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37 Cards in this Set
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President of the national bank |
Nicholas Biddle |
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The actual leaving of the union by a state |
Seccession |
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Greatest orator in congress |
Daniel Webster |
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Gave president the authority to use the army and navy to force tariff law |
Force Bill |
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Commissioned Jackson to protect American lives in southern states |
John C Calhoun |
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Closed meeting of party leaders |
Caucus |
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Wanted to abolish slavery |
Abolitionists |
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Published an abolitionist paper known as "the Liberator" |
William Loyd Garrison |
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Led a group of slaves who killed 60 white people |
Nat Turner |
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Was formed because of their dislike for President Jackson |
Whig party |
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Jackson chose ________ to be the next Democratic candidate for president |
Martin Van Buren |
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Whigs chose a military hero to be their candidate ______ • was the 1st president to die in office |
William Henry Harrison |
"Old Ironsides" |
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(1)Whigs also chose _____ a southern democrat to be his running mate to win the southern vote (2) what was their campaign slogan |
(1) John Tyler (2) "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!" |
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Borrowed money to purchase land in hopes of selling it at a higher price |
Land speculators |
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Awarded faithful party workers with appointments to public office |
Spoil system |
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15,000 Cherokee were removed from Georgia to Oklahoma. Over 4,000 died |
Trail of tears |
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(1) president John Tyler had his whole Whig cabin resigned except who? (2) _______-________ treaty settled the US/Canada boundary in upstate NY |
(1) Daniel Webster (2) Webster Ashburton Treaty |
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"Taught millions to read and none to sin" |
Noah Webster |
Dictionary |
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When did Noah Webster write the blue backed speller?(this was the first dictionary of the American language) |
1828 |
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Prompted the idea of public school for all children |
Horace Mann |
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Wrote Paul Revere's Ride, only American poet to be honored in England's West minister Abbey |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Wrote the Scarlet Letter |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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Wrote the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle |
Washington Irving |
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Wrote Moby Dick |
Herman Melville |
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What 3 poems/stories did Edgar Allen Poe write? |
(1) the Raven (2) the Tell-Tale Heart (3) the Bells |
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Invented the Cotten Gin in 1793. • made slavery a needed institution Also invented interchangeable parts |
Eli Whitney |
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These 2 provided faster communication and transportation |
(1) railroad (2) telegraph |
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Discovered the South Passage-a wagon route into the Oregon Country |
Jedediah Smith |
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Black American who became a warrior and chief of the Crow Indian Tribe |
James Beckworth |
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Introduced apples to the Pacific Northwest, father of Oregon |
Dr. John Mcloughlin |
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Commander of Texas militia |
Sam Houston |
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"Old Rough and Ready" was sent by Polk to chase Santa Anna back into Mexico defeated Santa Anna at the battle of Buena Vista |
General Zachary Taylor |
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"Old Fuss and Feathers" captured Verracruz |
General Winfield Scott |
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President of Houston |
Santa Anna |
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The "father of Texas" established an American colony in Texas |
Stephen Austin |
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Democrats nominated ________ a dark horse candidate |
James K Polk |
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Led the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 in the New Republic in California |
John Fremont |
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