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1
Q

What was the main focus of the Know Nothing Party?

A

Immigration

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2
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Why did the Mormons leave Illinois?

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They were chased out by the IL government.

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3
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Who was the leader of the Mormons?

A

Joseph Smith

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4
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Who lead a revolt which caused shock waves through the South?

A

Nat Turner

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5
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Where did the Mormon’s settle after leaving the mid-west?

A

Utah

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6
Q

What was the main goal of the people who created a Utopian society?

A

A perfect society

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7
Q

What was the Underground Railroad?

A

A series of secret trails and pathways that led to the North.

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8
Q

Where was the location of a Utopian society of the 1800’s?

A

New Harmony, IN

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9
Q

_____________ valued a simple lifestyle and was discussed by various authors during the early 1800’s.

A

Transcendentalism

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10
Q

Describe the Lowell Factory System.

A

Provided a way for young unmarried women to work and make money for their family before getting married.

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11
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According the theory of the “Cult of Domesticity”, how should women be in the early 1800’s?

A

Seen and not heard.

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12
Q

The abolitionist movement gained momentum from what other social issue/movement?

A

Women’s Rights

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13
Q

Famous Underground RR Conductor

A

Harriet Tubman

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14
Q

Trail used by people moving west

A

Oregon Trail

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15
Q

Texas was a part of what country?

A

Mexico

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16
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Location of battle between Texans and Mexican Army

A

Alamo

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17
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the theory that America should stretch from coast to coast.

A

Manifest Destiny

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18
Q

What ocean had to be reached to make Manifest Destiny a reality?

A

Pacific

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19
Q

What was discovered in CA in 1849?

A

Gold

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20
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Nickname for people who moved the CA during the gold rush

A

49ers

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21
Q

Describe a patriot

A

Someone who wanted to break away from the British government

22
Q

Describe a loyalist

A

Someone who wanted to stay under British control

23
Q

This US President established precedent for future office holders by such actions as forming the first cabinet and establishing presidential protocol

A

Washington

24
Q

What is the location of the first successful English settlement?

A

Jamestown

25
Q

Describe the Colombian Exchange?

A

A successful trade route between the Europe and the Americas.

26
Q

Who made the Louisiana Purchase?

A

T. Jefferson

27
Q

The Treaty of ______________________ included the US land purchase of the 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.

A

Guadeloupe Hidalgo

28
Q

The development of labor unions stemmed from: ______________

A

Workers coming together due to terrible working conditions.

29
Q

Invented the cotton gin

A

Eli Whitney

30
Q

__________ wagons helped Americans travel to the west.

A

Conestoga

31
Q

Author of “Moby Dick”

A

Herman Melville

32
Q

Final destination of the Trail of Tears

A

Oklahoma

33
Q

Home of Andrew Jackson

A

Tennessee

34
Q

Came into the union as a slave
state as a result of the Missouri
Compromise.

A

Missouri

35
Q

Led the charge in South Carolina for nullification

A

John C. Calhoun

36
Q

President of Texas

A

Sam Houston

37
Q

Won the Presidential election as a

result of the “Corrupt Bargain”

A

John Q. Adams

38
Q

Who invented
interchangeable
parts and the
cotton gin?

A

Eli

Whitney

39
Q

Who proposed the
American System
to improve
infrastructure?

A

Henry

Clay

40
Q

What invention
revolutionized
agriculture in
the South?

A

Cotton

Gin

41
Q

The Industrial Revolution changed
the way people worked by
___________________________

A

Replacing
manual labor
with machines.

42
Q

Describe
the Corrupt
Bargain.

A 
The situation surrounding John Q. Adams winning
the Presidency of 1824 by
offering a job to Speaker of the
House Henry Clay for his
support in the getting House of
Representatives to vote for
Adams over Jackson.
43
Q

Describe
the spoils
system.

A 
The practice of giving
government jobs to
supporters, friends and
relatives as a reward for
helping a person win an
elected position.
44
Q

Describe
the Trail of
Tears.

A 
The Cherokee Nation
was forced to give up its
lands east of the
Mississippi River and to
migrate to an area in
present day Oklahoma.
45
Q

What was the
Indian Removal
Act of 1830?

A 
Authorizing the president
to grant unsettled lands
west of the Mississippi in
exchange for Indian lands
within existing state
borders.
46
Q

What was
the Panic
of 1837?

A 
Financial crisis in the
US that created a major
recession that lasted until
the mid-1840s. Profits,
prices, and wages went
down while unemployment
went up.
47
Q

What new
political party
was formed in
mid-1830s?

A

Whigs

48
Q

What
happened to
President
Henry Harrison?

A

He died
one month
into office.

49
Q

What was
the Lowell
System?

A 
A labor and production
model employed in the
United States, in
New England, during the
early years of the
American textile industry in
the early 1800s.
50
Q

Describe the
Northern society
of the early 1800s
to mid-1800s.

A 
Industrial, large cites,
small farms, relied on
cheap labor, supported
tariffs, did not want to
expand west, and wanted
a strong central
government.
51
Q

Describe the
Southern society
of the early 1800s
to mid-1800s.

A 
Primarily agricultural,
opposed tariffs, operated
mainly on slave labor,
promoted states rights,
and wanted the expand
west.

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