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Test 3 - Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 19
Information from American Studies reading assignments (chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 19).
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09/18/2012

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Americans grouped themselves according to:
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Race, religion, sex, class, ethnicity, and degree of personal freedom.
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Geographical factors such as ___ divided Americans.
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Climate, access to markets.
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In 1790, 4 million people lived in America. What percentage lived in New England?
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25% or 1/4.
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How was New England atypical?
Definition
Shut itself off from outsiders, limited population diversity, no cash crops, family and friends worked on farms instead of servants.
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What factors contributed to New England's limited population diversity?
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Geography and mostly uniform religious beliefs.
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Who was the first woman to argue publicly in favor of women's equal education?
Definition
Judith Murray.
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Which state was the first to take steps toward equal education for women?
Definition
Massachusetts.
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Which states were in the Mid-Atlantic region?
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
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Which region was the most ethnically and religiously diverse?
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Mid-Atlantic.
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Define 'pietists'.
Definition
They stressed personal piety over theological doctrine.
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Which region was the nation's first 'breadbasket'?
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Mid-Atlantic.
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Who made up the dependent class?
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Women, slaves, children, servants, people who didn't own property.
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Who made up "body politic"?
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Free land-owning black men, land-owning white men, land-owning women in New York.
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In the phrase "WASP property owning males", what does the acronym WASP stand for?
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White Anglo Saxon Protestants.
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Articles of Confederation's strengths:
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Northwest Ordinance, not tyrannical, post offices, won the war, negotiated treaties.
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Articles of Confederation's weaknesses:
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9/13 states to pass laws, no standing army, no central bank, no coercive power, 13/13 states to amend, no executive or judicial branches, no leader, only one vote per state.
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3 main reasons the Articles were changed:
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Shay's Rebellion, Depression, Jay-Gardoqui Treaty
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What was hard currency called?
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Specie.
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What are factions?
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A group of people who don't need government approval to organize. Ex.) PETA, KKK, Boyscouts, Baptists
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What were the two ways to deal with factions?
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Control its effects by letting them thrive until no one group had a chance to gain power, remove its causes.
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What were the two ways to control factions' causes?
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Destroy their liberty or give everyone the same opinion.
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What mode of transportation will eventually become the #1 way to get in to the West?
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Steamboats.
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What was the highest man-made point west of the Mississippi until the 1800s?
Definition
St. Louis Cathedral.
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Who gets the fame for the American System?
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Henry Clay.
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What is the American System?
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1. Federally funded internal improvements (railroads, canals, roads, etc.)
2. Tariffs
3. Central Bank
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What is a tariff?
Definition
Makes incoming goods more expensive.
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What happens in the case of Marbury v. Madison?
Definition
Court gets judicial review.
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What was the Missouri Compromise?
Definition
No slave states above the 3630 line.
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