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73 Cards in this Set
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What established the border between the United States and Canada |
The conviction of 1818 |
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How did the United States acquire Florida from Spain |
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams |
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Why did the first Seminole war begin |
US troops invaded Florida to capture Seminole raiders |
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What did most Americans support |
Revolutions for Independence in Latin America |
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This state's application for statehood caused regional conflicts over the issues of slavery |
Missouri |
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He was a US representative from Kentucky who supported nationalism in the American system |
Henry Clay |
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He became the sixth President of the United States after his victory in the election of 1824 |
John Quincy Adams |
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This agreement prohibited slavery in any state or territory north of 36 degrees 30 degrees latitude |
Missouri compromise |
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This. Was characterized by peace pride and progress |
Era of Good feeling |
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This transportation project ran from Albany to Buffalo New York |
Erie canal |
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This develops when people favor regional interest over those of national as a whole |
Sectionalism |
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This was the first road project built by the national government |
Cumberland road |
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This plan called for using tariff money to improve roads and canals |
American system |
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In the election of 1824 this candidate won the popular vote but did not have enough electoral votes to win the election |
Andrew Jackson |
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Who was the first to gain international Fame as a writer |
Washington Irving |
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James Cooper popularized what type of writing |
Historical fiction |
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What type of songs were popular at religious revival meetings |
Spirituals |
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What art movement focused on national pride and appreciation of the American landscape |
Hudson River School |
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What type of schools began to gain support in the US in 1800s |
State funded schools |
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Despite a losing of votes requirement in the early 1800s who were still not given the right to vote |
Women and free black |
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What did Andrew Jackson replaced less than one-fifth of |
Office holders |
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Historians refer to the expansion of voting rights that took place in the early nineteen hundreds as what |
Jacksonian democracy |
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Jackson's informal group of advisers was known as what because of the room they met in |
Kitchen cabinet |
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Any president election of 1828 Adams ran as national Republican well Jackson ran as what |
Democratic |
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Jackson's campaign in the 1828 election relied on what |
His image as a war hero |
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Who was one of Jackson strongest supporters |
Martin van Buren |
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The supporters of who tended to be Farmers, frontiers settlers and southern slaveholders |
Andrew Jackson |
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Who did Andrew Jackson defeat in the election of 1828 |
John Quincy Adams |
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In the early 1800s State legislatures begin to make changes that broadened what |
Democracy |
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Although this man won the presidential election of 1836 he became unpopular as a result of the panic of 1837 |
Martin van Buren |
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Because this region relied on manufactureing they supported high tariffs on imported |
North |
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This doctrine promotes the power of the states over the power of federal government |
States rights |
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This Massachusetts senator stressed the need for the country to remain United |
Daniel Webster |
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President Jackson strongly opposed this institution and vetoed its renewal |
Second Bank of the United States |
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This region's economy was based on farming, especially of cash crops like tobacco and cotton |
South |
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John C. Calhoun resigned from the vice presidency as a result of this historical event |
Nullification crisis |
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Southerners opposed this act of Congress because it led to very high rates for imported manufactured goods |
Tariff of abomination |
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A hero from the Battle of Tippecanoe this man won the presidential election of 1840 |
William Harrison |
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these differences are based on where people live in the economy in those areas with nothing to overcome them they can give rise to sectionalism |
Regional |
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Why did the American government want to remove American Indians |
To open up more land for settlement by American farmers |
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What American Indians were affected by the Indian removal act of 1830 |
Those living east of the Mississippi River |
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How did the Cherokee try to prevent conflicts with Americas |
By adopting American culture |
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Which American Indian group was led on the trail of tears |
Cherokee |
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How did President Jackson respond to the supreme Court ruling in Georgia vs Worcester |
He ignored it |
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often fur traders and trappers these people traveled West and lived dangerous lies often adopting American Indian customs and clothings |
Mountain men |
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This route West led many settlers to Utah |
Mormon trail |
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This Western territory was once claimed by the United States Russia great Britain and Spain |
Oregon country |
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This route West stretch over 2000 miles from Missouri to Oregon and California |
Oregon trail |
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Americans travel along this Western trail to trade goods with the Mexican merchants |
Santa Fe trail |
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This group of settlers traveled to the west to escape religious persecution |
Mormons |
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Demand for this item LED traders further west |
Fur |
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This trading Post became an important American settlement in Oregon |
Astoria |
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Brigham Young established this Mormon settlement in Utah |
Salt lake City |
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Who was defeated in the Battle of the Alamo |
The Texans were defeated by the Mexicans |
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Who hired empresarios to bring more settlers to Texas |
Mexico |
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In 1836 who declared its independence from Mexico |
Texas |
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In return for Freeland settlers in Texas had to what |
Obey Mexican laws |
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The Texas revolt started with Mexico did what |
Try to remove a cannon from Texas |
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The land gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican war is known as what |
The Mexican cession |
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Who won the presidential election of 1844 |
James k Polk |
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Mexico argued that Texas border was the Nueces River while the US believed what |
The Rio grande River was the border |
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What treaty did the United States promise to protect the freedom of Mexicans living in the land gained from Mexico |
Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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The Mexican war came to an end in 1847 when general Winfield Scott captured the Mexican cities of..... |
Veracruz and Mexico city |
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Southerners supported the annexation of Texas as what |
A slave state |
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Between 1845 and 1848 the United States annexed Texas and what other state |
Oregon |
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Because of their isolation Spanish settlers in California or what felt little connection to the government |
Californos |
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The view that nothing could stop the westward growth of the United States is known as what |
Manifest destiny |
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What was a rebellion by a group of American settlers in which they declared California and independent nation |
Bear flag revolt |
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What transformed California's economy in population almost overnight |
The gold rush |
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Biddy Mason who came during the gold rush and became one of the wealthiest landowners in California was what |
A |
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Who profited from the gold rush |
The suppliers of the minors |
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Where was the gold discovered in California |
Sutter's Mill |
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Who was attracted to the discoveries of the gold in California |
Everyone from around the world |
