test 4 Flashcards

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plan to strengthen and unify the nation by reestablishing the us bank, protective tariff of 24%, state pays for their own expense; unsuccessful

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clay’s american system

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spain gives US all of florida, US gives up part of TX

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adams deonis treaty

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Missouri wants to become slave state, maine becomes free state; line at 36’30-anything below is slave state

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missouri compromise

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4
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upheld use of elastic clause; states cannot tax federal property or institutions

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mcculloch vs. maryland

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western hemisphere no longer open for colonization; any west affairs would be considered threat; europe won’t bother us

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monroe doctrine

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henry clay makes john q. adams president if clay is secretary of state

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corrupt bargain

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7
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same as jeffersons

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jackson’s political philosophy

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8
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reward political supporters with jobs; winning party rewards its campaign workers by appointment to gov. posts

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spoils system

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states had the right to nullify federal laws if they were deemed unconstitutional

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nullification

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10
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margaret oneill slept with eaton before here ex died; scandalized by vice president calhoun’s wife; jackson defended eaton and calhoun resigned

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eaton affair

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case filed by cherokee to be excluded from georgia’s hateful laws; us supreme court ruled no original jurisdiction

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cherokee nation vs. georgia

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12
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andrew jackson moved all indians westward; trail of tears to oklahoma; went from 12000 indians to 8000

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indian removal act 1830

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13
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president of bank of US; he wanted to get jackson out by rechartering the bank but didn’t work

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nicholas biddle

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14
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third party developed on the federal level; attempt to take down masons; formed when william morgan disappeared after writing book about mason secrets

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anti-masonic party

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15
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andrew jackson pulled out all funds from the second bank of US and distributed it to state banks; money wasted,first national debt

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pet banks

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made up of anti-jacksons, anti-masons, state rights advocate, and supporters of clays american system; wanted to recharter bank; unsuccessful

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whig party

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17
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god given right to move west to pacific ocean

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manifest destiny

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18
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you must adopt catholicism & swear allegiance to crown

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immigration to texas

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19
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under 200 texas soldiers between 4000-5000 mexican soldiers; sam houston didn’t send troops, all got slaughtered

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alamo

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birthplace of texas liberty; 18 minute battle complete victory for texas; secured independence

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victory of san jacinto

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21
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field hens (lowest); 2nd tier(craftmen); top tier(cooks/house)

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slavery in the south

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22
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4.5 million slaves in 1860; cotton more than half of US exports; south provided 3/4 of worlds cotton

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cotton & southern economy

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23
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a slave that organized a slave insurrection; fellow slaves told on him; hung him

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denmark vesey

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24
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largest slave insurrection; told by god; 40 whites killed starts southern paranoia

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nat turner

25
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abolitionist; wrote LIberator (newspaper); tarred and feathered twice in north, shot in south

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william lloyd garrison

26
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he taught himself how to read and write, ended idea that whites were superior to blacks

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frederick douglass

27
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runaway salve; she had revelations from God; fought for womens rights

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sojourner truth

28
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father owned plantation; abolitionist/women’s right; taught slaves to read

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grimke sisters

29
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created by abolitionists; safehouses from south to north that led to freedom; harriet tubbman came to south 18 times to lead thousands of slaves to freedom

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underground railroad

30
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28th state; US did not want because it’d throw off balance and lead to war with mexico; could have been cut into 5 states

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texas annexation

31
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mexico gives up all claims to texas; ended mexican american war; 13000 american lives lost

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treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

32
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a law saying that any land we acquire from mexico will not allow slavery

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wilmot proviso

33
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created by lewis cash and championed by stephen douglas; states themselves should be able to decide if they wanted slavery; didn’t work

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popular sovereignty

34
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california enters as free state; slave trade abolished in DC; texas claimed part of new mexico, paid 10 million to give up claims

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compromise of 1850

35
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a runaway slave is denied a trial by jury; if judge let slave go he was paid $5 but if he convicted him he got $10; $1000 fine to not help an owner find his runaway slave.

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fugitive slave law 1850

36
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us purchased the desert area in mexico for $10 million to build transcontinental railroad

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gadsden purchase

37
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harriet beacher stow; thousands sold; personalized slavery “must punish south for it”

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uncle tom’s cabin

38
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Nebraska comes in as free; Kansas (pop. sovereignty) votes itself slave state

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kansas-nebraska act

39
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he personally denounced senator butler of south carolina; brooks beats him with a cane; leaves to europe for 3 years to recover

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charles sumner

40
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slave, therefore missouri didn’t allow him to sue; purchased by NY abolitionist, SC refused to hear case

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dred scott

41
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abolitionist; mini civil war in kansas leaves 200 dead; wanted to cleanse south of slavery(maybe crazy)

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john brown

42
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first state to secede 1860

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south carolina secession

43
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crittendon took clays old congress seat; said slavery could never be ended in south; failed

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crittendon compromise

44
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union general anderson refused to give up this defenseless fort to confederacy; lincoln sent supplies to no avail; civil war begins

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fort sumter

45
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  1. technology 2. population 3. money 4. infrastructure
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north advantages

46
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republican, 16th pres; preserved union and emancipated slaves

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abraham lincoln

47
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slavery illegal in all of america; gave north another reason to fight. ensured south wouldn’t receive foreign help

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emancipation proclamation

48
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blacks were able to enlist in the army after EP; paid less than whites, not really soldiers, 1/3 died

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blacks in union army

49
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  1. block east 2. block south 3. take ohio river 4. take mississippi river; fall of vicksburg = success
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anaconda strategy

50
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president of seceded states

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jefferson davis

51
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had their own finances backed on cotton; didn’t last because europe began distributing large amount of cotton

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confederate finances

52
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first major battle of civil war; north fought confederates off to virginia, but Generals jackson and Johnson (reinforcements) dominated union

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battle of bull run

53
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monitor was a union ship barely above sea-level and the merrimack was a confederate ship plated in metal.

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monitor & merrimack

54
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shocked the world; 20,000 dead; 40000 south troops surprised north; General johnson mortally wounded, south retreated next day

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battle of shiloh

55
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pennsylvania battle ended in defeat of lee’s troops; largest battle + turning point

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battle of gettysburg

56
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last day of gettysburg when pickett made final push; 13000 slaughtered

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pickett’s charge

57
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cut a path from atlanta to savannah and burned everything in between; enacted total war and drove into the civilian south

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sherman’s march

58
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after defeat at gettysburg, lee took troops here to surrender

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appomattox (Virginia)

59
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assassinated lincoln in fords theater; broke leg fleeing

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john wilkes booth