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With the defeat of the last Federalist candidate for president in 1820, there remained only the ___ party. |
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After the election of 1824, the only political party split into what two parties? |
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The Democrats and the National Republicans. |
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Why did after the election of 1824 did the only political party split into two? |
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Some felt that Andrew Jackson unfairly lost the Executive office to John Quincy Adams. |
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Who led the party of Democrats after 1824? |
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Andrew Jackson & Martin Van Buren |
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Who led the National Republican party after 1824? |
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John Q. Adams & Henry Clay |
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Andrew Jackson was from what state? |
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Martin Van Buren was from what state? |
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John Q Adams was from what state? |
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Henry Clay was from what state? |
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What reasons is it argued that the election of 1824 is considered the first modern presidential election? |
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The Democrats formed a broad-based coalition
Andrew Jackson traveled and held town meetings and dinners with the public.
Newspapers were obviously trying to persuade their readers.
Alot of mudslinging, libel, and slander. |
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What two things did Andrew Jackson continually bring up during his campaign? |
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His military record
The unfair victory of his opponent in the last election. |
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Andrew Jackson promised to implement "The American System" during his campaign. |
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False
The American System was the design and policy of Henry Clay and John Q. Adams. |
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The South were hit hard by tariffs during the 1820s. |
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Rachel Jackson lived long enough to see her husband elected president, but died before he took office. What did Jackson determine she died from? |
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Heartbreak from the mud-slinging the Jackson's endured during the election. |
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What was the new voting law in place in time for the 1828 election? |
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White men 21+ could vote w/o the property requirement. |
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Who ran against Andrew Jackson in 1832? |
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In alphabetical order, who were the five "civilized tribes"? |
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Cherokee
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Creek (or Muskogee)
Seminole |
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What part of the country did the "Civilized Tribes" come from? |
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Why were the "Civilized Tribes" considered civilized? |
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Reflected the dominating system within their own tribe by their dress and their tribal government being representative. |
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Why were the civilized tribes forced from their homes? |
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Americans wanted their land which was good for growing cotton. |
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What did Jackson do that endangered the civilized tribes? |
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Removed stationed troops who were there to guard them from American citizens. |
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Which state was the first to take advantage of the Civilized tribes? |
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In 1830, what law was enacted to send the civilized tribes west? |
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How were the native Americans forced to agree with the treaty to move out west? |
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Those who were agreeable to move west were selected as tribal representatives, though the majority of natives were against this move. |
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The movement of the Civilized Tribes became known as ___. |
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How did Andrew Jackson break the precedence George Washington set on the use of the veto? |
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He used it in spite of his political enemies |
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True or False
Despite having camaigned against the Second U.S. Bank, Andrew Jackson changed his stance after gaining the presidential seat. |
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False. After his re-election, he sought to bring it down in favor of state banks printing the national currency. |
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What did Jackson do to show he favored state banks? |
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Illegally withdrew money from the Second Bank of the U.S. and deposited it into his "pet state banks". |
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How did Congress react to the bank wars? |
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Even though what Jackson was doing was illegal, he was in their party and chose to look the other way. |
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Who had the legal control of the Second bank of the U.S.? |
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Jackson felt justified for taking more power than was intended for the president because of ___. |
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What was made null and void in the Nullification Crises? |
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The tariffs imposed on South Carolina. |
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What was the logic behind the Nullification Crises? |
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If a southern state disregarded one federal law without repercussions, the precedent would be in place to ignore emancipation laws if/when they came. |
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True or False
Jackson's intervention of the nullification was unnecessary as everything worked itself out on its own. |
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False.
