Aftermath of Revolution
Late 18th and 19th c. U.S. society
Reform
Sectionalism
Random Surprises
100
To address the deficiencies in the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, the crises of the 1870s, and Shay's Rebellion
What were the principle reasons for the calling of the Annapolis Convention and then the CONSTITUTIONAL CONGRESS?
100
DAILY DOUBLE - you may bet either 100 or 200 The American System of Economics
What is the economic system most closely associated with Henry Clay, which intended to build the commercial infrastructure of the U.S. through the imposition of tariffs which would be used to help pay for the building of roads and canals among other infrastructural necessities?
100
He demanded immediate emancipation
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
100
to impact elections on slavery, which were to be decided by popular sovereignty
Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act push the party system into crisis?
100
The first seven words of the Declaration of Independence
What are "When in the course of human events...?"
200
DAILY DOUBLE - You may be either 200 or 400 The idea of PUBIC VIRTUE as it was understood in early republic
What is the idea within the idea of REPUBLICANISM that the CULTIVATION of habits by which it is believed the community will thrive, the habits include, Independence, self-sufficiency, self-sacrifice and a lack of self-interest.
200
Federal financing through tariff funds of Samuel F. B. Morse’s development of the telegraph
What was the the way in which Morse's invention vindicated Clay's system?
200
lack of sanitation
What was the primary cause of the epidemics that swept through early nineteenth-century American cities?
200
After the Compromise became law, inhabitants of the former Mexican lands could vote to determine if it should become a slave state or a free state.
What is the role played by popular sovereignty in former Mexican territories play in the Compromise of 1850?
200
DAILY DOUBLE - you may bet either 200 or 400. the creation of a national currency, authorized in February 1862, it was a major step toward the centralization of economic power in the hands of the federal government
What was the goal of the Legal Tender Act of 1862?
300
The first 15 words of the U.S. Constitution
What are "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union...?"
300
Reapers reduced a farmer’s need for manpower, increasing agricultural productivity.
Why was Cyrus McCormick’s reaper the most remarkable 19th century U.S. innovation in commercial agriculture?
300
DAILY DOUBLE - You may bet either 300 or 600 the evangelical shift toward a belief in human goodness spark the growth of antebellum reform movements?
What convinced evangelicals such as Charles G. Finney during the Second Great Awakening that people’s failings were a consequence of their environments rather than personal moral failures and thus people could be reformed?
300
the fact that Texas would have to be admitted as a slave state
Why The Republic of Texas was not immediately annexed by the United States?
300
Cooperheads
Who were were Democrats who favored a negotiated peace with the South?
400
A high tariff on manufactured goods protected northern industry but did little to protect southern economic interests.
What is one of the main reasons that the South increasingly objected to U.S. tariff policy from 1816 onward and in particular the tariff of 1828?
400
The second Great Awakening and the key male figure within the movement.
What was the mid-nineteenth century religious revival movement and who within which Charles G. Finney was a leading figure?
400
women began to assert themselves more politically
What was a consequence of the emergence of female social reformers during the antebellum period?
400
the Liberty Party’s stance toward slavery.
What was that Slavery could not be allowed in the territories?
400
superior industrial capacity
What was an advantage enjoyed by the North at the outset of the Civil War?
500
DAILY DOUBLE You may bet 500 pts 1000 pts The Great Compromise
What are A BICAMERAL Congress composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives elected PROPORTIONAL to population. The Senate would be elected on the basis of equal representation?
500
The English-trained apprentice brought the secrets of British textile machinery to America in 1789?
Who was Samuel Slater?
500
They gave public abolition speeches in front of audiences of men and women for which they were dispargaed
Who were the Grimké sisters?
500
It prioritized sectional politics over party politics.
Why was the Wilmot Proviso so divisive?
500
a vision of a just and lasting peace
What is one of the most notable elements of Lincoln's second inaugural address?
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