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Why didn’t Washington run for a third term as president?

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He didn’t want people to think once in office you are in it for life.

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Who set the two term president limit?

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Washington

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Who was Adam’s“running mate” who jefferson beat

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Pinckney

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Did Alexander like Jefferson or Pickney better?

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Pickney

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During the Jefferson vs Adam’s election, who lost out completely?

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Pickney, Jefferson became vice president.

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Jefferson knew he needed which states votes in order to win the election?

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New York

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Adam was unpopular doting the Election of 1800, sometimes even being disliked by his own party.

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No answer.

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What did Adam claim would happen if Jefferson became president?

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That “all bad things would come”

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Jefferson and Burr beat the federalist but had tie votes, how many votes did each candidate get?

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Jefferson-75, burr-75, Adam’s- 65, Pickney- 64.

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Who convinced some of the House of Representative members to vote for Jefferson, helping him win?

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Alexander Hamilton, he disliked Jefferson but hated Burr

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What did Adam’s do in his last days in office as president?

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He filled new judicial positions.

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Some commissions were not sent before Jefferson took office, Madison refused to send those commotion’s

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N/A

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What did Marburg Vs. Madison establish?

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Judicial review, Supreme Court now more important

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What did Jefferson believe about government and how it should be used?

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Smaller government- thought federal government should be wise and keep people from hurting each other
-wanted more power to states

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What did Jefferson want in terms of military and economics?

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-Smaller military
-Less debt
-Greater concentration on agriculture

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What did Jefferson do to debt within America?

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He reduced debt from 80mil to 57mil, while cutting taxes

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What policies was Jefferson forced to adopt?

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Some Federalist policies

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Who was the hand picked successor of Jefferson?

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James Madison

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Two most important names of the war hawks

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Henry clay and John C. Calhoun

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What did Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun wish to do? -through the Warhawks

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-Protect U.S honor
-Expand the borders
-Uphold free trade

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Who opposed the Warhawks?

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John Randolph of Virginia (among others)

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The Treaty of Fort Wayne would sell millions of ancers of land to the whites by the Indians. Who opposed this treaty?

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Shawnee
Harrison also refused to declare Ft. Wayne treaty void.

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Who was Tecumseh?

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A political leader, he wanted to revive Pan Indianism

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Who was Tenskwatawa?

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A prophet

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Tecumseh accepts aid from Britain, leading to what?

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-It promoted Pan Indian ideals
-called for attacks on American settlements

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What did each person due immediately after Tecumseh and Harrison met?

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-Tecumseh left to gather more Indian support
-Tenkwataua gathered troops at prophets town
-Harrison deported for Kentucky

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27
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What political party was Henry clay apart of?

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Western democrats

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John C. Calhoun and south Democracy included…

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-Protection for American ships and agricultural goods
-believed in National aid for commercial development
-championed more widespread and democratic economic opportunities

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What did John C. Calhoun favor over Jeffersonian and Federalist policies toward Britain?

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They disliked it and favored aggression

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What political party did John Randolph belong to?

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“Old Republicans”

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31
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What politition believed in the following
-Held to Jefferson’s agrarian ideal
-disliked tariffs/arms
-felt the New Democrats were watered down Federalist

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John Randolph and the old republicans

32
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What event stimulated American outrage and have Americans overconfidence. Propelling Madison further toward war?

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The Little Belt Affair

33
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Madison was sure of war by 1812
What did he ask for in April 1st?

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A 60 day embargo giving the British one last chance to suspend the orders in council (seizure and imprisonment)

34
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-May 22nd orders in council stand
-Madison asks for war 9 days later
- June 4th, House of Representatives declare war, senate agrees 2 weeks later
-June 23, orders in council suspended

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N/A

35
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Facts about the 1812 election, Dewitt Clinton vs. Madison

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-war setbacks hurt Madison
-Clinton courted anti-war sections
-needed New York and Pennsylvania to win
-federalist did not field a president candidate

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Who’s considered the “Hero” of the battle of the Thames?

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William Henry Harrison
-got British to withdraw
-Tecumseh was killed during this battle.

