Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized a meeting at Seneca Falls (1848). Its purpose was to organize what movement?
Women's suffrage movement
Which is not part of the Compromise of 1850? Texas was admitted as a free state, rest of Mexican cession was restricted to slavery, new fugitive slave law, and slave trade outlawed in DC
Texas admitted as free state (it was California that was admitted as a free state)
Explain the Mexican American War.
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Which land acquisition nearly doubled the size of the US?
Louisiana Purchase
Why did New England industrialize and the south did not.
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What is the significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
One of the causes of the Civil War / showed harsh reality of slavery to the north
What was the biggest issue in terms of Manifest Destiny?
Expansion of slavery (free or slave)
Explain the Missouri Compromise?
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Explain the Dred Scott decision.
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Who was John Brown and why is he significant?
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Which was not part of Henry Clay's "American System": National bank,Internal improvements, suffrage for all, and tariffs that protect American manufacturers
Suffrage for all
Which region would this image explain?
the North
Which US President was most concerned with Manifest Destiny?
James Polk
Which invention caused an increase in the overall numbers of slaves in the US?
Cotton Gin
What was the cause of the War of 1812?
Britain was seizing US ships and impressing US sailors
Angelina and Sarah Grimke were sisters from SC who were known for being _____.
Abolitionist
What is the Spoils System?
Granting government jobs to friends / loyal supporters (Jackson)
Explain the quote.
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What does the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Bleeding Kansas have in common
Dealt with the expansion of slavery in the western territories
Which land acquisition complete the lower 48 continental states?
Gadsden Purchase
Who was able to vote based on Jacksonian Democracy?
All white males regardless of wealth
Why did many people migrate westward in the early 1800s?
Due to availability of cheap farmland and a desire to increase ones station in life
What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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This image represents which time period?
Westward expansion
Which region is described by agriculture, plantation system, and slave labor?
the South
John C. Calhoun started the ___________ in 1832 due to Southern opposition to tariffs.
Nullification Crisis
The 2nd US Bank, expansion of suffrage, manifest destiny, and the spoils system represent which era in US History?
Jacksonian Democracy
Explain this image.
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