Jackson's intervention dissuaded other southern states from replicating the problem. |
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What state enforced the Nullification Crises? |
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Andrew Jackson asked congress ___ in response to the Nullification Crises. |
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for the right to use military force |
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What compromise did congress make in response to the Nullification Crises? |
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Granted Jackson the right of military force, but lowered the tariffs as these were supposedly what was in dispute. |
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The Nullification Crises got people thinking about ___. |
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The "economic elite" which owned 20 or more slaves on a plantation were called ___. |
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Who led the three major slave revolts in the first half of the 1800s? Of these three, which was a free man?* |
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Gabriel Prosser - 1800
*Denmark Vesey - 1822
Nat Turner -1831 |
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What outcome did slave revolts hope to accomplish? |
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To scare whites into freeing the slaves |
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How was Gabriel Prosser's plan foiled? |
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The plan was leaked to a slave girl who informed her owner. |
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Of the three slave revolts, who got the furthest in their plans? |
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The slave revolts were causing whites to question their beliefs that ___. |
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Blacks were docile and generally happy with their station in life. |
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Dissatisfied with their station in life, it was not uncommon for slaves to ___. |
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Feign illness, break their tools, steal, runaway, and occasionally burn property or kill (only) their masters. |
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What decade did the abolitionist movement begin picking up momentum? |
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What anti-slavery newspaper was started by William Lloyd Garrison? |
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Who started the Liberator newspaper? |
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Though there was no evidence of it, the Liberator was often blamed for helping to inspire what slave revolt? |
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What four emancipation plans were considered in the Liberator? |
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Gradual Emancipation, Compensated Emancipation, Colonization,
Unconditional Abolition |
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The secession of the North from the United States was suggested by whom? |
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Allowing the children of slaves to go free while the parents finish out their lives in slavery is the ___ method of emancipation. |
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The idea that the government pay for the freedom of slaves from their owners is the ___ method of emancipation. |
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To free slaves immediately and without stipulations is the ___ method for emancipation. |
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The slave who learned literacy, then ran to New York at age 21 to become a famous anti-slavery lecturer was ___. |
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The North Star newspaper was published by ___. |
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Fredrick Douglass published what anti-slavery newspaper? |
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What method of emancipation did William Lloyd Garrison ultimately decide was the best? |
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What method of emancipation did Fredrick Douglass ultimately decide was the best? |
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He didn't care which, just so long as it happened. |
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What party did Fredrick Douglass promote most? |
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The Liberty Party ran primarily on what platform? |
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After the War of 1812, Market Economy changes mostly in what region? |
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What evidence clearly shown a change in the Market Economy? |
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Mass specialized crop
Specialized Factories (i.e. textiles)
Artisans being replaced by mechanization
Urbanization |
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In 1815, Philadelphia was the largest city in the U.S. but by 1850, which city surpassed it? |
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Who developed the steamboat? |
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What was the name of the first steamboat? |
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What were the consequences of the Market Economy on the North? |
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- Redistribution of wealth
- Social (Class) mobility
- New jobs created
- Growth of professional vocations (doctors, lawyers, etc.)
- Department stores
- New dependence on paychecks
- Belief that your social class suits your best
- Fledgling urban development |
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What is stratification of wealth and how was this evidenced between 1815 and 1850? |
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The rich become richer. In 1815, 10% of the population owned 42% of the wealth. By 1850, 1% of the population owned 40% of the wealth. |
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After Mexico broke from Spain, who did Mexico hire to recruit Americans who would be willing to become Mexican citizens in Texas? |
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What stipulations did Mexico give American immigrants to Texas? |
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- Must be or convert to Catholicism - Adopt Mexican culture
- Become Mexican Citizens |
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Most migrants to Texas come from which state? |
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What office did Sam Houston hold in Tennessee before moving to Texas? |
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Who was the first dictator of Mexico? |
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True or False In 1836, Texas declares independence from Mexico and becomes a U.S. state. |
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False Texas did break from Mexico in 1836, but did not become a state of the U.S. for almost 10 years, though very interactive with the U.S. |
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How did Mexico respond to Texas' declaration of independence? |
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A group of 3,000 Mexican soldiers barricade 200 U.S. troops inside the Alamo. Two weeks later, they attacked and killed everyone inside. |
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Who led the Texas revolution after the Alamo was seized? |
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When Texas is adapted as a U.S. state in 1845, what north state is adapted? |
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What political party died in 1832 after the loss of the election again Jackson? |
