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1789-1838 Flashcards

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1
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who could vote in 1789

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white propertied men

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2
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when did America fight for independence from britain

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1776-1783

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who was the first president

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George Washington

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4
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what did population need to be to be a state

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60,000

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how much of government budget did Washington spend into a campaign agains Native Americans in 1791

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80%

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Which year was the battle of fallen timbers

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1794

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what did the battle of fallen timbers lead to

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Treaty of Greenville

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what happened because of the treaty of greenville

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allowed the US to take parts of the northwestern territory

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first 13 states

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Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virgin Island

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10
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where were the first 13 states based

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in the east

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11
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who was the 3rd president

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Thomas Jefferson

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12
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when did Thomas Jefferson become president

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1801-1809

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13
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what did Jefferson want to do

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open new land routes across the continent

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14
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when was the Louisiana Purchase

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1803

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15
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how much did the French sell Louisiana for

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$15 million

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16
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how much land did Louisiana add to the US

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530 million acres

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17
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who were given the task of exploring new lands in 1804 by Jefferson

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Lewis and Clark

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18
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what did Lewis and Clark’s exploration lead to

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an explosion in the fur trade

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19
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when did New Orleans (in Louisiana) become the 4th biggest city in the US

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1819

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which two states were added to Louisiana by 1819

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Mississippi and Alabama

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21
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What were Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama known as

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the Cotton Kingdom

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22
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what happened as the south grew

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became more influential in politics

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23
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when was Andrew Jackson President

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1829-1837

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24
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what did andrew Jackson support

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slavery

25
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what happened to Native Americans as the USA spread in the 1790s

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forced to move west into regions inhabited by other tribes causing conflict

26
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why did slaveholders want to expand plantations further south

A

warmer climate for cotton growing

27
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what was set up between 1790-1838

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thousands of slave plantations in the new territories

28
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what were Abolitionists

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wanted to end slavery all together

29
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when was the cotton gin invented

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1793

30
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how much faster was the cotton gin

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50 times faster

31
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when did while settlers go into the lands of the ‘Five Civilised Tribes’

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1790s

32
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why were southern whites worried about slavery’s risks

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in 1803 there was a successful slave revolt in the Caribbean- St Dominique

33
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who organised a revolt in the south in january 1811

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Charles Deslondes

34
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how did the 1811 slave revolt end

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brutally crushed

35
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who were the 5 civilised tribes

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Cherokee , Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole

36
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what did the ‘civilised tribes’ try to do

A

live alongside white Americans

37
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how many slaves were sold to the south between 1815-1819

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100,000

38
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by 1820, what percentage of US exports were made up by cotton

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42%

39
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what did the 1820 Missouri Compromise do

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drew a virtual line across the middle of the country- below= slave , above= free

40
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why were states added in pairs

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one slave and one free to keep the balance of power in government

41
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how did the Cherokee live by 1820

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had their own churches, schools, newspaper

42
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how much cotton did the USA produce by 1838

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over a million bales every year

43
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who persuaded congress to pass the Indian Removal Act 1830

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Andrew Jackson

44
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when was the indian removal act

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1830

45
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where did Jackson set aside permanent native american territory

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west of the Mississippi river

46
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what did Jackson believe about tribes

A

they should be treated like children

47
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which tribes signed treaties and moved

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The Choctaw and Chickasaw (15,000)

48
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how much land had the Choctaw and Chickasaw given up

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11 million acres

49
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who took their case to the supreme court to complain about Georgia trying to remove them in 1832

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The Cherokee and won

50
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who refused to sign treaties

A

The Creek

51
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when did only some seminole agree to move to Indian territory

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1830

52
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what happened as a result of the Seminole wars 1835-1842

A

Chief killed and they lost, forced to move west

53
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what was the Creek’s treaty in 1832

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gave up some of Alabama and were promised their own sections of land

54
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why did the Creek begin attacking settlers

A

white settlers moved onto their lands in 1835

55
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when did the Army forcibly remove the Creek

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between 1836 and 1837

56
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how many Cherokee had moved to Indian territory by 1838

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2000

57
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What was the trail of tears

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Cherokee forced to march west

58
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how many died in the trail of tears

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4000 due to starvation, cold and disease

59
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how many Indians were moved from their own land by the government by 1838

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46,000

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