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What did Washington's quick response to the whiskey rebellion prove to Americans
Showed that the government could put down a rebellion and would act strongly in times of crisis
did not like them, divided the country
who was a federalist
Hamilton
who was a Democratic Republican
thomas jefferson
What government did the federalists want
strong national government
what government did the Demo. Repub. want?
strong state government
Who opposed a national bank
Democratic republicans
Who supported France
Democratic Republicans
Who supported Britain
Federalists
Who wanted a farming society?
Democratic Republicans
Who wanted the government to be controlled by the elites of society?
Federalists
Who opposed protecting individual liberties?
Federalists
Who opposed modeling the American Government after the English government?
Democratic Republicans
When France and England went to war again Washington issued the neutrality proclamation what did it state
US not going to interfere in the war at all, but still gonna trade
Why did the democratic republicans protest the sedition act? Be specific
Because it violated the 1st amendment/constitution (they wanted liberties to be protected by law not taken away)
In the XYZ affair, french foreign minister Charles Maurice de Tallyrand did not deal directly with Americans what did he do instead?
He sent 3 agents to deal with them (an offer) and he wanted 250,000 for himself and 10 mil as a loan to France
Complete this statement: President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory because he feared…
France would limit American access to New Orleans and the Mississippi River
When Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana territory what three things did he ask them to do
Map route to pacific ocean
Study Geography of the territory, especially rivers
Learn about American Indians who lived in the Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson's embargo act was meant to punish France and Britain however who did the ban on trade hurt most of all
American Merchants
What were the three major causes of the War of 1812
Ecnouraging Indians to attack US settlements and supplying them with guns/ammo
US sailor impressment
The British did not accept or even respond to the offer of neutrality (for seizing American ships/impressment of sailors).
British seizure of American goods and ships
Which fort was being attacked when the star-spangled banner was written and who protects the poem
Fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key
In the Monroe Doctrine president monroe warned what
He warned European nations not to attempt to regain control of the newly independent nations of Latin America
What change in voting requirements caused laborers, artisans, craft workers, and shopkeepers to gain the right to vote in by 1830
They dropped the requirement for voters to own land
Look at the timeline on p 261, what issue is being debated in the nullification crisis
States rights
What stood in the war of white settlers and American Indians living side by side?
Land
What did the fall of the Alamo spark in Texas and American citizens
Sparked cries for revenge which was what happened in the Battle of San Jacinto (battle after)
In the border dispute between the us and Mexico, what land was claimed by both countries
Land between the Rio Grande and Nueces River
which lands previously owned by Mexico did the US gain
Texas in 1845 then Mexican Cession in 1848
what lands did the US gain from Great Britain in 1846
Oregon country
More than 80000 people made the journey to California in search of gold why did they get the nickname “forty-niners”
they arrived in 1849
What groups were part of the California mining community
People from many different countries+African Americans+White Americans+American Indians
why did Brigham Young lead Mormons to a new home in Utah
Seek Religious freedom
Even before the mexican american war what were Americans in northern California doing
Fought with Mexicans for being under their rule and made their own independent nation (Bear Flag Revolt)
Eli Whitney is known as the “father of mass production” his innovation made all machine parts identical what was this innovation called?
interchangeable parts
Thomas Edison nickname
wizard of Menlo Park
Samuel Slater opened mills and helped
bring this era to New England-Industrial Revolution
Division of labor-
each worker performs a single operation
Interchangeable parts-
all machine made parts are identical
A job in the Lowell mills was usually filled by whom
Lowell girls
Young women valued economic freedom but what were some difficulties in a mill job?
Factory work was tedious, hard, and dangerous. Summer was too hot and winter was too cold which led to people getting sick. Machines had no safety and there were many accidents.
