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Was a war hawk

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Henry Clay

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Explored the Louisiana Purchase and far west

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Meriwether Lewis

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American Naval hero in War of 1812

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Oliver H. Perry

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Saw British attack Fort McHerny

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Frances Scott Key

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Was appointed Justice of the Peace in DC

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William Marbury

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Between 1800-1840 the nations most dramatic population expansion occured

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West of the Appalachians

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Jefferson inauguration was notable for

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Being the first in Washington DC

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President Jefferson’s cabinet

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Included Madison as secretary of state

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In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court

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Declared a federal law unconstitutional

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Jefferson showed his commitment to limiting government by

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Selling the national bank

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11
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The Louisiana Purchase was made possible by

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Napoleons setback in Haiti

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The Louisiana purchase was a problem for Jefferson because

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He believed that the Constitution did not give authority to acquire new land

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To president Jefferson one major incentive to purchase Louisiana was to

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Secure American access to the Mississippi River

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14
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Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to

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Map and explore well beyond the Mississippi

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15
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Lewis and Clark’s expedition

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Gave the United States a claim to Oregon

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The “Old Republicans” led by John Randolph

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Were mostly southerns, defended states rights, opposed tariffs, supported an agrarian society(all the above)

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As a result of competing British and France “paper blockades,” American shippers

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Ran the risk of capture

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Jefferson’s response to British and French inference with American shipping was

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What he called a policy of “peaceable coercion”

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Jefferson’s embargo policy

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Sought to stop all American exports

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President Madison’s attempts to deal with British and French interference with American trade

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Led to war with the British

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21
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The greatest support for the declaration of the war of 1812 came from

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The agricultural regions from Pennsylvania southward and westward

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Western settlers and politicians believed war with Britain might enable

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Conquest of Canada

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As the War of 1812 started one strength of the United States was

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A small but capable navy

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The naval battle on lake Erie resulted in

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Commodore Perry’s glorious victory

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At Horse shoe Bend, Andrew Jackson won a smashing victory over the

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Creeks

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26
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The British Invasion of the mid-Atlantic Coast in 1814 resulted in

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The capture and burning of Washington DC

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The British attack on Baltimore’s Fort McHerny

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Resulted in a bombardment that did not force the fort’s surrender

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28
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The British defeat at New Orleans is best explained by

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Their attack upon a strong defense position

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29
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The treaty of Ghent

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Ended the war

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30
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The Hartford Convention illustrated deep opposition to the war in

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New England

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31
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The National Road was a good example of an internal improvement since it was financed by the federal government

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True

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32
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The “Era of Good Feelings” was marked by peace and prosperity

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True

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33
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Langdon Cheves was president of the second Bank of the US

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True

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The Bank of the US quickly ended the Panic of 1819 by making credit more easily available

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False

35
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As a territory, Missouri had not allowed slavery

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False

36
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The Monroe Doctrine was part of President Monroe’s annual message to Congress

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True

37
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Four presidential candidates received eletoral votes in 1824

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True

38
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John Quincy Adams displayed superb political skills during his term as president

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False

39
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The idea of federal support for internal improvements

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Was represented by the construction of the National Road

40
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The chief advocate for the program for economic development called the American system was

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Henry Clay

41
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James Monroe

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Like Madison, was a Virginia Republican

42
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The secretary of state for the duration of Monroe’s presidency was

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John Quincy Adams

43
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One notable thing about the 1820 presidential election was

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The disappearance of the Federalists

44
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Andrew Jackson led American troops into Florida in 1818

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In pursuit of hostile Seminoles

45
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The Transcontinental Treaty of 1819

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Extended the boundary of Louisiana to the Pacific

46
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The immediate cause of the Panic of 1819 was

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A sudden collapse of cotton prices

47
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Missouri’s admission to the Union as a slave state was balanced by the admission of the free state of

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Maine

48
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The Missouri compromise stipulated that in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36*30

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Slavery would be excluded

49
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In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Marshall court struck down that state’s ability to tax

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The national bank

50
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The Supreme Court in Gibbon v. Ogden settled a controversy over

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Hudson River ferry service

51
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In 1824 the United States signed a treaty with Russia concerning

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Claims in Oregon

52
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All of the following were presidential candidates in 1824 except

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John Calhoun

53
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The 1825 election was ultimately decided by

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The House of Representatives

54
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The “corrupt bargain” in the election of 1824 referred to

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The belief that Clay supported Adams in return for becoming secretary of state

55
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The Tariff of 1828

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Boosted the presidential hopes of Jackson

56
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The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was published in response to the

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Tariff of 1828

57
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One of Jackson’s greatest personal vulnerabilities in the 1828 campaign was

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The scandal surrounding his marriage

58
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By the 1820’s, the right to vote had generally been extended to

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Adult white males

59
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In this new political era, Jackson had a tremendous advantage because of his

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Identification with common people

60
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By the 1820’s the electorate was expanded when most states eliminated property requirements for the vote

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True

61
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John Calhoun was born in SC

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True

62
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President Jackson’s response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff

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False

63
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In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as VP

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True

64
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Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, indians, and women

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False

65
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The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears

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True

66
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Osceola led the Seminole resistance to their removal from their lands

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True

67
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Henry Clay was Andrew Jackson’s second VP

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False

68
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Martin Van Buren opposed the establishment of an independent Treasury

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False

69
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The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was born in a log cabin

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False

70
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Before he became president Andrew Jackson

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killed a man in a duel , was a popular general, fought the British in the Revolution, had experienced youthful hardship( all the above

71
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Andrew Jackson was a true Jeffersonian in his

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Belief in limited Government

72
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The Peggy Eaton affair revealed

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The destructive gossip of the Washington social scene

73
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Jackson declared his opposition to nullification

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In his toast at a Jefferson Day dinner

74
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The death toll in the Civil War was roughly

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630,000

75
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Andrew Johnson

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Lincoln’s second VP

76
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George McClellan

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Was an 1864 Democrat Presidential candidate

77
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Jefferson Davis

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Was captured in Georgia a month after the wars end

78
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Stonewall Jackson

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Was killed at Chancellorsville by his own man

79
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William T. Sherman

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Was determined to “make Georgia howl” in 1864-65

80
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Compromise of 1877

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Remove troops from the south and Hayes wins

81
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McKinley was reelected in 1900 despite losing the popular vote to William Jennings Bryan

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False

82
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Western imperialism in the late 19th century was stimulated by all of the following except

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The fear that Bolshevik ideas might advance around the globe

83
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John Fiske

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Wrote American Political Ideas, a book that stressed the superior character of Anglo-Saxon people and institutions

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