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133 Cards in this Set
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Federalist Views
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strong national gov, urban, pro-british
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Jeffersonian Republican Views
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strong state gov, rural, pro-french
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Election of 1796
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first REAL election, JOhn Adams
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John Adams
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second president, federalist
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XYZ Affair
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diplomatic mission, 3 diplomats try to make US diplomats pay to talk
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Quasi War
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undeclared war fought by privateers (mercenaries or pirates)
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Alien Acts
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lengthens naturalization, president can jail/banish dangerous aliens
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Sedition Act
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false criticism of the government may be punished with fines and jail
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Virginian and Kentucky Resolutions
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alien and sedition acts unconstitutional (caused Doctrine of Nullification to be created)
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Doctrine of Nullification
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states can nullify any law passed by federal government
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Election of 1800
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tie between jefferson and burr, 37 tries, Hamilton tells everyone vote for Jeff
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Aaron Burr/Hamilton
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had a duel, Burr shot Hamiltion, Hamilton shot into the air
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The 12th amendment
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votes for 2 offices of president and vice president are separate votes
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Thomas Jefferson
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gets rid of Whiskey tax, decreases debt
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Republican Simplicity
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wants government to be more simplistic
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Albert Gallatin
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secretary of treasury, asked by Jeff to abolish bank and he says no
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Gradual Emancipation
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if born in Pennsylvania on or after March 1,1780, free when 28 yrs old
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Transatlantic Slave trade ceased wheN?
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January 1, 1808
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Gabriel's Rebellion
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slave planned huge rebellion and night before was thunderstorm which they took as warning from God
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Marbury vs. Madison
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Marbury's job taken away so takes executive branch to court for taking away jobs
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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judicial review
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Judiciary Act of 1801
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repealed act of 1800
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Chief Justice John Marshall
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created Judiciary act of 1789, strong Federalist
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Louisiana Purchase
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US paid 15 million to Napoleon for Louisiana
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Corps of Discovery
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Lewis and Clark
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Lewis and Clark
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went on expedition to East Coast and back
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Sacajawea
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led Lewis and Clark expedition, saved them by meeting up with brother
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Berlin Decree
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France will put blockade on British ships in french region
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continental system
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giant boycott of British Goods
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Orders in Council
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-ships headed to Europe must first pass through England
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The Chesapeake Affair
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USS Chesapeake was attacked by British Ship
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Embargo Act of 1807
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no trade with the world
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Nonintercourse Act of 1809
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we will do business with everyone but France and England
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Nathaniel Macon's bill #2
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will do business with other countries if they use US ship and crew; us will reopen trade with whoever dropped laws first (FRANCE)
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Treaty of Greenville
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Ohio region for 20000$
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Treaty of Vincennes
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received southern part of Indiana
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Treaty of Ft. Wayne
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receive North Indiana
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Tecumseh
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tried to gather tribes against Americans because of the treaties that took their lands
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Tenskwatawa
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"prophet" younger brother, alcoholic
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William Henry Harrison
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American general, lead Battle of Tippicanoe Creek
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Warhawks
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want Canada
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Henry Clay
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big western leader from Kentucky
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John C. Calhoun
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southern War Hawk from South Carolina, brought in southern contingency for war
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War of 1812
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start off by taking Canada (fail)
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USS Constition
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last ship left in Navy
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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big success in south, andrew jackson and Tennessee volunteers
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Hartford Convention
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Federalists get together to oppose war
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Doctrine of State's Rights
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states have right to declare or oppose congressional actions
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Treaty of Ghent
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just ended war,everyone kept what they'd had
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Battle of New Orleans
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Big win for Americans after Treaty
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Merchant-Capitalists & Craftsmen
