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49 Cards in this Set
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Who had the shortest administration in history?
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William H. Harrison
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What president was associated with the Mexican War?
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James K. Polk
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What president was associated with the Panic of 1837?
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Martin Van Buren
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What president was associated with the Tariff of Abominations?
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John Quincy Adams
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What president was associated with "corrupt bargain"
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John Quincy Adams
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What president was associated with the Nullification Crisis
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Andrew Jackson
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What president was associated with Specie Circular?
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Andrew Jackson
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What president was associated with the Compromise of 1850?
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Millard Fillmore
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What president was associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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Franklin Pierce
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Under what president was the boundary of Maine settled?
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John Taylor
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Under what president was the boundary of Oregon settled?
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James K. Polk
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Who died in office unable to resolve the organization of the Mexican Cession?
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Zachary Taylor
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Under what president was the National Bank closed?
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Andrew Jackson
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What president was associated with the Texas Revolution?
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Andrew Jackson
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What president was associated with California's Bear Flag Republic?
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James K. Polk
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Review the Missouri Compromise
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No slavery north of 36 30 in the Louisiana Purchase, Maine admitted as a free state
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Review the Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Act, California admitted as a free state
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Review Trail of Tears
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Indians of Southeast forced to move to land beyond the Mississippi River
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Review Manifest Destiny
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America was destined to move across and occupy the entire continent.
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Review "Fifty-four Forty or Fight"
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Rally cry for Americans who wanted to claim all of the Oregon Territory.
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Review Clipper Ships
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Majestic, streamlined sailing ships that took over the high-speed ocean race of the early to mid-1800s
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Review the Erie Canal
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Most successful internal canal in American History
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Review the tariff
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The issue that the North and South fought over in the government when they avoided the slavery issue by compromises.
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Review the Spoils system
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government jobs are given to the loyal followers of whoever won the election
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Review the Oregon Trail
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route taken by people from easter America to reach Oregon over land.
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What did Harriet Beecher Stowe write and what what was it against?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, slavery
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Who was the Mexican dictator who fought Americans in Texas and in the Mexican War?
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Santa Anna
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What was Harriet Tubman famous for?
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being the conductor on the Underground Railroad
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What did Eli Whitney invent?
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The cotton gin and mass production of interchangeable gun parts
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Who invented the steel plow?
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John Deere
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Who was the Great Compromiser?
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Henry Clay
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Who was the victor of the Mexico City campaign?
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Winfield Scott
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What was Samuel Slater famous for?
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He brought British textile machine information to America.
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Who was the sewing machine pioneer?
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Elias Howe
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Who wrote the Doctrine of Nullification?
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John Calhoun
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Who served as president of the National Bank?
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Nicholas Biddle
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What was Sam Houston famous for?
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Being the victor in the Texas Revolution.
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What did Samuel Morse invent?
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The Telegraph
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What did Daniel Webster debate Robert Hayne about?
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States' rights and nullification
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Who pushed the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress?
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Stephen Douglas
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True or False: Andrew Jackson made the American government more elitist and less responsible to the desires of the common man.
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False
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What invention made slavery very profitable?
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The cotton gin
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True or False: The Whip party favored states' rights, low taxes and slavery.
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false
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When Americans settled in Texas, what country was it still a part of?
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Mexico
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What war was the Mexican War a training ground for?
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Civil War
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True or False: Irish immigrants were usually poor and settled on farms in the Far West.
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False
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True or False: John Tyler was the only president of this era to serve two terms.
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False
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Who was more successful as a member of the House of Representatives than as president?
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John Quincy Adams
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True or False: Nullification was a doctrine that said any state could leave the Union if it didn't like the way it was being run.
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False
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