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7th SS Chapter 6.1 - 6.4 Flashcards

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1
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A visitor from France, _________ became especially well known for his observations on American democracy.

A

Alexis de Tocqueville

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During the 1820s more Americans gained _______ or the right to vote.

A

suffrage

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3
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Where was the property requirement removed first?

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In the West

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4
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Voter turnout percentages: before 1828?

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never more than 27%

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Voter turnout percentages: 1828?

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nearly 58%

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Voter turnout percentages: 1840?

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nearly 80%

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Who could not vote?

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  1. Women
  2. Native Americans
  3. a vast majority of African Americans
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Who were the candidates in the election of 1824 and their home states?

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  1. Andrew Jackson - Tennessee
  2. John Quincy Adams - Massachusetts
  3. William Crawford - Georgia
  4. Henry Clay - Kentucky
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Because no clear winner emerged who decided the elections?

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Per the Constitution, the House of Representatives had to choose the president from among the top three candidates.

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10
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Who vote the popular vote?

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Andrew Jackson

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Why did Clay support Adams?

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In return for Clay’s support, Adam’s named Clay Secretary of State - in the past, Secretaries of State had gone on to become president

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12
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What did Adams favor?

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  1. promoting economic growth - new roads and canals

2. promoting the arts and sciences

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13
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Who founded the Whig party?

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Henry Clay

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14
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What did Jackson’s Party become known as?

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Democratic Party

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15
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Who won the election of 1828?

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Andrew Jackson

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How did Jackson gain national fame?

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For his achievements during the War of 1812 - He led American forces to a major victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans

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How did Jackson win the presidency?

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Largely because white men without property could now vote.

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18
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One of the biggest effects of Jacksonian politics was?

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The development of the spoils system

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19
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What was the spoil system?

A

The practice of giving supporters government jobs

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20
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What divided the country along regional lines?

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The conflict over states’ rights

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21
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What did Southerns call the tariff passed in 1828?

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Tariff of Abominations

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Who led the fight for nullification from South Carolina?

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Vice President John Calhoun

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23
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Who designed and from what state was he from?

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John Calhoun resigned as Vice President. He was from South Carolina.

24
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What did South Carolina pass and what did it do?

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South Carolina passed the Nullification Act which declared the new tariff illegal.

25
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What did Jackson ask for and what was its purpose?

A

x

26
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Was Jackson for or against the Second Bank of the U.S.?

A

against

27
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Why did Clay and Webster ask Bibble to ask for an early renewal for the charter?

A

In order to make the Bank an issue in the 1832 election and get Jackson out of office

28
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Who ran against Jackson in 1832 and who won?

A

Henry Clay ran against Andrew Jackson in 1832. Jackson won.

29
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When Jackson closed the bank, what happened?

A

Without a national bank to regulate the country’s financial system, the responsibility for regulating banks fell to individual states.

30
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Who was President after Jackson?

A

Martin Van Buren

31
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What happened 2 months after Van Buren took office?

A

The nation faced the worst economic crisis the nation had known - the Panic of 1837

32
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What is a caucus?

A

a private meeting (by powerful members of each party)

33
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What is the nominating convention ?

A

It was where delegates from all the states chose the party’s candidate for President. It encouraged citizen participation in elections.

34
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Who were the candidates and their party for the election of 1840?

A
  1. Martin Van Buren - Democrats

2. William Henry Harrison - Whigs

35
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What was Harrison’s campaign slogan?

A

“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”

36
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When was the Battle of Point Pleasant and where?

A

1774; ?

37
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Which tribes lived in present day Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee?

A 
1. Chickasaw
2 Choctaw 
3. Creek
4. Seminole
5. Cherokee
38
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Which tribes lived in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin>

A
  1. Shawnee
  2. Potawatomi
  3. Sauk
  4. Fox
39
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Who created a writing system for the Cherokee?

A

Sequoyah

40
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What was decided in Worcester v. Georgia?

A

The Court rules that Georgia had no right to enforce its laws within Cherokee territory

41
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What act was passed in 1830?

A

Indian Removal Act -The law let the government give land west of the Mississippi to Native Americans in exchange for their lands to the east.

42
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What was the result of the Indian Removal Act?

A

It forced the migration of thousands of Native Americans from lands east of the Mississippi River.

43
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Where is Indian Territory?

A

Today, most of that area is in the state of Oklahoma

44
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Which groups sign the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek?

A

Choctaw

45
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What was the Cherokee’s long, sorrowful journey called?

A

Trail of Tears

46
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Which tribe resisted the U.S. government in Florida?

A

Seminole

47
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How much did the Chickasaw spend to purchase land from the Choctaw?

A

$500,000

48
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Which trail was opened by Daniel Boone?

A

Wilderness Road

49
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How did companies pay for the early roads?

A

They collected tolls from travelers

50
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Why were toll roads later called turnpikes?

A

After a wagon driver had paid a toll, the pike keeper turned the pole aside to let the wagon pass.

51
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What was the route of the National Road?

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It ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, on the Ohio River in western Virginia.

52
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What was the name of Robert Fulton’s steamboat?

A

Clermont

53
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Who designed a flat bottom steamboat ?

A

Henry Shreve

54
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Which governor supported the idea of the Erie Canal?

A

New York’s governor, DeWitt Clinton

55
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In what year was the canal finished?

A

1825

56
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How did the canal affect the price of shipping?

A

The cost of shipping dropped to about one tenth of what it had been before the canal was built.

57
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What system did they use to raise and lower the water in the canal?

A

The lock system

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