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110 Cards in this Set
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Resolution of Independence
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Gave impetus to vote for independence, July 2, 1776
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Declaration of Independence
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Jefferson wrote most of it
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Financed Revolution
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Paper money, domestic borrowing, foreign loans from France, Spain, Holland
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Obtained treaty with France
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Second Continental Congress
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Cornwallis surrenders, 1781
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Yorktown
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Crated a national government
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Articles of Confederation drafted 1777, adopted 1781
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Executive
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By Committee–ineffective
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Legislative
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Couldn't tax or raise revenue
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Judicial
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No effective national Law
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Created towns 6 miles square, consisting of 36 sections, 640 acres each
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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States enter as equals
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Diplomacy
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"One treaty or 13"
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Shay's Rebellion
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Against foreclosing mortgages
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Mount Vernon Conference, 1785
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Navigation of Potomac and Chesapeake Bay
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Annapolis Convention, 1786
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5 states adopt resolution to call Philadelphia Convention
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Philadelphia Convention, 1787
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Drafted the Constitution
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Virginia Plan
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Large state Plan–representation based on population go
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New Jersey Plan
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Small state plan–equal representation
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Connecticut Compromise
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Settled dispute between large states and small states
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Separation of Powers
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Montesquieu
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3/5 compromise
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North vs. South
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Ratification of Constitution
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Fight over a Bill of Rights
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Alexander Hamilton
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Secretary of State
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Thomas Jefferson
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Bill of Rights
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First 10 Amendments
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Hamilton's financial program
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Economic foundation–economic solvency
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Democratic-Republican
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Jeffersonians
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Federalists
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Elected one President
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Neutrality Proclamation, 1793
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Avoidance of French-British conflict
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Whiskey Rebellion, 1794
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Against excise tax
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Jay's Treaty, 1795
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With England
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Pinkney's Treaty, 1796
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With Spain
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XYZ Affair, 1797
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Bribe for treaty
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Naturalization Act, 1798
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Extended period for Citizenship from 4 to th Amendment 14 years
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Alien Act, 1798
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President could deport aliens
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Sedition Act, 1798
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Curbed free speech
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Convention of 1800
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Abrogated French treaty
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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States' Rights–against Alien and Sedition Acts
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Election of 1800–12
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Jefferson-Burr tie
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Secretary of State
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James Madison
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Albert Gallatin
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Reduced period for naturalization
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Increased Dem.-Rep. Ranks
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Repealed the whiskey tax
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Cut Federal Revenue from excise tax
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Repealed Judiciary Act of 1800
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Decreased Federalist Judgeships
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Refused to deliver commissions to Adams’
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Appointees not commissioned
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Economized in government spending
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Lowered national debt
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Cut the Army and Navy
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Weakened National Power
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Purchase of Louisiana
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Purchased from France
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Lewis & Clark expedition
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Explorers
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Hamilton-Burr duel of George Washington
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Hamilton killed
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Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807
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Aroused anti-British sentiment
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Embargo Act, 1807
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Forbids all American and foreign vessels engaged in trade to enter or leave American ports
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President-Little Belt Incident unconstitutional
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Impressed U.S. sailors
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Battle of Thames
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Tecumesh killed
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War Wawks elected 1810 Government
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Pushed for war in 1812
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Tecumesh’s Conspiracy
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U.S. blamed the English
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War of 1812—divided country
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19 to 13 in the Senate, 97 to 49 in the House
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Untrained, small Army, inadequate Navy
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Invasion of Canada fails
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O. H. Perry’s victory
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Lake Erie
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William Henry Harrison’s victory
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Recaptured Detroit
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British burn White House
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Dolly saved Gilbert's portrait
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Hartford Convention, 1814
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Federalists oppose War of 1812
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Treaty of Ghent
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Ends war of 1812
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Andrew Jackson victory at New Orleans
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Battle fought after treaty
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Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Demilitarized Great Lakes
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Passage of Protective Tarriff, 1816
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First protective tariff
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Second Bank of U.S., 1816
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Chartered for20 years
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Increased Army and Navy
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Part of emergent nationalism after 1816
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Marbury vs. Madison, 1803
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Judicial review
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Fletcher vs. Peck, 1810
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Supreme Court declares state legislation
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Martin vs. Hunter’s Lessee, 1816
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Supreme Court overturns highest state court
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McCulloch vs. Maryland, 1819
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Forbade state to tax a function of the Federal
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Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, 1819
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A charter is a contract not subject to state violation
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Gibbons vs. Ogden
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Interstate waterways subject to exclusive control by Congress
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Era of Good Feelings
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Lack of national political conflict
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American System
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Henry Clay's nationalistic slogan
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Convention with Great Britain, 1818
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Joint occupation of Oregon
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Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
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Purchase of Florida from Spain
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Missouri Compromise, 1820
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Missouri slave, Maine free
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Monroe Doctrine, 1823
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No further colonization of the Americas
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Election of 1824
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Decided in the House
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"Corrupt Bargain"
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Clay-Adams "deal"
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Democrats
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Andrew Jackson's Party
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National Republicans
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John Q. Adams' party
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Advocated internal improvements
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Adams' domestic proposal
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Larger Navy
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Attempted to improve defense
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Advocated federal aid to education and a
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The Education President
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Kitchen Cabinet
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Jackson's informal advisor's
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Spoils system
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William L. Marcy's quote
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Eaton Affair
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Calhoun loses, Van Buren wins
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South Carolina opposes the tariff territory
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Governor Hamilton and R B. Rhett
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Doctrine of Nullification ("Exposition and Protest")
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John C. Calhoun
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Webster-Hayne Debate
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Nature of the Union
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Compromise Tariff of 1833
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Lowered tariff over 9-year period
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Force Bill
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Authorization to compel South national university Carolina
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Trail of Tears
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Indian tragedy
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Maysville veto
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Jackson kills Road Bill
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Veto of US. Bank
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Jackson vs. Biddle
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Pet banks
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Jackson's "favorites"
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Wildcat banks
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Spawned by veto of Bank of US
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Specie Circular
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Land purchased with gold and silver only
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Panic of 1837
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Economic trouble in the Jackson Administration
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Unemployment & crop failure
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Van Buren depression
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Independent Treasury Act
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Van Buren's main achievement
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Log Cabin & Cider campaign
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First modern election campaign
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Harrison serves one month
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Shortest term
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Tippecanoe and Tyler too!
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Campaign slogan,1840
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Tyler kills Whig program
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Action of a States' Rights president
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
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Maine-New Brunswick boundary
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Annexation of Texas
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Joint resolution of Congress
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