EXAM 2 FOR US HISTORY HELP

What is a republic?

A state without a king.

How common were republics in the 1700’s?

Rare and uncommon.

What would happen under majority rule?

Citizens make binding decisions.

What did prominent women undermine?

Expectations of subservience.

Who said “deep-rooted prejudices and other factors would lead to the extermination of one race or the other”?

Thomas Jefferson.

How did the 1783 Treaty of Paris affect Native peoples? 

Did not address the rights of the Native peoples.

What was eliminated in the 1776 Pennsylvania Constitution?

Property requirements for voting.

What were the challenges under the Articles of Confederation? 

Establishing workable foreign policies was difficult, establishing commercial policies was difficult, congress did not have the power to tax, and states could refuse to enforce Acts of Congress.

What is specie?

A lack of gold and silver for business transactions.

Who opposed the National bank? Why?

Thomas Jefferson; Argued it was unconstitutional.

What are tariffs?

Foreign imports to stimulate domestic manufacturing.  

What does Jay’s treaty NOT address?

Impressment of American soldiers.

Why do Pennsylvania farmers turned their corn crops into whiskey?

For easier sale and transport.

Who was the strongest in the Whiskey Rebellion?

The frontier farmers.

What does the Marbury V. Madison case declare?

A federal law unconstitutional.

The Louisiana Purchase did what for America?

Doubled the size of the U.S.

What was the British Impressment during the War of 1812?

The kidnapping of soldiers and forcing them into military service.  

What happened to Washington D.C during the War of 1812?

Washington D.C was burned.

What did the Treaty of Ghent do?

Ended the war of 1812 and maintained pre-war boundaries between U.S and British Canada.

Why was the War of 1812 unimportant in New England?

Economic impact.

What does the Hartford Convention (December 1814) call for? 

For New England secession. 

What industry rises in New England?  

British textile machine designs.

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

Eli Whitney; patented in 1794.

What is the Erie Canal?

A canal that linked the Hudson River (NYC), to the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley. It was 363 miles long.

Who created the American System?

Henry Clay; champion of internal improvements.

How often did Middle-class women work outside the home?

Middle-class women rarely worked outside the home 

Native-born workers had to compete with whom? Reducing what?  

A flood of immigrants from Ireland and Germany; reducing the number of protests.

In the "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824, who won the popular vote? but lacked Electoral College majority?

Andrew Jackson.

What is the “Corrupt Bargain?”

Five candidates, all of them members of the Republican Party, ran for president in the elections of 1824. Jackson won 43 % of the popular vote and 99 electoral votes - more than any other candidates. The runner-up John Quincy Adams 84 electoral votes. Neither had an electoral majority, leaving it up to the House of Representatives, to pick a winner." To the surprise of many, the House elected John Quincy Adams over rival Andrew Jackson. It was widely believed that Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House at the time, convinced Congress to elect Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State. Jackson's supporters denounced this as a "corrupt bargain."

What does Alexis de Tocqueville’s warn? 

The one of the dangers of American democracy was tyranny of the majority.

What sparked southern discontent?

Tariff of 1828 ("Tariff of Abominations")

What did the Nullification Crisis primarily involve?  

South Carolina’s attempt to nullify the 1828 and 1832 tariff. 

What does Jackson call the bank?  

A monster.

What was paid off in its entirety under Jackson? 

National debt.

During the Election of 1836, who were the Whigs?

a group of people who opposed Andrew Jackson’s policies at the time.

What was the result of the Trail of Tears?

Deaths of thousands of Native Americans.

What were the Key provisions for the Tallmadge Amendment?

Missouri to be admitted as a free state, no more enslaved people are allowed to enter Missouri after statehood, and Children born to enslaved parents in Missouri after admission were to be freed after reaching age 25.