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147 Cards in this Set
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With which of the following did Congress establish a federal court system?
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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What department handels relations with other nations?
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State Department
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To open Ohio to white settlement, Anthony Wayne forced 12 Native American nations from the Great Lakes region to sign the
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Treaty of Greenville
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A person favoring one side of a political issue is
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partisan
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The Democratic- Republicans believed in
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state banks
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The Democratic-Republicans believed in strong state government and
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rule by the people
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What law made it illegal to criticize the government?
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Sedition Act
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What made it more difficult for white aliens to become citizens?
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Naturalization Act
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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 spelled out a theory of
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states' rights
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What are the first 10 amendments that were added to the Constitution?
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Bill of Rights
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The amount the nation's government owes is called the
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national debt
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Most Americans considered Jay's Treaty
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dishonorable
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George Washington warned that political parties would
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divide the nation
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Which view did Thomas Jefferson not hold?
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rule by the wealthy class
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Federalists believed in
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a national bank
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To prepare for an election, the Federalists and the Republicans held meetings called
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caucuses
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What law gave the president the power to deport aliens?
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Alien Act
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What made it a crime to speak, write, or publish "false, scandalous and malicious" criticisms of the government?
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Sedition Act
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The changes in the way goods were made in the mid-1700s first appeared in
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Britain
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America's Industrial Revolution began to take root in
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New England
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Who invented the cotton gin?
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Eli Whitney
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The major elements of free enterprise are competition, economic freedom, private property, and
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profit
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The National Road went as far west as
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Vandalia, Illinois
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Pioneers usually migrated west
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as families
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Who believed high tariffs raised the prices of manufactured goods?
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John C. Calhoun
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What called for a tariff to stimulate growth of American industries?
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American System
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What agreement set the official border between Canada and the United States?
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Convention of 1818
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An example of the United States "military strength" is the
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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The revolution that changed the wat people worked was the
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Industrial Revolution
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Scientific discoveries that simplify work are called
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technology
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Who was one of the chief supporters of state sovereignty?
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John C. Calhoun
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Whose mill launched the factory system?
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Francis Cabot Lowell
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Thirty years after the first census, the population of the United States was
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10 million
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What are separate compartments where water levels were raised of lowered?
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locks
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Who began his political career as a supporter of free trade and the shipping interests of New England?
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Daniel Webster
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The leader who tried to resolve sectional disputes by compromise was
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Henry Clay
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What agreement provided for disarmament along the Canadian border?
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Rush- Bagot Treaty
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changed how people worked
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Industrial Revolution
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gives legal right to inventions
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patent
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made British goods more expensive
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Tariff of 1816
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James Monroe's secretary of state
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John Quincy Adams
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invaded Spanish East Florida in 1818
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Andrew Jackson
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money for investment
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capital
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uniform pieces
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interchangeable parts
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chartered in 1816 by Congress
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Second Bank of the United States
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proposed the American System
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Henry Clay
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Mexican revolutionary
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Miguel Hidalgo
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Which 1824 Republican presidential nominee had poor health?
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William H. Crawford
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The 1824 presidential election was decided
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in the House of Representatives
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Who believed the nation should shift from a farming- based economy to a manufacturing one?
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John Quincy Adams
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Which president's popularity with the "common man" changed politics?
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Andrew Jackson
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Some SOutherners wanted to break away from the United States, or to
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secede
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What act did Congress pass in order to relocate Native Americans?
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Indian Removal Act
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The Cherokee Trail of Tears began in
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Georgia
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The Bank of the United States was chartered by
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Congress
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President Van Buren's belief in the principle of laissez-faire prolonged the
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depression
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John Tyler became president because
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President Harrison had died
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Who was not a favorite son candidate in the 1824 election?
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William H. Crawford
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Which was raised in poverty by his mother?
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Andrew Jackson
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Who won the 1824 presidential election?
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John Quincy Adams
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More than 80 percent of which group voted in the 1840 presidential election?
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White males
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The practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters became known as
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the spoils system
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What sent the message that the federal government would not allow a state to go its own wat without a fight?
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Force Bill
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Who was the Seminole leader who went to war against the United States in an effort to keep his nation's land?
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Oseola
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A government permit to operate the Bank of the United States was called a
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charter
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Who, along with federal troops, led the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears?
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William Henry Harrison
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To win the election of 1840, William Henry Harrison needed the support of
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laborers
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Which was the last country to challenge the United States' control of Oregon?
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Britain
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What allowed people from both Britain and the united States to settle in Oregon country?
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joint occupation
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Mountain men made their living as
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fur trappers
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Among the first settlers of the Oregon country, after trappers, were the
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missionaries
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Who was the Tennessee backwoodsman who lost his life at the Alamo?
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Davy Crockett
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About the defenders of which place did Santa Anna's aide say, "The Texans fought more like devils than like men?"
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the Alamo
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Who was the African American who called the war with Mexico "disgraceful" and "cruel"?
