Test 2 MC Study Flashcards
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Wild West:
Famous Mountain Men
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John Colter -Colter's Run Jedidiah Smith -beat up bear, sewed scalp back on Davy Crockett -Old Betsy Rifles Daniel Boone -Appalachian trailblazer -Saved daughter and friend Jim Bridger -fur trapper Provost -Frenchman
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Wild West
California people who ate each other?
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Donner and Reed Party
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Wild West
Most famous Trail
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Oregon Trail
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Wild West
Oregon Trail stops
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Independence, Chimney Rock, Ft Laramie, Ft Bridger, Columbia River, Barlow Road
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Wild West
Battle that ended Utah War
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Bear River
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Wild West
Who took back Santa Fe with 60 guys?
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Don Diego de Vargas
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Q
Mexican War
Causes for War?
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Border disputes manifest destiny immigration civil war (Mexican) Mexican Immigration
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Mexican War
3 Famous leader of the Alamo
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Crockett
Bowie
Travis
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Mexican War
Commander of Texan Army at San Jacinto
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Sam Houston
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Mexican War
“Old Rough and Ready”
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Zachary Taylor
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Mexican War
“Old Fuss and Feathers”
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Winfield Scott
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Mexican War
Battle where Taylor beats Santa Ana even though being outnumbered 3:1
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Battle of Buena Vista
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Mexican War
Final Battle of the Mexican War
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Chipultapec
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Mexican War
Treaty that ends the war
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Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Industrial Rev
inventor of the steam engine
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James Watts
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Industrial Rev
First industry to become mechanized
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Textile
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Industrial Rev
Father of Industrial Rev
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Sam Slater
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Industrial Rev
First to put steam engine on ship
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Robert Fulton
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Industrial Rev
rediscovered concrete
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John Smeaton
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Industrial Rev
Smelts iron ore
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Abraham Darby
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Industrial Rev
Cotton Gin
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Eli Whitney
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Industrial Rev
Created cheap / high grade steel
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Henry Bessemer
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Industrial Rev
Water frame creator
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Richard Archwright
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Industrial Rev
What allowed so many people to be boom in this time-period
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surplus of food
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War of 1812
| Leader of the English army
General Isaac Brock
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War of 1812
| What US ships won some battles?
USS Constitution
| USS United States
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War of 1812
| Which Ft holds Baltimore from British Navy
Ft McHenry
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War of 1812
| Who writes the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
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War of 1812
| How does the US take back Detroit?
US wins Battle of Lake Erie
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War of 1812
| Battle that cost the US its capital
Battle of Bladensburg
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War of 1812
| How do the US keep the 15,000 British at bay?
The US win Battle of Plattsburg
| -Brits can no longer travel by sea, have to go through forests
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War of 1812
| The final battle
Battle of New Orleans
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War of 1812
| Reasons for war
- British navy impress Americans
- Natives armed by Brits
- Americans think they can take Canada
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War of 1812
| New England almost secedes from the Union at what convention?
Hartford Convention
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Age of Jefferson
| Alien and Sedition Acts
- takes much longer to become a citizen (14 yrs)
- any alien can be deported
- anyone can be charged with treason
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Age of Jefferson
| Virginia Kentucky Resolutions
If the majority of the people of a state want to nullify a federal law, they can
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Age of Jefferson
| Seven Decatur
commander that took on pirates in Tripoli
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Age of Jefferson
| Quasi War
US didn't want to pay back debt it owed to crown, France retaliates with naval battles
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Age of Jefferson
| XYZ affair
Tribute required to keep peace
| -Large sum of money req'd just to talk to French
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Age of Jefferson
| Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon needs money, sells Louisiana
| -Doubles the size of the US
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Age of Jefferson
| Who explored Louisiana
Lewis and Clark
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Age of Jefferson
| Who explores much of the SW (Spanish territory)
Zebulon Pike
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Age of Jefferson
| Why was Jefferson liked?
- Repeals alien sedition act
- parties with people in the WH
- replaces federalists with Republicans
- Key founding father (wrote Decl. of Indepen)
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Age of Jefferson
| Why was Jefferson not liked?
