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What is foreign Policy?
"Rules" with other couintries that a country follows
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What are precedents
Examples for others to follow
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List 2 precedents that Washington set
- So help me God
- Neutrality
- Creation of cabinet
- Use military force for domestic issues
- 2 terms
- Farewell Address
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What are 3 pieces of advice that Washington gave in his Farewell Address?
- Stay neutral
- Avoid Political parties
- Don't align with other countries (they could turn and they could cause problems with other countries)
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What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief the Us should expand Coast to Coast
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How did we acquire the Louisiana Territory?
thomas Jefferson bought it. Doubled the size of U.S. paid $15 for it
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How did we acquire the Mexican Cession?
We received it after the Mexican War but paid a little bit of money to avoid more anger from Mexico
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How did we acquire the Texas Annexation?
Texas seceded from Mexico and then asked to join the US, which we took in 1845
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What are 2 bodies of water that the Erie Canal Connects?
Hudson River and Lake Erie (Great Lakes), but the Hudson River lead to the Atlantic Ocean so it was a way to bring things in and out easily
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What 2 cities did the Erie Canal connect?
Albany to Buffalo
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How did the Erie Canal change New York?
It increased trade and population. Helped bring things East to West
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What was the Indian Removal Act
It was a law that removed naitives from the US into reservations
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What are reservations?
Poor land in Oklahoma for Native Americans to live in.
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What was the Trail of Tears?
The forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia where people died from starvation and weather. About 2,00 died.
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What was the importance of John Adams?
- Alien Sedition Acts
- XYZ Affair
- 2nd President
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What were the Alien & Sedition Acts?
- Alien- Had to wait 15 years to become a citizen (s cared he wouldn't get support from immigrants)
- Sedition- You can't criticize the government
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What was the XYZ Affair?
3 French people wanted a bribe to stop impressments. US wouldn't pay it. Foreign Policy=No bribes!
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What was the importance of Thomas Jefferson?
- 3rd President
- Wrote the Declaration of Independence
- Louisiana Purchase
- Embargo Act of 1807
- Laissez-Faire
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What was the Louisiana Purchase?
a territory of land that Jefferson bought from France for $15,000,000. It doubled the size of the U.S. and encouraged the belief of Manifest Destiny
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What was the importance of Lewis & Clark?
They explored the Louisiana Purchase
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What was the importance of Sacajawea?
She helped Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Territory
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What was the importance of James Madison?
- 4th President
- President during the War of 1812
- Dealt with impressments
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What were impressments?
They were capturing of US ships, holding them captive, and making them work for them. Slowed down trade
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What was the importance of James Monroe?
- 5th President
- Gained Florida
- Monroe Doctrine
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
said that the US would prevent colonization of other European Countries
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What was the importance of Andrew Jackson?
- Spoils Sytem
- Campaigning became hardcore
- 7th President
- Indian Removal Act
- Close the National Bank
- Increased the belief of a democracy
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What was the Spoils System?
Giving jobs to people who helped you get elected
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What is mudslinging?
Getting dirt on your opponent in a campaign
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What does neutrality mean?
To stay neutral or not take sides in a situation.
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If you were in the North, would you like the sale of public lands? Why?
- No
- you would lose population, less reps in HoR
- Less control of Congress
- Less factories were used and could put factories bankrupt if they didn't have enough workers or money
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If you were in the North, would you like internal improvements? Why?
- Yes
- Brought in settlers
- Increased trade
- Built cities
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If you were in the North, would you like the protective tariff? Why?
- Yes
- Usually bought within the country
- Used for internal improvements
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If you were in the North, would you like slavery? Why?
- No
- Not necessary for economy
- Felt that it wasn't right
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If you were in the South, would you like the sale of public lands? Why?
- Yes
- more farm land, refresh the cotton land
- More settling
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If you were in the South, would you like internal improvements? Why?
- No
- Incresed the tariff
- Already owned slow, navigable rivers
- The improvements were made manily in the north and west
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If you were in the South, would you like the protective tariff? Why?
- No
- You had been making money from British credit and it made it more expensive to import those goods.
- You didn't manufacture as much and therefore made it hard to live without any imports.
- They were used for internal improvements
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If you were in the South, would you like slavery? Why?
- Yes
- It maintained a good balance of trade
- The basis of your economy
- You would have to do all the work without them
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