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01/11/2010

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who founded Rhode Island and established the principle of freedom of religion in America?
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Roger Williams
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The victory at Saratoga was important because it…?
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Brought France into the war as a formal American ally and partner.
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The Englishman who developed the tobacco culture in Virginia was…?
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John Rolfe
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The key turning point of the American Revolution occurred at…?
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Saratoga
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Followers and believers in the doctrines of Jean Calvin were…?
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Puritans
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Laws passed by parliament to regulate and restrain trade in the colonies?
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Navigation Acts
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The English haven for persecuted Catholics was…?
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Maryland
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What widespread movement swept the colonies and liberalized religion with class divisions?
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The Great Awakening
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The nature of the Articles of Confederation was designed by the revolutionary leaders to be a…?
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a decentralized government with limited powers
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The concept of republican motherhood included ALL of the following EXCEPT voting, political education, participation, protector of virtue, and _______________.
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Voting
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British colonial economic policy was guided by…?
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Mercantilism
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Who was the very effective, powerful and intelligent leader of Massachusetts Bay?
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John Winthrop
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The first act of violence in the coming Revolution between Great Britain and the American colonies was the…?
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Boston Massacre
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The first two military conflicts of the revolutionary war took place at…?
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Lexington and Concord
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The Federalist Papers were published to…?
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Propagandize for the constitution in New York
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The Articles of Confederation denied the national government the power to regulate commerce or…?
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tax
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The “Great Compromise” resolved the difference between the New Jersey and Virginia plan principally through a use of…?
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A bicameral legislature
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One of the major outcomes of Shay’s Rebellion was that it helped convince many states that…?
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A stronger and more stable government was necessary.
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The single more serious violent outbreak between the British and the Native Americans was the…?
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Pontiac’s Rebellion
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Who settled the colony of Georgia for the English?
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James Oglethorpe
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1785 and 1787 had the effect of…?
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Developing procedures for creating new states
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What historical document emerged in January of 1776 as a call to arms for the colonials?
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Common Sense
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Mercantilism was the geographic foundation of…?
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Triangular trade system
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Alexander Hamilton’s famous economic plan he hoped would strengthen the economy included ALL EXCEPT: provisions for a national tariff, ,provisions for a national bank, assumption of the stats debts, funding the national debt, repudiation (rejection/refusal) of revenue sharing.
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Repudiation (rejection/refusal) of revenue sharing
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1785&1787
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developed procedures for creating new states
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Shay's Rebellion
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convinced many states that strong federal government was needed
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The Great Compromise
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compromise the Virgina and New Jersey plans by creating a bicameral leg
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Alexander Hamilton and his economic plan
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included provisions for a national tarriff, provisions for a national bank, assumption of the state debts, and funding the national debt
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George Washington and his farwell address
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he warned about political parties and having allies
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Revolution of 1800
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Thomas Jefferson won the presidential election, called it a revolution because America was returning to the original idea and values during the American revolution
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Louisiana Purchase
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Robert Livingston and James Monre went to Paris to get as much land for 10 million, signed a treaty in 1830 giving Louisiana to America for 15 million
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Aaron Burr
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dropped from Jackson's cabinet then joined a group of extreme Federalists who plotted the seclusion of New England and New York; Alexander Hamilton uncovered the plot. Burr
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Sacajawea
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a Shoshoni Indian that helped Lewis and Clark explore part of the Louisiana Purchase, and translated for them
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War Hawks
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They were Democratic-Republicans who supported the war and felt that the country had to assert American rights to the world. They wanted to invade Canada, the Indians' stronghold, because the Indians were being armed by the British to attack the settlers
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The American System
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plan for profitable home market, included a strong banking system, to provide easy and abundant credit, a protective tariff, behind which eastern manufacturing would flourish and a network of roads and canals.
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Marbury vs. Madison
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James Madison, the new secretary of state, had cut judge Marbury's salary; Marbury sued James Madison for his pay; Marbury ended up getting his pay but the decision showed that the Supreme Court had the final authority in determining the meaning of the Constitution.
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Hartford Convention
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complained about the war of 1812, demanded financial assistance from Washington to compensate for lost trade from embargos, new states admitted, or war declared, the abolition of slavery, that a President could only serve 1 term, 
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Fletcher vs. Peck
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Georgia legislature granted 35 million acres to private speculators; the next legislature cancelled the bribery-induced transaction. John Marshall let the state give the acres to the private speculators calling it a contract and constitutional. The decision protected property rights against popular pressures.
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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involved an attempt by the state of Maryland to destroy a branch of the Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on the Bank's notes. John Marshall declared the U.S. Bank constitutional by invoking the Hamiltonian doctrine of implied powers. He strengthened federal authority and slapped at state infringements when he denied the right of Maryland to tax the Bank.
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Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
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Dartmouth College was given a charter by King George III but New Hampshire wanted to take it away. John Marshall ruled in favor of the college.
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Missouri Compromise
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Congress forbade slavery in the remaining territories in the Louisiana Territory north of the line of 36° 30', except for Missouri.
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Eli Whitney
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built the first cotton gin in 1793, came up with the idea of machines making each part of the musket so that every part of the musket would be the same. The principle of interchangeable parts caught on by 1850 and it became the basis for mass-production.
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the development of cotton in the South
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Because of the cotton gin, the South's production of cotton greatly increased and the demand for cotton revived the demand for slavery, The South controlled Britain because 75% of Britain's cotton came from the South.
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cotton gin
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The cotton gin was much more effective at separating the cotton seed from the cotton fiber than using slaves. It affected not only America, but the rest of the world.
