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| The two party system came about because of conflict over what main differences? |
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| State government and Federal Government |
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| What were the ISSUES of the Election of 1800? |
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-The Alien and Sedition Acts
-XYZ Affair |
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| What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions? |
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| Any state can nullify the laws of the Federal government. |
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| The Treaty of Ghent resulted in? |
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| Nothing. No change in territory. |
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| One of the important outcomes of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was? |
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-New species of plants and animals were found
-Manifest destiny |
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What were Jefferson's concerns towards ownership of New Orleans (Louisiana) by France?
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| They had the Mississippi River. Main place for trade across the country. |
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| What were the reasons for going to war with Great Britain? |
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-impressment
-high taxes
-sugar act/ stamp act/ intolerable acts |
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| What was the XYZ Affair? What was the American Response? |
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| The Americans sent X, Y, and Z to France to speak to the French government to stop taking their sailors. They had to wait there for three whole months until they got a response. |
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| Who was the first Secretary of treasury? |
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| Why did he Federal government want to move the nation's capital to the South? |
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| So that the South would ratify then constitution. |
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| List the technological innovations that took place during the Industrial Revolution? |
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-cotton gin
-spinning ginny
-steam engine
-interchangable parts
-the mechanical reaper |
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| How did the factory system affect the economy? |
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| The North became mostly industrial. |
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| Define the Spoils System. |
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| The would give jobs in the government to loyal supporters. |
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| How did the Jacksonian Era impact democracy? |
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| Regular citizens were getting much more involved in the government. Many people went into corrupt bargain. It was the Era of the Common Man. |
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| Who won the election of 1824? |
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| What was the effect of the Tariff of 1828? |
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| What caused the Mexican War? |
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| Border Dispute (mainly over Texas). |
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| What were the results of Manifest Destiny? |
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| The United States spread from coast to coast. |
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| Who was Horace Mann and how did he regard education? |
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| He was the "Father of Education." He thought that going to college and getting a full education was a way to get out of poverty. |
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What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls convention?
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| It was the first public gathering for the discussion of Womens Rights. |
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| How did the compromise of 1850 affect slavery? |
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| It helped to expand slavery. |
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| What was the Missouri Compromise? |
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| Missouri became a slave state. |
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| What was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War? |
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| Why was the Battle of Gettysburg an important victory for the North? |
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| The South never invaded again. |
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| What were the requirements of the South to reenter the union under Radical Reconstruction? |
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-each state had to write a new constitution
-They had to ensure equality by law |
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| After what battlle did Tecumseh join forces with the British troops? |
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| The war of 1812 ended by what? |
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| Requirements for the presidential elections were set by which amendment? |
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| The Northern border of the United States was secure by the battle of ___________. |
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| Named after a cloth, roads consisting of logs laid side by die we called what? |
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| During the mid-1800's what qas the fastest method of communication? |
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| What law allowed the president to use the United States military to enforve the acts of Congress? |
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| Who was the first vice president to become president because the elected president died in office? |
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| Disagreement over the new states being free states or slave states was a cause of what? |
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| Why was Lincoln unable to carry out his Reconstruction Plan? |
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| Which Civil War General became president in 1869? |
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| General Ulysses Simpson Grant |
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| Which state was the first to seced from the union in 1860? |
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| by the end of the Civil War, African American volunteers made up nearly what percentage of the union army? |
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| He was the first president of the United states of America. |
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| List the first five presidents. |
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1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe |
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| What did marbury v. Madison establish? |
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| Alexander Hamilton v. Thomas Jefferson |
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| they were the first two candidates to be in to different political parties. |
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| the first five presidents |
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| The Invention of the cotton gin created a hug growth in _______. |
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| Who were two very important Women's Rights Activists? |
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| Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucrietia Mott |
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| In what year did the Civil War end? |
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