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7986247595Horace Mannworked to reform the American education system, abolitionist, prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix0
7986247596Noah Websterwrote the first major American dictionary1
7986247597Henry ClayUnited States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states2
7986247598Daniel Webster- Leader of the Whig Party, originally pro-North, supported the Compromise of 18503
7986247599John NoyesLeader of a radical New York commune that practiced "complex marriage" and eugenic birth control4
7986247600ShakersThe followers of Mother Ann Lee, who preached a religion of strict celibacy and communal living.5
7986247601Louis AgassizAmerica's greatest science teacher; defended creation science.6
7986247602Webster-Ashburton Treaty1842 - Established Maine's northern border and the boundaries of the Great Lake states.7
7986247603Wilmot Proviso1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico8
7986247604Texas Annexation1845 new acquisition, Mexico did not like.9
7986247605TejanosSpanish settlers who lived in what is now southern Texas10
7986247606TexicansTexas Mexicans who brought slaves from Mexico11
7986247607Election of 1844Polk (Dem) defeats Clay (Whig) and Birney (Liberty - anti-slavery)12
7986247608steam enginean engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power.13
7986247609slave codesLaws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.14
7986247610Task Systema system that allowed slaves to work their own land after their assigned duties were completed15

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