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| stated that the right to own slaves was entirely constitutional, and denying that right to anyone would result in national division; strong opposer of the Tariff of 1828 |
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| the Tariff of 1828 was also called this |
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| Tariff of 1828; South Carolina |
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| tariff that caused the price of European imported products to rise; resulted in attempted nullification by this state |
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| from 1836-1845 this state was its own republic |
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| purchased from Spain during the Monroe Administration |
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| treaty that officialized US's purchase of Florida from Spain |
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| the US tried to invade this during the MEXICAN WAR |
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| States Placed Under Radical Reconstruction |
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| Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia |
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| as part of the MISSOURI COMPROMISE this was admitted as a FREE STATE |
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| state where Fort Sumter is located |
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| the first shots of the CIVIL WAR were fired here |
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| city and state that hosted the only Civil War battle in a free state |
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| Slave States That Did Not Secede |
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| Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia |
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| where General Sherman led his famous March to the Sea during the Civil War |
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| this state became a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850 |
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| two states that were open to slavery by popular sovereignty as a result of the KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT |
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| seceded from the Confederacy in order to join the Union in 1863 |
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| one state where the ancestral home of the Cherokee Indians was located, prior to the Indian Removal Act |
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| States Acquired as a Result of the Mexican War |
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| California, New Mexico, Utah, generally the Midwest |
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| the Erie Canal ran through this state |
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| serves as a border between Mexico and TEXAS |
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| where the OREGON TRAIL ended |
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| era of American history characterized by lack of war/conflict/political division |
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| composed the Missouri Compromise; also sponsored the Tariff of 1816, which created the American System; involved in the "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824 |
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| spirit of patriotism and nationality |
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| plant that, in 1816, raised tariffs in order to support the building of public transportation systems, especially in the West |
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| Supreme Court ruling delivered by John Marshall; set a precedent for LAISSEZ-FAIRE economics |
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| stated, in short, that colonization of the Americas was over |
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| established boundary line that designated which states could legalize slavery and which states could not |
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| two states admitted to the Union as part of the Missouri Compromise |
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| tax on foreign goods upon importation |
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| Industrial Northern United States |
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| region of the US that favored high tariffs in the early 1800s |
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| Agricultural Southern United States |
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| region of the US that disliked high tariffs because they made foreign imported goods enitrely too expensive |
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| "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824 |
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| nickname coined by Andrew Jackson for John Quincy Adams's election to office in 1824 |
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| cabinet position given to Henry Clay by John Quincy Adams, followed the latter's election in 1824 |
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| forced relocation of the Cherokee Indian tribe in 1838; result of the Indiand Removal Act of 1830; death of 4000 out of 15000 |
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| giving your dumbass friends positions of power; Andrew Jackson was notorious for this |
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| president who had to deal with the Panic of 1837; completed Jackson's murder of the Bank |
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| died 31 days into office, after contracting some disease while delivering his inauguration speech |
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| state voting laws that gradually dropped out of existence under the influence of Jacksonian Democracy |
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| party founded by Andrew Jackson; it's still in existence |
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| Why Andrew Jackson Disliked the Bank of the United States (5 reasons) |
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| concentrated too much of national revenue into a single place; made government vulnerable to foreign interests; made the rich richer; too much control over Congress; only favorable to Northern Industries |
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| How Andrew Jackson Killed the Bank of the United States |
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| he gradually drained all the money from it, causing it to dissipate |
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| representatives of Cherokee tribe pleaded, on the basis of this concept, that the Cherokee nation had a right to the land of their forefathers |
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| Supreme Court ruling that denied the state of Georgia the legal ability to remove Cherokee tribes; Jackson replied, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!" |
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| where the Industrial Revolution originated |
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| constructed a group of textile mills that utilized technology he observed in British mills; held as responsible for the spread of the Industrial Revolution to the US |
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| first American industry to be affected by the European Industrial Revolution |
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| those who hand-crafted various goods were superceded by this |
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| this section of the US economy was not hugely affected by the Industrial Revolution |
