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| How long did the Era of Good Feelings last? |
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| Why is the Era of Good Feelings titled so? |
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| -absence of political strife (decline in Federalist party) -nationalism. -economic growth & development. -post-war of 1812 euphoria |
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| Who was the last of the Revolutionary leaders? |
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| What was the Virginia dynasty? |
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| 4 out of the 5 first presidents hailed from VA and had served 2 terms. |
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| What was the Tariff of 1816? What did it protect? |
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| the first protective tariff in US history. American businesses. |
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| What did Henry Clay want for the economy? |
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| -internal improvements, building roads, canals, etc. -sectional economic trade. -stable currency. |
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| What caused the Panic of 1819 and why? |
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| Cotton overproduction. Most profitable sector of the economy, affected the nat'l economy. Ripple effect. |
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| Fletcher v. Peck was what year? What did it establish? |
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| 1810. Est. judicial review on laws passed by STATES |
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| Dartmouth College v. Woodward was what year? The ruling? |
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| 1819. States cannot interfere with a contract/charter. |
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| McCulloch v. Maryland was what year? The ruling? |
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| 1819. It was unconstitutional for a state to tax a federal bank. |
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| Gibbons v. Ogden was what year? The ruling? |
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| Only that nat'l gov't can regulate interstate/int'l trade. |
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| Reasons for western settlement? |
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| -Acquisition of N. Amer. lands. -Economic pressures and opportunities. -Improved transportation. -Irish and German immigrants. |
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| What was the Missouri Compromise? |
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| didn't know whether or not to make Missouri a free state or a slave state. Made Missouri slave state, Maine free state to balance it out. Everything north of Missouri was free, everything south was a slave state. |
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| The Rush-Bagot Agreement and the Treaty of 1819 defined what? |
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| Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine? What does it entail? |
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| John Quincy Adams. It tells European nations to stay out of the Western hemisphere. |
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| Pros/cons of the cotton gin? |
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| It improves/jumpstarts the economy, but perpetuates slavery. |
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| Causes of the Industrial Revolution? |
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| -Favorable gov't policy. -Immigration; abundant labor. -New technology. -Money was abundant. -War of 1812, realized we needed to make our own stuff. |
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| Main purposes of third parties? |
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| -Spoiler > keep others from winning. -Issues get absorbed by larger parties. |
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| Rise of the common man happened during whose presidency? |
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| Andrew Jackson. Jacksonian Democracy. |
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| The "Favorite Son" election was between who? |
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| What was the corrupt bargain? |
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| Clay dropped out of the presidential race; told his voteres to vote for Adams. Adams won & appoints Clay as Sec. of State... at the time, Sec. of State was the stepping stone to presidency. |
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| Accomplishments during Quincy Adams' presidency? |
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| Internal improvements, aid to manufacturing, nat'l university, astronomical observatory. |
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| Tariff of 1828? who passed it? Who hated it and what did they call it? |
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| Quincy Adams. The southerners, Tariff of Abominations |
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| The Indian Removal Act was in what year? Why did they want Indians to be removed? |
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| 1830; there was gold in north Georgia and they were on the land. |
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| The Force Bill authorizes Jackson to use what? |
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| Who was William Lloyd Garrison? |
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| major abolitionist, most radical, founded American Anti-Slavery Society, felt that slaves should have immediate and uncompensated emancipation. Lyceum lectures. |
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| Led the Underground Railroad. the "Moses of her people". Network of safehouses to get to freedom in Canada. |
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| Advocate for public school. Believed that gov't should provide quality education & begin training teachers. wanted longer school year. |
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| Two important Transcendentalists? |
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| Two important Transcendentalist works? |
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| Moby Dick, The Scarlet Letter |
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| Who were the most active in the temperance movement and why? |
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| Women, they were the biggest victims of alcohol abuse |
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| Thomas Galludet was an advocate for? |
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| idea that women stayed at home and men went out and worked |
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| When was the Seneca Falls Convention? What major document was produced? |
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| 1848. Declaration of Sentiments. |
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| violent, black abolitionist |
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