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followed the war of 1812; Americans were feeling very patriotic during this era; Dem-Reps allowed the gorvernment the grow, in violation of their earlier established principles; many Americans no longer feared a tyrannical national government

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true of the era of good feeling

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government chartered a second national bank; gov funded a national road; system of tariffs, internal improvements and the national bank created by the gov became known as the american system; gov helped develop manufacturing, roads and the bank because the war of 1812 revealed weakness in those areas

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true of the government actions during the era of good feeling

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jackson won the most popular and electoral votes; HoR decided the election; Henry Clay played a prominent role in deciding the election

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true of the election of 1824

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when john quincy adams named henry clay Sec. of State after clay convinced members of the house to vote for adams for president

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what was the corrupt bargain

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refused to pass any of Adams initiatives

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in response to Quincy Adams election, Andrew Jackson's supporters in Congress

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it was a campaign full of potential mudslinging

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true of the election of 1828

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was a self-made man; known as an Indian fighter; his inaugural party; claimed to favor a small gov that avoided infringing on individual liberties

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contributed the Jackson's image as a common man

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believed it was a tool of eastern elites

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why did Jackson oppose the national bank?

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a group of friends Andrew Jackson relied on for advice

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what was the kitchen cabinet

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he executed Americans who deserted the army in the war of 1812; his habit of dueling, while common in the south, was abhorred by northerners; he condemned the Cherokees, his former allies, to death along the trail of tears; he was a prominent slave owner and the practice of slavery was coming under increasing condemnation in the north

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examples critical of Andrew Jackson's common man image

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Andrew Jackson's policy of giving government jobs to friends and political supporters

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what was the spoils system?

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because Jackson killed the national bank, the gov was unable to help the economy when it was crashing

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why is Andrew Jackson sometimes blamed for the Panic of 1837?

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Jackson ignored the Supreme Court's decision

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true of Jackson and the Worcester v. Georgia

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caused a number of small-scale military conflicts between the state of South Carolina and the federal gov

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the Nullification Crisis

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Jackson asked Congress for permission to use the military against South Carolina; Jackson supported the use of federal power to stop nullification; the crisis eventually resulted in lower tariffs; Jackson had still not forgiven John C. Calhoun by the end of his presidencey

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true of the nullification crisis

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believed in many of the same ideas as the Federalists

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the Whig Party

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term coined by Henry Clay including internal improvements, tariffs, and the bank

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"american system"

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phenomenon of the common man participating more in elections and voting

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Jacksonian Democracy

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treaty between Spain and USA where Jackson convinced Spain to secede Florida to the USA and Jackson later became governor of this terrotory

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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practice in which after an election, the winning political party gives its jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives

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spoils system

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believed that big government infringed on individual liberty, and as president, rejected efforts by reformers to change society through legislation

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How did Jackson feel about the reform movement?

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money in form of coins(what Jackson liked)

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what is specie

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Worsester v. Georgia in the decision concerning the Cherokee Indians

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what major instance did Jackson support states rights?

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the nullification crisis

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what major instance did Jackson support federal gov?

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Jackson getting permission through Congress, to use the military to collect tariff money

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what was the force bill

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financed by New York; connected great lakes to NYC; lowered prices; reduced time of shipping; dug entirely by hand; "Clinton's big ditch"; cost $7 million dollars; 1,000 lives lost during construction; caused financial explosion

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Erie canal

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America would eventually spread from the Atlantic to the pacific ocean

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idea of the manifest destiny

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God favored american expansion; Christianity and republican values would be spread across the continent through this process; America would use the land in the West to its fullest potential; American economy would grow as a result of this process

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tenets of the Manifest Destiny

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Spain gave up its previous claim to Florida

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true of Adams-Onis treaty?

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it states that Europe should stay out of the Western Hemisphere

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true of the Monroe doctrine

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Americans feared Russian expansion down the west coast in attempt to influence in western North America; European monarchs were re-asserting their power in Europe; Americans were worried that European nations may try to re-establish their colonies in Latin america; Americans were worried that the rising power of European monarchs endangered american republicanism

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contributing factors to the announcement of the Monroe doctrine

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Britain enforced it because they didn't want their European competitors returning to the age of colonization since Britain was more concerned with trading now.

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How did Britain react to Monroe Doctrine and why is that important?

