Standard 2 - Terms & Definitions for Brainscape

Question 1

Southerners argued that slavery was good for their slaves because they were clothed, fed, and disciplined

Answer 1

“Positive Good”

Question 2

Religious revival that stressed reforming society - led to rise of the abolitionist movement

Answer 2

2nd Great Awakening

Question 3

Polk wanted to claim the Oregon Territory up to this like of latitude, but wasn’t able to get it

Answer 3

54 40

Question 4

Parallel that currently makes up the northern boundary of the US

Answer 4

49

Question 5

People who wanted to abolish (get rid of) slavery

Answer 5

Abolitionists

Question 6

Henry Clay’s compromise - the West would support the tariff and the North would send $$ to the west for internal improvements - this upset the south

Answer 6

American System

Question 7

1st President from the West - “Age of the Common Man” - Democrat - Trail of Tears

Answer 7

Andrew Jackson

Question 8

Term that means adding land to the US

Answer 8

Annexation

Question 9

Period before the Civil War

Answer 9

Antebellum

Question 10

Native American tribe displaced from GA to OK despite trying to assimilate into American culture - Trail of Tears

Answer 10

Cherokee

Question 11

Segregation “by fact” - It isn’t enforced by law, it just exists. (example - White & black people live in different parts of town)

Answer 11

De facto segregation

Question 12

Not allowed to vote

Answer 12

Disenfranchised

Question 13

Section of the Constitution stating that Congress may do anything “necessary and proper” - used by loose constructionists to prove they can do things not in the Constitution

Answer 13

Elastic Clause

Question 14

Along with Lucretia Mott, wasprohibited from entering an abolitionist conference because she was a woman so she started the Seneca Falls Convention

Answer 14

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 15

Term meaning “Freedom from slavery”

Answer 15

Emancipation

Question 16

Former slave - became a leading abolitionist

Answer 16

Frederick Douglass

Question 17

Wanted the right to own property, divorce, and get an education

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Goals of Women’s Movement

Question 18

Abolitionists from SC who grew up on a plantation who also supported women’s rights

Answer 18

Grimke Sisters

Question 19

Abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Many northerners learned of the evils of slavery from this book

Answer 19

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 20

Led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad

Answer 20

Harriet Tubman

Question 21

Politician who designed the compromise known as the “American System” to provide a tariff for the north and internal improvements for the west

Answer 21

Henry Clay

Question 22

President who completed America’s “Manifest Destiny”

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James K. Polk

Question 23

Belief that the Constitution can be stretched to allow things that it doesn’t specifically state - Jefferson DID NOT believe in this, but bought the Louisiana Purchase anyway

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Loose Interpretation

Question 24

Explorers who claimed the Oregon Territory for the US

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Louis & Clark

Question 25

Land purchased by Jefferson from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the US - land was sold to settlers at VERY low prices, allowing many to vote for the first time

Answer 25

Louisiana Territory

Question 26

Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was prohibited from entering an abolitionist conference because she was a woman so she started the Seneca Falls Convention

Answer 26

Lucretia Mott

Question 27

Belief that God wanted America to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Answer 27

Manifest Destiny

Question 28

Term given to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada when they were added after the Mexican War

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Mexican Cession (land added to US)

Question 29

Wat that began when Polk stationed troops at the Rio Grande river knowing that Mexico claimed that land - Polk wanted a war so that we could complete our “Manifest Destiny”

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Mexican War

Question 30

President James Monroe’s statement that Europe should not colonize the Western Hemisphere any further - could only be enforced with the help of Britain’s navy

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Monroe Doctrine

Question 31

Slave who led a violent uprising

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Nat Turner

Question 32

Territory organized under the Articles of Confederation - prohibited slavery in those states

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Northwest Ordinance

Question 33

Mexico claimed that this river was the southern border of Texas

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Nueces River

Question 34

Belief of SC (and other southern states) that they could treat laws passed by the central government as if they didn’t exist .

Answer 34

Nullification

Question 35

Claimed by Lewis & Clark - Shared by Britain & the US until an agreement set the northern boundary of the US at the 49th parallel

Answer 35

Oregon Territory

Question 36

Believed ALL had an “Inner Light” so they were among the first Abolitionists

Answer 36

Quakers

Question 37

The US claimed that this was the southern boundary of Texas - James K. Polk sent troops there, which started the Mexican War

Answer 37

Rio Grande River

Question 38

Native American tribe that fought to maintain control of their land during the period of displacement - they lost their land anyway

Answer 38

Seminoles

Question 39

Women’s Rights Convention organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton after being denied access to an antislavery convention because they were women

Answer 39

Seneca Falls Convention

Question 40

Belief that states have the right to ignore laws passed by the central government (Nullification / Tariff of Abominations)

Answer 40

States’ Rights

Question 41

High tariff passed after compromise between N & S (the American System) South Carolina nullifies the tariff & Andrew Jackson threatens to use the army. SC backs down, but still believes it can nullify laws.

Answer 41

Tarifff of Abominations

Question 42

Americans move into Mexico, then Mexico outlaws slavery so the Americans fight to rule themselves. This led to the?

Answer 42

Texan Revolution

Question 43

Normally believes in strict interpretation of the Constitution, but interprets it loosely to add the Louisiana Purchase to the US

Answer 43

Thomas Jefferson

Question 44

When the Cherokee Indians were forcibly moved by Andrew Jackson from GA to OK. 1/3 of them die on the way.

Answer 44

Trail of Tears

Question 45

Treaty ending the Mexican War. Forced Mexico to give us land including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah for $15 million.

Answer 45

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 46

Abolitionist newpaper publisher.

Answer 46

William Lloyd Garrison