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US History - AGS Chapter 11
Special Ed American History Course at Seaside High School, CA
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History
11th Grade
02/28/2008

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Term
Nat Turner and a group of______________ killed slave owners and their families.
Definition
followers
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As a result of their ________________ , Turner and about twenty others were hanged.
Definition
revolt
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More than 100 innocent Africans were killed by __________________ masters.
Definition
fearful
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Slaves gained a new courage to fight ___________
Definition
oppression
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The South and West ________________ the tariff act passed under President Adams.
Definition
opposed
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Enslaved Africans had to ________________ in the fields as they worked.
Definition
worship
Term
Much American folk song comes from the  _________ of African Americans.
Definition
heritage
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A new tariff act passed in 1832 ________________ some tariffs.
Definition
lowered
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South Carolina passed an ordinance that ________________ tariffs in their state.
Definition
nullified
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President Jackson felt that no state should be allowed to ______________ the country's unity.
Definition
challenge
Term
river near the Gulf of Mexico
Definition
San Jacinto
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would not sell Texas
Definition
Mexico
Term
offered Mexico $5 million for Texas
Definition
President Jackson
Term
Texan colonel
Definition
William Travis
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commander of Texas army
Definition
Sam Houston
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town near Alamo
Definition
San Antonio
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state east of Texas
Definition
Louisiana
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offered Mexico $1 million for Texas
Definition
John Quincy Adams
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Mexican dictator
Definition

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna 

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town that was part of the land claimed by Texas and Mexico
Definition
Santa Fe
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town in south Texas where Santa Anna won battle
Definition

Goliad

(note: I used to do "spin hops" over the town of Goliad when I was in flight school. That meant took up an old jet called the t-2 and intentionally manuevered the plane into a spin. The purpose was to experience the feeling of disorientation, overcome that to recognize the indications on the instruments, learn to stay cool and perform the recovery using the throttle and stick)

