New Republic
An Expanding Nation
Civil War and Reconstruction
Important people
Important battles
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What happened in Marbury vs. Madison?
established judicial review which allows federal nation to strike down laws that violate the constitution
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Who was Eli Whitney?
He invented the cotton gin
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Who was John Calhoun?
Led the fight against protective tariffs
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Who is George Washington?
1st president of the United States
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Fort Sumter?
Civil war begins here in 1861
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What were the precedents that Washington set for future presidents?
Mr. President, cabinet, 2 terms, farewell address
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What happened in the election of 1824
John Quincy Adams was elected president on February 9, 1825
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What is states' rights?
Idea that states had the right to control laws in their states
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Who was Andrew Jackson?
General at the battle of New Orleans in 1812, later became the 7th president
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First Bulll Run?
Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas, Virginia
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Which president bought Louisiana?
Thomas Jefferson
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What is Indian Removal Act 1832?
Removed indians from Georgia to present day
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What is Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Settlers and entrepreneurs wanted to move into the area now known as Nebraska
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Who was Abraham Lincoln?
President of the union states during Civil War, he was the opponent of slavery
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Antietam?
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
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Treatry of Ghent?
Ended the war of 1812
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Who was Henry Clay?
Known as the great compromiser in the Congress
400
Who was Thomas Stonewall Jackson?
Was a war hero and one of the South's most successful general
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Who was Jefferson Davis?
First and only president of the confederate states
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Gettysburg?
Turning point battle of the Civil War in 1863
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What is Monroe Doctrine?
Warned European powers not to colonize the western hemisphere
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What is Manifest Destiny?
name given to the idea that the United States was destined to expand
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What is the Gettysburg Adress?
Speech by Lincoln stated that the Union was worth fighting for
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Who was John Wilkes Booth?
The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
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Appomattox Courthouse?
Lee's surrenders, finale battle of the Civil War
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