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collect shoe parts and shoes from houses
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Samuel Slater
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invented spinning jenny to spin wool faster
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Lowell Mills
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bought land NW of Boston and put factories on it
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German Immigrants
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craftsmen, part of middle class, migrate to midwest
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Francis Cabot Lowell
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created power loom which takes thread and makes it into cloth
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Irish Immigrants
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farmers, working class, stay in NE
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Gender Spheres:
-male -female |
-job, pub, politics, fraternity
-home, kids, servants |
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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first american female physician
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Feme Covert
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everything woman owned before marriage, became husbands when married
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Utopian Communities
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rejected ideas of individual property ownership
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Oneida Community
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rejected competition and individual property ownership, everyone was married to everyone
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Democratic Republicans
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only political party left after Federalists died out
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Election of 1820
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monroe won, asked adams to run against him so washington would still be only president to ever win unanimously
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The Missouri Compromise
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Missouri slave state, Maine free state, creates border to prohibit/allow slavery
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Eli Whitney
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produced cotton gin to separate cotton from seeds
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Monroe Doctrine
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no more coloniZATIOn, if Europeans colonize it will be a challenge to US, pledged non-interference
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Election of 1824
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Jackson won first but not majority so brought to house and Clay(speaker of the house) gets them to choose john quincy adams
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Corrupt Bargain
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everyone mad at JC Adams and Clay for obviously making a deal
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Patronage
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reward followers with positions in office
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The American Plan
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infrastructure: build canals, roads, etc.
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Tariff of 1828
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50% tariff on imports( Tariff of Abomination)
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Election of 1828
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Andrew Jackson wins, says JC Adams is an elitest
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Whigs
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British Party, new party (National Republicans)
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Democrats
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short for Democratic Republicans
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Andrew Jackson
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POW during revolutionary, lived in South Carolina then Tennessee with wife who was married when he first married her
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Kitchen Cabinet
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few select people of Jackson's Cabinet whom he trusted
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Indian Removal Act of 1830
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Jackson's most prized act, all Indians E of Miss. Moved W of Miss
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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Cherokee declare themselves independent
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Worcester v. Georgia
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Supreme Court sides with Cherokee again
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Trail of tears
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16000 Cherokee move to Oklahoma, 5000 people die
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Sectionalism
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NE,W, and S don't agree on anything
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Tariff of 1832
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lowers tariff from 50% to 49%
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Exposition and Protest
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written by Calhoun, South's protest to Tariff of 1832
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South Carolina Convention
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lead by Calhoun where he wrote Exposition and Protest
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3rd Doctrine of Nullification
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South Carolina nullifies tariff
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Comprimise Tariff of 1833
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over next 30 yrs will gradually lower the tariff until 1842 where it will be 20%
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2nd Bank of US
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Jackson wants to get rid of it, (loves Jefferson and Jefferson wanted to get rid of bank as well)
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Nicholas Biddle
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President of 2nd Bank, gives Clay idea to push Jackson to recharter earlier
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Election of 1832
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Jackson wins by landslide against Henry Clay
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Roger Taney
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one man hired by Jackson as secretary of treasury who gets rid of Bank
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Martin Van Buren
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because economy was so bad, Depression of 1837-1843, uses entire presidency to try to fix depression
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PANIC of 1837
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Bank closed so everyone freaks out to get money
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William Henry Harrison
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wins election of 1840, gives inaugural speech in the cold rain, dies a month later of pneumonia
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John Tyler
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Harrison's VP, became president when he died, no one likes him so he wants to annex them
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Manifest Destiny
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destiny of US to spread from one coast to the next coast)
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Republic of Texas
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When Texas declared independence from Mexico after fighting for it
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The Alamo
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189 Texan and American fighters hole up in mission and Santa Ana brings 3000 Mexican troops, try 3 times to infiltrate, 6 of 189 survive
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Battle of San Jacinto
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General Sam Houston plays tag with Santa Anna, Santa Anna catches him and surrounds him. Santa Anna takes a siesta w/Emily,Houston sends troops to capture him and forces him to sign the document that allowed texas to be own republic.
