test 4

Question 1

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

Answer 1

clay’s american system

Question 2

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

Answer 2

adams deonis treaty

Question 3

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

Answer 3

missouri compromise

Question 4

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

Answer 4

mcculloch vs. maryland

Question 5

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

Answer 5

monroe doctrine

Question 6

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

Answer 6

corrupt bargain

Question 7

same as jeffersons

Answer 7

jackson’s political philosophy

Question 8

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

Answer 8

spoils system

Question 9

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

Answer 9

nullification

Question 10

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

Answer 10

eaton affair

Question 11

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

Answer 11

cherokee nation vs. georgia

Question 12

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

Answer 12

indian removal act 1830

Question 13

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

Answer 13

nicholas biddle

Question 14

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

Answer 14

anti-masonic party

Question 15

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

Answer 15

pet banks

Question 16

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

Answer 16

whig party

Question 17

god given right to move west to pacific ocean

Answer 17

manifest destiny

Question 18

you must adopt catholicism & swear allegiance to crown

Answer 18

immigration to texas

Question 19

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

Answer 19

alamo

Question 20

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

Answer 20

victory of san jacinto

Question 21

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

Answer 21

slavery in the south

Question 22

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

Answer 22

cotton & southern economy

Question 23

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

Answer 23

denmark vesey

Question 24

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

Answer 24

nat turner

Question 25

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

Answer 25

william lloyd garrison

Question 26

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

Answer 26

frederick douglass

Question 27

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

Answer 27

sojourner truth

Question 28

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

Answer 28

grimke sisters

Question 29

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

Answer 29

underground railroad

Question 30

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

Answer 30

texas annexation

Question 31

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

Answer 31

treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

Question 32

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

Answer 32

wilmot proviso

Question 33

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

Answer 33

popular sovereignty

Question 34

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

Answer 34

compromise of 1850

Question 35

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.

Answer 35

fugitive slave law 1850

Question 36

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

Answer 36

gadsden purchase

Question 37

harriet beacher stow; thousands sold; personalized slavery "must punish south for it"

Answer 37

uncle tom's cabin

Question 38

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

Answer 38

kansas-nebraska act

Question 39

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

Answer 39

charles sumner

Question 40

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

Answer 40

dred scott

Question 41

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

Answer 41

john brown

Question 42

first state to secede 1860

Answer 42

south carolina secession

Question 43

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

Answer 43

crittendon compromise

Question 44

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

Answer 44

fort sumter

Question 45

1. technology 2. population 3. money 4. infrastructure

Answer 45

north advantages

Question 46

republican, 16th pres; preserved union and emancipated slaves

Answer 46

abraham lincoln

Question 47

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

Answer 47

emancipation proclamation

Question 48

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

Answer 48

blacks in union army

Question 49

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

Answer 49

anaconda strategy

Question 50

president of seceded states

Answer 50

jefferson davis

Question 51

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

Answer 51

confederate finances

Question 52

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

Answer 52

battle of bull run

Question 53

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

Answer 53

monitor & merrimack

Question 54

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

Answer 54

battle of shiloh

Question 55

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

Answer 55

battle of gettysburg

Question 56

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

Answer 56

pickett's charge

Question 57

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

Answer 57

sherman's march

Question 58

after defeat at gettysburg, lee took troops here to surrender

Answer 58

appomattox (Virginia)

Question 59

assassinated lincoln in fords theater; broke leg fleeing

Answer 59

john wilkes booth