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Cherokee had adopted an agricultural lifestyle; Cherokee had a well-established government; many Cherokee had adopted Christianity; Cherokee fought their removal through the federal court system

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reasons the Cherokee were more difficult to remove than other tribes

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Cherokee couldn't sue because they weren't citizens

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Cherokee nation v. Georgia

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the laws of Georgia had no effect on the Cherokee people

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In Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that

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set up the process for moving Natives westward

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The Indian Removal Act

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it said that Cherokee would trade their land in Georgia for land West of the Mississippi; was ratified by the U.S. legislature; gave the Cherokee a two-year grace period to move; resulted in the trail of tears

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true of the Treaty of New Echota

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1/3 of those rounded up for removal died

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during the Trail of Tears

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practice Catholicism and become a Mexican citizen

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American settlers moving to the Mexican region of Texas could claim land if they agreed to

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Mexican gov. banned further immigration from the USA into Texas and increased tariffs on goods shipped from the USA; many texan settlers did not convert to catholicism; the texan settlers owned slaves which was against Mexican law; Texan leader Stephen Austin was jailed by the Mexican gov

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caused tensions leading to the Texas Revolution

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hearing of the defeat, many Texans were encouraged to fight harder for their independence

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effect of the battle of the alamo

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Texan soldiers executed after battle of Alamo defeat

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Goliad Massacre

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Texans attacked during the Mexican siesta; the battle occurred after the Texans ran from the Mexican Army for several weeks; the Texans won an overwhelming victory; the battle resulted in Texan independence

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true of the battle of Jacinto

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because Santa Anna was a prisoner of war when he signed it so he could have been forced, the treaty was never ratified by the Mexican government because they refused to recognize it, and different borders drew controversy

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Why was the Treaty of Velasco disputed?

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capitalizing on his reputation as a common man and Indian fighter

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William Henry Harrison (first Whig) won the election of 1840 by

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became president when William Henry Harrison died; his entire cabinet reigned in protest of his decisions; opposed Andrew Jackson; was commonly known as "His Accidency"

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true of john tyler

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a promise made by Presidential candidate James Polk to seize all of the Oregon territory up to the 54 parallel

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the phrase "54-40 or fight" refers to

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it helped lead to the Mexican War after Tyler had annexed Texas

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what was the major effect of the Election of 1844?

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President Tyler interpreted the Election of 1844 as a mandate for expansion

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what were the circumstances surrounding the decision of the United States to annex Texas?

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American troops were attacked after being ordered by President Polk to march into a disputed region between Texas and Mexico

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how did fighting in the Mexican-American War begin?

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he was protesting against the war by not paying his taxes through civil disobedience

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why did Henry David Thoreau go to jail in the wake of the Mexican War

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ended Mexican war where America got a bunch of land to complete the contiguous states

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the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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potato famine

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what caused irish to come to america?

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northeastern cities

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where did irish immigrants tend to settle?

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would work for little; catholic; portrayed as monkeys; blamed for crime, poverty, disease, alcohol

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why were Irish discriminated against?

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belief that people born in America should be favored over immigrant groups

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nativism

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anti-immigrant party that sought to exploit fear of foreigners

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know-nothings

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protestant; hard-working; liked by the Americans

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what advantages did German immigrants have over Irish immigrants?

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a worker in a skilled trade that makes something usually by hand

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artisan

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working at home in free time to earn extra money

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putting-out system

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artisans were no longer needed; mass production=water wheel and interchangeable parts; most people sold most of what they produced/made

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how did early efforts at mass production change life for workers

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created destruction of capitalism-businesses were made obsolite

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downside of interdependency

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religious revival in which people believed in Christ's return to Earth (against alcohol)

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second great awakening

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accepting a changing world

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antebellum reform

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the Irish brought it to America

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what evils did supporters of temperance believe were the result of alcohol

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advocated immediate emancipation of slavery; William Lloyd Garrison

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immediatist

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believed that gov sponsored education was the most important path out of poverty and crime: teachers better trained, school year lengthened, children required to got to school until 16

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Horace Mann

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make prisons institutions for reform so inmates could one day re-enter into society; worked with gov to improve the conditions

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Dorthea Dix

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separation of men and women

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women's sphere

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commonly accepted role of women in the home raising children

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cult of domesticity

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could not own property, could not vote, lost all rights when married, not educated

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women discrimination

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to demand equality for all women (political, economical, social)

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Seneca Falls Convention

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because calling for a women's right to vote was so radical

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why did some women not sign to Seneca Falls Declaration

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first major event in fight for women's rights

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Seneca Falls Convention significance

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emphasized self-sufficiency and lived a communal life; didn't survive because thought that sexual intercourse was a sin so they didn't reproduce

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Shakers

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created behind the idea that spiritual world transends the physical world

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Brook Farm

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isolated group that followed the book of Mormons; moved to Utah when they were being violated in Illinois

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Mormons

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