Test 2 Flashcards
After winning the Revolutionary War, what was the Federal Immigration policy?
States determined their own immigration laws
Which world event excited slaves in America, but caused great concern and paranoia for whites living in the South?
Haitian Revolution
The Federalist Party platform desires
A centralized federal authority
Which one of these is a fictional mental illness created to explain laziness among slaves?
Dysaesthesia aethiopica
Samuel Cartwright believed that skin color and human attributes could be explained by
Environment
Thomas Jefferson saw Native Americans as a people that had the capability to be equal to white Americans
True
Which traits best describe Republican Motherhood
Raising and educating your children
The attack on the USS Chesapeake near Norfolk, Virginia prompted Thomas Jefferson to…
Embargo
Which president approved the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
This Native American leader formed a great pan-Indian movement in the Western Great Lakes
Tecumseh
The British justified their impressment of American sailors because…
British sailors were immigrating en masse
The Hartford Convention of 1814 proposed…
Legislative reforms requiring a 2/3rds majority to change laws
This scandal caused the collapse of the Federalist Party
Hartford convention
Americans of 1815 saw the outcome of the War of 1812 as a
Victory
This technology was stolen from Britain and became a key industry of the early United States
Textile mills
The War of 1812 caused a change in economic priorities for the nation by…
Promoting inter-state trade
The Panics of 1819, 1837, and 1857 were caused by speculations from
Land, Labor, Railroads
American printed currency during these panics are backed by…
Bimetals
A confidence man is…
A scam artist
This economic tool was used to inhibit imports and encourage internal economic development in the United States
Tariffs
This road spanned 620 miles from Baltimore to Illinois
National road
The construction of infrastructure during the Market Revolution was done by only the federal and state governments
False
The construction of railroads was heavily concentrated where?
North
What is incorporation?
Legal recognition of businesses as individuals
Industrialization improved the economic circumstances of most individuals
False
People from these two areas of the world were immigrating to America in massive numbers following the market revolution
Ireland and Germany
In the 1820’s politics tactics focus more on…
Gaining the support and backing of the people
This federal document helped to create America’s democratic character
Bill of rights
How does the North decide to free their slaves?
Gradual emancipation
This Compromise was viewed as the means to resolve sectional politics and friction in the U.S. government
Missouri compromise
This battle during the War of 1812 received its own holiday and resulted in Andrew Jackson’s popularity
Battle of New Orleans
Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson created this political party
Democratic party
What is the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833?
South Carolinas attempt to nullify American tariffs
What caused people to be skeptical of the Second Bank of the United States?
Private shareholders
This president served as president for 31 days before dying
William Henry Harrison
This evangelist practice led to mass Methodist conversions
Circuit riders
The doctrine of Arminianism believes in freewill
True
The doctrine of Calvinism believes in doing “good works”
False
The Second Great Awakening introduce what practices into worship?
Speaking in tongues
What jump-started the Women’s Movement in Antebellum America?
The 1840 world anti-slavery convention in London
Petit Gulf is…
A cotton hybrid
Oklahoma, before it became a state, was…
Indian territory
The price of a slave was only tied to the price of cotton
False
When compared to the white population of the South, black slaves made up how much of the Southern population?
1/3
The steam boat, New Orleans, travelled from Ohio to Louisiana
False
A main facet Southern honor for men is…
Duels
The Young America Movement was against the idea of Manifest Destiny
False
Many of those who are anti-Manifest Destiny argued that Westward expansion would bring unwanted races of people into the country
True
This law in 1824 opened the Mexican border and offered arable land to immigrant settlers
Mexico’s general colonization law
This president is responsible for causing the Mexican-American War
James k. Polk
How many Native Americans were evicted from their homelands in the Trail of Tears?
60,000-100,000
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 gave the President the ability to…
Negotiate treaties with the native American tribes
This piece of legislation helped to fund and establish Indian missionary schools
Civilization Fund Act
This president is responsible for annexing Texas and giving Texas statehood
John Tyler
