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What example did Washington set? |
Talked to head gov.'s cavinets |
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Why did political parties form |
To organize support on views |
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Alexander Hamilton- |
Federalist. Strong ties w Britain for trade |
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Who decided the presidential election of 1800? |
House of Representatives |
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Washington s first term |
Set examples for future presidents |
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Goals of Hamilton as secretary of treasury |
Reduce debt by taxes |
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What leader thinks the French Revolution was justified? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Thomas Jefferson- |
Democratic-Republican. Small federal gov. Ties with French. |
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Why was it difficult for the government to maintain a neutrality policy? |
American merchants profited from both Britain and France. |
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What were the effects of the Lewis and Clark expedition? |
Discovered new species. Allowed settlers to settle into the Louisiana territories. |
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How would a water route to the Pacific benefit overseas trade? |
Provide a direct route to China and Indian markets. |
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Who wrote the decisión establishing judicial review? |
Chief Justice Marshall (John Marshall) |
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What were the results of the Embargo Act? |
Volume of smuggling increased. Economy of US dropped. |
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What were the results of the Pike expedition? |
Expanded the America's knowledge of the Southwest. |
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William Henry Harrison described ___ as an uncommon genius. |
Tecumseh |
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Describe water transportation. |
Steamboats made shipping faster |
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How did the us gain florida? |
Adams-Onis treaty. From spain. $5 million |
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How did Congress help us industry after war of 1812? |
Established second bank of America. |
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What was the effect of sectionalism on the Era of Good Feelings? |
It made national unity more difficult. |
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Daily life in 1800 factories- |
Long hours, hot summers and cold winters. Poor work conditions |
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John C. Calhoun- |
Supports state rights and slavery growth. Vice of Andrew Jackson. |
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Rise of Latin American nations |
Won indépendance through revolutions. |
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Why did President Monroe announce the Monroe Doctrine? |
To keep European powers out of the western hemisphere. |
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How did Congress protect American manufacturers after the war of 1812? |
Raising tariffs on import goods. |
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Why did President Jackson think the 2nd bank of America was unconstitutional? |
Thought the states would charter banks. |
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Describe the election of 1824. |
House of rep chose John Adams as president. "Corrupt bargain" |
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Why did South Carolina pass the Nullification Act? |
To protect the 'Tariff of Abominations' |
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How did Andrew Jackson earn support among voters? |
'Champion of the Common Man'. |
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What change in voting requirements were made by the 1830s? |
White men didn't have to own land to vote. |
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Why did Jackson say 'corrupt bargain'? |
Clay urged members of the house to vote for Adams. |
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Who suffered financially from the Tariff of Abomination? |
Southern planters. |
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What was the biggest threat to traveling west by wagons? |
Diseases and illnesses. |
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How did Mexican influence us culture? |
Mining/irrigation techniques. Language. Food . And laws. |
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Why did Texans seek revenge against Santa anna? |
Fall of the Alamo. |
He was a butthole . |
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Why was their conflict between American settlers and Mexican gov in texas? |
They felt no loyalty to the Mexican gov. |
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Why did Mormons move west? |
Social and religious freedom. |
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What did the us get as a result of the Mexican war? |
New mexico. |
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What made it possible for southern planters to boost their profits after 1793? |
Invention of the cotter gin. |
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How did steam powered machinery change manufactering? |
More factories could be built everywhere. |
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What did factory workers hope to achieve by forming trade unions? |
Working conditions improved. |
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Who thought railroad competition would lose them money? |
Canal operators. |
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How did slavery hurt the development of southern industry? |
Mainly slaves in south, who had no money to buy goods. |
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Describe the experiences of free blacks in the south. |
States limited slaves rights. |
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How was the central influence on the styles of American painters before 1800? |
European painting traditions. |
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What was the result of Dorothea Dix's efforts at social reform? |
Insanity was treated as an illness. |
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Who would have benefited the most from Thomas Gallaudets reform efforts? |
Deaf people/ with disabilities |
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What was the achievement of Elizabeth Blackwell? |
First woman to become a licensed doctor. |
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Who was supposed to be educated at the Seneca falls convention? |
Men. |
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What political party was formed in 1848 for the purpose of banning slavery in the West? |
Free-soil party. |
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What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? |
Popular sovereignty for New Mexico. California as a free state. Texas/ New Mexico border is defined. |
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How did the Civil War begin? |
Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter. (In South Carolina) |
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What was the goal of the free soil party? |
To ban slavery in western territory. |
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Why was there conflict in 1848 in the Western territories over the issues of slavery? |
Legally of slavery to be decided for New Mexico and lands from Mexico. |
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Describe the effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
Opened people's eyes to slavery. |
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How were the goals of the Republicans and free-soilers alike? |
Both wanted to keep slavery put of the western territories. |
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What was the effect of Dred Scott? |
Slaves were considered property and could not go to court. |
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What were the effects of the emancipation proclamation? |
Added abolish slavery of southern slavery to their war goals. |
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How did blacks in the union army contribute to the war effort? |
Fought in major battles (1863) |
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Why did small southern farmers resent the Confederacy's draft law? |
Men who owned more than 20 slaves were not drafted. |
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Summarize the early efforts of reconstruction. |
Lincoln signed a bill establishing Freedman ' s Bureau. |
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Who were the new forces in southern politics after the civil war? |
White Republicans and blacks. |
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What helped end reconstruction? |
Election of 1876. |
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How did the South develop it's industry after the civil war? |
More textile mills.mineral mining...iron and coal.oil refinery. |
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Why did Congress rebel against President Johnson's reconstruction plan? |
It was too lenient to the South |
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How did southern conservatives resist reconstruction? |
They formed secret societies |
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How did the results of the election showed the growing political tensions in the United States? |
Pro British voters were with the north |
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How did Jefferson confront the issue referred to in the quote? |
He argued that states have the right to notify the law / helped pass the Kentucky and Virginia law. |
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Why would a black school child in the North hide their books in brown paper sacks? |
Blacks were not trusted and people would think that the children would steal the books. |
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Where did most of the new immigrants in the 1850s come from? |
Ireland and Germany |
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What territories to the Missouri Compromise divide? |
Land from the Louisiana Purchase. |
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What is the best interpretation of Sumner's opinion? |
The president has no regard for the Constitution or its laws, that he was allowing slavery in the South. |
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