unit 3 cards

Who were the two presidential candidates in the 1832 election?

Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson

One novelty of the 1832 election was

A third party was formed call the Anti Masons

President Jackson policy of uprooting more than 100,000 Indians in the 1830’s was called the

Trail of Tears

President Jackson proposed removing all remaining eastern tribes, mainly__ “there is 3” beyond the Mississippi River. He also denied the asserted over __

Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw / autonomy and asserted state rights over Indian rights

Suspicious of white men intentions braves from Illinois and Wisconsin, led by ___ resisted eviction. They were crushed which included lieutenant ___ and captain ___

Black hawk / lieutenant Jefferson Davis and captain Abraham Lincoln

The costliest war against the Indians was in ___. The Seminole Indians were led by ___

Florida / were led by Osceola

Toll roads or Turnpikes were the ____ transportation project

First US federal

____ led the way building 2,000 miles of roads

Pennsylvania

Toll roads proved to be no profitable to businesses or the government for four reasons, what were they?

Dishonest gatekeepers, local people avoided them, carriers would not use them and eventually faced competition

What were the three important things the steamboats did?

Cheapen supply cost, carrying capacity increased and developed passenger traffic

What was the one problem that mid western farmers and eastern consumers were not wholly satisfied with steamboats?

The Mississippi is not a direct route

Funding for the Erie Canal came from three sources, what were they?

Government bonds, earmarked taxes and tolls

When completed the Erie Canal lowered the cost of shipping a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City from ___ to __

100$ to 10$

Blank, blank, and blank products were the chief goods going wear on the canal. Blank, blank, blank, blank and blank were the westward on the canal.

Lumber, grains and meat were the east goods and textiles, leather goods, machinery, hardware and imported goods were the westward goods

The economic revolution from 1810 to 1840 is one of distribution not really of production

The railroads was invented in England then also used in the United States, this is called

Technology transfer

Railroads became the first __ industry

Giant

What were the three biggest problems with early railroads?

No universal gauge width, scheduling was erratic and wrecks

One important change railroads that profoundly affected sectional alignments was ___ which means consolidating short lines into longer lines

Trunk lines

Financing for the railroads came from the private sector which included “there were three”

Stocks, bonds and personal finance

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provided instantaneous communication

The magnetic telegraph

Name the four presidential candidates in the 1860 election

Lincoln, Breckinridge, Bell and Douglas

What was the first state to leave the Union after Lincoln wins the election?

South Carolina

What were the six states that soon followed leaving the Union after South Carolina?

Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Texas

Who was called the Tippy Toed Unionist?

President James Buchanan

What was Lincoln’s dilemma concerning Fort Sumter?

Sent troops- South Carolinas fighting back

Do nothing- a sign of weakness

The first capital of the confederacy was ___ and then later changed to___

Richmond, Virginia and then to Montgomery Alabama

Roads bridges and railroad are called

Infrastructure

The greatest weakness of the south in the civil war was its

Economy

Northern soldiers became known for their

Determination and discipline

Who was given command of the army of the Potomac

General George B McClendon

What were the two battles fought on Union soil

The battle of Antietam and the battle of Gettysburg

Union victory at Vicksburg allowed control over the

Mississippi River

The conquest of Georgia was entrusted in

Major general William Sherman

Turnpike means

National Roads

All independent lines consolidated and became one organization

Western union

How does Lincoln act during the battle at fort Sumter?

Cautiously

The two capitals of the confederacy were

Richmond, Virginia and Montgomery, Alabama

The invention of __ made printing cheaper and faster

printing press