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How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States and its government? |
It gave the US land that would eventually result in the addition of 13 new states, including the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. |
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Jefferson's most fundamental political belief was...? |
absolute acquiescence to the decisions of the majority |
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From the defeat of the Federalists in the election of 1800, one can infer that... |
Americans wanted a government that was less conservative and more democratic. |
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How did Jefferson simplify the federal government? |
Jefferson reduced the size and scope of the federal government by ending internal taxes, reducing the size of the army and navy, and paying off the government's debt. |
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What was the long-term importance of the Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison? |
It created a precedent whereby the Supreme Court would be the final decision maker regarding the Constitutionality of Congressional legislation. |
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What did Lewis & Clark hope to find? |
a route across the continent |
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The Embargo of 1807... |
declared that the US wouldn't trade with Europe (in the hopes that France & Britain would acknowledge US neutrality) |
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While Sacajawea helped Lewis & Clark's expedition with her knowledge of the west and language, how else did she assist them? |
The presence of a woman and baby made the party seem less like a war party |
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The War of 1812 was also known as... |
The Second War for American Independence |
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This man destroyed the British Fleet on Lake Erie in 1813, and forced the British to flee Detroit. |
Oliver Hazard Perry |
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What did Eli Whitney develop? |
a machine that separated cotton seeds from the cotton itself |
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How did the geographical landscape of the US change by 1821? |
Eleven new states had been added to the original 13 colonies. |
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What was the Second Great Awakening? |
a series of religious revivals that swept through the US in the early 19th century |
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What is the Outwork System? |
Small parts of a larger production process were carried out in numerous individual homes |
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What was one of the problems that led to the artistic & scholarly quality of literature and art in the early 19th century suffering (for example, the works of Mercy Warren and Mason Weems)? |
Artists & scholars suffered from a simplistic patriotic impulse. |
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By 1840 in the US, which of the following groups could vote? |
adult white males |
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Prior to the War of 1812, this had been the guiding value. |
Republicanism |
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This person played a key role in the development of the Second Party System. |
Martin Van Buren |
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Why was the time between 1817 & 1825 sometimes called the "Era of Good Feelings"? |
It was an era of one-party dominance |
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What party was developed in opposition to Andrew Jackson? |
Whigs |
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What was considered to be the Women's Sphere? |
The private sphere of the home |
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This was the first railroad chartered in the US. |
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
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What was the cult of domesticity? |
Women were seen as a way of enhancing their husband's social status |
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The two railroads that created the Transcontinental Railroad met up where? |
Promontory |
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The Erie Canal was also known as ... |
Clinton's Ditch |
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Another name for slavery |
The Peculiar Institution |
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The person who was paid to get the most work out of the slaves, often using violent tactics. |
Overseer |
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A slave who managed other slaves, sometimes violently, in return for special privileges. |
Driver |
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Voluntarily giving freedom to a slave |
Manumission |
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People who sought to help runaway slaves reach freedom by making sure they got from "station" to "station" |
Conductors |
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The idea that God Himself had blessed the growth of the American nation. |
Manifest Destiny |
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Mexican dictator who jailed Stephen Austin |
Santa Ana |
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The motto of Polk who sought the entire Oregon territory. |
54 40 or Fight! |
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This banned slavery above the 36/30 Latitude lines. |
The Missouri Compromise |
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This allowed for popular sovereignty in territory that existed north of the 36/30 Latitude line |
The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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Between 1856 & 1860, the loss of which of these people allowed forces on either extreme to gain power and cripple compromise? |
John Calhoun Henry Clay Daniel Webster |
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How many American men died in the Civil War? |
1/25 men |
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What did the Dred Scott case decide? |
Congress did not have the right to outlaw slavery, and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional |
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What happened a few weeks after Lincoln was elected President, but before he ever came to office? |
South Carolina seceded |
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What did the Freeport Doctrine say? |
Local governments would decide for themselves is slavery was allowed through their self-policing efforts |
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed... |
all slaves in the states that were in rebellion (with a few specific exceptions) |
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During the War, one of the most important challenges for both sides was foreign relations. (t or f) |
True |
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During the War, one of the most important challenges for both sides was foreign relations. (t or f) |
True |
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The South found themselves with... |
massive inflation |
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The North found themselves with... |
an explosion of wartime production |
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Reconstruction was a time of peace in the US.(t or f) |
False |
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Which amendment allowed African American males to vote? |
15th Amendment |
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What was the Freedman's Bureau? |
a federal agency created to help the transition from slavery to emancipation |
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Which group hoped to punish the South after the War? |
Radical Republicans |
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The first president to be impeached was... |
Johnson |
