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The making of America 1789-1838 Flashcards

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What years did the war for the independence of America take place in?

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1776-1783

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Who was the frist President of America?

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George Washington

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What year did Washington set up a campaign against the Native Americans?

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1791

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What year was the battle of Fallen Timbers?

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1794

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What was the treaty of Greenville?

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Allowed the US to take parts of the northwestern territory

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What states were fromed due to the Treaty of Greenville? What years?

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Ohio, Illinois, Michigan - 1803-1819

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When the USA spread in the 1790s, where did this push the Native Americans who occupied the area at the time?

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West

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Why did slaveholders want to expand their plantations further south?

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The climate was warmer for growing cotton

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What was an abolitionist?

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A person who wants to stop slavery

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What was a Quaker?

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People who seek to experience God directly

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What was the purpose and when was the cotton gin made?

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1793- cotton could be processed much faster

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What year was the louisiana purchase?

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1803

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What was the Louisiana purchase?

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The 3rd president Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy the port of new Orleans from the French

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How much was it to buy Louisiana for Jefferson?

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$15 million

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Which two people were given the task of exploring the lands (Louisiana)? What year?

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Merriweather Lewis and William Clark - 1804

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Why were Lewis and Clark exploring the west?

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Trade

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What are the names of the ‘Five civilaised tribes’?

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Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole

18
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By 1819 wha two states had been added to Louisiana?

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Mississippi and Alabama

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Between 1815-1819 how many slaves had been sold?

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100000

20
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What resulted in the 1820 Missouri Compromise?

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An 1819 battle which began over wether states created from the Louisiana purchase would allow slavery

21
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What did the 1820 missouri compromise lead to?

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A virtual line created across the middle of the country - so any states that were created in the west which fell below the line would be free states.

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What did the 1820 Missouri Compromise ensure for the government?

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Power

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1838

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The USA were producing over 1,000,000 bales of cotton every year and the slave trade was needed in order to maintain this. There was also growing opposition from the abolitionists.

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What year was the Indian Removal Act?

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1830

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What did the Indian Removal act intell?

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promised money to tribes if they relocated. Jackson also set aside a permanent Native AMerican territory west of the mississippi river.

26
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Who persuaded congress to pass the Indian Removal Act?

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Andrew Jackson

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What did president Andrew Jackson believe about the Native Americans?

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That they should be treated like children

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Which two tribes moved after the Indian Removal Act?

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The Choctaw and the Chickasaw - they moved west

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Which tribe took thier case to the Supreme Court after hearing about the Indian Removal Act? What year did this happen?

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The Cherokee - they won and could stay - 1832

30
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Which tribe refused to move after the Indian Removal Act?

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Creek refused to sign the treaty

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What caused Seminole wars?

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in 1830, some of the Seminole tribe signed the treaty and agreed to move but not all agreed

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When did the Seminole wars occur?

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1835-1842

33
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What is Congress?

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A governing body made up of people selected from each state.
They passed new laws

34
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What did George Washington do when he feared attack from the Indians?

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From 1791, he out 90% of his funding towards campaigning against the Indians.
In 1794, he defeated the Indians in the “Battle of Fallen Timbers”.
Washington took their lands after defeating them

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