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30 Cards in this Set
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What Treaty was James Monroe part of?
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Adams-Otis Treaty
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What did the Adams-Onis treaty get us?
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Florida (72000 square miles) it costed them $5 million
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Who negotiated with the Spanish to get Florida?
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John Quincy Adams
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Who invaded Florida? Why?
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Andrew Jackson invaded Florida to get their attention
(first monroe sent the muscle in Jackson then the brains in quincy adams) |
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
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IT said that they had to stay on their sides and if they meddled they would take it a s a hostile act and it could lead to a war.
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What caused the Missouri Compromise?
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missouri wanted to come into the union as a slave state but they had the number of slave states and free states even
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Who solved the problem with missouri?
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henry clay
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What was the Missouri Compromise?
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1)maine comes in as a free state and missouri can be a slave state
2) everything below missouris southern border was a slave state |
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What was the Industrial revolution?
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they wanted to make America's economony strong so they built roads and canals
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Why did they make roads and canals?
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so that people could move west and trade east
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What was the problem with the industrial revolution?
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independent economy was important but holding onto it was hard too
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Who was Andrew Jackson elected by?
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farmers, frontier settlers, southern slaveholders, factory workers.
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What did all the people that elected Jackson have in common?
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they were poor
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What was Jackson the first to do?
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he was born in a log cabin and was smart and educated
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When was Van Buren president?
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during the first depression
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What was so important about William Henry Harrison?
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he lied about being born in a log cabin and then soon after he died
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Who becomes president after william henry harrison dies?
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tyler and he does a very bad job
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Who were some artists during that time?
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thomas cole, george Caleb bingham, John singleton
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Who were some important writers of that time?
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William Write, washington irving, james fenimore cooper, catharine marie sedgwick
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Who were some important protestors of indian removal?
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black hawk, sequoya, osceola
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who were some u.s. presidents during that time?
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Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe, Van Buren
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Other politicians and lawmakers of that time?
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simon bolivar, henry clay, john c. calhou, daniel webster, richard brush, nicholas bittle
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Which president ran under the slogan: tippecanoe and tyler too?
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william henry harrison
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Kitchen cabinet?
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What was group of informal advisers that sometimes met in the white house kitchen called?
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Whig Party?
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What was the political party that was formed by opponents of andrw jackson who supported a strong legislature called?
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Trail of Tears?
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An 800-mile forced march made by the cherokee from their homeland in georgia to indian territory
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What was the result of the trial of tears?
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deaths of thousands of cherokee
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Indian removal act?
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congressional act that authorized the removal of american indians who lived east of the mississippi river
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Spoils system?
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politicians practice of giving overnment jobs to their supporters
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Panic of 1837?
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a financial crisis that led to an economic depression
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