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| invented by Eli Whitney in 1793; resulted in increased demand for slaves |
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| located in New York; completed in 1825 for the purpose of significantly decreasing travel time |
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| formulated the concept of withdrawing labor until demands of workers are met (striking) |
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| occurred from 1800-1830s; influenced abolitionist, femininist, prison reform, and temperance movements; origin of the "camp meeting" |
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| inspired by the Second Great Awakening; attempt to cleanse society of alcohol and its pejorative effects |
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| prison reform activist who created the first generation of mental asyla (plural of asylum) |
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| education reformer who is credited with the creation of the public school system |
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| principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments; vied for not only women's suffrage but for female civil rights in general; organized SENECA FALLS CONVENTION (1848) |
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| abolitionist who supported the "separate spheres" social theory; did not support women's suffrage |
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| held in 1848; also known as the first Women's Rights Convention; organized by ELIZABETH CADY STANTON |
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| inspired by the Second Great Awakening; sought to eradicate all forms of slavery |
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| American Colonization Society |
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| organization that founded Liberia as a haven for freed blacks |
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| black reformer who was well-known for his philosophy of complete and utter equality of all mankind |
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| author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
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| novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe; relates events that were fictionalized but not uncommon in Southern slave states; informed Northerners of the atrocities of slavery |
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| abolitionist who helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society |
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| prominent figure within the Transcendentalist movement; wrote "Nature" and "Self-Reliance" |
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| Transcendentalist author who was influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson; wrote "Civil Disobedience" |
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| mid-19th century art movement that reflect American feelings of discovery, exploration, and settlement |
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| religious gathering, during which various participants attempted to gain spiritual awareness and to connect with god |
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| belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean |
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| orchestrated by President Tyler in 1845; bypassed the territorial stage |
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| Border Dispute Regarding the Rio Grande |
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| in office during the Mexican War |
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| power granted to the residents of a given area, with regards to how their land is governed (used in KANSAS and NEBRASKA followed the KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT) |
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| opposed Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860; orchestrated the Compromise of 1850 |
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| led a failed slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia |
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| white abolitionist who led a rebellion in Pottawatomie and Harper's Ferry, Virginia |
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| term that refers to the guerilla warfare that ensued following the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 |
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| claim to fame rests mostly on the severe kicking of his fat ass by Preston Brooks |
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| Supreme Court Justice who delivered the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling |
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| legally denied citizenship to anyone of the negro persuasion |
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| this caused California to apply for statehood, which in turn created contraversy as to whether it should be admitted as a free or slave state |
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| Compromise of 1850 (4 parts) |
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| California admitted as a free state; slave trade abolished in Washington D.C.; passing of Fugitive Slave Law; Texas given financial compensation for land lost to Mexico during border disputes |
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| Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 |
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| contradicted the Missouri Compromise by granting popular sovereignty to KANSAS and NEBRASKA, with regards to the issue of slavery |
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| established in 1854 by former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the spread of slavery |
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| naval battle that occurred during the Civil War; popularized usage of iron-reinforced ships |
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| final standoff between General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant, the former of whom surrendered |
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| faction of Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War |
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| alliance of Republicans with Northern Democrats; formed for the purpose of "preserving the Union" and keeping Abraham Lincoln in office |
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| Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia |
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| 1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln |
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| prompted South Carolina to secede from the United States |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| executive order delivered by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that declared all slaves free |
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| delivered by Abraham Lincoln in 1863; defined the Civil War as a symbolic struggle for the civil rights established by the Declaration of Independence |
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| credited with the production of graphic images of the dead of the Battle of Anietam; informed general society of the atrocious carnage of war |
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| period of Reconstruction occurring from 1866-1873; largely the efforts of Radical Republicans; emphasized civil and voting rights for blacks |
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| ratified in 1865; officially abolished all slavery |
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| ratified in 1868; guaranteed citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States |
