1st 5 Oval OG's
What was the most important reason that developed from Washington establishing a cabinet?
Washington needed expertise in critical areas related to government policy.
Which state did the Cherokee nation sue?
Georgia
This Compromise kept balance in the Senate by admitting these two states? (name Compromise and states)
Missouri Compromise, Missouri, Maine
the placing of the interests of one's own region, political, social , or cultural aspects ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.
Sectionalism
those who fought to end the institution of slavery
Abolitionists
This was Abraham Lincoln’s main goal in the Civil War, supported by his military strategies.
"To preserve the Union"
the years of Reconstruction
1865-1877
What action did Adams do that cost him the presidency in 1800?
He issued the Alien & sedition Act which violated 1st amendment rights
What was the Indian Removal Act? ( also What was Jackson's reasoning for it)?
The removing of Native Americans from various areas around the country, in favor of White Settlement.
Name 3 items listed in Henry Clay's American System
Protective Tariffs, National Bank, Infrastructure,
Many northerners believed this war was motivated by an intent to expand slavery, leading to increased friction between free and slave states
Mexican American War
an organized effort to prevent the drinking of alcoholic beverages
Temperance movement
This was the name of the North’s military strategy, designed to blockade the South and achieve the overall goal of preserving the Union.
Anaconda Plan , to choke the life out of the South by destroying its supply line and will to fight
agency developed to support poor whites, former slaves, and American Indians during reconstruction?
Freedman's Bureau
What was an example of how the powers of the presidency expanded during the Jefferson administration?
Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase without a law specifically granting the president that power.
What was the main tribe that we focused on
Cherokee
Why was Henry Clay known as "The Great Compromiser"?
He is the writer and main person for many compromises
a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue.
popular sovereignty
leader of the public school reform movement; known as the "father of public school education"
Horace Mann
This battle prevented Confederate forces from taking Washington D.C. and encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Antietam
How did the Ku Klux Klan impact resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction?
Terrorizing newly freed slaves who wanted to vote
When Great Britain tried to restrict US trade, President James Madison responded by do what two things?
blocking British trade and declaring war in 1812
Where did they march the 5 civilized tribes to after making them leave their home lands?
The territory that would become the state of Oklahoma
What was the impact of Missouri Compromise
It balanced slave and free states by issuing the 36- 30, but it also strengthened sectionalism
military appropriations bill, proposing that none of the territory acquired in the war with Mexico would be open to slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
a former slave who would go on to become a leader of the abolitionist movement. He was a skilled speaker and had his own antislavery newspaper, The North Star
Frederick Douglass
Which document only symbolically freed Southern slaves, but created a moral focus for the Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation
What is the significance of the 13 amendment? What was the Caveat written in it?
It freed the slaves from slavery and involuntary servitude, on the condition that they were not convicted of a crime
What message did the Monroe Doctrine say to Europe?
that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization
Why did South Carolina want to nullify tariffs of 1828 & 1832
Because the tariffs hurt their economy of imports and exports between them and Europe
a pre-Civil War set of measures designed to unify the nation and strengthen its economy by means of protective tariffs, a national bank, development of a transportation system.
Henry Clay's American System
a series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-21 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states
Missouri Compromise
a radical white abolitionist who had his own antislavery newspaper, The Liberator, to deliver his message of immediate emancipation.
William Lloyd Garrison
This Constitutional Right to have a judge determine if you are being held illegally was suspended by Lincoln during the Civil War.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
What is the significance of the 14th amendment?
It reversed Dred Scott & Granted citizenship (equal protection under the law)
What policy did Jackson implement that changed government?
The Spoils system allowed the "Common Man" to hold office
Supported South Carolina’s right to nullify the tariffs.
John C. Calhoun, Jackson's Vice President
Unintended political impact of Henry Clay's American System
The North became the most powerful area because it provided the South and West with finished goods
the 19th century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory
Manifest Destiny
This movement, led by ministers such as Charles Finney, used religion by appealing to people’s emotions and faith. It later influenced other reform movements.
Second Great Awakening
Sherman's goal in wanting to capture Atlanta during the Civil War, and the technique he implemented during his March to the Sea? (two part)
Destroy RR hub, Total War
What is the significance of the 15th amendment?
Made it so that African American Males could vote (ALL males can vote)
The name was given to the action that took away land qualifications under Jacksonian Democracy. This impacted white males over 21 years old.
Universal Suffrage
John C. Calhoun took this action because his strong support groups created significant problems.
He resigned as Vice President
This Compromise brought in one state and gave a provision the South.
Compromise of 1850
a name of an event that occurred in a territory was a battleground between proslavery and antislavery forces
Bleeding Kansas
The removal of land requirements improved this process and was given the nick name of (two answers)
Voting , Universal suffrage (for all white males)
Civil War Battle resulted in the most casualties of any battle of the War, and over 51,000 deaths.
Gettysburg
What did the Radical Republicans use to impeach of Andrew Johnson?
Tenure of Office Act
What did Jackson do to challenge the power of the Supreme Court?
ignored the ruling dealing with the Cherokee nation which said that they could stay on their land.
The Nullification Crisis resulted in a compromise tariff and a stronger assertion of federal authority over the states.
Jackson lowered the tariffs over time and South Carolina pulled away from nullifying them, and decided not to secede
Northern states supported Henry Clay's American System because it did one of these three things
Expansion of RR's, pushed industry over agriculture, supported tariffs to support American industry
a law enacted to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage against Northerners desire, but was a installed to appease Southerners
Fugitive Slave Act
Two important aspects of the Second Great Awakening
a belief in personal responsibility for salvation (new religions), & participants wanted to apply Christian ethics to important social issues,
This Civil War battle was a key Union victory that split the Confederacy and gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
agreement made Rutherford B. Hayes president over Samuel Tilden & ended all Reconstruction procedures by removing federal troops from the South(allowing South to do what they wanted)
Compromise of 1877