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67 Cards in this Set
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Foreign Slave Trade
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1798- all states close but GA, but SC also brought in tons, what to do with all these slaves?
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African Colonization Society
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captured all slaves illegally imported and sent them back to Africa.
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Battle of Trafalger
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British won, complete dominance of sea, set up illegit trade that forced US sailors into British navy,
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Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
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Leopard- British warship dominated the US, demonstrating weakness of US military
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Embargo Act
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Jefferson tried to cut off trade w/ Britain, but resulted in depression and anger from states
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Election of 1808
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Madison easily defeats CC Pickney, the erases Embargo Act
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Non-Intercourse Act
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US will trade w/ anyone except Britain and France
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Macon's Bill No. 2
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US would trade w/ Eng. or Fren., whichever one respected us more- failed to have intended effect
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Tecumseh Conspiracy
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pulled together confederation of Indians to fight US, had British support
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William Henry Harrison
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in charge of army in Tippecanoe battle,
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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Harrison's men fought off suprise attack by Indians and then found evidence of British support
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War Hawks
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wanted war w/ G.B.
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Henry C. Clay
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war hawk from Kentucky
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John C. Calhoun
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war hawk from South Carolina
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Oliver Hazard Perry and Battle of put-in bay
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wanted to control Great Lakes. US defeated British Navy, gaining Lake Erie and an avenue to invade Canada
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Battle of River Thames
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Harrison won this battle, killed Tecumseh, secured control of the Old Northwest of US
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Thomas McDonough and the Battle of Lake Chamberlain
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McDonough uses battle genius to upset British navy and gains control of Lake Chamerlain.
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Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans
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US soldiers use long+ accurate rifles to crush British troops, actually fought after was over
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Treaty of Ghent
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1814, return to the way things were before the war, G.B. stays away from US ships
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Hartford Convention
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called for constiutional changes- make amendment to strike 3/5 clause, limit presidency to 1 year, can't have two presidents in a row from the same state
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Second War for American Independence
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the difficulties of the war somewhat hidden by selective memory- Americans feel a sense of accomplishment, especially economically
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Eli Whitney
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invented interchangeable parts and the cotton gin
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Interchangeable Parts
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allows for mass production, saves products, also basis for repair
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Erie Canal
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enables connection from Mohawk river to Great Lakes, enables massive expansion of Old Northwest and NY
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New York City
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undergoing huge population growth 1830-1860
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Old Northwest
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Ohio, Illinois, Indiana also undergoing massive population changes
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Old Southwest
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Bama, Mississippi undergoing lots of expansion westward, high population, slavery permitted here
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Cotton Gin
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really simple machine that easily gets out burrs of cotton
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Sea Island cotton
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coastal SC and GA, very high quality selling at high price
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Upland Cotton
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difficult to remove the burr from this type of cotton
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Second Bank of the United States
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citizens are making money irresponsibly w/out B.U.S., Madison realized it is essential and recreates it
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Maine
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argument over Maine b/c southeners wanted Missouri Act, norhteners argued for the Tallmadge Agreement
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Sen. JB Thomas
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nothing wrong w/ slave ownership
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Missouri Compromise
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maine is free, missouri is slave
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36,30
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south of that line, there is slavery. north of it, there is not.
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Rufus King
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attacked slavery for being morally wrong
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Henry Clay
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supported Missouri Compromise. warned N to support it or not to vote at all. caused a situation where some agreed with the Southeners, and some felt that there had to be Missouri compromise to save the union.
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doughface
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someone is soft on slavery
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State's rights
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southeners are avid supporters of states rights so states can decide for themselves whether they will allow slavery
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Alabama
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admitted as a slave state.
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Election of 1824
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rep party- William Crawford
John Quincy Adams- won the presidency in the electoral college Henry Clay Andrew Jackson- won popular vote |
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William Crawford
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Georgian, fought for state's rights, had a stroke in 1823 which caused people to have doubts when the election came, didn't believe in interal improvements
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John Quincy Adams
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New england candidate, which caused discomfort among voters.
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Henry Clay
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ran from West, speaker in the house, put forward American program
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American Program
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first time someone would bring together regions intellgently. it would improve transportation/commerce between east and west
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protective tariff
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would reduce transportation costs, create jobs.
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John C. Calhonu
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everyone's choice for VP in 1824
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Andrew Jackson
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ran as a hero in 1824, kept quiet on the issues, won the popular vote
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Bucktails
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Van Buren and his supporters
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Martin Van Buren
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LOVED politics, didn't believe in natural elite, very successufl lawyer, enjoyed wielding power, NY state legislature, chosen on national level, orignially supported Crawford, wanted a competeive two-party system, NOT one huge Rep. party, wnated to build based on Jeffersonian principles, teamed up with Andrew Jackson, built party around Jackson....and the democratic party emerges
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Tarriff of Abominations
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1824, offered something for...look this up
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Election of 1828
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Jackson won handily- Van Buren was right about two party system bringing out the voters
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Nicolas trist
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position w/ winfield's troops- chief clerk of the state dept.,soctt didnt trust him at first, eventually became good friends, polk withdrew trist ability to negotiate treaty
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treaty of guadalaupe hidalgo- trist
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gave the US all area west of Texas. polk decided to sent it to senate w/out endorsing it, became law of the land
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America in 1850
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check the notes...it's a lot
two party system, no natural elite, ubranizing, south investing a lot in slavery while north is rapidly industrializing |
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Southeners and slavery
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social, economic, and racial institution. belived this institution would sweet the world. enables a lot of whites to advance themselves.
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Slavery
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slave is viewed as part property and as part human, extension of master's will,
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Slave codes
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laws that govern what slaves can and cannot do. don't teach them to reda and write, thehy must have passes to leave plantation, etc.
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Economic of slavery
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make huge amounts of money using slave labor. huge outputs.
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care of slaves
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used positive incentives to ensure they would behave, not revolt, think they were well off, etc. used negative incenties to punish when they break rules and such.
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slave community
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slave participated in many family activites. field slaves, urban slaves, plantation slaves.
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urban slavery
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10% of all slaves live in urban environments. very different from rural slavery. had more skills.
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Kitchen Cabinet
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Andrew Jackson's cabinet- Van Buren was the Sec of State, John eaton- Sec. of war. didn't matter whether they had expertise or not
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Patronage
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huge numbers of individuals who were into government simply because they were huge democratic supporters. they gained the spoils of war.
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Maysville Veto
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a bill that was passed for the building of a long road that passed through Kentucky. Jackson vetoed on the grounds that it was unconstiutional in that it violated states' rights and federal surplus could not be used for internal improvements. like Jefferson, he had a strict interpretation of the constitution
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Western Lands
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Jackson wanted to open up western lands for the settlement of white people, and he wanted to promote small, white farmers. felt that future generations neede access to cheap lands.
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South Carolina Exposition and Crisis
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Calhoun wrote an article saying that states had the right to nullify federal law within that state, if they gathered up a state-ratifying representative body.
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