Manifest Destiny
Who Coined the term Manifest Destiny
John O'Sullivan
What is the significance of the cotton gin?
Increase slavery
Increase cotton production
Jackson was a president for the common man. He was seen as a ...
Populists
What was the difference between federalists and anti federalists
Federalists wanted a strong central gov
anti Fedealists wanted a strong state gov
What is the electoral college
The electoral college is a system in American uses where ever state gets a certain amount of electoral votes whoever gets to 270 electoral votes wins the election.
What is Manifest Destiny
The idea that the US was fated by God to move west
What is the Great Compromise? What is the 3/5th Compromise?
The Great Compromise was a combination of the Virginia plan and New Jersey Plan. This created two chambers of Congress, the House of Representatives, more population you have the more reps you have and the Senate, every state gets two.
A compromise that an enslaved person is 3/5th of a person to settle disputes about representation and taxes.
How did A. Jackson convince South Carolina not to leave?
threated military force
What was the Articles of Confederation? What weaknesses did it have?
The Articles of Confederation was the first governing doc for the United States.
Too weak of central government
Define the following terms:
Federal
Federalism
Federal refers to the national government
Federalism is the sharing of power between state and national government
What was the Louisiana Purchase
The Purchase of Louisiana for 15 million from France which doubled the size of the US
Three reasons by James Madison on why were went to war with Britain in the War of 1812.
1. Hostile towards US Citizens
2. Interfering with trade
3. Impressment
what was the result of Worcester vs Georgia
Cherokee were their own independent territory, we can't tell them what to do
What was the Northwest Ordnance?
What was Shay's Rebellion?
NW Ordnance , described how the states would be admitted into the Union
Shay's Rebellion exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What did GW suggest at his Farewell Address
1. No political parties
2. Stay politically neutral out of European conflict, continue to trade with them though
Why were people against the Louisiana Purchase
Which of Lewis and Clark's goals were not accomplished?
Finding the NW passage
The tariffs Jackson put on imports helped who? Hurt who? Why?
Helped the North because it was industrialized
Hurt the South because it was agrilcultural
What are the Bill of Rights? Who wanted them added to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. AntiFederalists wanted them.
What is the significance of the Election of 1800?
The significance of the election of 1800 is a peaceful transition of power from one party to another
What were the three goals of Lewis and Clark's expedition?
1/ Discover land and geography/biology
2/ befriend natives
3/ find the NW passage
What was the Monroe Doctrine, how does it relate to Manifest Destiny?
The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy that told European nations they are not welcome on the Western Hemisphere. They wanted to stop the potential of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere because if Europeans continued to colonize it would interfere with the idea the US has the right to expand.
What was the Indian Removal Act? What did it lead to?
The Indian Removal Act was the forced removal of natives from East of the Mississippi to the West of the Mississippi, specifically OK.
This lead to the Trail of Tears, and thousands dying.
What are the roles of each of the branches of government?
Executive: Enforce Laws
Legislative: Write Laws
Judicial Branch: interpret laws
What is misinformation? What is circular reporting?
Misinformation is when some purposefully sends out miss leading (false) information with the intention of swaying the political opinions of citizens.
Circular reporting is sources cite each other to give creditability to their source.