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Who was the Federalist Party formed around?

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Alexander Hamilton

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Who was the Democratic-Republican Party formed around?

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Thomas Jefferson

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The Feds. advocated for a future in…

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Industry and manufacturing

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The DRs advocated for a future in…

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Agriculture

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Federalists held the view that the gov’t…

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needs to be in the hands of the educated and “capable”

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Feds wanted a ____ national government

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strong

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Feds had a ___ interpretation of the Constitution

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loose

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DRs held the view that the gov’t…

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Should include the “common man”

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DRs wanted a ____ national government

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Democratic

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DRs had a ___ interpretation of the Constitution

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strict

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Hamilton wanted…

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a national bank to store money and handle debts

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Jefferson was against the national band because

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it was not clearly authorized in the Constitution

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Who were the FED and DR candidates in the Election of 1800?

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Fed: Adams against DR: Jefferson

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Why did Jefferson and the DRs win the Election of 1800?

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they did a good job campaigning against Adams.

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The Election of 1800 was also called…

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“Revolution of 1800”

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What year was the Missouri Compromise?

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1819

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What sparked the Missouri Compromise?

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Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state - they wanted to keep a sectional balance (slave vs free)

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The Missouri Compromise?

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Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine will be made a free state

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Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine and who was it for?

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John Quincy Adams for President James Monroe

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When was the Monroe Doctrine delivered to Congress?

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December 2, 1823

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What did the Monroe Doctrine state (3 points)?

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  • No more colonization in the Western Hemisphere by Europe
  • Any interference would be interpreted as a threat to US security
  • We will stay out of European affairs
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Who issued the Indian Removal Act

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Andrew Jackson

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What did Andrew Jackson think the Indian Removal Act would do?

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He thinks it will increase the population, wealth, and power of the state

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What was the Trail of Tears?

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thousands of Cherokee people were forcibly removed from their land

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the South relied on…

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agriculture, especially cotton plantations

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The North relied on…

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Industry, factories, cities

27
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Territories gained after the Spanish-American War

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Texas, and what is now California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming

28
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Manifest Destiny is the theory that…

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whites were destined by God to span the North Continent

29
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What was manifest destiny used to “justify”?

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“Justified” their removal of Native civilizations for white supremacist concepts

30
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What is popular sovereignty:

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Government based on the consent of the people

31
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Ex. of Draft inequity

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Those who were rich (such as wealthy white men) could pay their way out of getting drafted

32
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In what ways were the African Americans discriminated against in the War?

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Whites were paid much more than colored people were and they also did not have to pay for uniforms

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What were Radical Republican’s views on the original reconstruction plans?

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Lincoln and Johnsons’ plans for reconstruction were too soft

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Radical Republicans wanted: (3 points)

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  • universal education and equal rights
  • to confiscate land from the Confederates and redistribute it to poor white people and former slaves.
  • organize the South into military zones for occupation.
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the RRs controlled most of Congress by… (year)

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1866

36
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What were the Jim Crow Laws?

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state and local laws that enforced racial segregation

37
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How long did these laws last? (From __ until __)?

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The 1880s until 1965

38
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What is a Carpetbagger?

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a northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction

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Period of Reconstruction

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1865-1877

40
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Why did Cartbaggers do what they do?

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for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities following the civil war

41
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What was the Southern response to 13th-15th Amendments?

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Jim Crow Laws, Black Codes, and Implement poll tax

42
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When was the Gilded Age? (From __ to ___)

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1876-1900

43
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The Gilded Age encouraged civilizations to go from farming to…

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Industrialization

44
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Keys of the Gilded Age (4 points)

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  • Industrial Revolution
  • Natural Resources(oil and steel)
  • Gov’t support for business
  • Immigration-cheap labor
45
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Thomas Edison made electricity- when did he do that?

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1880

46
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The Gilded Age gave us steel- what were its uses?

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development of railroads, bridges, and skyscrapers

46
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Were the Robber Barons legit?

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Sometimes they were, sometimes they weren’t.

46
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What sketchy things did Robber Barons do? (3 points)

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  • Paying employee’s inadequate salaries
  • Driving competitors out of business
  • Monopolizing certain industries to control the market and prices
47
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Who were Robber Barons

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industrialists who amassed huge fortunes by business practices

48
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Who mass-produced steel?

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Andrew Carnegie

49
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Who mass-produced oil?

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John D. Rockefeller(Standard Oil Co.)

50
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What was “Social Darwinism”?

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application of Darwin’s theory of evolution of society-some people will succeed, some won’t naturally

51
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When was Plessy vs. Ferguson?

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1896

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What was Plessy vs. Ferguson? What’d it decide?

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A South Carolina case where the court decided that separate facilities for African Americans were legal so long as they were equal

53
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Freedmen’s Bureau disbanded in…

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1872

54
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Why did Freedmens Buerau fail in the end?

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Not enough funding or leadership to be successful in the long-term (Were given money that’d last them an entire week in the war but for an entire year)

55
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Between 1870-1920 how many Europeans immigrated to the US?

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approx 20 million Europeans

56
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Before 1890, most of the immigrants were from…

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western and northern Europe.

57
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After 1890, most of the immigrants were from…

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eastern and southern Europe.

58
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Why did immigrants come to America?

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They were looking for jobs, land, and were often escaping from anti-Semitism.

59
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Between __ and __ about 300,000 Chinese arrived to the US from

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1851 and 1883

60
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What were 3 major processing centers for immigrants?

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Ellis Island, NYC, and Angel Island in San Francisco

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What 3 kinds of checks happened at processing centers?

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  • health checks
  • criminal background checks
  • checks to see if they could support themselves and or were fit to work.

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