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These American Indians built their homes out of cottonwood trees and covered the exterior in grass.
Wichita
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Who was the personal secretary of Thomas Jefferson?
Meriwether Lewis
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The idea that governmental and law making powers reside with the citizens
Popular Sovereignty
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What two states were added when the Missouri Compromised was passed?
Missouri- Slave Maine-Free
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What were the earliest settlers of North America called? (Before American Indians)
Big Game Hunters
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What American Indian Tribe created their homes out of grass but they would cover the exterior in dirt, soil, or earth.
Pawnee
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What country was Claude Charles Du Tisne from?
France
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the belief that a country should grow larger : a policy of increasing a country's size by expanding its territory
Exapnsionism
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What did the northern states get as a part of the Compromise of 1850?
California
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What was Stephen H. Long's mission?
map the south western portion of the plains
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What crop was the most important to the American Indians, it was often sacred with some tribes.
Corn
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This American explorer was the first to travel by land
Zebulon Pike
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to officially make (a law) no longer valid 
Repeal
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What did the southern states get as a part of the Compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Act
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How did men from the Pawnee tribe wear their hair?
narrow strip with everything else shaved
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What Europeans brought horses to the American Indians
The Spanish
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What was the objective of Lewis and Clark's exploration?
Explore the Missouri River and find river access to the pacific ocean
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A person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specific time 
Indentured Servant
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What Senator was influential in getting The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
Stephen A. Douglas
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What country were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from?
The United States
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How did American Indians cook with a buffalo stomach?
boiling rocks
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What American explorer traveled by steamboat
Stephen H. Long
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a piece of land set aside by the U.S. government for American Indians to live on
reservation
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What was suggested for the new Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide the issue of slavery?
popular sovereignty
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Why did the United States pass the Indian Removal Act?
Make room for European farmers