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33 Cards in this Set
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Panic of 1836: Pet Banks
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1. worthless paper money, inflation
2. loans to unqualified people 3. engaged in speculation |
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Specie Circular
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Must pay for land exclusively with gold or silver (Jackson)
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Independent Treasury Act 1840
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Sub treasuries in nations largest cities
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Burned-Over District
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An area in NY that presented a bunch of different religions with hell and damnation
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Election of 1840
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Van Burren (D) vs. William Henry Harrison (Whig)
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Van Burren
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- Kinderhook, NY
- Dutch heritage - Not wealthy |
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Harrison
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- Wealthy
- Battle of Tippecanoe hero - "Log Cabin, Hard Cider" - Rags to riches portrayal |
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Nosirrah
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Democratic response to Harrison winning the election
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LocoFoco
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Young Democrats in favor of Van Burren's re-election (O.K. club)
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E.C.Booz
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Alcohol in log cabin shapped container
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John Tyler
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- Harrison's VP, becomes president after Harrison dies
- Whig Party ticket, democratic beliefs |
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
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Settles border dispute between Maine and Canada
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Stephen F. Austin
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- First permanant colony in TX 1821
- American immigrants settled |
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Texas 1825
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- law passed, must be a Mexican citizen and a Catholic
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Texas 1830
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- Slavery banned
- Americans want to be free from Mexican rule |
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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- Dictator of Mexico
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Texas 1836
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Draw up constitution and claim themselves independent from Mexico
- Alamo - Reorganize under Sam Houston - Defeat Mexicans in April at San Jacinto |
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Election 1844
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Polk (Democrat) - pro expansion ---- WINS
Clay (Whig) - anti expansion Birney (Liberty) - against slavery & expansion |
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Walker Tariff Act 1846
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Lower Tarrif
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Jason Lee
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Minister sets up settlement in Oregon
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Marcus & Narcissa whitman
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Missionaries set up settlement in mondern day Washington
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Donner Party
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Example of how not to go to Oregon
- George was over 60 - left too late - hevy wagons - foolish shortcuts - separated and had to send rescue - cannibalism |
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54/40 or Fight
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US wants area all the way up to 54/40 or will fight for it
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Buchanan-Pakenham treaty
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Settled 54/40 border dispute
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John Louis O'Sullivan
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Article about American expansion west
- manifest destiny - gods will that we continue moving west |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
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- Ends Mexican American War
1. Rio Grande southern border of TX 2. Mexican cession 3. $15 million in cash for Mexican cession territory 4. US assumed claims of Americans against Mexico- made US a transcontinental power |
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Sectionalism
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Issues:
1. tarrif- tax on imports - N & W favor - S disagrees 2. Bank - N agrees, wants big business - West disagrees - S disagrees, think bank is eliticist organization 3. Internal improvements - N & W favor (move products) - S against (no goods to move) 4. Cheap western land - S & W in favor - N against |
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Stono Rebellion
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Slave uprising in South Carolina, slaves kill guards, goal to take ammo to Spanish Fl
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William Lloyd Garrison
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- Liberator, published idea of abolishing slavery
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Election 1848
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Lewis Cass (D) Squatter Sovereignty- let settlers make own decision about slavery
Taylor (Whigs) Van Burren (free soil party) - 1st election where Americans voted on same day |
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Wilmot Proviso
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- No slavery in area obtained from Mexico, does not pass
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California 1850
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- Cali asked to be admitted as free state
- Upsets balance - Clay proposes compromise of 1850 |
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Compromise of 1850
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1. Cali entered as free state
2. Popular sovereignty in New Mexico & Utah 3. D.C. banned slave trade 4.Republic of Texas gave up land claims in present day New Mexico & received $10 million to pay debt to Mexico 5. Fugitive Slave Act- runaway slaves loose rights, any federal official who did not arreset runaway subject to fine |
