1.
Who send the military force to Tippecanoe where the American military proved that they could defeat Tecumseh confederation resulting this person becoming a house hold name
Correct Answer
C. William Henry Harrison
2.
Former slave who became the most famous conductor on the underground railroad, aiding some 300 slaves out of the South and to freedom
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A. Harriet Tubman
3.
Leads military force against the Battle of New Orleans, becoming known as the Hero of the Port of New Orleans
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B. Andrew Jackson
4.
Known as "A Common Man" someone who can rise up and become a leader
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D. Andrew Jackson
5.
The northerner who invented the cotton gin in 1793, thereby revolutionizing the southern economy and giving slavery a new life in the South
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D. Eli Whitney
6.
Massachusetts leader in educational reform who sought to strengthen public schools by introducing graded schools, uniform curricula, and teacher training
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B. Horace Mann
7.
The runaway slave who became a famous abolitionist speaker, author, and publisher of his own newspaper
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A. Frederick Douglass
8.
Who was the publisher of the North Star?
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A. Frederick Douglass
9.
Believed Americans were so successful at taking land because Indians weren't presenting union front to settlers, then formed a confederacy of different Indian tribes in West/North West and was very successful in launching attacks against settlers but was defeated by William Henry Harrison
Correct Answer
A. Tecumseh
10.
Leading advocate of a paternalistic sociological defense of slavery who argued the blacks needed the guidance, restraint, and protection of white masters, and who compared the treatment of southern slaves favorably to that of free blacks and whites working in northern factories & He argued that "the negro is but a grown up child" who needs the economic and social protections of slavery.
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A. George Fitzhugh
11.
was an African-American orator, minister, and abolitionist who had escaped at the age of 19 from slavery in Maryland. Founded a black missionary society focused on Africa. He was also an abolitionist leader of the National Negro Convention movement.
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B. J.W.C. Pennington
12.
The Liberator
Most well-known of white abolitionist
Stories, criticism of system of slavery
Enchanted people to take action
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A. William Lloyd Garrison
13.
I. Very well planned rebellion
II. 1000 slaves behind his plan
III. Plan to rebel and march to state of capital and kidnap the governor
IV. Plan never got off the ground
V. He was rated out
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D. Gabriel Prosser
14.
Educated free black from South Carolina who won the lottery and purchased his own freedom and planned a rebellion to murder every single white in the south but was rated out.
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A. Denmark Vesey
15.
I. Virginia
II. Plan got off the ground
III. 70 slaves went plantation to plantation and killed 60 children, men and women all whites
IV. It caused people become alarmed in the south
V. Eventually was found and hung
Correct Answer
C. Nat Turner
16.
I. was a South Carolina author noted for a book published as her Civil War diary
II. a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death struggle
III. She described the war from within her upper-class circles of Southern planter society, but encompassed all classes in her book
IV. She was married to a lawyer who served as a United States senator and Confederate officer.
V. She was an eyewitness to many historic events as she accompanied her husband to significant sites of the Civil War
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C. Mary Boykin Chestnut
17.
Delegates from New England met
I. Held secret meetings
II. They purposed to amend the constitution (states right) to allow states to enforce laws
III. RUMOR of sensation New England succeeding from the United States
IV. Nothing really became of the convention to many Americans after the war The federalists are going to look very disloyal, to consider those actions while we are at war
Correct Answer
D. Hartford Convention
18.
I. a landmark United States Supreme Court decision
II. The first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional
III. the decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts, and hinted that Native Americans did not hold title to their own lands
Correct Answer
A. Fletcher v. Peck
19.
Judicial review
I. Idea that the Supreme Court can declare an act of congress to be unconstitutional
Correct Answer
A. Marbury v. Madison
20.
Demilitarized Great Lakes area; reduce tensions
I. Dealt with amount of Naval war ships that were allowed to have on Great Lakes
II. It reduced tensions
III. Strict limits on American and British Canada war ships
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A. Rush-Bagon Agreement
21.
I. he was not noted for charisma or charm (except when dealing with women and children)
II. became a leader of the "War Hawks," along with Speaker Henry Clay They disregarded European complexities in the wars between Napoleon and Britain, and brushed aside the vehement objections of New Englanders; they demanded war against Britain to preserve American honor and republican values
III. originally was a candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1824. After failing to win the endorsement of the South Carolina legislature, he decided to be a candidate for Vice President. Although no presidential candidate received a majority in the Electoral College and the election was ultimately resolved by the House of Representatives, the Electoral College elected ? vice president by a landslide
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A. John C. Calhoun
22.
Chief Justice
I. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches.
II. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.
III. The longest-serving Chief Justice and the fourth longest-serving justice in US Supreme Court history, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a significant role in the development of the American legal system.
