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Goal 1: The New Nation
Goal 2: Nationalism and Sectionalism
Goal 3: Crisis, Civil War, Reconstruction
Goal 4: The Great West & Populism
Goal 5: Becoming an Industrial Society
100
Two precedents that Washington set during his administration
What are avoiding entangling alliances and the forming political factions (political parties)?
100
Term used to describe extreme pride in one's country
What is nationalism?
100
California becomes a free state, slave trade banned in D.C., popular sovereignty for Utah & New Mexico
What is the Compromise of 1850?
100
under his leadership, the Mormons journeyed from Illinois to present day Utah
Who is Brigham Young?
100
port of entry for southern and eastern European immigrants during the late 1800s located
What is Ellis Island?
200
Foreign policy of Federalist administrations during the New Nation Era (1796-1800)
What is neutrality?
200
Term used to describe regional rivalries between industrial North and agricultural South
What is sectionalism?
200
nickname given to armed clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers following Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
200
distributed millions of acres of western territory to state governments to create agricultural colleges
What is the Morrill Land Grant Act?
200
port of entry for most Asian immigrants during the late 1800s?
What is Angel Island?
300
Principle upheld by Washington administration by suppressing Whiskey Rebellion
What is national supremacy?
300
Which dominate factor contributed most to the development of the Northern and Southern economies
What is the geography of both regions?
300
Dred Scott v. Sanford overturned this Congressional Act
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
Congress passed this law in 1887 to assimilate Native Americans into U.S. culture
What is the Dawes Act?
300
first government agency created to regulate nationwide business practices
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission?
400
Principle upheld by Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions in response to Alien & Sedition Acts
What is nullification?
400
passed by Congress in 1830, it forced Cherokees and several other tribes to west of the Mississippi
What is the Indian Removal Act?
400
Reason why S.C. seceded from the Union
What is Lincoln's being elected in 1860 without a single southern Electoral vote?
400
concerns of farmers in the late 1800s suffering from low crop prices eventually gave rise to this political party
What is the Populist party?
400
Ironically, the business owners and the federal government eventually used this Congressional legislation to break up strikes during labor unrest
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
500
Reason why Thomas Jefferson struggled over decision to purchase Louisiana territory?
What is use of executive power (strict vs. loose construction)?
500
Three components of Henry Clay's American System
What are protective tariffs, internal improvements, and a National Bank?
500
formed in Montgomery, Alabama in February, 1861 under the executive leadership of Jefferson Davis
What is the Confederate States of America?
500
led to the end of the Populist party
What is the Election of 1896 and victory of the Republican Party?
500
Legislation designed to break up business that operates in restraint of interstate commerce or trade?
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?