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  • According to Northwest Ordinance, how many people had to live in a territory for it to become a state?
    60,000
  • What was a result of the 2nd Great Awakening?
    Social Activism
  • What was President Polk's reason for starting the war with Mexico?
    Mexico attacks on U.S. territory
  • What event followed the Battle of Yorktown?
    Treaty of Paris
  • Who is credited with improving communication in the U.S. during the 1800's?
    Samuel Morse
  • What two things helped Industrialization and Urbanization to occur in 19th century America?
    Good transportation system and large labor force
  • Why did the California population increase during the mid 1800's?
    Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill
  • How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect relations between the North and South?
    Increased tensions
  • What do Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams have in common?
    They had religious disagreements with Massachusetts leaders and left Massachusetts to start their own colonies
  • What did President Monroe state in his doctrine?
    No European intervention in America or near U.S.
  • What pair of individuals created the first political parties?
    Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamiltion
  • The King of England would not allow trial by jury for the colonists. How was this addressed in the Bill of Rights?
    6th and 7th Amendments
  • What did the Shakers want to create?
    An ideal society
  • What did the French primarily do when they were colonizing?
    Fur Trade
  • What idea did the Nullification Crisis challenge?
    Could a state nullify a federal law
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