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Who won the election of 1800

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Thomas Jefferson

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Was the election of 1800 close, if so between who

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Yes, it was an electoral deadlock, between Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr

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How did Jefferson win the election

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Hamilton persuaded enough federalist to give Jefferson the majority

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What was The Lewis and Clark expedition

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And expedition sent out by Thomas Jefferson, taking in the Missouri River route

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Who served as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark

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Sacajawea

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What was the British policy of impressment

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Siezing Americans at seas and “impressing” (drafting) them into the British Navy

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What was the significance of the Chesapeake

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It was the US naval ship that refused to let British military board, three killed and 18 wounded

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What was the embargo act of 1807

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A ban on exporting goods

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What was the effect of the embargo act

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It hurt America more than it hurt Great Britain, the embargo act was eventually lifted

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What were causes of the war of 1812

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British policy of impressment, the Chesapeake, natives receiving weapons, the Embargo act of 1807

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Who were the British secretly giving weapons to

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The Shawhee (natives)

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What was the Adam-Onis treaty

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Spain ceded Florida to the United States and gave up it’s claim to the Oregon territory

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What was the Missouri compromise

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Missouri was slave, Maine was free, set a line to determine whether states with the slave or free

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What was the Monroe doctrine

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President Monroe warns all outside powers not to interfere with affairs in the Western Hemisphere

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Did mill girls have good or bad conditions

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They had very severe bad conditions

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What are problems faced by mill girls in Massachusetts

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Wage cuts, increased workload, and unhealthy working conditions

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Were mill girls given a place to stay

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Yes they were house on the plant

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What was the main goal of the American system

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To turn regionalism into nationalism

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What is the main source of money in the south, North, Midwest

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South, is cotton; north, is industrialization or factories; Midwest, is a breadbasket produces corn, grain, wheat etc.

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How can the American system be united

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Creating better transportation networks to facilitate the exchange of goods

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Whose idea was the American system

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Henry Clay

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Who were the two main innovators of the Industrial Revolution

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Samuel Slater and Eli Whitney

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What did Samuel Slater create

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He created the first mechanized factory in the United States

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What did Eli Whitney create

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He was the inventor of the Cottongin

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What were the effects of the Cottongin
It increased efficiency however it also increased the south dependency on slavery
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What was the Indian removal act of 1830
The federal government provides funds to negotiate treaties that would force the Native Americans to move west
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What was the outcome of the Worcester v. GA trial
Supreme Court says that the Cherokee nation is entitled to its land
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What was Jackson's response to the trial of Worcester v. Georgia
He does not enforce the supreme courts ruling, he still gets rid of the Indians
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What were some of the internal improvements
National road, Erie Canal, steam locomotive
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What was the Erie Canal
A man-made canal that links the Atlantic to the Great Lakes
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What was the tariff act of 1828
A tax on imported British goods
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What was the effect of the Terrif act of 1828
It forced the self to buy more expensive northern manufactured goods
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What was the nullification theory
Each state has the right to nullify or reject any national law it considers unconstitutional
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Who threatens to secede if the tariff act of 1828 are enforced
South Carolina
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Who came up with pet banks
Jackson
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What were the pet banks
Jackson had his secretary of treasury pool government funds from the bank of the US and put them into state banks
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What was the panic of 1837
Jackson's pet banks printed paper money without the gold and silver to back it up so any land purchases need to be made in gold or silver causing everybody to go crazy and try to pool all their money out
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What was the manifest destiny
Americas expansion to the Pacific, America is right to be from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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What was fifty-four forty or fight
A boundary dispute with Great Britain over Oregon
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What was the settlement of Texas
Texas becomes the 28th state admitted to the union
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What are empresarios
Land agents who attracted white settlers
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Describe the Alamo
187 Americans died defending the Alamo
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Was the results of the Alamo
It inspired others to fight for Texas' independence
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What was the cause of the Mexican American war
Disputed territory
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What was the bear flag revolt
American settlers, led by John Fremont, declared their independence from Mexico
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What was the gold rush and where
In California, gold is found at settlers mill in the sierra Nevada is in Northern California
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What are reasons people migrated west to Santa Fe, Oregon, and Mormon
Settlers moved west for gold and silver, farmland, and religion respectively
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What was the effect on Native Americans from the western migration
They were removed from their traditional plans, some actively resisted white settlers, and others were expected to adopt a white culture
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What are three main cultural differences
Slavery, religion, languages
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The war of 1812 was between the US and who
Great Britain
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Who became a national hero in the future president do it to his victories in a war
Andrew Jackson
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What created the transportation network to facilitate the exchange of goods
American system
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What state did John Freemonts bear flag revolt against Mexico result in
California
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The 54-40 or fight was over which territory
Oregon
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What rules that the Cherokee people were entitled to their land
Worchester v. Georgia
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What were some purposes for the expiration of the Louisiana territory
To find the source of the Missouri, route to the Pacific, and to create maps
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What was the northernmost border after the war of 1812
49th parallel
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Who was the Louisiana purchase bought from
France
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List the presidents in order from Washington to Jackson
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson
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Who won the election of 1824
John Quincy Adams
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Why did Mexico limit American the migration to its northern border
Slavery and they didn't speak Spanish
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Why did Mexico encourage white settlers to settle in modern-day Texas
To prevent native tax and border violations
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Abundance of cheap land, gold-mining opportunities, and desire for religion were all push pool factors in what?
Westward expansion
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What were new sources of power in the industrial revolution
Water and coal
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Where did the trail of tears end
In Arkansas and Oklahoma
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Why was the trail of tears problematic
More than a quarter died along the way in the land that they got tube was far inferior than what they had before
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