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History
9th Grade
05/13/2009

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Missouri Compromise of 1820 :
Definition
There was a conflict on if Missouri would be a slave state or a non-slave state. So part of Massachusetts became Maine, and Missouri became a slave state. Then no more slave states could join the union.
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Monroe Doctrine :
Definition
President stated that if Europe stayed out of our hemisphere's buisness, we would stay out of theirs.
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Trends in Voting rights During the Age of Jackson:
Definition
  • Black men lost the right to vote
  • Poor white men are getting the right to vote
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Differences Between the ACS and the AAS:
Definition
  • ACS - Wants to move blacks to Liberia
  • AAS - Wanted to Free the blacks
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William Llyod Garrison's Beliefs About the Abolition Movement:
Definition
  • Pacifest
  • Moral Suasion
  • Wanted Freedom and Equal Rights for Women & Blacks
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At Least Three Reasons Why the Colonization Movement was Not Successfull
Definition
  • They didn't have enough money for the movement.
  • Blacks didn't want to go to a foreign country.
  • They didn't have enough ships.
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Three ways free Blacks expeirianced prejudice in the north:
Definition
  • Couldn't ride first class.
  • They were paid less.
  • They were captured, their free papers ripped, and returned to the south.
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Three Pro Slavery Arguments
Definition
  • They were eing saved from the savagry of Africa
  • The slaves are happy where they are
  • It was better for the white people's self confidence/status to have slavery
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Grievances Mentioned in the Seneca Falls
Definition
  • They can't vote
  • Don't have any property
  • Can't have the same jobs as men
  • Can't have the same education as men
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How Were the Abolitionist and the Women's Rights Movement Related?
Definition
The women abolitionist realized that they had no rights, so they started the fight for women's rights.
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Three Different Movements People Were Involved in During the Age of Jackson:
Definition
  • Temporants - To stop drinking
  • Abolitionist
  • Womens Rights
  • Prison Reform - Helping mentally ill
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Manifest Destiny
Definition

Obvious/God's Will

 

People believed it was our destiny to have our land go from " sea to shining sea "

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Three Arguments That Supported Mexico War:
Definition
  • Manifest Destiny
  • We needed Texas' land to support our economy
  • American Soilders were killed on American soil
  • Texans wanted to be Americans
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Three Arguments That Oppose The Mexican War:
Definition
  • Mexicans needed the land more than we did to help their economy
  • U.S troops weren't killed on american Soil
  • Santa Ana forced to sign document but their government never approved of it
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Ways That Transportation And Communication Improved During The Age Of Jackson:
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  • Trains
  • Canal
  • Improved Railroads
  • Steamboats
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How Did Improvements in Transportation Stimulate The Growth Of America's Industrial Revolution?
Definition
With trains and canals being built it meant that goods could go anywhere in the country, and they got there faster.
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