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What did the mayflower compact set to establish?
Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. What were they famous for?
They sent the first telegraph allow for long distance communication.
Issues between Jefferson and Hamilton led to what?
The formation of political parties
Federalist believe in what type of government?
A unified government over many states.
The Northwest Ordinance. What was it?
Allow territories to apply for statehood.
What Year did the battle of Saratoga happen
1777
politician who became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
How can congress reject a presidential veto.
they must have a 2/3 majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate.
What is Republicanism?
The people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives.
What is the nullification crisis?
The nullification crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832–33, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government.
Why did the French colonize America?
They wanted to create trading post for the fur trade?
What is judicial review.
Is the power of courts to decide the validity of acts of the legislative and executive branches of government.
Embargo Act restricted trade with Europe. Did this help or hurt the economy?
The act damage the the economy.
Declaration of independence.
How did geography help economic growth near coastlines.
Coastal areas provide harbors to that people could get to markets to buy and sell goods.
Second great awakening
A renewed era of religious freedom.
Reason for Mexican/American War
Andrew Jackson did not listen to what courts ruling regarding removal of native americans form their lands.
Supreme Court
Free enterprise
an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control.
What was discovered in California around 1950.
Gold
What was manifest destiny?
Manifest destiny was a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America
Sectionalism, individual states rights, and slavery lead to what event?
The civil war.
Which president began the process of ending the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
What founding father wanted to set up a national bank?
Alexander Hamilton
The expansion of the cotton industry lead to what practice for labor.
Slavery