Unit 3 Flash Cards

Question 1

What was the main focus of the Know Nothing Party?

Answer 1

Immigration

Question 2

Why did the Mormons leave Illinois?

Answer 2

They were chased out by the IL government.

Question 3

Who was the leader of the Mormons?

Answer 3

Joseph Smith

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Nat Turner

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Utah

Question 6

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

Answer 6

A perfect society

Question 7

What was the Underground Railroad?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

New Harmony, IN

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Transcendentalism

Question 10

Describe the Lowell Factory System.

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Seen and not heard.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Women’s Rights

Question 13

Famous Underground RR Conductor

Answer 13

Harriet Tubman

Question 14

Trail used by people moving west

Answer 14

Oregon Trail

Question 15

Texas was a part of what country?

Answer 15

Mexico

Question 16

Location of battle between Texans and Mexican Army

Answer 16

Alamo

Question 17

the theory that America should stretch from coast to coast.

Answer 17

Manifest Destiny

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Pacific

Question 19

What was discovered in CA in 1849?

Answer 19

Gold

Question 20

Nickname for people who moved the CA during the gold rush

Answer 20

49ers

Question 21

Describe a patriot

Answer 21

Someone who wanted to break away from the British government

Question 22

Describe a loyalist

Answer 22

Someone who wanted to stay under British control

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Washington

Question 24

What is the location of the first successful English settlement?

Answer 24

Jamestown

Question 25

Describe the Colombian Exchange?

Answer 25

A successful trade route between the Europe and the Americas.

Question 26

Who made the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 26

T. Jefferson

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Guadeloupe Hidalgo

Question 28

The development of labor unions stemmed from: ______________

Answer 28

Workers coming together due to terrible working conditions.

Question 29

Invented the cotton gin

Answer 29

Eli Whitney

Question 30

__________ wagons helped Americans travel to the west.

Answer 30

Conestoga

Question 31

Author of “Moby Dick”

Answer 31

Herman Melville

Question 32

Final destination of the Trail of Tears

Answer 32

Oklahoma

Question 33

Home of Andrew Jackson

Answer 33

Tennessee

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Missouri

Question 35

Led the charge in South Carolina for nullification

Answer 35

John C. Calhoun

Question 36

President of Texas

Answer 36

Sam Houston

Question 37

Won the Presidential election as a | result of the "Corrupt Bargain"

Answer 37

John Q. Adams

Question 38

Who invented interchangeable parts and the cotton gin?

Answer 38

Eli | Whitney

Question 39

Who proposed the American System to improve infrastructure?

Answer 39

Henry | Clay

Question 40

What invention revolutionized agriculture in the South?

Answer 40

Cotton | Gin

Question 41

The Industrial Revolution changed the way people worked by ___________________________

Answer 41

Replacing manual labor with machines.

Question 42

Describe the Corrupt Bargain.

Answer 42

``` 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. ```

Question 43

Describe the spoils system.

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Describe the Trail of Tears.

Answer 44

``` 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. ```

Question 45

What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Answer 45

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

Question 46

What was the Panic of 1837?

Answer 46

``` 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. ```

Question 47

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

Answer 47

Whigs

Question 48

What happened to President Henry Harrison?

Answer 48

He died one month into office.

Question 49

What was the Lowell System?

Answer 49

``` 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. ```

Question 50

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

Answer 50

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

Question 51

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

Answer 51

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