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| Who cast the deciding votes for the presidential election of 1824? (The winner of the popular vote wasn't elected because he didn't get enough votes from...) |
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| The House of Representatives |
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| What treaty gave us East Florida from Spain? |
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What was one of the conflicts between the U.S. and British
Canada? |
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| fishing rights on the Great Lakes |
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| What drew a border between U.S. and Canada at the 49th parallel? |
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| What did the Monroe Doctrine say that the U.S. had to do concerning Great Britain? |
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| They wouldn't mess with conflicts or wars in the European Nations |
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| Why did both the U.S. and Canada have an interest in Oregon Country? |
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| THe Monroe Doctrine stated that the European Nations had to do what? |
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| stay out of Latin American affairs. |
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| Who's presence in Florida finally convince Spanish leaders to settle disputes with U.S. colonists and such? |
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| What did the Monroe Doctrine do? |
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| it placed Latin America in the U.S.'s sphere of influence |
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| What caused conflict in the early 1800's between the U.S. and the Seminoles? |
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| the Seminoles were raiding U.S. settlements and aiding runaway slaves. |
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| Why was President Monroe concerned when Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821? |
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| because he thought European powers might try to colonize new Latin American countries. |
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| Why did Americans support Latin American struggles for freedom from Spain? |
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| it reminded them of their country's fight for independence from Britain |
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| Who proposed placing a tariff on foreign goods to specifically finance the building of new roads and canals? |
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| What maintained balance between the free and slave states? |
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| Who became president in the election of 1824? |
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| What was the importance of keeping the number of slave states and free states equal using the Missouri Compromise? |
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| to prevent regional conflicts from dividing the nation |
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| becoming divided over the interest of the region you represent |
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| Who created the Missouri Compromise and convinced Congress to accept it? |
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| What hindered the builders of the Cumberland Road? |
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| What was the primary goal of Clay's American System? |
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| to make America economically independent |
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| What were the causes of the rising sense of nationalism in the U.S. in the early 1800's? |
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| the end of the War of 1812, the successful negotiations with foreign powers and the confident tone of the Monroe Doctrine |
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| Why were some members of Congress against using Federal funds to build railroads, roads, and canals? |
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| they didn't believe that the Constitution gave them the right to. |
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| What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Gibbons vs. Ogden? |
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| the states couldn't interfere with the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. |
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| What two Supreme Court decisions strengthen the feeling of national unity in the U.S. by reinforcing the power of the federal government? |
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| McCullach vs. Maryland and Gibbons vs. Ogden |
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| What was the first road built by the federal government? |
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| What type of writing style did Washington Irving use that was popular in the U.S. in the early 19th century? |
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| Because of whose writings, painters in the U.S. began to show the history and natural beauty of America in their work? |
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| What was the importance of the writings of James Fenimore Cooper? |
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| he popularized historical fiction |
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| What was the Hudson River School? |
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| a group of artists whose focus was on painting the Hudson River Valley |
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| What did the paintings produced by students of the Hudson River School reflect? |
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| the feeling of national pride in America and an appreciation of landscapes |
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| What did American music in the early 1800's focus on? |
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| religion and national pride |
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| How did the subjects of American paintings change from the 1830's to the 1840's? |
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| earlier paintings mainly focused on portraits while later work focused on people's daily lives and landscapes |
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| What were Thomas Cole's contributions to early American art? |
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| he encouraged artists to appreciate the unique qualities of the American landscape and to show the beauty of nature |
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| What were the new American culture's views on education in the early 1800's reflected by? |
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| education reforms that the new culture was a democracy that needed educated and informed citizens to survive, so public schools were supported. |
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| Maine would enter as a free sate according to what? |
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| What was expressed by popular American folk songs such as "Hunters of Kentucky" in the early 1800's? |
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| What contributed to the eventual abolition of slavery in that it prohibited slavery in states and territories north of Missouri's southern border? |
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| George Caleb Bingham's painting "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri" illustrated what? |
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| the new development in American art of the inclusion of scenes from people's every day lives in landscaping |
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