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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

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It increased efficiency however it also increased the south dependency on slavery

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What was the Indian removal act of 1830

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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

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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

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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

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National road, Erie Canal, steam locomotive

30
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What was the Erie Canal

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A man-made canal that links the Atlantic to the Great Lakes

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What was the tariff act of 1828

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A tax on imported British goods

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What was the effect of the Terrif act of 1828

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It forced the self to buy more expensive northern manufactured goods

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What was the nullification theory

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Each state has the right to nullify or reject any national law it considers unconstitutional

34
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Who threatens to secede if the tariff act of 1828 are enforced

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South Carolina

35
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Who came up with pet banks

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Jackson

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What were the pet banks

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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

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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

38
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What was the manifest destiny

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Americas expansion to the Pacific, America is right to be from the Atlantic to the Pacific

39
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What was fifty-four forty or fight

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A boundary dispute with Great Britain over Oregon

40
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What was the settlement of Texas

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Texas becomes the 28th state admitted to the union

41
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What are empresarios

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Land agents who attracted white settlers

42
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Describe the Alamo

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187 Americans died defending the Alamo

43
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Was the results of the Alamo

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It inspired others to fight for Texas’ independence

44
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What was the cause of the Mexican American war

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Disputed territory

45
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What was the bear flag revolt

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American settlers, led by John Fremont, declared their independence from Mexico

46
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What was the gold rush and where

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In California, gold is found at settlers mill in the sierra Nevada is in Northern California

47
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What are reasons people migrated west to Santa Fe, Oregon, and Mormon

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Settlers moved west for gold and silver, farmland, and religion respectively

48
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What was the effect on Native Americans from the western migration

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They were removed from their traditional plans, some actively resisted white settlers, and others were expected to adopt a white culture

49
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What are three main cultural differences

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Slavery, religion, languages

50
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The war of 1812 was between the US and who

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Great Britain

51
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Who became a national hero in the future president do it to his victories in a war

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Andrew Jackson

52
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What created the transportation network to facilitate the exchange of goods

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American system

53
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What state did John Freemonts bear flag revolt against Mexico result in

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California

54
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The 54-40 or fight was over which territory

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Oregon

55
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What rules that the Cherokee people were entitled to their land

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Worchester v. Georgia

56
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What were some purposes for the expiration of the Louisiana territory

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To find the source of the Missouri, route to the Pacific, and to create maps

57
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What was the northernmost border after the war of 1812

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49th parallel

58
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Who was the Louisiana purchase bought from

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France

59
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List the presidents in order from Washington to Jackson

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George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson

60
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Who won the election of 1824

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John Quincy Adams

61
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Why did Mexico limit American the migration to its northern border

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Slavery and they didn’t speak Spanish

62
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Why did Mexico encourage white settlers to settle in modern-day Texas

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To prevent native tax and border violations

63
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Abundance of cheap land, gold-mining opportunities, and desire for religion were all push pool factors in what?

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Westward expansion

64
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What were new sources of power in the industrial revolution

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Water and coal

65
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Where did the trail of tears end

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In Arkansas and Oklahoma

66
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Why was the trail of tears problematic

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More than a quarter died along the way in the land that they got tube was far inferior than what they had before

67
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Don’t forget to memorize the map

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Okay

68
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You’re almost done just one more card

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69
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