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1
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Which president sets a precedent for future presidents

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George Washington

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2
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What political ideal did Washington hold?

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neutrality

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3
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Which president put down the Whiskey rebellion

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George Washington

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4
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Which president was not afraid to put down rebellions

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George Washington

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5
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Which president voluntarily served 2 terms to live on the farm with his family

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George Washington

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6
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Judiciary Act

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Established a 3 tier system for courts

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7
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Which Supreme Court case allowed the Supreme Court to nullify laws

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Marbury vs. Madison

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8
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Who wrote the bill of rights

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James Madison

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9
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What was the 10th amendment

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Power goes to states, not nations

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10
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Who had a loose interpretation of the constitution: Hamilton or Jefferson?

A

Hamilton

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11
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Who was a federalist: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Hamilton

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12
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Who believed in a strong government: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Hamilton

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13
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Who developed the central bank?

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Hamilton

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14
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Who believed in a manufacturing based economy: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Hamilton

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15
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Who had a strict interpretation of the constitution?

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Jefferson

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16
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Who was a republican: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Jefferson

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17
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Who believed in state’s rights: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Jefferson

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18
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Who believed in an agricultural based economy: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Jefferson

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19
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What 2 things did many people not like about the National Bank?

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Too much federal power; only benefited the rich

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20
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What did the National bank help with

A

National debt

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21
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What was the compromise Hamilton made in order to make a national bank?

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Nation’s capital in the South

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22
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What did the proclamation of neutrality allow the US citizens to do

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Trade with all belligerent nations

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23
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How was the Vice President elected?

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The 2nd most votes

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24
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Which party supported a strong central government?

A

Federalist

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25
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Which party was for state sovereignty?

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Democratic Republicans

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26
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What was the XYZ Affair?

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US refused bribe of 3 French spies

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27
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What was the result of the XYZ Affair?

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US and French trade curtailed

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28
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Which party supported the sedition act?

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Federalists

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29
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What did the Sedition Act do?

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prohibited publication of insults on the president or members of congress

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30
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What was unique about the 1800 election?

A

A Tie

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31
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What was shocking about Hamilton’s actions in the 1800 election?

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Voted for Jefferson

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32
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What was the name of the treaty that ceded a lot of Ohio to Native Americans?

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Greenville Treaty

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33
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How did Americans try to get Native Americans to assimilate?

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Forced camps and schools

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34
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What replaced tobacco as the new cash crop?

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Cotton

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35
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Who was the Louisiana purchase brought from?

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France

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36
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who were lewis and clark?

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Went out to explore new territory

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37
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why is the embargo act important today?

A

shows how free trade is better than regulation

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38
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What was the embargo act?

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Prohibited American ships from leaving ports until Britain and France stopped restricting US trade

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39
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What was the battle of tippecanoe?

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Governor of Indiana destroyed Native American lands

40
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Who organized the Western Confederacy and promoted resistance to white people?

A

Tecumseh

41
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What was the “pointless” war?

A

The war of 1812

42
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What treaty ended the war of 1812?

A

Treaty of Ghent

43
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what was the first major economic crisis in the US

A

Panic of 1819

44
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What policies did the government adapt

A

neo-mercentilist

45
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Do we live in a purely capitalist society?

A

No

46
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Why was the Erie Canal important

A

brought prosperity to the Great Lake regions

47
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why were steamboats so revolutionary?

A

halved the cost

48
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What did the Post Office Act of 1792 do?

A

Establish 8000 post offices

49
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What invention created more effective communication?

A

The telegraph

50
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What class created a larger consumer base?

A

The middle class

51
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Lowell System

A

Exploitation of Female Labor

52
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T/F: America was one of the first to abolish slabery

A

False

53
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What system used in slavery is still used in American prisons today?

A

Gang Labor

54
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What was the domestic slave trade labeled as

A

Inland System

55
Q

What did the patent good law state?

A

Protect your innovation

56
Q

What did Remington invent?

A

Guns

57
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What did Whitney invent?

A

Cotton Gin

58
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What did Singer invent?

A

Sewing Machine

59
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What 2 things did morse invent?

A

Telegraph/Morse code

60
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What did McCormick invent?

A

Mechanical Reaper

61
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What is disenfranchisement?

A

Prevents people from voting rights

62
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What new state is Jackson from?

A

Tenessee

63
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What is the name for political parties that efficiently wove together the interests of diverse social and economic groups

A

Political machines

64
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Which principle wanted women to stay home and educate the next generation?

A

Republican motherhood

65
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What was the Missouri compromise

A

Drew a line between slave owning and non-slave owning states

66
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Which president used corrupt bargain

A

Jackson

67
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Who won the 1824 Election?

A

Adams

68
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What election saw the nickname of presidents and what were the two nicknames?

A

1824: Old Hickory and Tippecanoe

69
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What happened at the inauguration of Jackson

A

Jackson had to sneak out of a window because people were so excited

70
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What was the spoils system?

A

the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters

71
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What party was all about states rights, and what party is now?

A

Democrats/Republicans

72
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What happened to the second bank of America

A

It was destroyed by Jackson

73
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What caused the Panic of 1837

A

Bank of England wanted to cut flow of money to US

74
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What act removed all native Americans from southern united states

A

Indian Removal Act of 1830

75
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What massacre killed 850 Native Americans

A

Bad Axe Massacre

76
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What was the nickname for the path used to resettle Native Americans

A

Trail of Tears

77
Q

What party allowed women to participate

A

Whigs

78
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Where was the defeat of the Mexican army in San Antonio

A

Alamo

79
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What phrase motivated people to join the fight against Mexico

A

“Remember the Alamo”

80
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Which general led the end of the war

A

Samuel Houston

81
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What party did Samuel Houston lead

A

The “war party”

82
Q

Which was more economic based: North or south?

A

North

83
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Which was more agricultural based, North or South?

A

South

84
Q

What do some argue the US-Mexico war was an act of?

A

Imperialism

85
Q

What was the slogan used which captured continental ambitions

A

Manifest Destiny

86
Q

Who coined the phrase manifest destiny?

A

John L. O’Sullivan

87
Q

What disease did Americans deliberately use to wipe out native Americans

A

Small Pox

88
Q

Which president started the US-Mexico War

A

Polk

89
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Who was elected in 1844

A

Polk

90
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Which president, elected in 1844, held expansionist values

A

Polk

91
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What was the term coined by Stephen H. Long that describes the grassland of the southern planes

A

Great American Desert

92
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Who led the “Peace Party”

A

Austin

93
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What did the peace party want

A

A negotiation with the central government in Mexico

94
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Who was a major frontiersman who died at Alamo

A

Davy Crocket

95
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Who was Mexico’s president

A

Santa Anna

96
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Who was the Usurper of the South

A

Santa Anna

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