemical producing state in the nation. Atlantic city is where they came up with the street names from monopoly. -
Georgia
The official state fish is the largemouth bass. The Cherokee rose is the official state flower. -
Conneticut
Americas first trade association was founded here. First state to issue permanent license plates for cars. -
Massachusetts
Boston built the first subway in the United States. A house is built there built entirely of newspaper. -
South Carolina
The state dance is the shag. The salamander is the official state amphibian. -
Maryland
Had the forts school in the United States. The national aquarium is located in Baltimore's inner harbor. -
New Hampshier
The first capital city of New Hampshire was in Exeter. As leaders in the revolutionary cause, New Hampshire delegates received the honor of being the first to vote for the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Virginia
The State flower is not really a flower, but the blossom of the dogwood tree, which is also the state tree.The first peanuts grown in the United States were grown in Virginia.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are located in Virginia. -
New York
A brewer named Matthew Vassar founded Vassar College in Poughkeepsie in 1861 -
George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the U,S, and he served during 1789-1797. In 1754, George Washington was appointed as the lieutenant colonel for the mission to Fort Duquesne against the French. Something else that happened during his time was the first meeting of the US House of Representatives. -
North Carolina
1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk -
Rhode Island
Original name of the state was the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. -
Vermont
A guy named Rudyard Kipling invented the game of snow golf in Vermont. -
Whiskey Rebellion
So, people started gathering in large groups, threatening to destroy other people's colonies, and invalid states, for the unfair taxations on their whiskey. -
Kentucky
Their agriculture had horses, tobacco, dairy, hogs, soybeans, corn, and the one and only Kentucky Fried Chicken. -
Tennessee
Tennesse was the last state to leave the Union and join the cConfederacy at the outbreak of the US Civil War in 1860s. -
Washington's Farewell Adress
It was a message to the American People about their long term safety and hapiness. In order for the people to keep hapiness, he said to stay away from danger of young republic and the foreign dangers. -
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John Adams
Known for the Alien and Sedition Acts. -
Alien Sudedation Act
The alien act was sn act that gave the government power to arrest and deport the British. This law was passed so the foriegners couldn't vote for their own rights. A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed buy the Federalkist Congress in 1798 -
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Thomas Jefferson
Principle author of the declaration of the independence -
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John Tyler
In 1861 he led the compromise movement -
Chief Justice - John Marshall
He wrote many of the Supreme Court's first famous opinions, including Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch vs. Ogden, Gibbons vs. Ogden, etc. His influence was all of the opinions strengthened the power of the feds. -
Ohio
The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865. Ohio's state flag is a pennant design. It is the only state flag of that design in the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
Land = 828k miles. It costed 15mil. The purchase impacted Jefferson's ability to make pragmatic political decisions. The gains were dramatic, as the territory acquired would add like 13 new states. -
Lewis and Clark
They both went on a 2 year journey to the great ocean of the Pacific. They were hired by Jefferson to find a linkingn water route that connected Columbia and Missouri Rivers. -
Marbury vs. Madison
Madison vs. Madison is important because it was the first time a aw of Congress was ever declared unconstitutional, or in conflict with the Constitution. If the Constitution is the law of the land and something is conflict with the law of the land or something, it would be illeagle. -
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James Madison
He drafted the first ten amendments -
McCullouch vs. Maryland
Thestate of Maryland voted to tax all bank business not done with state banks. This was meant to be a teax on people who lived in Maryland but who didn't business with banks in other states. -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 had a tremendous impact on the political development of America. The transcontinetal treaty or the purchase of Florida was between the US and Spain -
Louisana
On April 30, 1803, representitives of the US and Napolenonic France conclude negotiations of the Louisana Purchase. -
Indiana
During WW2 the P-47 fighter was manufactured in Evansville at Republic Aviation. Abe Lincoln moved to Indiana he was 7 years old. -
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James Monroe
Supported independent countries. -
Mississippi
The first nuclear sub was built in the south and was produced in the Mississippi. The River is the biggest in the US. -
Illinios
The first Aquarium opened in Chicaago, 1893. -
Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
The King of ENgland granted a charter to Dartmoth College. This doc 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 NH was passed that revised the charter. -
Alabama
Alabama was the first state to build something to send people to space. -
Missouri Compromise
First, Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state, but would be balanced by the admission of Maine, a free state, that had long wanted to be separated from Massachutes. Then, slavery was to be excluded. -
Maine
Maine is the only state in US whose name has on syllable. Only state that share only one border. -
Missouri
During Abe's time for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapely from Pike County swore that he would never shave again if he were ellected. -
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe. The US would remain neutral in Europe affairs and not get involved in EUROPEAN CONFLICTS. The US would not interfere with current European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. Europeans stay out, US is out of European affairs. -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824), was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation. -
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John Quincy Adams
Obtained repeal of the gag rule. -
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Andrew Jackson
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Nat Turner's Rebillion
A slave rebillion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. It was led by a slave named Nat Turner.
