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Flashcards by paul.schneider, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by paul.schneider
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| Question | Answer |
| How did ports affect the economies of cities? | They were used as a depots for international trade. |
| What was Jefferson's concern about the Louisiana Purchase? | It was unconstitutional. |
| What was the Judicial Act of 1801? | It created several circuit courts and sixteen new judgeships. President Adams filled the positions with Federalists. |
| What was judicial review? | The right to judge whether a law is constitutional. |
| What did the Hartford Convention call for? | The recommended changes in the Constitution. |
| After the War of 1812, where did the United States want to expand territory to? | Florida from Spain |
| Who were the "Five Civilized Tribes?" | Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole |
| Where was the best natural connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes? | Between Albany and Buffalo |
| What was the importance of the Erie Canal? | It was an engineering achievement at the time. |
| Where were the first industrial mills? | Southern New England |
| What was the American System? | Economic Development at home paid for by high tariffs. |
| Why was the election of 1824 controversial? | Jackson won popular vote, but not enough electoral votes Clay endorsed Adams in House vote "Corrupt bargain" - Clay becomes Secretary of State |
| What was nullification? | Vice President Calhoun argued state legislatures can declare a federal law unconstitutional and not follow it. |
| What was specie circular | Van Buren required only gold and silver be used to buy public land |
| What caused the Panic of 1837? | Changes in the world economy |
| What political positions did the Whigs take on the economy? | Government had the right and duty to subsidize or protect American businesses that could contribute to economic growth. |
| Where was Nat Turner's rebellion begin? | Southampton County, Virginia |
| How many slaves did most planters own? | 20 or fewers |
| What slave statuses were the highest? | Preachers and healers |
| How were most planters successful in pre-Civil War? | They were self-made wealth |
| What problem did the invention of the cotton gin solve? | Resolved the problem of how quickly cotton seeds can be removed for the cotton to be used. |
| Who started the Second Great Awakening and where did it start? | Methodists and Baptists started in the southern frontier. |
| What did the American Colonization Society call for? | Take free blacks to Africa, limit white fears of slave revolt. They established colony of Liberia |
| What abolitionists published the Liberator and the North Star | Frederick Douglas - North Star William Lloyd Garrison - Liberator |
| Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention? | Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| What Christian group was established in New York in 1848? | Oneida Community |
| What was in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty? | British Territory was given to the US in the Northwest and a definite border with British territory. |
| Who captured Santa Anna near the San Jacinto River? | General Sam Houston |
| Who was John L. O'Sullivan? | He was a believer in the Young America Movement and was the first to use the phrase "Manifest Destiny." |
| Who negotiated a treaty with Mexico in 1848 and what was the treaty's title? | Nicholas Trist negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| What did Elias Howe invent? | The sewing machine |
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