37
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Who was the first leader of the KKK

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Nathan bedford forest
-was also a admirable soldier during the civil war

38
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Grant didn’t show any desire to intervene against what his second term?

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Violence, now happening in broad daylight instead of mostly at night

39
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Madison sends peace delegation to Ghent.

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40
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Lincoln championed the market revolution

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N/A

41
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Who invented the telegraph, which provided instant communication?

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Samuel F.B Morse in 1830

42
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What does Madison call for In 1815?

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A new plan, “the American system”

43
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What did Madison new plan on the American system call for?

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-A new national bank
-A new tariff
-Federally financed improvement

44
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Madison voted the Federal financed improvement

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Idk what that means I just put it 🤷‍♂️

45
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Who drafted the Manroe doctrine?

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John Quincy Adam’s

46
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Who all ran for presidency in the 1824 election?

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-Andrew Jackson, the war hero
-John Quincy Adam’s- the Northerner
-William H. Crawford- old republican
-Henry clay- Popular politician

47
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Why didn’t Andrew Jackson win the1824 election?

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Though Andrew had the most votes he did not have 50% so the senate picked John Adam’s and makes Henry clay secatart of the states

48
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What political party did Andrew Jackson and William H. Crawford belong to?

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Democrats

49
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What political party did John Adam’s and Henry clay belong to?

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The Whig party

50
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What did John C. Calhoun become the champion of?

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Nullification

51
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Who was vice president under Andrew Jackson?

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John C. Calhoun

52
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What was Martin Van Buren known as?

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The little wizard

53
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William Henry Harrison relied on what to win the election?

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His popularity as a Soldier

54
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Whigs criticized Van Buren as an aristocratic

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N/A

55
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Harrison died 9 days after being elected

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N/A

56
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What did Angelina and Sarah Grimke do?

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Applied abolitionist doctrines to women

57
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Who resurrected the idea of Texas annexation, in order to rescue his administration

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John Tyler

58
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John C. Calhoun linked Texas annexation with strengthening slavery

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N/A

59
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What did Clay and Polk both agree to reject?

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Immediate annexation

60
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Van Buren loses democratic nomination to…

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James K. Pulk

61
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James K. Polk had a close relationship with…

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Andrew Jackson

62
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What war did Pulk deal with?

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Mexican American war

63
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Henry clay drafts a compromise in 1850 with 4 parts, what are those parts?

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-Cali statehood
-fugitive state laws
-slave trade abolished in Washington D.C.
Population sovereignty in Mexican cession

64
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Who wanted to Take Henry’s compromise of 1850 to protect the union?

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Daniel Webster

65
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Who rejected Henry’s compromise of 1859 and opposed slavers completely?

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William H. Seward

66
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Who rejected Henry’s compromise of 1850 to spread slavery to all new territories?

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John C. Calhoun

67
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Who gets Henry’s compromise of 1850 to pass?

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Millard Fillmore

68
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Who introduced the Kansas Nebraska act?

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Steven Douglas

69
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What debate ultimately made Abraham Lincoln’s name known?

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The Lincoln Douglas debate- Lincoln loss but prove himself

70
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John brown…

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-wanted to cause a slave uprising
-Was put on trial, hung

71
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During the war in the west Ulysses S. Grant captured fort Henry, then fort Denelson

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72
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Why did Lincoln say the civil war was not about slavery?

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He didn’t want to loose bordering states

73
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Who was Lees “Perfect battle” against what battle did it take place in?

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-battle of chancellarsvill
-Hooker, he outnumbered Lee 2 to 1 and Lee still won
-stone wall Jackson died after the battle due to a lost arm.

74
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How many died on each side of Lee Vs. Grants battle. The battle of The war of Attrition

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By the time 18,000 died on grants side, 7,000 died on lees side. Grants casualties jumped to 60,000 after 6 weeks of battle
-Grant won

75
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Who was Lincoln’s vice president in his second term?

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Andrew Johnson

76
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Johnson stands for impeachment and is acquitted by 1 vote

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N/A

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