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Polk administration
________ settled territorial dispute by signing treaty with England.
Great disparity
________ in distribution of wealth in northern cities, elite few controlled most of the personal wealth and led lives of power and comfort.
Horace Mann
________ was instrumental in pushing for public education and education reform in general.
Cult of domesticity
________, supported by popular magazines and novels that glorified home life.
William Crawford
________ suffered a stroke after the initial election and was not a real contender for the House vote.
Andrew Jackson
________ received the greatest number of popular votes and electoral votes but no one had a majority.
Industrialization
________ resulted in bigger cities with large (and often impoverished) migrant and immigrant neighborhoods.
John C Calhoun
In 1828, ________, Jackson's vice president, anonymously published "The South Carolina Exposition and Protest "arguing that states who felt the 50 percent tariff was unfairly high could nullify the law.
Adams
The Tariff of 1828, also known as the Tariff of Abominations, was passed during the ________ administration but almost turned into a national crisis during Jackson's administration.
Mexico
________ declared independence from Spain in 1821, included what is now Texas and Southwest.
Steamships
________ replaced sailing ships for long sea voyages and railroads replaced land travel.
Jefferson
________ sent explorers, among them Lewis and Clark, to investigate the western territories, including much of what was included in the Louisiana territory.
Power loom
________ in 1813 allowed manufacturers to produce both thread and finished fabric in own factories quickly and efficiently.
Inventions of steam
________ engine and telegraph revolutionized travel and shipping, allowing for faster and more efficient transportation and communication.
Telegraph
________ allowed for immediate long- distance communication and widespread use followed its invention almost immediately.
Midwest
Smith's preaching, particularly his acceptance of polygamy, drew strong opposition in the East and ________, culminating in his death by a mob while imprisoned in Illinois.
1824
Jackson's campaign for presidency in ________ was vicious, with surrogates accusing opponents of corruption and misconduct.
social life
Family and church played a dominant role in ________, as there were few people around to support organized cultural and leisure events.
Fur trading
________ was another common commercial enterprise on the frontiers, with ________ often being the first pioneers in a region.
early 19th century
Growth of American economy in ________ brought about numerous social changes.
19th century
The ________ saw the beginnings of true social reform in the United States, with many social reform movements growing out of the Second Great Awakening, a period of religious revival.
northeastern economy
Farming played less of a role in ________ than elsewhere in the country.
Westward migration
________ brought new set of social problems, including issues of land ownership, displacement of Native Americans, and question of slavery.
Tecumseh
________ unified area tribes to stop American expansion.
Cotton gin
________ and Industrial Revolution in England altered southern agriculture and increased reliance on slave labor.
Manifest Destiny
Americans believed in God- given right to western territories, known as America's ________.
Jackson
In 1828, ________ won the election by a large margin and became the first president who wasn't born in Virginia or named Adams.
Thomas Jefferson
________ faced with a dilemma with regards to the Constitution and the power of the federal government.
Development of commerce
________ led to larger middle class, especially in North but also in southern and midwestern cities.
Whigs
________ were a loose coalition united by opposition to Democratic party policies.
New England Federalists
________ opposed the Louisiana Purchase because they feared (correctly) that more western states would be more Democratic states, and that they would lose political power.
Missouri
________ is the first state carved out of Louisiana Purchase and slavery debate continues until Civil War.
Indian Removal Act
Jackson's treatment of the Cherokees with the ________ of 1830 is one of the most criticized policies by modern scholars.
Mechanization
________ revolutionized farming in the first half of the 19th century, with many machines such as mechanical plow, sower, reaper, thresher, baler, and cotton gin coming into common use.
central regions of New York State
The western and ________ were known as the Burned- over District for the spiritual fervor in the area.
Judiciary Act
The ________ of 1789 gave the Supreme Court the authority to order federal appointees (such as Madison) to deliver appointments such as William Marburys.
1804
In ________, Jefferson won reelection in a landslide victory.
Textile mills
________ in New England produced thread and hired local women to weave thread into cloth at home.
Specie Circular
________, which ended the policy of selling government land on credit, caused a money shortage and a sharp decrease in the treasury, and helped trigger the Panic of 1837.
Alexander Hamilton
________ swallowed hard and campaigned for Jefferson, with whom he disagreed on most issues and whom he personally disliked, because he believed Burr to be "a most unfit and dangerous man ..
Whig William Henry Harrison
________ became president in 1841, but died a month later.
Joseph Smith
________ formed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints in 1830.
Tyler
________ vetoed numerous Whig bills, causing his cabinet to resign in protest.
Democrat Martin Van Buren
Jackson supported ________ for vice president.
John Quincy Adams
________ negotiated treaties to fix U.S. borders and open new territories.
Texas
________ was independent country called Republic of Texas.
Henry Clay
________ lobbied aggressively for American System, often referred to as "Henry Clay's American System.
Marshalls decision in the case established one of the most important principles of the Supreme Court
judicial review
Monroe Doctrine
Policy of mutual non-interference and America's right to intervene in its own hemisphere
Three different sections of the country
North, South, and West (including Midwest) developed in different directions
Chief crops
tobacco and cotton required vast acreage
White abolitionists divided into two groups
Moderates wanted emancipation to take place slowly and with the cooperation of slave owners, while immediatists wanted emancipation at once
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