Final 150 Flashcards

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Election of 1800

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~John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson
~decided by House of representatives because of the same electoral votes
~ 12th amendment passed
Jefferson won

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Louisiana Purchase

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France sells territory for 15 million
Doubles size of US
Federalists threatened to secede from Union over this purchase, weakened power

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Explored Louisiana area(new land) and found resources
Peaceful mission with Sacajawea
Followed Missouri River to Pacific Ocean
Inspired others to go west

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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake

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Impressment is the act of forcing Americans to serve in British navy
US ship the Chesapeake was intercepted by a British vessel searching for protesters
Captain refused and was attacked
America cuts trade off with GB with embargo act: cuts off all trade, but hurts economy
- cause of war of 1812

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War Hawks from the War of 1812

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People who pushed for war : Henry clay and John C Calhoun

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War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans

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DC burned-British burned White House, library of congress, Capitol

Fort McHenry- fort at the entrance of Baltimore harbor, British attacked, Francis Scott key wrote star spangled banner

Battle of New Orleans- took place after peace treaty was signed, made Andrew Jackson famous, US won

War of 1812 causes US to gain respect and build national identity

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The Star Spangled Banner

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Wrote during war of 1812 at fort McHenry by Francis Scott key

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Monroe Doctrine

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Important part of American foreign policy instantly
Western Hemisphere no longer open to colonization
US regarded any interference as a threat to its security
Due to Latin Americans gaining independence

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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration

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Largest group of immigrants was from Ireland

Brought on by potato famine

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention

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First Seneca falls convention about women’s rights was led by Elizabeth candy Stanton
19th amendment helped women’s suffrage
Led with Lucretia Mott who publicly fought with her

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Industrial Revolution

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Change from agrarian society to industry

Began in New England

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Capitalism

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Individuals put their Capitol(money used for investment) into a business in hopes of making a profit

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Free Enterprise System/ Free market system

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People are free to buy,sell,and produce what they want and can work where they wish

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Supply and Demand

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Determines free enterprise system

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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s

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Cotton

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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important

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Separates seeds from the cotton

Increased slavery, because of the need to pick cotton for the machine and farmers grew more

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Urban vs Rural

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Urban- city

Rural - country

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Wilderness Road

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Route to Kentucky from the Atlantic coast

Aided early exploration of TN by making passing through mountains easier

Caused more settlement

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Daniel Boone

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Blazed wilderness trail with 30 other foresters

Long hunter, American explorer

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Cumberland Gap

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Allowed for a path that made passing through the Appalachian mountains easier

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The Corrupt Bargain

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Speaker of the house, Henry clay, meets from John Quincy Adams and agrees to use his influence to help Adams get the vote in the House of Representatives, he wins

During election of 1824

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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank

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Spoils system- replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters
Bank- Jackson killed the bank by withdrawing all federal funds from the national bank and placing them in state banks. He succeeded. Put nation in depression

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Indian Removal Act

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Relocates Native Americans to modern day Oklahoma

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Trail of Tears

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Relocation of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma

Winford Scott removed them

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Sequoyah

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Created written Cherokee language, most famous Cherokee in the 1800’s

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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency

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9th president

Tippecanoe and Tyler too

Inauguration speech lasted over 2 hours

Shortest presidency-32 days, died of pneumonia

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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean, west

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Texas Rebellion

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Texas wanted its independence. Travis’ Texans beat Santa Anna’s Mexican troops at the battle of the Alamo
Became the lone star republic

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The Alamo – battle significance

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The defenders of the Alamo bought the Texans some much needed time

30
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Davy Crockett

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Backwoods man from TN who volunteered to fight at the Alamo

31
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Oregon Trail

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Trail used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest

32
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James K Polk- president that fulfilled what?

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Manifest destiny

33
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Mexican war-boarder dispute, Mexican cession

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Mexico believed the boarder was the nueces river . U.S believed it was the rio grande river . Mexican cession ceded California and New Mexico and in return the US gave Mexico 15 million 🤑💸

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John Sutter and the California gold rush

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He was the first to discover a gold nugget in California. The California gold rush more than doubled the worlds supply of gold. It didn’t last very long, but had huge effects on California’s economy.

35
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Brigham young

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Led a Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area of Utah so they could practice their religion safely

36
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The Missouri compromise of 1820

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The compromise was to have Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state

37
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John brown

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Violent abolitionist who believed that God had chosen him to end slavery

38
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Harriet Tubman

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Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad

39
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Underground Railroad

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A network of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people

40
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Frederick Douglass

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Most well known abolitionist who became a powerful speaker and edited a newspaper called “the northstar”

41
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s - Uncle Tom’s cabin

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A novel that explores the issue of slavery

42
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Fugitive slave act

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Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850. Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned

43
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Kansas-Nebraska act

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Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US, Kansas and Nebraska could decide to be a slave state or free state

44
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Bleeding Kansas

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Kansas was the first territory to shed blood over the issue of slavery

45
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Summer-brooks incident

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Senator Charles summer lashed out against those for slavery including Andrew P. Butler. Rep. Preston brooks hit sumner with a cane

46
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Read on Harper’s Ferry

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John brown led 18 men to attack a weapon storage facility. He hoped to start a rebellion against slave owners by arming slaves, but he was quickly defeated.

47
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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Scott believed he should be free because he once lived in free soil. He lost the court case because Taney said he had no rights. This court case divided the nation even more. 🙈

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Lincoln-Douglas debates- house divided speech

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“A house divided against itself cannot stand”- Lincoln

49
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Election of 1860

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Lincoln becomes the 16th president

50
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Causes of the civil war

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He issue over slavery. States rights, Lincoln’s election , and the attack on fort sumner

51
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Fort sumner

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Confederate guns opened fire on fort sumner

Marked the beginning of the civil war

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Ulysses S. Grant

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General of the North/Union

53
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Robert E Lee

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General for the south/confederate

54
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Stonewall Jackson

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Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US history

55
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First battle of bull run

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The first major battle of the Civil War

Fought near the town of Manassas junction and a river named bull run

56
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Anaconda plan

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Union war plan to defeat the south by dividing them in two

57
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54 Massachusetts

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Most well known African American regiment

58
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The battle of Gettysburg

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Union forces are greatly outnumbered and forced to retreat

59
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The battle of Vicksburg

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Another Union victory that is considered the turning point of the war

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Sherman’s March to the sea

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Burned Atlanta and then marched towards Savannah, Georgia

61
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Lee surrendering to grant

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Surrendered in a town called Appomattox court house. The terms of surrender were very forgiving

62
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13th amendment

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Abolished slavery in 1865

63
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14th amendment

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Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US

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15th amendment

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Gave African American men the right to vote

65
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Lincoln assassination-theater name, murderer, place of death

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Theater- ford’s theater
Murderer- John Wilkes booth
Place- Peterson house

66
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10 percent plan and radical republican plans for reconstruction

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10 percent plan (Lincoln) was forgiving on the south

Radical republicans wanted a harsher readmission process

67
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Freeman’s burea

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Agency that helped A-As make a transition to freedom

68
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Segregation

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Separation of races

69
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Jim Crow laws

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Laws that require African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place

70
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Ku klux klan

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The largest anti African American terrorist organization in the south