Antebellum Reforms
Expansion of Slavery
War/Government
Political Mumbo Jumbo
Events and Happenins5
100
Inspired many to achieve perfection on earth; helped influence reform movements (abolitionism, women's rights, temperance, etc.)
What is the Second Great Awakening.
100
Louisiana Purchase Who was the territory purchases from and what was the purpose of the trade?
Napoleon (France), expand slavery, Jacksonian Republic
100
War of 1812 Which president violated the Constitution by skipping the legislative process in starting the war and what were his motives?
James Madison because the war between France and Britain was creating conflicts within trade since both were the US' partners. Britain was attacking US sailors and interfering in trade and needed to be stopped. Also they were suspected of giving ammunition to the Native Americans to fight the Americans.
100
Asserted federal power of states (McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden); judicial branch determined the meaning of Constitution (Marbury v. Madison)
What is the Marshall Court
100
What accelerated the Market Revolution?
Industrialization because... - a need for workers in huge factories which put out many goods to export. -expansion of transportation abilities
200
Define the idea of a Utopian society.
A Utopian Society was defined as the aim of creating social perfection, a perfect society, away from the "horrors" of society.
200
Missouri Compromise What was the purpose of dividing the country into the North and South by an imaginary half/half line? a. to separate the pro-slavery South b. to keep balance in Congress c. to create more farm land
B
200
Name one policy/law and one conflict/event that happened because of the Mexican-American War.
-The Compromise of 1850 -Fugitive Slave Act -Bleeding-Kansas -etc.
200
Drastic changes in transportation (canals, RRs), communication (telegraph), and the production of goods (more in factories as opposed to houses)
What is the Market Revolution.
200
What was the term that congress used to say that the bank of the United States was legal to be passed by congress? (McColloch v Maryland)
It was called to be "necessary and proper"
300
Their efforts opened up new hospitals in for the insane in 15 states and improved the supervision in asylums
What is Dorthea Dix
300
Which state was the first to nullify a federal law? (The Tariffs of 1828 and 1832)
South Carolina
300
Trail of Tears This president forced Eastern Native American Civilizations onto reservations and what territory did they relocate to?
What is Jackson and Nebraska.
300
idea to unify the economy through: BUS, internal improvements, and tariffs. More successful in unifying the North and Midwest than South
What is Henry Clay's American Sysytem
300
Why were David Walker's views expressed in "David Walker's Appeal" deemed radical?
Because he wanted black people and freedmen to be completely apart of society instead of just freed from slavery
400
Name an abolitionist! (if they are famous for some kind of written article or action, then explain) (If another team says your answer then you both don't get points)
David Walker and "David Walker's Appeal", Susan B. Anthony, Fredrick Douglass, Edwin Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojurner Truth, etc.
400
In the period before the Civil War, the North and South had contrasting views on the spread of slavery. What was the West's point of view?
Anti-slavery because they didn't like the competition when trying to sell their cotton and food supplies to companies up North. The West was made up of mostly small family farms and so they weren't able to compete against large scale plantations.
400
Manifest Destiny This belief across after the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory proclaiming America's God-given right to what?
to expand the blessed nation from sea to shining sea
400
A declaration by the President in 1823 that warned European powers to keep out of the Western Hemisphere and pledged that the United States would not intervene in the internal affairs of Europe.
What is the Monroe Doctrine.
400
Why did the U.S. government set an embargo on all British and French products?
Because the United States didn't want to take sides during the napoleonic war between Britain and France.
500
Name a womens' rights activist! (if they are famous for some kind of written article or action, then explain) (If another team says your answer then you both don't get points)
Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony
500
Platform of '44 ---------------- What was the Platform of '44 and who supported it?
To expand America across the continent and up to Alaska
500
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo This treaty granted America a plentiful amount of land, including this plot, later becoming a free state in a controversial decision in 1850?
What is California.
500
Was a Democrat, deemed to be a representative for the "common man, pro-state rights, and against the Bank of United States
What is Andrew Jackson.
500
What was the "Corrupt Bargain" and why did it occur?
Henry Clay paid sponsors to vote for John Quincy Adams to get revenge against Andrew Jackson because Jackson unfairly won the vote.
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