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| ratified in 1870; illegalized the denial of voting rights based upon race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
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| black civil rights leader; pushed for immediate social reform with respect to the civil rights of the newly-freed blacks; wrote "The Souls of Black Folk" |
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| favored the gradual ascent of the black community, both academically and economically; wrote "Up from Slavery" |
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| state and local laws enacted in Southern United States; advocated "separate but equal" status for blacks |
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| formed in resistance of Reconstructive efforts; intimidated/maimed/killed scalawags, carpetbaggers, and freed blacks |
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| Southern White Republican who joined during Reconstruction |
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| Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction in order to take advantage of the crippled Southern economy |
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| served as president during Reconstruction era; impeached for defying the Tenure of Office act, after removing Edwin Stanton from the position of Secretary of War; narrowly avoided removal by senatorial vote |
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| set the precedent for "separate but equal" conditions |
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| steel mogul who accumulated most of his wealth during the Gilded Age |
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| oil tycoon who accumulated most of his wealth during the Gilded Age |
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| built vast amount of wealth upon the transportation industry during the Gilded Age |
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| arrangement whereby money or property is owned and managed by one person (or persons, or organizations) for the benefit of another |
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| proposed idea that some citizens are naturally predisposed to be more financially successful than others |
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| essay by Andrew Carnegie that described the responsibility of philanthropy now placed on the shoulders of the new upper class of self-made rich |
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| corrupt head of Tamany Hall who embezzled millions of dollars from NYC |
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| photographer who used a flash in order to depict the lives of the lower-class tenement residents; "How the Other Half Lives" |
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| battle of the Indian Wars; Colorado Territory militia attacked Indian tribes |
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| loosely described as a religion; based upon the belief that certain rituals would call forth missing buffalo herds and eradicate the white man and all his manifestations |
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| Indian boarding school founded by Richard Henry Pratt; failed attempt to forcibly assimilate Native Americans into white society |
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| attitude taken by US government towards the growth of businesses, on account of the financial strength the US economy garnered as a result |
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| company that is in complete control of a certain industry; illegal due to their ability to name exorbitant prices and their erasure of good healthy capitalist competition |
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| authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal lands and divide the areas into allotments for individual Native American families, allotments that were more often than not insufficient for economic viability |
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| feeling of resentment towards first generation immigrants that is held by naturalized residents of a given area |
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| crappy urban housing that basically crammed as many families as possible into a single space |
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| composed the majority of immigrant population from 1840-1870 |
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| disliked by "natives" because of their willingness to take on crappy jobs at lower wages |
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| Southern/Eastern Europeans |
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| composed the majority of the immigrant population from 1880-1920 |
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| the Democratic Party is notorious for having taken advantage of this group of people over the course of the 19th century |
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| Democratic political machine that exchanged votes for money and food around the mid-19th century |
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6. (1815-1824)
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put in chronological order:
1. Constitutional Convention
2. Civil War
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| many Chinese immigrants took jobs building these |
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| term describing the years leading up to the Civil War; the years it encompasses |
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| first Secretary of the Treasury; co-author of "The Federalist Papers"; founded US Mint and the First Bank of the United States |
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| warned the country against meddling in foreign affairs and the formation of factions |
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| included Methodists, dissenters, Quakers, Congregationalists and Anglicans; basically, Christianity grows balls and tries to take an active role in society |
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| i don't know anything about these so i'm pretty much boned |
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| with the establishment of high tariffs, the price of these stayed the same, making it friggin impossible to buy shit at a reasonable price |
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| nickname given to president because of his support of the spoils system and the large and odious shit he took on the carefully-crafted US treasury |
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| More Industrialized New England States |
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| South Carolina found it necessary to make an attempt at nullifying the Tariff of 1828 because the state government felt the bill was only passed for the benefit of this area |
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| bill passed by Andrew Jackson that eradicated the right of individual state legislature to nullify any law |
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| Compromise Tariff; 9 years |
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| composed by Henry Clay in order to quell nullification disputes; extended transition period from 7.5 years to this length |
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| State Colonization Law (1825) |
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| passed by Mexican government; acted as an open invitation to American immigrants to cultivate Texas land, on the conditions that immigrants become legal Mexican citizens and subscribe to the Catholic faith |
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| Southern Justification for Slavery |
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| Constitution protects right to own property |
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