- stops ships from sailing due to French/Eng issues
- doesn't want to fight war
- economy starts to fall
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Essay questions
| Issues from Adams time
Formation of two political parties
+Federalists and Democratic/Republicans
-Fed: more centralized form of gov
-D/R: state run policies
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John Adams was "Tyranical" with enacted acts
+Sedition Act
-Allowed punishment for slander against gov
+Alien Act
-Allowed the deportation of immigrants
+Alien Enemies Act
-Allowed the deportation of immigrants
+Naturalization Act
-14yrs to become citizen
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War of Decatur
+US is no longer under protection from Fr / Eng
-No US Navy force to protect US ships
-Tripoli/Tunisia pirates pray on US ships
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Quasi War
+Crown falls
-US stops paying owed money to crown
-New French gov wants money
-Small war ensues
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British impress US citizens
+Americans being forced into British Navy
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Essay Questions
| How were issues from Adams' time rectified?
Political Parties
+Not really rectified
-The different parties still exist today
-They try to work together on issues
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Alien and Sedition Acts
+Jefferson tries to fight them
-Tries to give States more authority than Fed
-Does not work
+Jefferson was elected president
-Repeals these laws
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Pirates
+Jefferson sends a couple ships at first
-hires local mercenaries to finish the job
Quasi War
+A few skirmishes
-Eventually two sides come to agreement
British impressment
+After the War of 1812, both come to terms
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Essay Questions
War of 1812
Part 1: Pre War
1. British impress Americans
- Brits force Americans into Brit Navy
2. Chesapeake Affair
- Brits forcefully board USS Chesapeake
3. Jefferson Embargo
- No US ships can leave port for trade
4. Non Intercourse Act
- No US ship can trade with Fr / Eng
5. Battle of Tippecanoe
- Natives are found to have Brit guns
6. US wants retaliation against Brits
- Canada is seen as easy target
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Essay Questions
War of 1812
Part 2: War Start to Brock death
1. Brits blockade US shipping
- Economy halts
2. Native ally with Brits/Canadians
- Less of them there, force the expanders out
3. Gen Hull surrenders Detroit to Gen Brock
- Brock had less men
4. Chicago falls
- Natives massacre Americans
5. Queenston Heights
- Brits outnumbered 6:1; still win
- Brock dies
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Essay Questions
War of 1812
Part 3: Detroit to 15,00 men setting sail
1. Oliver Perry wins at Lake Erie
- Takes Detroit back
2. Americans kill Tecumseh
- Take back NW
3. US advances to York (Toronto)
- US takes it, Brit reinforcements take it back
4. US tries for Montreal
- British outnumbered 8:1; still repel US
5. US tries for Niagara
- Brits get pushed back a little
- Reinforcements show up and mow US down
6. Lundy's Lane
- Strategic victory for Brits
7. Napoleon defeated in Europe
- 15,000 men set sail for US
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Essay Questions
War of 1812
Part 4: DC to end
1. Battle of Bladensburg
- US is defeated in DC
- Brits burn DC down
2. Brits head to Baltimore
- US successfully defends by land
3. Brits try Baltimore from sea
- Ft McHenry holds Brits back
- Francis Scott Key writes SSB
4. 15,000 men land in Canada
5. Battle of Plattsburgh
- US sinks British barges, slows Brits down
6. Napoleon regains power
- 15,000 men are sent back to Europe
7. Battle of New Orleans
- LaFitte and his pirates help US
- Fog helps US win
8. New England almost secedes from Union at the Hartford Convention
- War is over, they change their mind
War ends Dec 24, 1814
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Essay Questions:
| What made Jackson popular
1. Rags to riches
- Born in log cabin
2. Gained more land by fighting natives
- Took Florida from Seminoles
3. Rise of the Common Man
- Partied with the common folk
4. Removed Natives to west of Miss
- Indian Removal Act
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Essay Questions:
| What made Jackson unpopular
1. Tariff of Abominations
- High taxes on southern exports
- Helped to boost North's economy
2. Indian Removal Act
- Natives still hate Jackson today
3. Own Cabinet members
- He would have duels to settle issues
4. Destroys the US Bank
- panic ensues, small banks take biggest hit
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Essay Questions:
| Inventors and inventions
1. 3-field system crop rotation
- improves year-round crop yield
- leads to many immigrants
2. Water Frame - Arkwright
- improves textile industry
3. Cotton Gin - Whitney
- cotton becomes the leading material
4. Steam-powered textile mills - Slater
- Slater stole blueprints from Brit Mill
5. First steam engine - Newcomen
- not reliable or safe
6. First modern steam engine - Watt
- led to city, railroad, factory expansion
7. Iron ore smelter - Darby
- cheaper alternative
8. High grade steel - Bessemer
- cheaper alternative
9. Steam engine on ship - Fulton
- Ships can now travel faster
