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| 56175213 | Andrew Jackson | He was the seventh President of the United States who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans As president, he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers. | 0 | |
| 56175214 | Abraham Lincoln | he successfully led the United States through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery; He also introduced the idea of abolishing slavery which included the Emmancipation Proclaimation and 13th Amendment. | 1 | |
| 56175215 | John MacDonald | it was because of him parliament pased british north american act which made canada a nation. The 1st prime minister of Canada. | 2 | |
| 56175216 | Benito Juarez | He was the pesident of Mexico. He brought liberal reforms to Mexico, including separation of church and state, land distribution to the poor, and an educational system for all of Mexico | 3 | |
| 56175217 | Juan Manuel de Rosas | argentina, He forced exile to Great Britain in 1852 which ushered in a golden age of liberalism., He was asStrongman leader in Buenos Aires | 4 | |
| 56175218 | Porfirio Diaz | was a dictator who dominated Mexico, permitted foriegn companies to develop natural resources and had allowed landowners to buy much of the countries land from poor peasants | 5 | |
| 56175219 | Emiliano Zapata | He mobilized landless peasants in south-central Mexico in an attempt to seize and divide the lands of the wealthy landowners. | 6 | |
| 56175220 | Louis Riel | Metis leader of the Manitoba and North-West rebellions; lead a revolt against the US and their expansion into Canada | 7 | |
| 56175221 | Louisiana Purchase | The U.S., under Jefferson, bought the Louisiana territory from France, and gained control of Mississippi trade route and doubled its size. | 8 | |
| 56175222 | Manifest Destiny | was a belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean | 9 | |
| 56175223 | Indian Removal | was the policy to remove Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to move them further to the lands west of the river. | 10 | |
| 56175224 | Mexican-American War | A conflict that occurred as the result of Mexican resentment over the US annexation of Texas and a border dispute. Resulting in an American victory, Mexico had to surrender their provinces in the north and the west. | 11 | |
| 56175225 | Emancipation Proclimation | a document issued by president Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that all slaves owned by persons in the confederate states were now free. | 12 | |
| 56175226 | Dawes Act | An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. it was Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism. | 13 | |
| 56175227 | Caudillos | independent leaders who dominated local areas by force in defiance of national policies | 14 | |
| 56175228 | La Reforma | offered hope to oppressed people of Mexico, revised the Mexican constitution to strip military power and end Church privileges | 15 | |
| 56175229 | Northwest Rebellion | An armed uprising of Métis and other Native people who wanted the Canadian government to recognize their rights, led by Louis Riel | 16 | |
| 56175230 | Gauchos | Argentine cowboys | 17 |