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During Jackson's second term, a new party developed called the ___. |
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What were the political ideals held by the Whigs? |
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- They hate Jackson
- Want a weak president who let's congress run the show with his approval
- Felt the elite were obviously proven to rule
- Support the American System |
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In which region did the Whigs find most of their support? |
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What were the three basic tenets of the American System? |
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- High protective tariffs
- National Bank
- Transportation infrastructure |
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Who was the Whig candidate in 1840? |
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What prior political experience did William Henry Harrison have to offer before running for president? |
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He was governor of Territorial Indiana. |
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What prior military experience did William Henry Harrison have to offer before running for president? |
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Led the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 that killed Tecumseh and fought in the war of 1812 |
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Who did Harrison run against for president? |
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President Martin van Buren |
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In the campaign to win his second term, what was van Buren's Achilles heel? |
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Who was the shortest lived president in American history? |
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What was Harrison's campaign slogan? |
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"Tippecanoe and Tyler too!" |
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Why was John Tyler's political stance unusual? |
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Though a Whig, he had been a Democrat who jumped sides because of Jackson's threat of force on S.C. He was basically a Whig in name only. |
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What circumstances helped bring John Tyler to be president? |
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Harrison died a month after taking office presumably from pneumonia from a four hour speech given in the rain on his inauguration. |
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Why would John Tyler not see a second term as president? |
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Against his associate Whig party-members, he vetoed every bill to build the American System. He was subsequently kicked out of his party, his cabinet resigned, and the Democrats did not welcome him back. |
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What was the obstacle that impeded most Americans from heading out west? |
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The Great American Desert |
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The Oregon Territory was shared with what other country until 1846? |
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The Oregon Territory was made up of mostly what states? |
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Oregon, Washington, and Idaho |
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Most of the travelers of the Oregon Trail came from which states? |
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True or False
Though challenged with a new role on the Oregon trail, most women were able to settle back into their predefined roles they left behind in the East. |
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Who first used the term "Manifest Destiny"? |
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What was the basic idea behind Manifest Destiny? |
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The prosperity of the U.S. was vindication of God's desire for this prosperity to be taken into realms not yet blessed by it. |
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In Henry Clay's run for President in 1844, what party did he run on? |
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In James K Polk's run for President in 1844, what party did he run on? |
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What political background did Polk have before running for President? |
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Which President campaigned to annex Texas, but after his election, congress had it annexed before his inaugeration? |
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Which President saw the take-over of the Oregon Territory surrendering to Britain the Canadian portion? |
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Where did Ulysses S. Grant first get battle experience? |
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What did Polk do to instigate the Mexican War? |
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He ordered his soldiers to build a fort in the disputed territory between Mexico and Texas. |
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What treaty ended the Mexican War? |
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadelupe? |
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- Mexico recognized Texas as a part of the U.S.
- The Rio Grand border is recognized
- The New Mexico Territory and California are surrendered to the U.S.
The U.S. pays for the territory with "conscience money".
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Apart from the Treaty of Guadelupe, what were some of the other consequences of victory in the Mexican War? |
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- The Missourri Compromise is no longer recognized.
- The Generals of the Civil War get their combat experience in this war.
- The debate on the expansion of slavery is re-opened. |
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Who led the bi-partisan development of the Compromise of 1850? |
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Henry Clay (Whigs) & Stephen Douglas (Democrats) |
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What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? |
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- California is made a free state
- The Utah and New Mexico Territories are established. |
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How was the slavery debate resolved in the Utah and New Mexico Territories from the terms of the Compromise of 1850? |
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Both would be deemed by Popular Sovereignty where the citizens vote on the issue. |
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What law ws enacted along with the Compromise of 1850 that said that the federal government would actively hunt down run-away slaves? |
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The belief that slavery should not grow, but should not be taken from existing slave states was known as the ___ movement. |
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The Louisianna Territory is modified under the ___ Act. |
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What group of Democrats determined to enable slavery in the newly aquired states? |
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What law did the Fire-Eaters want repealed? |
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The law banning overseas slave trade. |
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If the Fire-Eaters cannot win their fight on slavery, what will they seek to do? |
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