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12/07/2012

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Clay's American System
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Wanted to reestablish the Bank Of The United States. Pass the 24 tariff, and expand internal improvements (Roads and Bridges). Did not pass due to the road he wanted to build through his home state of Kentucky.
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Adams Deonis Treaty
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America gains Florida from Spain, America gives up Oregon territory, and U.S. gave up all claims that TX was apart of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Missouri Compromise
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Missouri becomes a salve state and Main becomes free. This keeps the county half and half. Made everything below the 36th parallel a slave state, Jefferson said, "We have the wolf by the ear"
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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The state of Maryland tried to tax the National Bank. This case made the taxation of federally owned institutions illegal. McCulloch said, "to tax is to destroy"
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Monore Doctorine
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Many European countries waged war whenever democracy was seen as rising different countries. "The United States will leave the Old World alone if the Old World leaves the United States alone. The American COntinent is no longer open the European colonization." Any attempt for the European Government to extend to out hemisphere will be seen as dangerous to our pence and safety. This caused Great Britain to leave the pact, with the possibilities of new trade.
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Corrupt Bargain
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Occurred in the Election f 1824. Andrew Jackson had more electoral votes than John Quincy Adams. But Jackson still did not have the majority vote. Therefore the election went to the House to be decided. John C. Calhoun told Adams, if Adams made him secretary of state, then he would win him the presidency. Adams won and John C. Calhoun became secretary of state.
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Jackson's Political Philosophy
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A political philosophy much like Jefferson's. Despised the National Bank, believed in the people ruling. Was considered to be a Democratic- Republican.
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Nullification
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States have the right to veto laws that they deem unconstitutional. This was claimed by the Southern states.
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Eaton Affair***
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Also known as Peggy O'Neal Affair, and Petticoat War. Everyone in Jackson's cabinet resigns due to drama between the wives of the cabinet members. The only one who doesn't resign is Van Buren up for Jackson's approval in elections to come. Plus he wasn't married so he didn't have drama to deal with.
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Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia
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Supreme Court rules that the Cherokee Nation has a right to their land for upholding the treaty.
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Indian Removal Act 1830
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Jackson's way of navigating around the supreme court ruling of Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia. It relocates more than 12,000 Indians west of the Mississippi to reservations. The path in which the Indians traveled became knowns as the "trail of tears"
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Nicholas Biddle
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Controlled the bank of the US. with 7 years left on the banks charter, they wanted to re-charter in order to push out Jackson. Jackson vetoed the re-charter, and instead f being despised like Biddle expected, Jackson became a hero.
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Anti- Masonic Parties
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The first 3rd party in American Political life. and the first to hold a nominating convention and revealed real issues more clearly than the two major parties. Movement began in upstate New York. Expressed popular resentments against the elitist masonic order and other secret societies. Reflected tensions over commercialization as new groups viewed with old families for political power.
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Pet Banks
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The resulting banks from the de-assembling of the Bank of the US, the money was re-distributed amongst state owned banks, which gave loans to any one and every one. Their actions dried up federal funds.
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Whig Party
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Strictly an Anti- Jackson party, which consisted of southern democrats, clays republican party, and anti-masons, the only two similarities between these parties was the re-charter of the national bank and they hated Jackson.
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Manifest Destiny
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The popular belief that Americans had the right to move to the western portion of the continent.
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Immigration to Texas
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Stephen F. Austin brought the first colonist to Jones point which was 15 miles inland. The colony did not experience much trouble with Indians, but the colonist were required to sign alliances to Mexico and convert to Catholicism.
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Alamo
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Texans fortified an old Spanish mission, Santa Ana's army siege the mission. Killed all the men inside. The significance is shown with the brutality of the Alamo, in sighted many Texans to join the fight with Sam Houston.
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Victory of San Jacinto
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Sam Houston's army defeats Santa Ana. Santa Ana is captured, a treaty is signed for the sparing of Santa Ana's life. It recognized Texas' independence. The defeat was a swift victory, the army was caught off guard and asleep.
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Slavery in the south
Definition
Slavery had grown with the invention of the Cotton Gin, by 1860 the slave population in the U.S had grown to 4.5 million, and was very lucrative to the south's economy. 1/4 of the southern population owned slaves.
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Cotton and the Southern Economy
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This supplied 3/4's of the world's supply for cotton. The demand for cotton in the 1800's was comparable to the demand for oil today. Slaves were a lucrative part of the cheap and easy production of cotton
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Denmark Vesey
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A salve who tried to start insurrection but was eventually turned in by fellow slaves.
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Nat Turner
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A self proclaimed slave preacher, who started an insurrection, killed his owner. During the insurrection 50 wives were killed. This insurrection was blamed on northern abolitionist.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Biggest abolitionist believed in immediate and total abolition. Looked at morality not economics. Teamed up with Fredrick douglas and was tarred and feathered three times.
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Fredrick Douglas
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Was a self education slave. His major representation in the abolishment of slavery was that he broke the mold that whites were superior to blacks when it came to intelligence.
