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24 Cards in this Set
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First Continental Congress
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-Intolerable Acts need to be repealed
-Militias will begin to be trained -Colonists had right to tax and govern themselves -Demands not met = meet in one year |
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Second Continental Congress
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-Formally formed the army
-George Washington is commander-in-chief -Printed paper money |
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Who was Frederick Douglas?
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A free African American living in the North, helped publish The Liberator to promote the Abolitionist Movement
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What things lead to the Civil War?
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-John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (active and violent anti-slavery supporters from Connecticut lead a revolt in Harpers Ferry, Virginia and try to seize arms and is eventually caught and hung.)
-The Dred Scott Decision (a decision made my the Supreme Court that ruled African Americans are not citizens, regardless of where a slave lives, if he or she was born into slavery, then they are property of his or her master forever.) -Uncle Tom's Cabin (a novel wrote by Harriet Beecher Stowe used to promote the cruelties of slavery and the abuse committed by slave masters in the South.) |
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North advantages in the war
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Greater population
More factories More railroad More money More troops |
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South advantages in the war
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Better generals
Know their battlefields better |
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Why would controlling the Mississippi River be beneficial?
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South: major port in New Orleans
North: split South in two so it could be used for transportation of resources and soldiers |
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13th-15th Amendments
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13. No Slavery
14. African Americans have same rights as whites 15. African American males can vote now |
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Bill of Rights: 1st-10th Amendments
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1. Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly
2. Right to bear arms 3. Quartering of soldiers 4. Search and arrest 5. Rights in criminal cases 6. Right to a fair trial 7. Rights in civil cases 8. Bail, fines, punishment 9. Rights retained by the people 10. States' rights |
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What happened after Texas declared independence from Mexico?
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U.S. intervenes and backs up Texas in the Mexican-American War
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Why did the Whig Party oppose slavery expanding into the Mexican cession?
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They feared the possible upset of free and slave states.
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What was monumental about the Marbury vs. Madison case?
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Gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review.
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What was the Embargo Act? Which president passed it?
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Thomas Jefferson passed it and it forbid trade with European nations. This ended up hurting the U.S. more than it hurt other nations and the economic hurt from this ends up affecting our ability to fight the British in the War of 1812.
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The Louisiana Territory
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Thomas Jefferson purchased it from Spain; Lewis and Clark, who were looking for a water route to the Pacific Ocean, explored it; Louisiana Territory was present-day Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
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Why did Andrew Jackson oppose having a 2nd Bank of the United States?
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He believed it favored the rich and wealthy and gave power to a small group of wealthy people
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What did Andrew Jackson oppose that John Marshall ruled?
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That Georgia couldn't make laws that hurt the rights of Native Americans living in the state. Eventually Andrew Jackson and the president following him (President Martin Van Buren) force the Cherokees down the Trail of Tears and relocate them to the Indian Territory
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The Panic of 1837
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An economic crash in 1837 during Van Buren's presidency, and this causes the U.S. to go through a recession until 1844.
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Party Reformations
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Anti-Federalist becomes Democratic-Republican (first two parties are the Federalists and the Democratic Republican)
Democratic Republican party splits into National Republican and Democrats National Republican becomes Whig, then Whig falls out and the Republican party is formed 1852-present = Democrats and Republicans |
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Compromise of 1850
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(Mexican cession dispute)
1. California is a free state 2. Slave trade abolished in D.C. 3. Rest of land gained = popular sovereignty 4. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 |
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Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise)
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Proposed by Henry Clay about dispute over land gained in the Louisiana Territory purchase.
1. Missouri is a slave state 2. Maine is a free state 3. 36'30 used to decide rest |
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Proclamation of 1763
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Prohibited colonists from expanding westward of the Appalachian Mountains because it would be easier to govern the citizens and prevent further issues with the Native Americans
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Battle of Bunker
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1. Fought on Charlestown Peninsula in Boston
2. First battle preceding start of the war 3. British troops attacked colonists 4. Colonists withstood 2/3 attacks from British 5. 3rd attempt = colonists surrender because no amo 6. Boosted colonists' morale and proved that they could fight and hold their ground |
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Battle of Yorktown
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Continental Army blocked the British into a peninsula and blocked off their supplies until General Cornwallis's troops surrendered. French Navy helped defeat British Navy.
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Valley Forge
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Washington and his troops spent the winter of '76-77
Harsh weathers and conditions while British got luxuries in the city Colonists heard of the army's suffering and many women lead by Marsha Washington came in to help Baron Von Stueben came from Germany to help train the men once they were healthy |
