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Review
100
What connected the Great Lakes to the East Coast and fueled the economic rise of New York City?
The Erie Canal
100
What was the effect of Marbury v Madison?
Established the concept of Judicial Review (Supreme Court can decide if a law is unconstitutional)
100
What are some examples of Manifest Destiny?
The annexation of Texas, Attempts to purchase California, Negotiations over the Oregon border
100
What did Dorthea Dix fight for?
improved care for the mentally ill (mental asylums)
100
Which of the following compromises at the constitutional convention was LEAST likely the result of regional and sectional differences in the United States? (3/5 compromise, Slave Trade compromise, Great Compromise, Executive Elections Compromise)
Executive Elections Compromise
200
Describe American literature in the early 1800s.
It blended European styles with regional American tastes.
200
Which early American political party most vocally championed the “common man,” welcomed immigrants, and benefited from the expansion of voting rights to most white males?
Democrats
200
Describe the Monroe Doctrine.
It was an American pronouncement to European countries not to interfere with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
200
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
It allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave state, It barred slavery north of the 36°30' line in future states from the Louisiana Purchase territory, It temporarily settled the issue of slavery but was eventually weakened and ultimately overturned.
200
What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 do?
resolve the western land claims of the original 13 states and create a process for territories to eventually gain statehood, prohibit slavery north of the Ohio River between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, require the careful surveying of land to avoid property disputes and require that all larger townships set aside land for a public school.
300
What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in common?
They were driven by efforts to exploit the nation’s natural resources.
300
The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the antebellum era was
the extension of slavery.
300
What was the major outcome/effect of the War of 1812?
The United States was able to reassert sovereignty over its existing western lands and remove Britain’s military presence.
300
What factors led to the settlement of the West in the years following the War?
Need for more farm land, cheap land available
300
Despite England’s superior military, industrialized economy, and larger population, the colonists were ultimately able to succeed in their war for independence because they possessed what?
greater familiarity with the land, superior political leadership, a deep ideological commitment.
400
What were some of the results of antebellum technological innovations such as textile machinery, the steam engine, the telegraph, and the use of interchangeable parts?
The expanded size and scope of domestic markets, Increased industrial output and worker productivity, A revolution in farming and agriculture
400
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 let to what event?
The Trail of Tears
400
During the 1840s and 1850s, which set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers, resulting in a nativist backlash in popular culture?
Irish and Germans
400
What were the benefits to the Louisiana Purchase?
doubled the size of our country, removed France from North America, got more resources, allowed Louis and Clark to explore
400
Which of the following contributed to the growing colonial sentiment toward independence in the 1770s?
Anger over numerous attempts to tax the colonists and colonists’ perceived lack of political representation in Parliament, An emerging ideology of resistance based on English common law, Enlightenment ideals, and Whig political thought
500
What were the characteristics of the women's movement of the Antebellum Period?
Close links with the antislavery and temperance movements, Conventions in the Northeast and the Midwest, but not the South, A broad-based platform of legal and educational rights
500
What did the Hartford Convention, the nullification crisis, and some Marshall Court decisions all have in common?
They illustrated attempts by the federal government to assert greater control over the states and the resistance those attempts created.
500
What were the effects of the Tariff of 1828?
viewed as an “abomination” by many Southerners, demonstrated the growing differences between the North and South, created a crisis that almost led to a civil war.
500
What is transcendentalism?
belief in self-reliance and individualism
500
What events (in order) led to the American Revolution?
Stamp Act, Committees of Correspondence, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
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