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Bank of the United States
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The Bank of the United States was a private institution, accountable not to the people, but to its elite circle of investors.
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Nicholas Biddle
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the president of the Bank of the United States, held an immense and possibly unconstitutional amount of power over the nation's financial affairs, went against Andrew Jackson in the bank war
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Tariff of 1828 and its effects
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called the "Black Tariff" or the "Tariff of Abominations"; also called the "Yankee Tariff". It was hated by Southerners because it was an extremely high tariff and they felt it discriminated against them. The South was having economic struggles and the tariff was a scapegoat.
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Martin van Buren
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Martin Van Buren was Andrew Jackson's choice as his successor in the election of 1836.
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spoils system
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When the Democrats rose to power in the White House, they replaced most of the people in offices with their own people (the common man). These people were illiterate and incompetent. This system of rewarding political supporters with jobs in the government was known as the "spoils system."
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Mormonism
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Joseph Smith- formed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in 1830 when he deciphered the Book of Mormon from some golden plates given to him by an angel; led the Mormons to Illinois. After Joseph Smith was killed 1844, Brigham Young led the Mormons to Utah to avoid persecution.
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South Carolina Exposition
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made by John C. Calhoun, was published in 1828. It was a pamphlet that denounced the Tariff of 1828 as unjust and unconstitutional.
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Whig party
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Whigs were conservatives who supported government programs, reforms, and public schools. They called for internal improvements like canals, railroads, and telegraph lines. The Whigs claimed to be defenders of the common man and declared the Democrats the party of corruption. They supported the natural harmony of society and the value of community. They favored a renewed national bank, protective tariffs, internal improvements, public schools, and moral reforms, such as the prohibition of liquor and the abolition of slavery.
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“corrupt bargain”-
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were 4 main "Republican" candidates in the election of 1824: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, and Henry Clay. No candidate won the majority of the electoral votes, so, according to the Constitution, the House of Representatives had to choose the winner. Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, was thus eliminated although he did have much say in who became president. Clay convinced the House to elect John Quincy Adams as president. Adams agreed to make Clay the Secretary of State for getting him into office. Much of the public felt that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place because Andrew Jackson had received the popular vote.
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Transcendentalism
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The transcendentalists rejected the theory that all knowledge comes to the mind through the senses. Truth, rather, transcends the senses and can't be found just by observation. Associated traits included self-reliance, self-culture, and self-discipline.
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Seneca Fall Convention
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Feminists met at Seneca Falls, New York in a Woman's Rights Convention in 1848 to rewrite the Declaration of Independence to include women.
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Frederick Douglass
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widely for abolitionism; looked to politics to end slavery.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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wrote a militantly anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator; publicly burned a copy of the Constitution
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Manifest Destiny
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In the 1840s and 1850s, many Americans felt that God had "manifestly" destined the American people to spread their democratic institutions over the entire continent and over South America as well. Democrats strongly supported the idea of Manifest Destiny.
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John L. O’Sullivan-
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used the term "Manifest Destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States
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Sam Houston
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commander in chief for Texas
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James K. Polk
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James K. Polk was the Speaker of the House of Representatives for four years and governor of Tennessee for two terms, ran for president in the Democratic Party in 1844 against Henry Clay. He had 4 main goals in his presidency..
o 1. A lower tariff. Robert J. Walker- Secretary of Treasury to James Polk; devised the Walker Tariff of 1846, a tariff-for-revenue bill that reduced the rates of the Tariff of 1842 from 32% to 25%.
o 2. The second goal of Polk was to restore the independent treasury, which the Whigs dropped in 1841 because the Whigs won the presidency.
o 3./4. The third and fourth goals of Polk were the acquisition of California and the settlement of the Oregon dispute without violence. Britain presented Polk with the Oregon Country up to 490. The offer was approved and a reasonable compromise was reached without a shot fired.
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Texas and its annexation
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The Texans wanted to become a state in the United States but the northerners did not want them to because of the issue of slavery. Admitting Texas would mean one more slave state. Texas became a leading issue in the presidential campaign of 1844. The Democrats were pro-expansion and were for annexing Texas. President Tyler signed a resolution in 1845 that invited Texas to become the 28th state in America
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Winfield S. Scott
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succeeded in battling his way up to Mexico City by September 1847; 1st choice of President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union army in the Civil War, candidate for presidency in the Whig party in election of 1852
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Wilmot Proviso
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one of the major events leading to the Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future
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the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave Texas to America and yielded the area stretching westward to Oregon and the ocean, including California, for a cost of $15 million.
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Free Soil Party
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- It was formed by antislavery men of the North, who didn't trust Cass or Taylor. They supported federal aid for internal improvements. They argued that with slavery, wage labor would wither away and with it, the chance for the American worker to own property.
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Compromise of 1850
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- California was admitted as a free state and the territories of New Mexico and Utah were open to slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty. Thus, the Senate was unbalanced in favor of the North.
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fire-eaters
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group of extremist pro-slavery politicians from the South who urged the separation of southern states into a new nation, which became known as the Confederate States of America.
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Gadsden Purchase
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an area of Mexico from Santa Anna for which the transcontinental railroad would pass. Gadsden negotiated a treaty in 1853 and the Gadsden Purchase area was ceded to the United States for $10 million.
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Know-Nothing Party
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was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries
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tarrif of 1828 and its effects
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the north liked it because it protected them from foreign competition, southerners did not because it increased the cost of almost everything they bought
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