He was hung -
Arkansas
Arkansas contains over 600,00 acres of lakes and 9700 miles of streams and rivers. -
Michigan
The city Detroit is the "Car Capital" of the world -
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Martin Van Buren
Wanted to oppose the expansion of slavery -
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson had an Indian removal policy. He demanded the Cherokee tribe to give up their land and move to an area in Oklahoma. -
Manifest Destiny
In is a term used in the 19th century about America stretching from coast to coast, It helped fuel western settlement. -
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William Henry Harrison
He would be obedient to the people. -
Florida
Orlando attracts more visitors than any where else in the United State of America. -
Texas
Texas in populary known as the Lone Star State. 6 different flags. -
Mexican-American War
We wanted the Mexican's land, and we won and gained land in the western area -
Iowa
Ripleys Believe it Or Not was created in the state of Iowa -
Wisconsin
Devils Lake was established in 1911. -
Seneca Falls Resolution
Women's Equal Rights
Rights in Social, economics, politics, religious life and voting. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Quakers
Elizibeth C Stanton and Lucreti Mott spearheaded the first womens rights convention in American History. Although the convention was hastily organized and hardly punished, 300+ women and men came to Seneca Falls to preotest. -
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Zachary Taylor
He wanted New Mexico and California to draft constitutions and apply for state hood. -
California
The first motion picture theater opened in LA on April 2, 1902. -
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Franklin Pierce
He wanted to organize western territories and have a railroad run -
Dred Scott vs. Stanford
The Supreme court ruled that American of African decent were not american citizens and couldn't sue in feds court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power. -
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James Buchana
Was elected 5 times in the House of Representatives -
Minnesota
Minnesota invented masking and scotch tape, wheaties, Bisquick, etc. -
John Brown and The Armed Resistance
Yes, he thought that armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery.
In early 1858, he had succeeded in enlisting a small "army" of insurrectionists whose mission was to formen rebillion among the 21 slaves. -
Horace Mann's Campaign for Free Compulsory Public Education
Schools in early New England were "small, their curriculum uniform, and their students homogeneous, they could work for the individual preparation of Puritan saints" -
Oregon
Oregon and NJ are only states without selfserve gas. -
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Abraham Lincon
Issued the emancipation proclamation -
The Liberator
The Liberator was a newspaper published William Lloyd Garrison in Boston. -
Elizebeth Cady Stanton
Formed the National Womans suffrage association with Susab B Anthony. -
Abolitionist Movement
It was to try achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves. -
Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad
It got its name from the slaves "escaping" in the darkness. Harriet Tubman led the Railroad program. -
Sojourner Truth
She became an evangelist and a moving public speaker, despite the fact that she ramined illterate throughout the life. -
Susan B. Anthony
Attended first womens rights convection. Series of years went through this (1852-1920) -
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Millard Folman
Signed the fugitive slave act and presented 5 more bills to congress
