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US HISTORY Flashcards

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jeffersonian republicans

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-created by thomas jefferson
-new anti feds party intended to counter adams republicans
-anti-feds->jefferson office->feds

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marbury v. madison

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-supreme court case led by daniel webster
-establishes the principal of judicial review
-makes judicial strongest branch
-uncheck power

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louisiana purchase

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-bought by thomas jefferson president
-bought from napolean for $15 mill.
-napolean gets rid of land b/c need money
-explored by lewis & clark

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xyz affair

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-john adams attempt to get out of alliance w/ french
-sends delegations to negotiate end of treaty of alliance but presented with bribe: $4 mill. & $250,000 cash to discuss exit-> refuses-> open war

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alien & sedittion act

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-john adams pas this act
-4 acts which limit opposition quasi war

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quasi war w/ france

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-result of xyz affair
-thomas jefferson take war b/c feel unconstitutional
-undeclared naval war w/ france

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alien act

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-federal government w/o cause can deport any noncitizen

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naturalization act

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-increases residency requirements for citizenship to 14 yrs

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enemy alien act

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-federal government can deport in mass any set of immigrants from a country w/ which they are at war w/

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sedition act

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-you cannot write, say, or speak anything bad against the federal or its agents

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kentucky & virginia resolution pt1.

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-written by jefferson & madison
-in theory, kentucky & virginia resolution they’re theoretical documents, not a call to action

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kentucky & virginia resolution pt2.

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-in theory, states and citizens aren’t compelled to follow illegal laws

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convention of 1800

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-ends treaty of alliance
-US will forgive all financial loses inflicted by france
-outed adams career, surrenders $20 mill. to north debt-> voted out

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macons bill No. 2

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-done under james madison
-deals w/ competing trade system of british & france
-US will trade w/ either british or france
-1st come, 1st serve -> losing nation will respect soverignty of US
-side w/ france, napolean

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war of 1812

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-british doesn’t acknowledge macon bill No. 2
-america 2nd war of independence
-andrew jackson lead southern -> battle of new orleans

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hartford convention

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-attempt by fed party to successfully win war 1812
-encourage open rebellion of states
-surrender to britain & half of land except 13 original colonies
-rewriting of constitution

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battle of new orleans

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-biggest victory of war 1812
-led by andrew jackson-> political
rise

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treaty of ghent

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-status quo
-everything you came in w/, you come out w/
-british recognized US sovereignty

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era of good feelings

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-period after war 1812
-1 party=young republicans
-henry clay (kentucky)
-john c calhoun (south carolina)
-daniel webster (massachusetts)

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daniel webster

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-explains size of govern. by using supreme court
-most prolific
-mcchulloh v. maryland

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mcculloch v. maryland

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-under daniel webster
-establish that fed govern. followed broad/implied interpretation of constitution

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monroe doctrine

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-establish US isolation destination
-gives US oversight control of america (europe agree)
-longest standing foreign document US has

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done under james monroe

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-onis treaty, rush-bagot treaty, monroe doctrine, missouri compromise

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adam-onis treaty

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-US buys florida from spain for $5 mill. & renounce all rights to texas

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rush-bagot treaty

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-establishes border between canada & US at 49th parallel
-doesn’t include oregon until later but settle at 49th

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missouri compromise

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-missouri applies as slave state-> north upset-> clay compromise: states will always go in as 2 (1 free,1slave)
-36 30 line

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36 30 line

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-below=slave
-above=free
*except missouri

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election of 1828

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-1st modern election
-republicans led by john
-jacksonian democrats led by jackson=organize at every level (federal, state & local)
-mudslinging

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spoils system

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-jackson determination that everyone must be personally loyal to him

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ordinance of nullification

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-calhoun & jackson arguement over tariffs
-calhoun disagrees -> back to SC & declares nullification of tariffs

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forest act

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-jackson says “obey or else”
-federal govern. can use military against state in rebellion (SC)
-clay steps between jackson & calhoun

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georgia v. cherokee nation

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-supreme court case
-govern. decides what to do w/ native
-1. actual ruling of georgia v. cherokee sides with cherokee
-2. application- jackson says indians go oklahoma
-supreme court weakness: no enforcement power

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roger taney

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-pro-slavery supreme court justice
-nominated by jackson
-leads to civil war by dred scott case

30
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mormons

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-jospeh smith: founder
-brigham young: grows
-christianity plus (book of mormons)
-different set of rituals
-perspective heaven (die->god)
-settle in utah

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shakers

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-led by an lee
-communal
-minimalist
-dead-> don’t proselytize

32
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dorthea dix

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-asylum
-mental ill out of prison

33
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horace mann

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-public education
-mandatory free public ed.

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william lloyd garrison

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-abolitionist
-radical
-newspaper:liberator

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fredrick douglass

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-strongest black abolitionist
-newspaper:north star
-politics
-helps get black men into combat during civil war

36
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harriet tubman

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-underground railroad:run all direction out of south, fastest way out

37
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manifest destiny

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-US destined by god to own atlantic to pacific & everything in between

38
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texas revolution

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-mexico encourage american to settle in texas
-renounce american citizenship
-learn & speak spanish
-convert catholicism
-pledge loyalty to mexican state
-sam houston (military leader)
-alamo:lost, goliad:lost, san jacinto:victory
-texas independence

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mexican american war

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-complete manifest destiny of US
-polp tries to buy mexico->mexico=no->war=>end war=guadalupe hildago->mexico pay $15 mill. indebt assumption

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abolitionism

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-desire to get rid of slavery in US
-takes all forms
-people of all color

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compromise of 1850

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-settle question of california & new territory
-1. california free state
-2. remaining territory=potentional popular soverignty
-3. texas=smaller
-4. fugitive slave law- north return runaway slave
-5. outlaw slave trade & slavery in washington DC
-clay unable to past law as whole

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kansas nebraska act

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-takes popular sovereignty to kansas and nebraska territory
-kansas statehood- slave state->bleeding kansas->2nd vote=free state

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dred scott

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-heard by taney court
-slave living in south-> north-sues cannot hold slave in north-> taney-black not citizen, lack rights to enter court-> verdict: slavery can never be outlawed-> previous compromise=unconstitutional

44
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confederate states of american

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-11 state leave, all in south
-jefferson davis=leader
-robert lee=military
-cause: fighting for slavery
-fighting defense war

45
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anaconda plan

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-super slow
-1.creates blockade, cut south from port
-2.divide nation in half
-3.use pro northern southern to fight war

46
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total war

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-lincoln wants
-grants gives him=nothin off limit

47
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emancipation proclamation

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-1. all slaves living in states in rebellion are free-south return to north=keep slave
-2.official cause of war is slavery
-britain can’t join war

48
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gettysburg

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-last southern defensive fight civil war
-pennsylvania
-plan good, information intercepted

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10% plan

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-lincoln plan for reconstrucion
-state goes in individually
-10% vote loyalty to north (union)

50
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pardon system

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-under johnson
-1.state reconstructed individually
-2. 100% adult population must receive pardon
-poor=automatic
-rich=beg
-replaced by MMA

51
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military reconstruction act (MMA)

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-winner
-1. union will be permanent present in southern states
-2. divide 10 south state into 5 military district
-3. reconstruction=redo application & disqualify all confederate office holders from future office holding
-except tennesse

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13th amendment

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end slavery

53
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14th amendment

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african american are citizen, access court system

54
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15th amendment

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black men can vote

55
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KKK

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-clansman
-secret society of white southerners that are against black, jews, catholics
-used terror to control them
-started after civil war

56
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compromise of 1877

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-compromise that enables hayes to take office in return for the end of reconstruction

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