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General Sam Houston
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responsible for the victory at San Jacinto which gave Texas their own republic
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Santa Anna
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dictator-like president who caused Texans to want to leave
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James K Polk
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spreads to Oregon, Texas, and California
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Oregon Treaty
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says that there will be a border in between US and Canada will be at the 49th parallel
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General Zachary Taylor
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leads american troops against MExicans. taunt them to start war so they can call it defensive
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Battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista
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Sept 1846 Monterrey, Mexico 3000 troops against 6000 Mexican troops. WIN
Feb 1847 Buena Vista, 3000 against10000 WIN b/c has a lot more weapons and experience |
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Colonel Stephen Kearny
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Takes Santa Fe Trail and takes them with no opposition because they have been dealing with a dictator
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John C. Fremont
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goes to fort Sinoma with 100 troops, establishes the “Bear Flag Revolt” now that US in charge of California, officially taken overproduction
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General Winfield Scott
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Travels from Veracruz to Mexico City where they lay seige and are forced to sign treaty
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Feb 1848, buy Texas from Mexico for 15$ mil
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Yeoman Farmers
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farming whatever it takes to survive, may have a small cash crop, dirt poor, just getting by
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Nat Turner
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had a very lenient owner who encouraged him to read,him and 70 other slaves go on killing spree 57 whites then are found and hanged
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David Wilmot
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proposed Any territory gained from the Mexican War will be free states because of racism
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Lewis Cass
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proposes Popular Sovereignty- concept that who ever lives there gets to choose
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Zachary Taylor
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wins takes office in March 1849 and dies July 1850
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Millard Fillmore
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VP for Taylor, takes over when he dies, willing to sign a compromise
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Omnibus Bill
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has 90 different attachments, so there is no way to get it passed FAIL
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Stephen Douglas
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from Illinois creates Compromise of 1850
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Compromise of 1850
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California is going to enter a s a free state,Regions of New Mexico and Utah are going to become territories decided by popular sovereignty, Texas has to give up New Mexico and in return the US with assume Texas's debts,Congress is going to pass strict fugitive slave law as well as abolishing slave trade in Washington DC
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Martin Van Buren
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-took over presidency during the depresssion caused by Jackson closing the Bank
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185o Fugitive Slave law:
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no statute of limitations, fugitive not allowed to speak on their own behalf
all citizens had to assist in the apprehension of that slave and if not could be fined 1000$ |
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Election of 1852
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Pierce ran on the platform that he was “Young Hickory” like Jackson, said he will always side with the South, WINS
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American Party
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"no nothings" started off as two frats that combined, and were a secret society
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Republican Party
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Become big because of Kansas,Preston Brooks, and the Dred Scott thingy
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Election of 1856
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James Buchanan wins because he was the diplomat in England during the whole Kansas mess
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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territories of Kansas and Nebraska will become new territories under the use of popular sovereignty, one would be free one would be slave but would create a slave state north of Missouri border
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Charles Sumner
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makes a big speech in the senate saying Butler is a PIMP and his hoe is slavery so Brooks, Butlers nephew, goes and beats him up
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Preston Brooks
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Butler's nephew who beats up Charles Sumner and wins the hearts of the South Carolinans
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Dred Scott Decision
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Slave's home state determines his status, No black person, free or slave, may be a citizen, people who aren't citizens cannot sue, Congress cannot prohibit slavery in any territory which throws out popular sovereignty
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Abraham Lincoln
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tall lawyer who wants to run for senator of Illinois after the Kansas shit goes down
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Election of 1860
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Abraham Lincoln WINS only winning Northern States vote for him, isn't even on ballot in most southern states
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John C. Brekinridge
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Runs during Election of 1860 as a southern democrat against Lincoln
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Confederate States of America
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THe southern states that seceded from the United States over the issue of slavery
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the COnfederate States of AMerica
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Fort Sumter
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Fort built in the middle of Charleston to protect them from the British, but north thought it was an act of war, first battle of Civil War was here
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