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22 Cards in this Set
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Who formed the Democratic Party?
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Andrew Jackson
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What was the Trail of Tears?
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The Trail of Tears is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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Who are Tejanos?
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Texans who originated in México
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Who was the President of the Republic of Texas?
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David G. Burnet
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What was Texas’s nickname?
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The lone star state
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What were the effects of the Alamo?
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It was a rallying point for the Army of Texas. It was also the beginning of the end for the Empire of Mexico. Within 12 years, Santa Anna would be dead and the fledgling US would control all of the Southwest.
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What treaty was formed following the Alamo?
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The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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What was President Jackson’s nickname?
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Old hickory.
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What was President Jackson’s background like?
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He was a slaveholder who liked to duel.
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What was President Jackson’s policy towards Native Americans?
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Move them so we get their land.
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What was the relationship between President Jackson and his power to veto?
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He vetoed 12 times. This was more then the rest combined.
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Summarize the Election of 1824. (Who won the popular vote, who were the candidates, political parties)
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Andrew Jackson won the most popular votes but henry clay gave Adams his votes. Andrew then founded the Democratic Party.
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What was corrupt bargaining? Who was involved?
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henry clay gave Adams his votes.
In the 1824 U.S. presidential election, no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes. Andrew Jackson led with 99 votes, followed by John Quincy Adams with 84, William Harris Crawford with 41 and Henry Clay with 37. Under the 12th Amendment procedure, the House of Representatives had to choose a president from the top three candidates. Clay, thus out of the race, threw his support to Adams, who was elected by the House. Adams in turn named Clay his Secretary of State, an arrangement that Jackson supporters labeled the "corrupt bargain". |
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Summarize the Election of 1828.
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The Election of 1828 was unique in that nominations were no longer made by Congressional caucuses, but by conventions and the state legislatures. John Quincy Adams was re-nominated by forces then calling themselves the National Republicans; his running mate was Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush.
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hat does the slogan “54, 50, fight” refer to?
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In 1818, the United States and the United Kingdom (controlling British Canada) established a joint claim over the Oregon Territory - the region west of the Rocky Mountains and between 42° North and 54°40' North (the southern boundary of Russia's Alaska territory).
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What were some reasons to move to California in the 1840s?
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The gold rush and the possibility of instant riches.
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Who was president during the Mexican War?
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Santa Anna
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What were the primary reasons behind the Mexican War?
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Texan Annexation, The Boundary Dispute, The California Question
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What was Abraham Lincoln’s view on expansion and the Mexican War?
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he openly opposed U.S. intervention into the Mexican War
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what is Manifest Destiny?
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The belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
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What is annexation?
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To add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
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What is assimilation?
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The act or process of assimilating.
the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society |
