Chapter 7 – Flashcard
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in regards to education early nineteenth century republicans favored
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a nationwide system of free public schools for all male citizens
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in the early nineteenth century school education was largely the responsibility of
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private institutions
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the writer judith sargent murray argued that women
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thomas jefferson believed american indians were primitive people
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who might become civilized through exposure to white culture
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around 1800 higher education in the united states
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saw the number of colleges and universities grow substantially
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the first american medical school was established at
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university of pennsylvania
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in the study of medicine during the early nineteenth century
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most doctors recieved their training by working with an established physician
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the expansion of the medical profession during the early nineteenth century resulted in a
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decline in midwives
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noah webster thought every american schoolboy should be educated
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as a nationalist
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the writer washington irving is best remembered for his works on
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ichabod crane and rip van wrinkle
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the religious concept of deism
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incorporated science and reason into religious faith
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religious skepticism resulted in
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both the philosophy of "unitatianism" and a wave of revivalism
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the second great awakening
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began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize their organizations
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the second great awakening helped spread all of the following denominations except
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the unitarians
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the message of the second great awakening
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called for an active and fervent piety
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the revivalism of the great awakening
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encouraged racial unrest
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during the second great awakening the indian revivalist handsome lake called for
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the restoration of traditional indian culture
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the cotton gin was invented by
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eli whitney
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the invention of the cotton gin in the late eighteenth century
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had a profound effect on the textile industry in new england
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eli whitney is a major figure in american technology for introducing
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the concept of interchangable parts
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in the early eighteenth century the americans robert fulton and robert livingston
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made significant adcanves in steam powered navigation
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the early nineteenth century in america is known as the "turnpike era" because
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many roads were built for profit by private companies
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in 1800 population data of the united states revealed
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the nation remained overwhlemingly agrarian
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in the united states during the early nineteenth century horse racing
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becames a popular sport in most areas of the country
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the chief designer of the capital city of washington was
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pierre l'enfant
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in 1800 washington dc
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was little more than a simple village
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in the early nineteenth century many members of congress
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considered their state legislatures to be more prestigious political bodies
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as president thomas jefferson
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sought to convey the public image of a plain ordinary citizen
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in his first term president thomas jefferson
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helped establish a military academy at west point
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during his first term president thomas jefferson
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eliminated all internal taxes
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the supreme court's ruling in the case of marbury vs madison 1803
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stated that the supreme court had no authority to expand the power of the supreme court and that the supreme court had the power to nullify an act of congress
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john marshall was
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chief justice of the supreme court at the time of marbury vs madison
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in 1802 president thomas jefferson believed that if france controlled new orleans
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the united states would run the risk of war with france
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napoleon decided to sell the entire louisiana territory to the united states because
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the french army on the american continent had been decimated by disease and he wanted to riase money for his armies in europe
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under the treaty terms for the louisiana purchase
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the land boundaries were not clearly defined
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when thomas jefferson recieved the treaty for the louisiana purchase he
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was unsure of his constitutional authority to accept it
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the first state to be created form the louisiana purchse and admitted into the union was
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louisiana
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the lewis and clark expedition
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was assisted by the guide sacagawea
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the explorations of zebulon pike
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convinced many farmers not to settle between the missouri river and the rocky mountians
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in 1804 the federalists known as essex junto
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feared the westward growth of the united states
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the duel between aaron burr and alexander hamilton was the result of
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burr's belief that hamilton had slandered him
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during the jefferson administration the british claimed the right to stop american merchant ships and seize
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naturalized americans born on british soil
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the chesapeake leopard incident
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led the united states to prohibit its ships from leaving for foreign ports
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the embargo act of 1807
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created a serious economic depression in the nation
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the non intercourse act reopened american trade with
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all nations except great britian and france
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in 1810 the non intercourse act expired and was replaced by
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macon's bill no 2
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president thomas jefferson's indian policy included
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an offer to indians to become settled farmers and join white society and an insistence that they give up claims to tribal lands in the northwest
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during william henry harrison's govenorship of the indiana territory
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he used threats and bribary as means to acquire indian lands
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tecumseh
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believed the only effective means to resist white settlers was indian tribal unity
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the desire by american southerners to acquire florida
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was partly motivated by the number of runaway slaves who escaped there
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in 1812 henry clay and john c calhoun could best be described as
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war hawks
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in the war of 1812 britain turned its full military attention to america after
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napoleon's catastophic campaign against russia
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which statement about the wat of 1812 is true
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the united states entered the war with enthusiasm and optimism
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during the war of 1812 the united states achieved early military success
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on the great lakes
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during the war of 1812 the battle of the thames
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saw tecumseh killed while a brigadier general in the british army
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at the battle of horseshoe bend in 1814 andrew jackson
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defeated the spanish at pensacola
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in 1814 the british
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seized washington and set fire to the presidential mansion
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following the british bombardment of fort mchenry francis scott key wrote
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"the star spangled banner"
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in the war of 1812 the battle of new orleans
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took place weeks after the war had officially ended
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during the war of 1812 the hartford convention
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was made irrelevant by the battle of new orleans
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the treaty of ghent that ended the war of 1812
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began an improvement in relations between england and the united states
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the rush bagot agreement of 1817 called for
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the mutual disarmament of the great lakes by britain and the united states