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35 Cards in this Set
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Monroe Doctrine
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European nations dont mess with American soil
We dont meddle in European affairs |
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Embargo of 1807
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imposed by Jefferson to prevent future acts of war with British/French
caused serious depression harmed merchants and shipowners of northeast |
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Louisiana Puchase
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$15 million to French for all terriotories west of the Mississipi
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Tecumseh
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the shooting star
attempted to unite native tribes against white advancement whites had no real right to land led battle of Tippecanoe |
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Jay's treaty
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-established undisputed American sovereignty over entire Northwest
- prevented war with Britain - maintained trade with Britain |
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Whiskey Rebellion
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-Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay taxes on whiskey
- Washington sent federal troops to settle problem |
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Gabriel Prosser
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black preacher who nearly led a massive slave uprolt
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Hartford Convention
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conference in which New England States aired their grievances and considered secession
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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as long as there is some comerical connection between states, states cannot pass laws regarding that commerce
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Lewis and Clark
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two frontiersman who painteed elaborate maps of the American West
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Treaty of Ghent
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ended the war of 1812
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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divided northwestern us into 10 states
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XYZ affair
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three French agents, named X, Y, Z refused to negotiate with American diplomats
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Marbury v. Madison
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established the concept of Judicial REview
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Effects of Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
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The growth of cotton production expanded from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales in 1850. As a result, the South became even more dependent on plantations and slavery, making plantation agriculture the largest sector of the Southern economy
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Bank of US
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-proposed by Hamilton
- approved by Washington - restored credit - bonds soared - manufacturers profited |
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yeoman farmer
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a free man holding a small landed estate, a minor landowner, a small prosperous farmer
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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used the ideas of John Locke to argue that the federal governemnt had been formed by a compact or contract among the states and possessed only certain delegated powers
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Shay's rebellion
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-led by Daniel shay
demanded - paper money tax relief moratorium on debts relocation of the state capital from Boston to the interior abolition of imprisonment for debt |
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Northwest ordiance
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turned lands west of Mississippi into one territory
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Erie Canal
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the first transportation system between the eastern seaboard (New York City) and the western interior (Great Lakes) of the United States that did not require portage, was faster than carts pulled by draft animals, and cut transport costs by about 95%
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impressment
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: the act of coercing someone into government service
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Declaration of American Colonization Society
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founded Liberia
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Henry Clay
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19th-century American planter, statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, where he served as Speaker. He also served as Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829.
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Washington's farewell address
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told US to stay the hell out of international affairs
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Connecticut Compromise
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an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It proposed a bicameral legislature, resulting in the current United States Senate and House of Representatives.
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Barbary Pirates
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-Barbary states wanted protection money
- states declared war - Jefferson built up Navy US had to pay $60,000 ransom for release of Americans |
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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ended American Revolution
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Three Fifths compromise
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each slave counted as 3/5 of a citizen
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Deism
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the philosophy of religion is the standpoint that reason and observation of the natural world, without the need for organized religion, can determine that a supreme being created the universe. Further the term often implies that this supreme being does not intervene in human affairs or suspend the natural laws of the universe
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REvolution of 1800
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shift from federalism to republicanism
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Samuel Slater
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used knowledge he acquired in Britain to build the first modern factory
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Benjamin Banneker
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first black almanac writer
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Haitian Revolution
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massive slave uprolt
resulted in first black republic in the Americas |
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Articles of Confederation
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weak first government of the United States
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