Final 150 Part 2 Flashcards
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Election of 1800
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- John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson
- two candidates had 73 Electoral votes:
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr - the election was decided by the House of Representatives
- the 12th amendment set the requirements for presidential elections by stating that electoral vote went to one candidate
- Thomas Jefferson- 3rd president
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Louisiana Purchase
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- France sells the territory for $15 million
- US bought in 1803
- doubled the size of the US
- a group of federalist threatened to secede from the union over the purchase
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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- were sent on a expedition to explore this territory and find its resources
- Sacajawea helped talk to chiefs and give the impression that this was a peaceful mission
- they followed the Missouri River on their trip to the Pacific Ocean
- they inspired people to go West and settle by sparking a sense of adventure
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Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake
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- the British also impressed thousands of native US citizens
- the act of forcing Americans to serve in the British navy
- the US ship the Chesapeake was intercepted by a British vessel demanding to search for dissenters
- the captain refused and in return the British commander attacked
- America tries to cut off trade with the rest of the world, but it just hurt their own economy
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War Hawks from the War of 1812
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- Henry Clay
- John C. Calhoun
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War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans
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- British forces were able to march into Washington DC and burned the Capitol and presidents mansion down
- Dolley Madison is famous for saving a portrait of George Washington
- the British attack on Fort McHenry
- after the attack “ The Star Spangled Banner” was written
- Battle of New Orleans took place after the treaty was signed
- a win for the US
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The Star Spangled Banner
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- after the Fort McHenry bombardment Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the song “The Star Spangled Banner”
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Monroe Doctrine
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- the Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization
- the US would regard any interference in Western Hemispheric affairs as a threat to its security
- his was put in place due to many Latin American nations gaining independence from Spain at this time
- the Monroe Doctrine became an important part of American foreign policy instantly
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Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration
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- In America, the Irish movement began in New England
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Capitalism
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- the economic system of the US
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Free Enterprise 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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- prices/cost is set by supply and demand
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Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s
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- Cotten
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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important
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- it made picking the seeds out of the Cotten much easier and faster
- allowed more to be sold and more money to be brought in
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Urban vs Rural
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- urban is a city
- rural is a country
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Wilderness Road
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- was the route to Kentucky from the Atlantic Coast
- it aided the early exploration of Tennessee because it made passing through the mountains easier and opened the door for more settlement
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Daniel Boone
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- Daniel Boone and 39 skilled foresters blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road
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Cumberland Gap
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- in the mountains allowed for a path to be created that made passing through the Appalachian Mountains easier
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The Corrupt Bargain
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- the speaker of the house, Henry Clay, meets with Adams and agrees to use his influence to help Adam get the vote in the House of Representatives
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Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank
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- the practicing of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters
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Indian Removal Act
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- act passes by Congress in order to relocate Native Americans
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Trail of Tears
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- relocation and movement of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma
- General Winfield Scott and an army of 7,000 federal troops came to remove the Cherokee from their homes
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Sequoyah
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- known for creating the written Cherokee language
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William Henry Harrison’s Presidency
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- tippiecanoe and Tyler too
- gave inauguration speech that lasted over 2 hours
- died of Pneumonia shortly afterwards
- shortest presidency- 32 days
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Manifest Destiny
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- belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean
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Texas Rebellion
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- Stephen F. Austin recruited 300 American families to help him settle land in Mexico
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The Alamo – battle significance
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- the defenders of the Alamo bought the Texans so much time needed
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Davy Crockett
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- backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered to fight at the Alamo
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Oregon Trail
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- was used by settlers migrating to the Pacific NorthWest
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James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?
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- dark horse candidate- unexpected winner
- “Young Hickory”
- firm believer in Manifest Destiny
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Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession
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- US believes the Texas border is the Rio Grande River and Mexico believes the border is the Nucess River
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John Sutter and the California Gold Rush
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- obtained land in California
- Sutter was the first to discover a gold nugget on his property
- gold seekers destroyed his property
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Brigham Young
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- he led the Mormons on the migration to the Great Salt Lake area of Utah
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John Brown
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- violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery
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Harriet Tubman
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- most famous person part of the Underground Railroad
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Underground Railroad
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A network of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people
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Frederick Douglass
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- most well-known African American abolitionist
- edited “ The North Star”
- believed that injustice of slavery destroyed America
- In 1847 his friends help him purchase his freedom
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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- novel that explored the issue of slavery
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Fugitive Slave Act
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- required all citizens to help catch runaway slave in 1850. Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned
- the enforcement of this act caused more anger in the North
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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- increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US
- letting people decide for themselves about an issue is call popular sovereignty
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Bleeding Kansas
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- Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery
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Sumner-Brooks Incident
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- Senator Charles Summer lashed out against those for slavery, including Andrew P. Butler
- Butler’s cousin, Rep. Preston Brooks, walked into the senate chamber and hit Sumner with a cane
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry
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- John Brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a weapon storage facility
- he hoped to start a rebellion against slave holders by arming slaves, but he and his men were quickly defeated
- Brown was executed of treason and his death became a rallying point for abolitionists
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Dred Scott v Sandford
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- divided the nation even more
- Chief Justice B. Taney said Scott was still a slave
- his decision basically stated that the Constitution protected slavery
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Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech
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- ‘senate race in Illinois that became the center of national attention
- R. Abraham Lincoln D. Stephen A. Douglas
- the main topic of these debates was slavery
46
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Election of 1860
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- Lincoln becomes the 16th president
- the more populous North had outvoted the South
- Lincoln promised not to disturb slavery where it already existed, but many in the South did not trust him
47
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Causes of the Civil War
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- slavery