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Frederick Douglass
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What was the third part of James K. Polk's war plan?
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to capture Mexico City
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Which group took the law into their own hands in Gold Rush society?
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vigilantes
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Founded by the Mormons, which city was originally called Deseret?
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Salt Lake City
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Oregon country was which direction from Californis/
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north
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What was the high point of the year for mountain men?
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rendezvous
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Reports of what persuaded many Americans to settle in Oregon country?
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fertile land
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What philosophy meant that the United States was set apart to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?
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Manifest Destiny
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Santa Anna was captured in the battle of
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San Jacinto
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What did the United States insist was the border between the United States and Mexico?
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Rio Grande
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Which man replaced the Bear Flag with that of the United States?
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Commodore John Sloat
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Which people made huge profits during the Gold Rush?
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merchants
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What event ended in a few years but had long- lasting effects on California's economy?
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Gold Rush
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Who led the Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area?
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Brigham Young
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Who constructed the first mechanical reapre?
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Cyrus McCormick
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By 1860, the Midwest and the East were united by a network of
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railroad tracks
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With other workers of the same skills, workers formed
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trade unions
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Famine caused people from which country to immigrate to the United States?
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Ireland
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Arriving between 1820 and 1860, the second largest group of immigrants was from
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Germany
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What was the :king" and the main topic of conversation in the South?
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cotton
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A shortage of what would have devastating consequences for the South during the Civil War?
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railroads
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What large group of Southerners owned small farms of about 50 to 200 acres?
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yeomen
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Who watched over the enslaved household workers and tended to them when they became ill?
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plantation wife
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Most enslaved people on plantations worked as
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field hands
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land, labor, and capital are often called
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factors of production
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Who led a group of enslaved African Americans in rebellion against their slaveholders in 1831?
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Nat Turner
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Most factory workers lived in
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slums
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To put pressure on employees, workers staged
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strikes
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Many immigrants from which country became servants and factory workers?
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Ireland
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What transformed the stagnant economy of the South into a prospreious, robust economy?
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cotton
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The largest group of whites in the South were
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yeomen
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What group of Southerners measured their wealth partly by the number of enslaved people they controlled?
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plantation owners
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Enslaved people needed an extended family because they
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could be sold
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What made it a crime to teach enslaved people to read or write?
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slave codes
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The admission of misouri as a slave state was controversial in the Senate because
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it would upset the balance
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Henry Clay's compromise became known as
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the Missouri Compromise
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Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?
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Free-Soil
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Enforcement of the Fugitive Act led to
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more anger in the north
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What did Franklin Pierce become in 1853?
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president
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Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through
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popular sovereighnty
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In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention?
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Illinois
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The main topic of the Lincoln- DOuglas debates were
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slavery
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Who was not a presidential candidate in 1860?
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John C. Calhoun
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Southerners justified secession with the theory of
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states' rights
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The main issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of
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Texas
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What plan specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might be acquired by Mexico?
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WIlmot Proviso
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According to the ______ a person could be fined or imprisioned for aiding fugitives.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe showed slavery as a brutal, cruel system?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What was the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery?
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Kansas
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In the election of 1856, the presidency was secured for James Buchanan by
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Southern votes
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What Supreme Court decision divided the antion even more?
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Dred Scott case
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Douglas's stand that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws protection slaveholders' rights came to be known as
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the Freeport Doctrine
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The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot in most Southern states was
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Abraham Lincoln
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Who was the senator from Kentucky who tried to save the Union by proposing a last- minute compromise?
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John Crittenden
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Name the actual units associated with the following MAGTF
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Jefferson thought government should do all of these except
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spy on its citizens
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The Supreme Court reviewing and ruling on acts of other branches of the government is called
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judicial review
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The Lousiana Territory was purchased from
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France
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Who forced Napolean Bonaparte to abandon plans for an American empire?
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Toussaint- Louverture
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What prohibited trade with another country?
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Embargo Act
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After what battle did Tecumseh join forces with British troops?
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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Who urged Native Americans to return to the customs of their ancestors?
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the Prophet
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Henry Clay and John Calhoun were known as
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War Hawks
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The War of 1812 was ended by the
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Treaty of Ghent
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Who killed ALexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804?
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Aaron Burr
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Requirements for presidential elections were set by the
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Twelfth Amendment
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Who broadened the Supreme Court's power?
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John Marshall
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Which French ruler had plans for empires in Europe and the Americas?
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Napolean Bonaparte
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The leaders of the exploration of the Louisiana Territroy were Lewis and
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Clark
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A nation not involved in a conflict had
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neutral rights
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Who built a strong confederacy among Native Americans?
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Tecumseh
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Which commander destroyed the British naval forces on Lake Erie?
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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Hopes for a Native American Confederation died with the death of
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Tecumseh
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The northern border of the United States was secured by the Battle of
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Lake Erie
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