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Describe the Lewis and Clarke expedition
commissioned by jefferson, lewis and clarke explored the louisianna territory. they reported the cultural practice of western indians natural features of the land, but failed to find the water route that would connect the pacific northwest to eastern markets
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What was the embargo act of 1807
law passed by congress at the urging of jefferson, to halt the shipment of u.s. goods to europe in response to british military/ naval agression. Led to recession.
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Who was francis scott key?
an observer of the bombing of baltimore who wrote the star spangled banner
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Who was sacajawea
15 year old shoshone indian who helped lewis and clarke in their expedition. Her presence reassured suspicious native americans
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Who were the war hawks and where did they recieve their greatest support
politicians who favored specific forms of military action as a tool of u.s. foreign policy. supported by western states; clay, calhoun
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Who shot alexander hamilton
aaron burr
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Who was william henry harrison
governor of indiana who bribed a group of indian leaders with liquor then got them to agree to sell 3 million acres for 7600. also led 1000 us soliders in advance on prophets town
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who was tecumseh
one of the shawnee brothers who led the rise of indian resisitance movement that blended military strenght with native spirituality. defeated by harrison
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Describe the battle of new orleans
jackson led 7000 solider to fight, 2000 british died and only 70 americans. 2 weeks after the actual war treaty was signed ending the war
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what happened at the battle of horshoe bend
jackson defeats the creek indians @ horshoe bend; signed a treaty forcing the creek nation to give up 23 million acres. ended indian threat in alabama
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What was the era of good feelings?
describes the monroe presidency, when partisan tensions eased among voters and their political leaders
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What was the treaty of ghent
peace treaty signed by the united states and great britiain in 1815. ending the war of 1812; status quo ante bellum
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What was the rush-begot treaty
set the u.s candaian border @ the 49th parallel and provided that the 2 countries would jointly oregon territory for ten years; solice for boundary between u.s and canada
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Who is robert fulton
an entreprenur who piloted the clermont, new kind of boat powered by steam; stem navigation of river
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the industrial revolutionin america was spearheaded by what industry
manufacturing ; textiles
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what was the task system
after slaves completed a specific assaigned task, they spent their time as they chose, within limit; rice plantation in S.C.
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who was charles deslondes
original participant in the st. charles/ st. john the baptist parish revolts of 400 slaves which costs 2 whites their lives and many plantations
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what was the missouri compromise and who orchestrated it
missouri would enter as a slave state only after maine entered as a free state written by henry clay
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who was moses austin
led families to texas
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what was the panic of 1819
when the national bank cracked down on loans so did the state banks which caused foreclosure on small farmers. british also started to buy cotton elsewhere further causing a depression
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what was the monroe doctrine and who was the architect behind it
stated that the western hemisphere is no longer open to colonization; JQA
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McCulloch v. maryland
court decided that alothough the constitution did not state a national bank, congress retained the authority to create one. also that maryland could not tax it
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what was the spoils system
give gov't jobs to political supporters
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describe nullification crisis
after SC declares the tariff of abomination null and void jackson passes the nullification proclamation; sent a military/ naval force to intimidate them ; they finally compromised saying the tariff would decrease over the next decade
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describe the black hawk war
when indians clashed/ fought with federal troops, homsteads, miner camps; they were finally defeated in a massacre in western wisconsin
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who was denmark vessey
free black who was a literate carpernter/ religious leader who was falsely accused of plotting against slave owners; he and 23 other men were found guilty and were hung
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what was the goal of the american colonization society
that black people would never find peace in america so they bought land in africa where they tried to send freed blacks; some went some didn't
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what was the burned over district
upstate new york; sight of several religious revivals
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who is joseph smith
founded the mormons
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who was sarah hale
first women to edit political journal
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who were the leading transcendentalist
ralph emerson, henry thoreau
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what native american tribe gave refuge to runaway slaves in florida
the seminoles
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what was the trail of tears
made the indians move to the west; apart of the indian removal policy; u.s. troops destroyed their culture and over 4,000 indians died
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who was brigham young
took over as the leader of the mormons after joseph smith died; led them to utah
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who was osceola
indian leader who waged a war against u.s. troops; his resistance dragged on for 7 years; @ the end he was defeated and ht indians forced to leave
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what was the second party system
national republicans v. whigs
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who was william lloyd garrison
boston journalist who wrote the liberator, a newspaper dedicated to immediate emancipation of all slaves
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who was sarah grimke
women abolitionist who left her home in SC b/c her dad owned slaves; saw the similiarites in how slaves and women were treated.
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what caused the panic of 1837
overspeculation in bridges, canals, and turnpikes and a large failure of grain crops in the west
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who was elijah lovejoy
an outspoken abolitionist who was murdered by a group of white. wrote the alton observer and organized the illinios anti-slavery society
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what is a nativist
american citizens born in the us who opposed further immigration especially from anywhere outside northwestern europe; feared immigrants would take americans jobs
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describe the election of 1844
issue of annexation of texas; clay v. polk at the end polk wins
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who was david wilmot
rep of pensylvania who was against slavery spreading mainly in part b/c he only wanted his race to use the soil
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who was catherine beecher
writer/educator who created a board of national popular education which sent unmarried femal new england teachers to the midwest
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what is oberlin college known for
accepting black men as well as white and black women; had liber policies
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who is rober owen
scotish industrialists/socialist who released declararion of menta independence which condemed private property, organized religion, and marriage
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who was the fist president of texas
sam houston
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horace mann
massachuesetts legislator/ lawyer who was a educational reformer; he stressed the notion of a common school system; first person to lead a board of education
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