History Flashcard

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The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by

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buying it from France.

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The leading economic activity in the United States in the early 1800s was

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farming.

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Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent to Americans, and wanted them to settle western land.

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Americans, and wanted them to settle western land.

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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decreed freedom for all enslaved people in areas still in rebellion against the Union.

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibited

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slavery.