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reason immigrants opposed slavery

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represented unfair labor competition

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Dred Scot decision

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slaves were viewed as property not citizens

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California state constitution's position on slavery

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outlawed slavery

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aspects of the Fugitive Slave Act

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-fugitives were not allowed to testify on their own behalf -anyone convicted of helping a runaway slave was fined and jailed -fugitives were not entitled to a trial by jury

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aspects of the Compromise of 1850

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-California admitted as a free state -Popular Sovereignty for Utah and New Mexico -more effective Fugitive Slave Laws

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political results of American Civil War

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gave gov't supreme national authority

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significance of the Kansas Nebraska Act

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repealed the Missouri Compromise

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site where Lee formally surrendered to Grant

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Appomattox Court House

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goal of the creation of the Republican Party

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to stop the expansion of slavery in the new territories

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Gettysburg address was ______days and the _____won.

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3 days and the North won

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What significant event happened at Harpers Ferry

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John Brown took the arsenal to start a slave revolt

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Causes for food shortages in the south during the Civil War

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-drain on man power -union occupation of food growing areas -the loss of slaves to work the fields

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Military strategy for the Confederacy during the Civil War

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have a long lasting war and gradually wear down the Union's will to fight

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What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation

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free all slaves living in states that were in rebellion

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result of the Battle of Shiloh

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opened the eyes to the public on how terrible this war was

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what was significant about the presidential election of 1860

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Lincoln won due to division of the Democratic Party

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Significance of the Presidential election of 1796

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John Adams won and it revealed sectionalism developing in America

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What was the start of the Civil War

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Confederate attack Fort Sumter

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Significance of the District of Columbia

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the cite of new capital of America to appease the southerners

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How did the south win the Seven Day Battle

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by out maneuvering the North

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What was the initial reason for the Bank of the United States

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created to hand tax receipts and other government funds

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What was significant about the Battle of Vicksburg

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last confederate stronghold on the Mississippi river and the Union won

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What was a result of the Judiciary Act of 1789

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set up 3 federal courts and 13 district courts

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Military results of the Civil War

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-the rifle and mini ball -primitive hand grenades -ironclads were developed

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result of the "Great Compromise"

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created a bicameral system

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Articles of Confederation gave states how many seats in Congress

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each state only would receive one seat in Congress

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what was the initial plan of the Constitutional Convention of 1787

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address the issue of trade and other national concerns

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result of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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set the requirements and process for territories to become a state in the Union

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Requirements to become a state in the Union

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-Congress appoints a territory Governor and judges -over 60,000 voting residents in the territory meant you could write a constitution -over 5,000 voting residents the territory could elect their own local government officials

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result of the XYZ affair

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allow the Americans to meet with foreign minister Telleyrand

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Early factories that developed in America allowed....

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unskilled workers the ability to create/make goods that skilled workers could produce

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Accomplishment of the Alien and Sedition Acts

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meet the growing concern for foreign radicals in America

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A goal of the Spoils System

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to prevent office holders from becoming inefficient and corrupt

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a result of the Presidential Election of 1800

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caused the creation of the 12th amendment

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a reason for the Monroe Doctrine

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prevent any European powers from expanding into North America

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a goal of Midnight Judges

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to increase the number of federal judges

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Nationalism

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interests of national unity should be placed ahead of all regional concerns

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result of the famous "duel"

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Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton

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result of the Industrial Revolution

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-the world saw the replacement of hand tools by machines

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reason America was ideal place for Industrial Revolution

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-coal -rushing rivers -iron ore

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the result of the Supreme Court Case Marbury vs. Madison

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established Judicial Review

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result of the Whiskey Rebellion

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gov't showed it had control over domestic affairs by stopping the rebellion

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accomplished in the Louisiana Purchase

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America bought land from France

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Limitations with the original Constitution

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-didn't apply to slaves -didn't mention women and all -didn't address discrimination issues with minorities in America

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Causes for the build up to the War of 1812

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-Britain and France already at war -both Britain and France were imposing blockades against America -British practice of impressement

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Causes for US settlers to go to Texas

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help protect against border violations

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item that came from America to Europe in the Columbian Exchange

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corn

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Factor that caused Mexico to lose the war to America in 1846

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Mexico had inferior military leaders

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Difference in slavery in the northern colonies compared to the southern colonies

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north slaves did have some legal standing

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purpose of the "pet banks"

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eliminate the Bank of the United States

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difference between New England farms and southern colonial farms

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New England farms produced several different cash crops

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result of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848

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Suffrage

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reason the indentured servant numbers declined

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reports of hardship in the new world spread back to Europe

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Purpose of the Erie Canal

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link the Hudson River to Lake Erie

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This caused t he Chesapeake Region to grow in the 1700s

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growth exports

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result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Maine entered the Union as a free state

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Ways Christopher Columbus was heroic and historic

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-found America -opened the Columbian Exchange -proved the world wasn't flat

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Ways Christopher Columbus was horrific and a true injustice

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-stole gold and silver -enslaved and mass genocide to the natives in America -stole land from the natives in America

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characteristic of Jacksonians

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majority of the party consisted of the middle class

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why did Jamestown struggle

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because their own/main focus was finding gold and silver

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Things given to indentured servants

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-food -shelter -free passage to America

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problems for the American colonies after the French Indian War

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-England tried to force the colonies to pay off the war debt -England wanted to maintain troops in America -England tried using writs of assistance to stop smuggling

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significant fact about the Battle of New York

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first battle where British General Howe and Washington faced off

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Unique fact about the New Netherlands

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it was settled by the Dutch and had a very diverse ethnic population

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Patriot

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colonial who supported independence from Britain

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results of the Navigation Acts

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-helped England control the colonies exports

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Olive Branch Petition

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document sent from the colonies to Britain asking to return to harmony between the colonies and the King

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what was unique about the "Glorious Revolution"

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no blood was shed

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The cause of the American Revolutionary War

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British troops trying to seize ammunition from colonials in Concord

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cause of the French and Indian War

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started because the French were building a fort in an area that was promised to English colonial farmers

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what caused the tide to turn in the French Indian War

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William Pitt began to fund the war effort

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one goal of the First Continental Congress

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lay out their right to run their own affairs

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outcomes of Mercantilism

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-become self-sufficient -not depend on other nations for goods -create military alliances to protect the economy

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Cause of the Boston Tea Party

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Britain allowing the East India Company to sell tea to the colonies directly

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the result of the Treaty of Paris ending the French and Indian War

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England got all the land east of the Mississippi River

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Animal that came to America from Europe in the Columbian Exchange

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horse

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reason for the Stamp Act

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help pay off war debt

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Townshend Acts

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indirect taxes or duties placed on imports

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significance of the Battle of Cowpens

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Morgan defeated Tarleton and was the most shocking victories for the Continental army in the whole war

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Criticism of Common Sense

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the kings treatment of the colonies

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result of the Treaty of Paris

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-confirmed Americas independence -set the boundaries of the new nation -allowed British to collect debts owed to them

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The turning point of the Yorktown Battle

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French navy was able to take control of the Chesapeake Bay

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Loyalist

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a colonial who remained loyal to the crown of England

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significance of the Stamp Act protest

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first time the colonies began to act as one

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What started the Boston Massacre

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men fighting for jobs in the shipyards

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Goal of the Intolerable Acts

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single out Massachusetts and detour any other acts against Britain

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result of the Second Continental Congress meeting in May of 1775

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began printing money to pay the soldiers

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