How did North and South industries contrast
Industrial VS Agricultural
What did poor working conditions lead workers to form
Trade Unions-part of a labor reform movement which called for short workday, higher wages, better working conditions, etc and there were many strikes
By the late 1840s which group of people were the main factory workers
Immigrants
Southern states reacted to nat turner's rebellion by doing what
Limiting African Merican rights further (more restrictions)
List 5 social reforms that occurred during the era of reform,
rison reform
Temperance Movement-against alcohol use
Expanding education for African Americans
Care of the disabled (jail)
Women’s rights
What were 2 push factors for German and Irish immigrants
Famine+democratic reform
How did nativists view immigrants
People who stole jobs
They didnt belong
Untrustworthy
criminals
How did the audience react to Frederick Douglass's speech at the anti-slavery meeting
They were moved to tears
In the first issue of the liberator, how did william lloyd garrison express his commitment to abolition
Basically, he will say the absolute truth and not fair towards anyone and will not hold back on any part. He opposed it
What were 2 ways women like lucretia mott and elizabeth cady stanton contributed to the women’s movement
Seneca Falls Convention+Declaration of Sentiments
How did the Missouri Compromise deal with slavery in the lands gained in the Louisiana Purchase
Everything above 36 degrees and 30’N would not be allowed and everything below yes in Louisiana Purchase (exception for Missouri)
List 3 major points of the Dred Scott decision
Scott still property
Slaves cannot find freedom anywhere
Missouri Compromise Unconstitutional
When southern states began seceding what did Lincoln emphasize about the Constitution
No part of it allowed seceding which meant that the Union should be preserved
Put events in Chronological order
The Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska act
Dred Scott decision
Drive by at fort sumter
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
What bombardment mark the start of the civil war
Fort Sumter attack
What were the unions advantages
population, manufacturing, railroads, factories
How did the emancipation proclamation change the purpose of the war
Changed it from preserving the Union to ending slavery
How does your textbook define reconstruction under abraham lincoln
Wanted to make it easier for the south to rejoin the union
How did the 13th Amendment change the Constitution
Abolished slavery
What was the purpose of black codes
To preserve African Americans as an underclass and a source of cheap labor
How does the 14th Amendment change the Constitution
Made African Americans born in US citizens
In order to rejoin the union what three things did former Confederate states have to do
Write new constitutions
Ratify 14th amendment
Allow African Americans to vote
Which political party supported the rights of freedmen during Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
how did the 15th Amendment change the Constitution
Allowed African Americans the right to vote
During Reconstruction African Americans not only voted but what else did they to do to gain political power
Voted in large numbers
Became sheriffs mayors and legislators
Became congress members
Became senators
What did the ku klux klan work to do
Keep African Americans and white Republicans out of office
What happened to African Americans' political rights in the South after Reconstruction ended
Lost them
What was a poll tax
A Southern requirement for voters to pay a fee each time they voted which freedmen could rarely afford
What were literacy tests
A southern requirement that required voters to read and explain a section of the Consitution (many African Americans never learned to read)
What areas of society were segregated by jim crow law
Blacks and whites were kept separate from each other in schools, restaurants, theaters, trains, streetcars, playgrounds, hospitals, and even cemeteries
What did the whiskey rebellion say about the new government?
The government was able to use force to maintain law
The Neutrality Proclamation said that America should
to not become entangled again in foreign conflict
Why were Americans insulted by the XYZ affair?
They believed the French governments demand for bribes was a violation of their sovereignty and an insult to their national honor.
Francis Scott Key is remembered for?
Writing the star spangled banner
Jacksonian Democracy is known for?
Expanding suffrage to more white men and promoting the idea of a strong executive government.
Why did people move west during Manifest Destiny?
multiple reasons like spread christianity or economic opportunities
The border dispute in US and Mexico was over what land?
Texas
The people who arrived in California from the gold rush were from?
several countries
What causes Mormons to move west and settle in Utah?
To escape religious persecution
Before the Mexican-American war, what happened in Northern California?
North California was part of mexico and was populated by Native American tribes and a few Spanish-speaking settlers.
The lowell mill girls stood up for:
better working conditions, higher wages, improved living conditions
Industry in the North was based on
manufacturing
Poor working conditions led workers to form
labor unions
Social reforms included?
Temperance, education, prison reform, care of disabled, and women’s rights
The end of reconstruction cause African Americans in the South to?
lose political power
how might peoples values lead them to support manifest destiny?
people who believed in manifest destiny thought that westward expansion would open more opportunities. People valued culture supported it since they believed it was fate.
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