Term
refused to obey Mexican laws
Definition

Texans

Term
rebuilt mission
Definition
Alamo
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famous westerner who died at Alamo
Definition
Jim Bowie (also Daniel Boone)
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Houston became its president
Definition
Texas
Term
In the election of 1836, Whig candidates Henry Clay and Daniel Webster received strong support from northeastern ______________ .
Definition
manufacturers and shippers
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Martin Van Buren wanted people to know that a vote for him was like a vote for Jackson, because he believed in the ________________ .
Definition
same approach
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Van Buren got more votes than the ________________ all together.
Definition
three Whig candidates
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Shortly after President Van Buren took office, the country _______________ , called the Panic of 1837.
Definition
entered a depression
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During the Panic of 1837, paper money was not backed up by ______________ .
Definition
gold or silver
Term
Some banks had ______________ that were never paid back.
Definition
given loans
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When word of these problems got out, many people ______________ to take out money deposited earlier.
Definition
rushed to banks
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As a result of the panic, many ___________________ closed.
Definition
factories and mills
Term
Prices fell on ____________ and ________________ .
Definition
farm products , manufactured goods
Term
New construction of _______________stopped. During this depression, which lasted several years, _______________
Definition
roads and canals, unemployment spread
Term
In 1825, President John Quincy Adams got off to a (good, bad, fast) start.
Definition
bad
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Andrew Jackson formed a party called the ______________ (Whigs, Democrats, Republicans).
Definition
Democrats
Term
John Quincy Adams formed a new party called the (National Republicans, Democrats, Independents).
Definition
National Republicans
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President Jackson was known as (“Old Hickory,”“Stonewall,”“Prince Andrew”).
Definition
"Old Hickory"
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The tariff act passed under Adams in 1828 was strongly disliked by the ______________ (North and West, North and South, South).
Definition
South (and West too)
Term
President Jackson (started, liked, disliked) the Bank of the United States.
Definition
disliked (Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C.Calhoun) won the election of 1832.
Term
The Trail of Tears was the forced movement of________________ (African Americans, American Indians, Mexicans).
Definition
American Indians (tears because many died on the difficult journey)
Term
The Indian Removal Act was passed in (1830,1832, 1838).
Definition
1830
Term
"My friends and supporters deserve those government jobs.”
Definition
Jackson (spoils)
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“The election of 1832 was a crushing defeat for me’
Definition
H. Clay
Term
“Martin, I think we should form a new party.”
Definition
A. Jackson (Democratic party)
Term
“I see no separate sections in this country. It must be led as one nation.”
Definition
John Quincy Adams
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“I don’t care if you disagree. No state can act on its own against the Union’
Definition
A. Jackson
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“In my speeches I will defend the Bank of the United States’
Definition
H. Clay
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“I was very pleased to take office in 1825’
Definition
John Q. Adams
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“I am honored to be the National Republican candidate:’
Definition
John Q. Adams
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“I can’t believe Mr. Jackson reduced the power of the Bank of the United States. I fought so hard to renew its charter:’
Definition
H. Clay
Term
“We must give the American Indians the land west of the Mississippi River.”
Definition
A. Jackson
Term
"What are they talking about? I don’t think I’m unfriendly.”
Definition
John Q. Adams
Term
“of course, I thought I might lose in the election of 1832. I didn’t think I would lose by so many votes.”
Definition
H. Clay
Term
“What will we do with it? We will put it in a number of small banks:’
Definition
A. Jackson (refering to government funds taken from the Bank of the United States)
Term
Under the ________system, the new President Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to loyal supporters of his party and fired his political opponents.
Definition
spoils
Term
South Carolina’s Ordinance of________________ declared that federal tariff laws did not apply to its citizens.
Definition
Nullification
Term
“Remember the Alamo!” and “Remember ________________ !“ were battle cries in Texas’s struggle for independence from Mexico.
Definition
Goliad
Term
Henry _________ and Daniel Webster led the Whig party.
Definition
Clay
Term
In 1836, Sam ________________ was elected President of the Independent Republic of Texas.
Definition
Housing
Term
John Quincy Adams’s controversial ________________ of 1828 raised the prices of products made in foreign countries.
Definition
Tariff
Term
Irresponsible banking practices during Andrew Jackson’s administration may have led to the _______________ of 1837.
Definition
Panic (depression)
Term
The unofficial advisers with whom President Jackson consulted came to be known as the _________________ Cabinet.”
Definition
Kitchen
Term
Famous westerner Davy ___________was killed in the Battle of the Alamo.
Definition
Crockett
Term
The forced relocation of American Indians to lands west of the Mississippi came to be called the “Trail of___________________.
Definition
Tears
Term
John Q Adams was not a ______________ President
Definition
popular
Term
J. Q. Adams Did not consider the three parts of the country_________
Definition
to be separate
Term
The Tariff of 1828 was a bill that imposed tariffs on _____________ to protect American industries
Definition
Foreign Goods
Term
The South __________ the tarriff system.
Definition
didn't like
Term
The Democratic-Republican Party became two separate parties, the _____________ and the __________
Definition
Democratic, National Republican
Term
In the 1828 Election, the National Republicans nominated __________
Definition
J. Q. Adams
Term
In the 1828 Election, The Democratic party nominated _____________
Definition
A. Jackson
Term
____________ won the the election of 1828
Definition
Jackosn
Term
Andrew Jackson informally advised by his friends, known as his ____________ ___________
Definition
Kitchen Cabinet
Term
Nat Turner set out to free all slaves and killed sixty
Definition
Plantation owners
Term
Neither the North or South was pleased with the _________ passed in_________
Definition
Tariff Act, 1828
Term
The Ordinance of Nullification was passed by the _________________ legislature
Definition
South Carolina
Term
The Ordinance of Nullification was not supported by ______________, who usually supported states’ rights
Definition
Andrew Jackson
Term
Andrew Jackson wanted a country with ___________________________
Definition
unity(?)
Term
Congress passed a bill granting a new _______________ in 1832
Definition
charter to the bank of the United States
Term
Jackson ____________ the bill
Definition
vetoed
Term
In the election of 1832 ________________ was the National Republican candidate
Definition
John Q. Adams
Term
________________ won the election of 1832 by a large number of votes
Definition
A. Jackson
Term
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 provided for moving American Indian people to the land ______________.
Definition
west of the Mississippi River
Term
So many died during the journey that it became known as ______________
Definition
"Trail of Tears"
Term
Mexico had refused to sell Texas to both ______________ and ______________
Definition
JQ Adams and A. Jackson
Term
Mexico Encouraged Americans to __________________________ and obey their laws.
Definition
settle in Texas
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Texas declared its territory _____________________________________________.
Definition
independent of Mexico
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Texas appointed _______________ as commander-in-chief of the Texan army
Definition
Sam Houston
Term
_______________________ led Mexican troops to victories at the Alamo and Goliad.
Definition
Santa Anna (Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna)
Term
Texans defeated the Mexican army near the ________________ River
Definition
San Jacinto
Term
Texas became the Republic of Texas with ________________ as its President
Definition
Sam Houston
Term
In the Election of 1836 the Democratic party nominated _____________
Definition
Martin Van Buren
Term
The Whig Party favored _____________, _____________, and _____________
Definition
renewal of the national bank charter, keeping high tariffs and a strong central government
Term
Who won the election of 1836?
Definition
Martin Van Buren (he was a Democrat and had more electoral votes than the three Whig candidates combined)
Term
The United States entered a ________________ known as the Panic of 1837
Definition
depression
Term
Many _______ failed during the Panic of 1837
Definition
banks
Term
In 1837, _______________ spread, especially in the Northeast
Definition
unemployment
Term
(Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C.Calhoun) won the election of 1832.
Definition
A. Jackson
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