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28 Cards in this Set
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Why was he not elected president?
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B/c he did not have the majority of the electoral votes
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List the 3 parts of the Missouri Compromise?
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1)Missouri would enter as a slave state
2)Main would join the Union as a free state 3) All lands north, except MO, would be free; South lands would be slave |
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What position in the House did Henry Clay hold?
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Speaker of the House
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What nickname was given to Henry Clay?
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The Great Compromiser
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What was the "Corrupt Bargain?"
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Supposed secret bargain that Clay was given the job and then the House choosing Adams as President.
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Define American System
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Henry Clay's plan for raising tariffs to pay for internal improvements such as better roads and canals.
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Which house would choose the president?
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House of Reps
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In the early 1800's, most Americans moved west looking for__________ and __________.
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Land and opportunity
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How did he use his influence?
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To sway votes of the House of Reps. to vote for Adams
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Define Adam-Onis Treaty
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Agreement in which Spain gave up all of FL to the U.S.
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Which part of the gov't would adding a new slave state affect the balance?
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The Senate
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What began to grow after the War of 1812?
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National Pride
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Who wrote the Missouri Compromise?
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Henry Clay
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Which form of transportation was the quickest, easiest and the cheapest?
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Water Transport
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What issue still divided the North and the South?
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Slavery
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Define Erie Canal
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Canal that ran from Albany to Buffalo, NY; completed in 1825.
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In what year did Congress past the Missouri Compromise?
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1820
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It was this and not political parties that influenced the election of 1824.
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Sectional differences
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Define Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Agreement that limited naval power in the Great Lakes to the U.S. and British Canada.
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What was the major regional conflict that arose in 1819?
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When Congress considered the application of MO to enter the Union
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Which section controlled the House of Reps. at this time?
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The free states in the North
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Define Cumberland Road
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First federal road project; conmstruction of which began in 1815; ran from Cumberland, Maryland to present day Wheeling, West Virginia.
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What did journalists begin to call this time?
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Era of Good Feeling
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Who was elected president in 1816?
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James Monroe
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What was the engineering problem with the building of the Erie Canal? How was it solved?
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Much of the land b/t the two cities was hilly. The engineers used locks to solve this.
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Define Lock
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A section of a canal with large gates at either end; water inside lock can be raised or lowered.
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Who were the 4 candidates for President in 1824 and which section did they Represent?
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1)John Quincy Adams-Northeast
2)William Crawford-Southern States 3)Henry Clay- West 4)Andrew Jackson-West |
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Which one received the most popular votes?
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Jackson
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