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52 Cards in this Set
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Northern economic base
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factories, industries, cities
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Southern economic base
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plantations, farming, cash crops
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Western economic base
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wheats and edibles sent to the North. (continuation of South)
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treatment of slaves/workers
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slaves- the deeper south you got the harsher the treatments because of the number of slaves per plantation.
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Denmark Vessey
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black man who bought his freedom with a lottery jackpot. preacher and carpentar. planned a raid but it fell through. 35 blacks including him were hung.
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Nat Turner
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black preacher. planned a raid. 55 white men killed with farming tools. he along with some other people involved got hanged.
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cotton gin
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invented by Eli Whitney. had interchangeable parts. made slavery more popular because it made the production of cotton quicker.
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Eli Whitney
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invented the cotton gin.
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Manifest Destiny (John L. Sullivan)
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the right for the U.S. to expand territory from East coast > West coast. (Coined phrase)
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commodity
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something that can be bought and sold.
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household economy
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when the families supported themselves by farming. produced just enough for the family to survive.
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market revolution
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changed living from household economy to people working in factories and having markets to buy from.
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Mexican War
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1846-1848
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Treaty of Guadalupe
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ended the Mexican War. U.S gained New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Cali.
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new concerns about slavery after Mexican War
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the balance of free and slave states
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abolitionists
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someone against slavery
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William Lloyd Garrison
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abolitionist who produced anti-slavery newspaper
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to show the Northern whites the intensity of slavery. Made Queen Elizabeth weep.
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John Brown
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abolitionist. Harper's Ferry. Was eventually hung for his acts.
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Abraham Lincoln
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president who won the election of 1860. Civil War & 13th-15th amendments to stop slavery
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Tariff of 1828 (Abominations)
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caused seceding of SC
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John C. Calhoun
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from SC. supported slavery. dropped out of running for president to become Vice President
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President Jackson
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was in the senate. plantation owner in TN. Wins election against JQ in 1828
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Stephen Douglas
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introduced Kansas-Nebraska act
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Harriet Tubman
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one of the leaders of the Underground Railroad
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Roger Taney
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chief justice in Dred Scott case. stated we should help the slave owner, not the slave
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Bleeding Sumner
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when Preston Brookes beats Sumner over the head with a cane. (brain damage)
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Missouri Compromise
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made Missouri a slave state, and Maine a free state.
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Compromise of 1850
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made Cali. free and gave New Mexico and Utah the right to choose
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Stephen Douglas proposed it. states the territories should have the right to choose to be free or slave states
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States' Rights
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states have the right to nullify
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Slave Power
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nickname for the South
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Cannibals All!
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a book written by a slave owner who wanted to make it seem like the North was just as bad as the South because factory workers were practically slaves (responce to Uncle Tom's Cabin)
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Republican Party
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oppose Southern intrests
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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court case where a slave (DS) thought he had the right to be free because he and his owner moved from a slave state to a free state. he lost
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free soiler
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settler in Kansas supporting anti-slavery
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Harpers Ferry
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John Brown raid to get the slaves weapons (FAILED)
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Fort Sumter
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fort harbor in Charleston
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Border States
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states that had slavery but did not seperate from the Union with the South
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Election of 1860
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Lincoln wins against Douglass and Breckinridge. Causes South to seceed from the Union because he recieved not one vote from a southerner
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Monroe Doctrine
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warned European governments to stay out of America's buisness
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American System
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big gov., (JQ) make a better America (roads and canals)
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National Republicans
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strong government and national bank
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Jacksonian Democrats
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little government involvement (AJ)
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John Quincy Adams (JQ)
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ran for presidency in 1824 and won against AJ but lost to him in 1828.
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Andrew Jackson (AJ)
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loses to JQ in 1824 but wins against him in 1828.
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2nd American Party system
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when the National Republicans and the Jacksonian Democrats go vs. each other
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Trail of Tears
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AJ forced out the Cherokee indians and 1 out of 4 died.
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Tariff of Abominations
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high tax on imports meant to help the North
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Martin Van Buren
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president during the Panic of 1837
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Whigs
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new name for National Republicans
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William Henry Harrison
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first Whig candidate
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