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Puritan philosophy

________- NO POWs therefore prisoners were executed or sold into slavery.

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Jefferson

________ sent Livingston and Monroe to France with an offer to buy New Orleans and Florida.

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Abraham Lincolns

________ request for President James K. Polk to identify the exact spot where American blood was spilled right before the Mexican War.

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Protestantism

________ was adopted by the growing nation- states of the North.

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Mormons

________ were persecuted because of polygamy belief- so Brigham Young led them to Utah to settle.

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Chesapeake tobacco

________ had a monopoly in England.

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Slave traders

________ sent between 10 million and 15 million enslaved people from Africa.

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Tenoctitlan

________ has 100, 000 warriors and canals.

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America

They were the first group of women to speak publicly in ________.

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Stephen Douglas

________, a Sen. From Illinois secured the passage of a bill that:

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Smallpox

________ killed over 90 percent of the natives.

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States

________ have the power to declare laws passed by Congress as unconstitutional or null and void.

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Judicial review

________: the legal power of a court to determine if a decision contradicts or violates the Constitution.

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Temperance Movement

1812 ________ was launched mostly by women- made up around 65 % of membership.

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Salutary neglect

________: rules put in but are not enforced.

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Slaves

________ were introduced in 1619.

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Andrew Jackson

In 1830, ________ signed the Indian Removal Act.

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servants

Indentured ________- served 7 years in exchange for paid trip, food, and shelter, and burned down Jamestown in Bacons Rebellion.

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General Winfield Scott

________ captured Vera Cruz and Mexico City and later becomes US Head of Military.

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Catholic

Began as an attempt to reform the ________ church and resulted in the destruction of religious unity of Western Europe.

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Erie Canal

________-"Clintons Big Ditch, "364 mi from Albany to Buffalo, reduced $ 100 per ton to $ 8, caused more canals to be built.

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Captain John Smith

________ leads the colonists.

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large numbers of Irish

Nativism grew within the US because of ________ and German immigrants moving to the US.

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Captain John C Fremont

________ led American settlers to drive Mexican authorities out of California and established CA (Bear Republic), later becomes the first Republican presidential candidate.

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Smith

________ was killed in the "burned out district "in New York for his practice of polygamy.

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Europe

Marked the beginning of modern ________ and influenced the development of Western Civilization.

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American colonies

The law produced a rebellious nature in the ________.

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Abraham Lincoln

________ felt that the war was unconstitutional and throughout the war called for "spot resolutions.

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Judicial review

________ led to the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801, removing the Midnight Judges.

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Starving Time

resorted to cannibalisms due to no hunting and farming

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Unfit soil for farming

merchants, ship builders, fishermen, traders

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Fertile soil

more agriculture and "hard" work

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Salutary neglect

rules put in but are not enforced

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Simony

sale of church offices

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Sale of indulgences

buying forgiveness of sins

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Great Schism(divide)

beginning in 1378 when French and Anti-French cardinals elected 2 popes (1 in Rome and 1 in Avignon)

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Invention of the Printing Press

allowing dissenters to spread their ideas throughout Europe and making the Bible available to the common people

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Britain upset with the colonists and their protesting over the Townshend Acts

so Britain sent troops to Boston to help keep the peace

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The colonists do not want the British troops in Boston

so the situation between the colonists and British soldiers become very tense

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Colonists used crowd politics

Led by Sons of Liberty (Samuel Adams)

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250000

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1790

the est

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1860

the est

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Ireland

Catholic, worked in factories, poor

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Indentured servants

served 7 years in exchange for paid trip, food, and shelter, and burned down Jamestown in Bacons Rebellion

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1670

3,000 slaves

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1861

4 million slaves in the Chesapeake colonies alone

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Puritans saw it as their mission to destroy the Indians

(Puritans even attacked the Praying Towns and slaughtered the Indians there)

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Puritan philosophy

NO POWs therefore prisoners were executed or sold into slavery

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The bitter struggle over financial matters during Washingtons administration resulted in the formation of 2 political parties

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

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Several Revolutionary leaders were also absent

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, etc

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President

George Washington

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Secretary

James Madison

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Lent prestige and wisdom

Ben Franklin

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Came to the conclusion that the Articles could not be revised

they need to start over

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Mexican War proved to be the training ground for many Civil War generals

Lee, Grant, Sherman, etc

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It passed because it was understood the KS would be slave and NB free

but what happened was everyone followed popular sovereignty and created a war in Kansas

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Germans

middle class, Protestant, productive workers

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Irish

Catholic, poor, worked in factories, suffered from nativism

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Convention held in Hartford

advocated states rights doctrine and nullification

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Judicial review

the legal power of a court to determine if a decision contradicts or violates the Constitution

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1812 Temperance Movement was launched mostly by women

made up around 65% of membership

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Mormons were persecuted because of polygamy belief

so Brigham Young led them to Utah to settle

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Napoleon offers Livingston and Monroe

New Orleans and all of the LA Territory for $15 million

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Erie Canal

"Clintons Big Ditch," 364 mi from Albany to Buffalo, reduced $100 per ton to $8, caused more canals to be built

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