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What precedents did George Washington create?
two term limit , Formed a cabinet, and enforced laws with federal power
What changes in voting rights occurred during the Jacksonian Democracy?
Expanded voting rights to all white men , not just property owners
What were the key components of the Missouri compromise of 1820?
admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance of power in the Senate.
What were the key industrial advantages of the North during the Civil War?
Factories , Railroads and Canals
What were the main differences between Lincoln's Plan and the Radical Republicans' views on Reconstruction?
Lincoln wanted to be lenient hence the 10% plan where he leniently re-admissioned southern states , while the radical republicans wanted strict reconstruction and protection for freedmen.
peaceful transfer of power from federalists (who?) to Democratic- republicans (who?)
John Adams , Thomas Jefferson.
What was the stance of Jacksonian Democracy on states' rights?
Favored states rights and limited federal power
What was the significance of the 36°30’ line in Louisiana territory?
Slavery was banned North of the 36°30’ line
What was the South's primary economic advantage during the Civil War?
Agriculture and Slave Labors
What were the key provisions and goals of the Freedmen's Bureau?
Provided food , clothing and education to freed slaves.
Which acts allowed the president to deport foreigners, And diminished the right to freedom of speech ?
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
What reforms aimed to increase participation in government?
Democratic reforms, it allowed more direct participation in the government
What was the concept of Manifest Destiny?
the 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely destined to expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What was one of Lincoln's main goals during the Civil War?
Preserve the Union or Test whether a democracy could survive civil conflict.
How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments aim to transform the lives of African Americans?
The 13th abolished slavery , the 14th granted citizenship and equal protection, and the 15th Gave voting rights to African American men.
What action by Jefferson expanded presidential power ?
The Louisiana Purchase.
What were the goals of Henry Clay's American System?
To promote economic growth
How did the Manifest Destiny influence the expansion of the U.S?
By providing a powerful ideological justification for westward growth, leading to territorial acquisition through negotiation and war.
What was the central debate regarding secession?
whether states had the right to leave the Union versus the federal government's authority to maintain its perpetual existence.
What methods did Southern groups use to resist Reconstruction and limit the rights of freedmen?
Black codes , Ku Klux Klan and violence aimed to limit the rights of freedmen
Which policy did not allow Europe to colonize or interfere in the western hemisphere?
The Monroe Doctrine
What was the Second Great Awakening?
A religious revival encouraging social reforms
( abolition,temperance,and education)
What were the key components of the Compromise of 1850?
California became a free state, Stronger Fugitive Slave Law, Popular Sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico, and Slave traded ended in D.C
Where were most of the battles fought during the Civil War?
Southern states
What factors led to the end of Reconstruction, and what was the significance of the Compromise of 1877?
Northern interest declined a the compromise of 1877 where Hayes became president and federal troops where withdrawn from the south.