IV. Most notably, he reinforced the principle that federal courts are obligated to exercise judicial review, by disregarding purported laws if they violate the Constitution. Thus, Marshall cemented the position of the American judiciary as an independent and influential branch of government.
Correct Answer
A. John Marshall
23.
I. War Hawk
II. Election 1824
III. Speaker of the house
IV. In 1824 he ran for president and lost, but threw his electoral votes to John Quincy Adams, who made him secretary of state as the Jacksonians denounced what they considered a "corrupt bargain."
V. The American System
VI. Advocated American System-going to be series of internal improvement (roads, bridges & canals) to make it easier for farmers and people
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B. Henry Clay
24.
France resumes control of Louisiana; Overture made to France to buy New Orleans; Napoleon offers all of Louisiana; Lewis and Clark expedition
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A. Louisiana Purchase
25.
Set SW boundary of Louisiana Purchase and southern border of Oregon Territory at 42nd parallel
I. Spain gave Florida to US
II. In return the boundary was set of Louisiana ended and Spanish Mexico started
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D. Adams-Onis Treaty
26.
Pioneer mill in Massachusetts founded by Francis Cabot Lowell and the Boston Associates were brought together under one roof—the factory system of production
-Female textile employees at Lowell mill who were single, young, and from New England’s rural middle class, and who lived in chaperoned boardinghouses under strict rules of conduct
I. Interchangeable parts/identical
II. Textile mills cotton turn to thread-than fabric
III. Young girls working at textile mill
IV. First time girls working outside of home
V. There was a labor shortage which resulted in competition for young women to wok
VI. Enticement programs (Lowell system) - Started offering perks/benefits
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A. Lowell Mill
27.
Enticement programs Started offering perks/benefits
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C. Lowell system
28.
Closed Western hemisphere to further European colonization; US to stay out of European affairs
I. Promised Unless the US interests were involved that US would NOT get involved with European business/affairs
II. The American continent closed to further European colonization
If any European country tried new colonization in Western Hem. US would view it as “unfriendly act
Correct Answer
B. Monroe Doctrine
29.
England & US have one last conflict, hadn’t heard the news of peace treaty signed
I. Large force of British force met smaller force of Americans
II. British was trying to gain control of the Port of New Orleans (take from US force)
III. American military lead by Andrew Jackson
IV. Pointless victory many died
V. Victory at New Orleans lead to perception that America had won the war of 1812 even though that victory took place after war
VI. Andrew Jackson became known as the hero of the Battle of New Orleans
Correct Answer
A. Port of New Orleans
30.
With the federalist not in the picture everything becomes one party
I. Only one political party-Democrat Republican Party (adopt Federalist ideas)
II. Economy does pretty well in United States
III. At peace with other nations
Correct Answer
A. Era of Good Feelings
31.
Expanded power of national government and limited states’ power
I. State banks were hurt
II. Maryland decided to put a tax on National banks activities (transactions, buildings)
III. It was an attempt to basically punish the National Bank for taking money out of the State Bank
IV. John Marshall said that states could not do that, they could not tax something of the National government
V. In this court course John Marshall makes the statement that “the power to tax is the power to destroy”
VI. The National government had the constitutional power to operate a national bank and in taxing it Maryland was attempting to interfere in that power
VII. In essence this decision was to extend that principle of judicial review that had been established in Marbury V. Madison, extend that to include State actions, the supreme court had the power to determine if the actions of a state were constitutional or not and in this case they are saying that Maryland actions the taxation was not constitutional
Correct Answer
A. McCulloch v. Maryland
32.
I. 22 States
II. 11 free states (no slaves)
III. 11 salve states
IV. 1820 territory of Missouri wanted to become a slave state, but it upset the balance
V. Big debate on whether to let them become a slave state or not
VI. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
Correct Answer
A. Missouri Compromise
33.
I. Band all exports from the US (nothing would leave the US)
II. Not going to trade with any country
III. The idea was that Europe (including England & France) were so dependent on the US goods that they would respect US’s neutral rights, or other European nations would put pressure on them to start respecting US’s neutral rights
IV. Did not happen because Europe was not that dependent on the US
Correct Answer
A. Embargo Act
34.
Ends war, signed on Dec 24th 1814—doesn’t say anything about the impressment issue
I. Restored the “status quo antebellum” restored the situation as it had been before the war, no big changes as a result of the war
II. From here on US and England are going to be allies/friends
III. Agreed to talk about differences they had at a later time (Great Lakes, navigation on the Great Lakes, boundary issues)
IV. War was very dangerous and costly, didn’t gain anything, BUT many American people viewed it as a big victory for the US, for better or for worse US had stood up to the greatest military power in the world, didn’t win but didn’t lose either
Correct Answer
A. The Peace of Ghent