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20 Cards in this Set
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The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was to ________. |
obtain Florida from Spain |
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The main diplomatic challenge facing James Monroe in 1820 was ________. |
responding to the revolt of Spain's Latin American colonies |
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How did expansion affect men like John Jacob Astor? |
Expansion gave entrepreneurs like Astor the opportunity to create prosperous companies in the West. |
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How did preemption affect migration? |
More people migrated when assured that preemption would allow them to secure title to land they had improved. |
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Why was the "civilization" of Native Americans tragic? |
Some Native Americans sacrificed their culture to try to assimilate into white society and still they weren't accepted or granted rights. |
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When President James Madison talked about the need for "internal improvements," he was referring to ________. |
construction of a reliable transportation system for the United States |
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Why did America experience rapid economic development in the early nineteenth century? |
a great national transportation system created by the nation's river network |
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How did American industrialization in the early 1800s differ from that of Europe? |
America had not yet had an industrial revolution, whereas Europe had. |
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Why did interest in national politics wane in the early nineteenth century? |
Most people were satisfied by the geographical and economic growth of the country, so they weren't concerned with national politics. |
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How did the Missouri Compromise impact slavery? |
It ensured that slavery would remain in the South indefinitely. |
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How did politics differ in the "Old World" from politics in the "New World" in the early |
Most "New World" nations founded democratic governments, whereas the "Old World" still clung to aristocratic rule. |
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The ________ nation was an amalgam of peoples of both Native American and African origins.
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Seminole |
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Why did the Era of Good Feelings end? |
Nonpartisan cooperation could not be sustained through disagreements of how government should be involved in social and economic changes. |
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The first great federal transportation project was the ________. |
National Road |
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The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was the ________. |
Erie Canal |
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The great showplace for early American industrialization was ________. |
Lowell, Massachusetts |
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Industrialization after 1815 altered the manufacturing system in the United States by ________. |
increasing production in the factory and decreasing it in the home |
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The president most closely identified with the Era of Good Feelings was ________. |
James Monroe |
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As chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall ________. |
emphasized the primacy of property and property rights |
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McCulloch v. Maryland involved questions regarding ________. |
the national bank |
