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38 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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What year was Uncle Tom's Cabin written in?
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1852
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Who wrote the impending Crisis of the South?
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Hinton R. Helper
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Where did Britain get cotton
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Egypt and India
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What was the Trent Affair?
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Union warship stopped ship North of Cuba and forcilby removed 2 confederate diplomats bound for Britain
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First president in chapter 18
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William Henry Harrison
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Who came after William Henry Harrison
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John Tyler
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How long did William Henry Harrison stay in the white house before he died
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4 weeks
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William Henry Harrison was a....
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Whig
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What financial reforms did Tyler make?
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Ended independant treasury, began fiscal bank
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Who wanted a bank under John Tyler?
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Henry Clay
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Who was the secretary of state at teh time of Tyler
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Webster
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Bill Violate
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The Missouri Compromise
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What was Douglas's view on Slavery
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He wanted popular sovrignty but didn't care whether or not slavery was vote up or down in the states
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What began the Republican Party?
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The Kansas Nebraska Act
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In the 1960 election what states did Bell Take?
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Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia
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In the 1960 election what states did Douglas take?
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New Jersey, Missouri
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What were the first 7 States to secede?
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SC, AL, MI,FL, GA, LA, TX
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in 1860 who had the majority in the supreme court?
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The south
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Why didn't Buchanan resort to force to keep the states in the Union?
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The troops were needed to control the indians in the West
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Where was the Most Fameous LIncoln-Douglas Debate?
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Fremont Illinois
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Who tried to capture Nicaragua?
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William Walker
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Who was president at the time of the Cuba issue?
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Pierce
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Who oppened the doors to Japan
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Commodore Matthew C. Perry
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What event sparked the Ostend Manifesto
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When in 1854, Cuba seized an American ship
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What was the American Ship called the Cuba seized
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The black warrior
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How many square miles of Canada did the US pick up in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
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7,000
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From where to where did the British want to build a road in Canada
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Halifax to Quebec
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What river was the main controvery during the Webster-Ashburton treaty
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St. Lawrence river
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What did the land that Britain surrended in the Webster-Ashburton treaty contain
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Iron Ore
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What were the degrees of all of Oregon?
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54 40'
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Who discoverd the Columbia River
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Robert Grey
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What longitude and latitude did the US actually receive in Oregon
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49 40
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Who began the Walked Tariff?
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Polk
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What was teh reconstrucdion act?
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Diivided it into 5 millitary districts
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What was the order in which the Southern States came back into the union
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TANAF LSV MTG
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How much could people pay to get out of the draft in the North?
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300 dollars
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Where were there riots protesting the draft?
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NY
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