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
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### Washington’s views on political parties
did not like them, divided the country
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who was a federalist
Hamilton
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who was a Democratic Republican
thomas jefferson
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What government did the federalists want
strong national government
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what government did the Demo. Repub. want?
strong state government
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Who opposed a national bank
Democratic republicans
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Who supported France
Democratic Republicans
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Who supported Britain
Federalists
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Who wanted a farming society?
Democratic Republicans
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Who wanted the government to be controlled by the elites of society?
Federalists
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Who opposed protecting individual liberties?
Federalists
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Who opposed modeling the American Government after the English government?
Democratic Republicans
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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When Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana territory what three things did he ask them to do
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1. Map route to pacific ocean 2. Study Geography of the territory, especially rivers 3. Learn about American Indians who lived in the Louisiana Purchase
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Jefferson's embargo act was meant to punish France and Britain however who did the ban on trade hurt most of all
\ American Merchants
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What were the three major causes of the War of 1812
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1. Ecnouraging Indians to attack US settlements and supplying them with guns/ammo 2. US sailor impressment 3. The British did not accept or even respond to the offer of neutrality (for seizing American ships/impressment of sailors). 4. British seizure of American goods and ships
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Which fort was being attacked when the star-spangled banner was written and who protects the poem
\ Fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key
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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
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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
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1. __Look at the timeline on p 261, what issue is being debated in the nullification crisis__
\ States rights
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What stood in the war of white settlers and American Indians living side by side?
Land
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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)
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In the border dispute between the us and Mexico, what land was claimed by both countries
Land between the Rio Grande and Nueces River
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which lands previously owned by Mexico did the US gain
Texas in 1845 then Mexican Cession in 1848
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what lands did the US gain from Great Britain in 1846
Oregon country
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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
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What groups were part of the California mining community
People from many different countries+African Americans+White Americans+American Indians
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why did Brigham Young lead Mormons to a new home in Utah
Seek Religious freedom
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Even before the mexican american war what were Americans in northern California doing
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1. Fought with Mexicans for being under their rule and made their own independent nation (Bear Flag Revolt)
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Eli Whitney is known as the “father of mass production” his innovation made all machine parts identical what was this innovation called?
interchangeable parts
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Thomas Edison nickname
wizard of Menlo Park
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Samuel Slater opened mills and helped
bring this era to New England-Industrial Revolution
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Division of labor-
each worker performs a single operation
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Interchangeable parts-
all machine made parts are identical
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A job in the Lowell mills was usually filled by whom
Lowell girls
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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.
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How did North and South industries contrast
Industrial VS Agricultural
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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
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By the late 1840s which group of people were the main factory workers
Immigrants
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Southern states reacted to nat turner's rebellion by doing what
Limiting African Merican rights further (more restrictions)
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List 5 social reforms that occurred during the era of reform,
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1. rison reform 2. Temperance Movement-against alcohol use 3. Expanding education for African Americans 4. Care of the disabled (jail) 5. Women’s rights
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What were 2 push factors for German and Irish immigrants
Famine+democratic reform
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How did nativists view immigrants
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1. People who stole jobs 2. They didnt belong 3. Untrustworthy 4. criminals
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How did the audience react to Frederick Douglass's speech at the anti-slavery meeting
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1. They were moved to tears
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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
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What were 2 ways women like lucretia mott and elizabeth cady stanton contributed to the women’s movement
Seneca Falls Convention+Declaration of Sentiments
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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)
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List 3 major points of the Dred Scott decision
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1. Scott still property 2. Slaves cannot find freedom anywhere 3. Missouri Compromise Unconstitutional
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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
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1. __Put events in Chronological order__ 2. \
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1. The Compromise of 1850 2. Kansas Nebraska act 3. Dred Scott decision 4. Drive by at fort sumter 5. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
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What bombardment mark the start of the civil war
Fort Sumter attack
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What were the unions advantages
population, manufacturing, railroads, factories
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How did the emancipation proclamation change the purpose of the war
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1. Changed it from preserving the Union to ending slavery
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How does your textbook define reconstruction under abraham lincoln
Wanted to make it easier for the south to rejoin the union
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How did the 13th Amendment change the Constitution
Abolished slavery
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What was the purpose of black codes
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1. To preserve African Americans as an underclass and a source of cheap labor
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How does the 14th Amendment change the Constitution
Made African Americans born in US citizens
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In order to rejoin the union what three things did former Confederate states have to do
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1. Write new constitutions 2. Ratify 14th amendment 3. Allow African Americans to vote
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Which political party supported the rights of freedmen during Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
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how did the 15th Amendment change the Constitution
Allowed African Americans the right to vote
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During Reconstruction African Americans not only voted but what else did they to do to gain political power
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1. Voted in large numbers 2. Became sheriffs mayors and legislators 3. Became congress members 4. Became senators
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What did the ku klux klan work to do
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1. Keep African Americans and white Republicans out of office
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What happened to African Americans' political rights in the South after Reconstruction ended
Lost them
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What was a poll tax
A Southern requirement for voters to pay a fee each time they voted which freedmen could rarely afford
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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)
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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
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What did the whiskey rebellion say about the new government?
The government was able to use force to maintain law
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The Neutrality Proclamation said that America should
to not become entangled again in foreign conflict
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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.
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Francis Scott Key is remembered for?
Writing the star spangled banner
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Jacksonian Democracy is known for?
Expanding suffrage to more white men and promoting the idea of a strong executive government.
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Why did people move west during Manifest Destiny?
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1. multiple reasons like spread christianity or economic opportunities
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The border dispute in US and Mexico was over what land?
Texas
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The people who arrived in California from the gold rush were from?
several countries
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What causes Mormons to move west and settle in Utah?
To escape religious persecution
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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.
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The lowell mill girls stood up for:
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1. better working conditions, higher wages, improved living conditions
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Industry in the North was based on
manufacturing
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Poor working conditions led workers to form
labor unions
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Social reforms included?
Temperance, education, prison reform, care of disabled, and women’s rights
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The end of reconstruction cause African Americans in the South to?
lose political power
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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.