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Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
Q

How did the Supreme Court rulings shape the future of the American government?

A

Established the dominance of the nation over a state

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2
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Why was the steamboat an improvement?

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You can go upstream

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3
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Why did cities grow during industrialization?

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Higher wages of factory jobs drew people in

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4
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What did the cotton gin do?

A

Removed cotton seeds

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5
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What is the southern social class system?

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Planter, yeoman farmers, rural poor, african americans

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6
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What was the accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise?

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Slavery can go into the Arkansas territory but not the rest of the Louisiana purchase.

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7
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How did John Quincy Adams win the presidential election?

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In the house of representatives.

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8
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What did supporters of Andrew Jackson call themselves?

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Democratic-Republicans

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9
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What did the Tariff of 1816 do?

A

Taxed imports

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10
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What did Spain cede to the US in the Adams-Onis Treaty?

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Florida

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What does limited liability mean?

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Not responsible for the company’s debt if the company goes bankrupt.

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12
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What transportation project was completed from Albany to Buffalo?

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The erie canal

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13
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What did the Supreme Court rule in Commonwealth vs Hunt?

A

Union strikes are legal

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14
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Who is a planter?

A

Someone who owns 20 or more slaves

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15
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What are the 2 labor systems for slaves?

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Task and Gang.

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16
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What was the solution that emerged from the Missouri Compromise?

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Missouri is a slave state, Maine is a free state.

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17
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What is the Corrupt Bargain?

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Adams gave Clay a cabinet post

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18
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What did John Quincy Adams want to do as president as far as internal improvements were concerned?

A

Expand federal fines for internal improvements.

19
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What did the Monroe Doctrine state about the Americas?

A

America is not an area of European colonization anymore.

20
Q

Era of Good Feelings described which presidency?

A

James Monroe

21
Q

What does Seminole mean?

A

Runaway

22
Q

What was the name of the locomotive that pulled the nation’s first train passengers?

A

Tom Thumb

23
Q

What made up ⅔ of the total of exports of the US in 1860?

A

Cotton

24
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What was the result of the cotton gin?

A

Increased slave labor.

25
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Who are drivers?

A

Supervises other enslaved workers.

26
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Who were admitted as states under the Missouri Compromise?

A

Missouri and Maine

27
Q

Who are the favorite sons?

A

Men who enjoyed supportive leaders from their own state or region.

28
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Francis C. Lowell

A

Mass production of cotton cloth

29
Q

Robert Fulton

A

Took the claremont up the Hudson river

30
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Peter Cooper

A

Built the American locomotive engine.

31
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Samuel Morse

A

Perfected the telegraph

32
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Eli Whitney

A

Interchangeable parts

33
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Denmark Vesey

A

Accused of planning a slave revolt hanged before it took place.

34
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Frederick Douglass

A

Rose from slavery to become a leader of the anti slavery unit

35
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James Forten

A

Privater sail making company

36
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Nat Turner

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Led an armed uprising that killed more than 59 white people before being caught and hanged.

37
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Cecee McCarty

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Amassed a fortune in New Orleans by retailing dry goods

38
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McCulloh vs Maryland

A

R- National bank is constitutional S- The necessary and proper clause

39
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Gibbons vs Ogden

A

R- State monopoly unconstitutional S- Federal government interstate commerce

40
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Martin vs Hunter’s Lessee

A

R- Virginia law conflicted with T of P says give loyalists back land S- Establish South Carolina as a final court of appeal

41
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Interchangeable parts

A

Allowed machines to turn out large quantities of single pieces, workers assembled into finished products

42
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Labor union

A

Organization usually focused on a single trade.

43
Q

Protective tariff

A

Taxed imports to drive prices up

44
Q

National Road

A

Went from Cumberland, MA to Wheeling, VA

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