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Sojourner Truth
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One of the first to call for woman's rights and abolition of slavery, claimed she ha a direct to God.
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Grimke Sisters
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Daughters of a southern salve holder, these women told about the brutality of slavery.
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Underground Railroad
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a trail to freedom, placed together by preachers, and abolitionist. Guides traveled with you. Harriet Tubman made 18 trips to the south in order to free thousands of slaves.
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Texas Annexation
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Originally denied by Martin Van Buren, TX was annexed trough John Tyler in a back door fashion during a lame duck period. Trouble was caused through Texas being a slave state.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Mexico recognized the Texas border as the Rio Grande, and gave up all claims of Texas. Then Mexico gave us California and we paid them 15 million.
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Wilmont Provisio
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to outlaw slavery in any new territory received from Mexico.
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Popular Sovereignty
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Champion by Stephen Douglas, said let the people of the territory decide.
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Compromise of 1850
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California enters as a free state. salve trade is abolished in Washington D.C. New Mexico and Utah are organized as separate territories with no slavery. Texas is paid 10 million to give up any claims on New Mexico Territory. This led to the Federal Salve Law 1850****
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Fugitive slave law of 1850
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A run away was denied trail by jury, and the trial was decide by a judge. If a judge let a salve go he would receive $5 if the judge sent a slave back he received $10. No matter how long a slave had run away they must be sent back. $1,000 fine to help a run away.
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Gadsen Purchase
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Wanted to build a transcontinental rail road, and mexico charged the U.S. $10 million for a small piece of land.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Written by Harriet Becher Stow. Sold 300,000 copies in the north in the first year. Convinced the north that slavery in the south was evil.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed new settling territory's to be determined by popular sovereignty. The constant battle for pro and anti slavery votes led to a miniature civil war in Kansas. Lawhon believes to be start of the civil war.
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Charles Summner
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Massachusetts Senator who has very strong anti-slavery views. God his ass whooped by Preston Brooks with a cane, on the senate floor.
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Dred Scott
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An educated slave, who tried to sue for his freedom, the supreme court whould not hear the case, since he was not property and not a citizen, but did say that. "since the constitution protects slavery, there is no such thing as free soil." Meaning a slave owner can take that slave into freed states, w/o the slave becoming free.
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John Brown
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An abolitionist who seized a weapons arsenal in Harpengferry, Virginia and caused a salve uprising. Marines come and take back arsenal, Custard and Lee. Brown was tried for treason and hung. This made him a martyr for abolitionist.
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South Carolina Succession
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First state of the confederacy to secede, they demand the surrender of Fort Sumter.
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Crittenden Compromise
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This compromise called for the 13th amendment, stating that congress could not abolish slavery, and extending the Missouri Compromise's 36th parallel to the Pacific Ocean, cutting the country directly in half. This was not accepted by congress.
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Fort Sumter
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Lincoln instigates the battle by sending Aid to Fort Sumner, despite the urges of South Carolina to act otherwise. This forced the south to fire the first shot, and kicked off the Civil War.
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North Advantages
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North had most advantages, besides good generals and fighting and offensive war. Population!!!
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Abe Lincoln
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President of the United States during the Civil War, wrote the emancipation proclamation. His main goal in the Civil War was not to abolish slavery, it was to preserve the Union.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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This was an executive order given by Abe Lincoln, it gave the union something to fight for and boosted the morale of the men.
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Blacks in the union army
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Little of them. 54th regimen by show. Racism.
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Anaconda Strategy
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The North's plan to blockage the Eastern Sea Board, blockade the southern coast, take the Ohio River, and the Mississippi River. This would in close the south so the Northern army could press inward. Anaconda came from the way in which Anacondas trap and kill their pray.
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the Confederate states. West Point grad. and fought for the Mexican-American war. Was against succession, but did believe that the states had the right to leave the Union if they so pleased.
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Confederate Finances
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Money was backed on Cotton, the need for cotton then was equivalent for our modern need for oil. But do to England's stock pile and creation of cotton plantations the south soon became very poor.
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Battle of Bull Run
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Also known as the Battle of Manassas, this battle was fought close to Washington D.C. This is when the north realized that war would not be a swift victory.
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Monitor & Merrimack
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Two armored war ships, one was for the south and the other one was the north's, this significance is shown through the advancement of wartime technology.
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Battle of Shiloh
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bloodiest battle up until this point. 20,000 die, horrified the nation.
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Battle of Antietam
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Bloodiest single day of war.
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Major turning point in the way that let to the North's victory. Most popular battle. Lee's last chance.
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Pickett's Charge
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Lee's deferment: hit cemetery hill ridge with everything they have. All open field.
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Sherman's March
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The first sign of total war seen in the civil war, Sherman's army marched though the south burning down cities. THis caused a lot of hate towards the north for years to come.
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Appomattox
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The final engagement between northern and southern troops.
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John Wilks Booth
Definition
Assasignated President Lincoln in Fords theater after the Civil War.
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