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Chapter 11-12 Formation of Politics & Expansion Flashcards

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How many political parties did America for the most part had in the Era of Good Feelings?

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Where did Andrew Jackson live in his childhood?

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Nashville, Tennessee

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What election did Andrew Jackson run in?

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1828.

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What is the name of the Election of 1824?

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the Corrupt Bargain

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Who wins the election of 1824?

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John Quincy Adams

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Who became the secretary of state in the election of 1824?

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Henry Clay

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What party was Jackson in?

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Democrat

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What were the points of the Jacksonian Democracy?(4)

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strict interpretation of the constitution, hands off approach to economy, patronage system

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9
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What is the Manifest Destiny?

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it is God’s will that America should go from Coast to Coast

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10
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What does the Spoil System do?

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it rotates the people in office

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Do southerners like tariffs and what did they call it?

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no a Tariff of Abomination

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12
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What is the argument in the Nullification?

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the states can have power over the supreme court.

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13
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Who does the whig party oppose?

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Jackson

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How did Jackson close the national bank?

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He put all of the governments money in small pet banks.

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15
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Who led the Whig Party originally?

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Clay and Webster

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16
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Who proposed the Indian Removal Act?

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Jackson

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17
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Where were the Indians proposed to be moved to?

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Oklahoma

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18
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Who won the 1836 Election and why?

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Martin Van Buren, the whig party had 4 candidates

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19
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Why was Tyler thrown in as vice President?

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for regional reasons

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20
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Who is the American Scholar?

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Emerson

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21
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What mill was used as an example mill?

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Lowell Mills

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22
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Who did the Lowell Mills appeal to?

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women and girls

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Who were the Boston Associates?

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those who invested into the textile industry

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Who was Samuel Slater?

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a British textile mechanic who stole all the plans of the machines

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What are the three things needed for mills?

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water, work force, machines

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26
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How were the mills powered?

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water power

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27
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What was the Lowell Offering?

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a newspaper for workers of Lowell Mills

28
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What did the steam boat offer?

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a method of going upstream

29
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Where was the Erie canal?

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New York

30
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Is the south making its own items?

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no

31
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What is the focus of the west in commerce?

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growing food

32
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What is the advantage of the factory system over the putting out system?

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all the manufacturing would occur in one place

33
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What is the idea of domesticity?

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the home is a sanctuary of the world

34
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Who Samuel Colt?

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he started mass production of guns

35
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Who painted the expedition of Lewis and Clark?

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George Caleb Bingham

36
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What president was elected in 1836?

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Van Buren

37
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Who represented the ideals of the South?

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John C. Calhoun

38
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Who was the leading American senator from Massachusetts?

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Daniel Webster

39
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Who proposed the American System?

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Henry Clay

40
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How did George Catlin paint the natives?

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as a vanishing race

41
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What election was William Henry Harrison elected in?

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1840

42
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What was the nickname of the Tariffs in the time period?

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Tariff of Abominations

43
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Where did the National Government store its money during the absence of a national bank?

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in pet banks

44
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What did the Supreme court rule during the Gibbons vs. Odgen and Charles River Bridge vs. Warren Bridge trials?

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a state cannot support a monopoly

45
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What were the five civilized tribes?

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Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.

46
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What famous art school helped to consolidate and spread American art culture?

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Hudson River School

47
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What did Specie Circular mandate?

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that land had to purchased in cash

48
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What did the Supreme court rule in the Dartmouth College vs. Woodward trial?

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a state could not violate another states contract.

49
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What is the idea that the states have the right to reject federals laws?

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nullification

50
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What was the first major improved highway in the US called?

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National Road

51
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Who was the first multi millionaire in the US and what did he do?

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John Jacob Astor through fur trade

52
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What was the concept of the putting-out system?

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individual family homes would make a small portion of a product and then pass it on

53
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Who founded a Harvesting Machine company?

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Cyrus McCormick

54
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Who invented the steel Plow?

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John Deere

55
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Who is considered the father of the American industrial revolution and how did he do it?

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Samuel Slater stole the plans of an English textile factory

56
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Who made mass producing of sewing machines much easier?

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Isaac Singer

57
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Who helped make the mass production of the revolver commercially viable?

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Samuel Colt

58
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The Second American party system created what?

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truly national political parties

59
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The American political system developed in such a way that

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most adult white males gained the right to vote

60
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The Period called the Era of Good Feeling came to an end with

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the election of 1824

61
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A significant characteristic of popular democracy was what?

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an insistence that voters express loyalty to a specific party

62
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Adrew Jackson ushered in a period of American history known as the what?

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Age of the Common Man

63
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During his administration, Andrew Jackson

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used the presidential veto quite frequently

64
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A major difference between postindustrial production and factory work was what?

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the precise and unrelenting work schedule in factories

65
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One unanticipated result of the transportation revolution was what?

A

the spread of epidemic diseases throughout much of the nation

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