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| When was the Assassination of Joseph Smith? |
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| What year was Commonwealth v. Hunt? |
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| What did Commonwealth v. Hunt rule? |
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| labor unions were not illegal monopolies that restrained trade |
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| Who won the presidential election of 1840? |
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| What political party was he a part of? |
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| Which party ruled the House and Senate in 1840? |
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| Who took office after William Henry Harrison died? |
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| What was Tyler's former political party? |
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| What power did Tyler often use? |
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| What was the compromise tariff of 1833? |
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| provided for gradual scaling down of tariff duties, until none was to exceed 20 percent by 1842 |
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| In the congressional elections of 1842 which party controlled the majority of the house and senate? |
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| Senate - Whigs House - Democrats |
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| Did the proposed bill to annex Texas to the US in 1844 get ratified? |
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| Who were the two main candidates for presidency in the election of 1844? |
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| James Polk and Henry Clay |
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| Who ran under the Whig party in 1844? |
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| Who ran under the Democratic party in 1844? |
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| Who won the presidential election of 1844? |
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| How many people were predicted to live in the newly acquired California and Oregon territories by 1845? |
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| How many people were predicted to live in the newly acquired California and Oregon territories by 1900? |
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| How many people were predicted to live in the newly acquired California and Oregon terriories by 1945? |
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| How much did the Mexican government fail to pay the United States citizens? |
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| Why was there anger between the US and Mexico? |
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| What year was Texas annexed by Congress? |
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| When did Polk secure from Congress the termination of joint British-American occupation of Oregon? |
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| When was the battle of Buena Vista? |
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| When was Mexico City taken? |
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| Who led the attack on Mexico City? |
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| David Wilmot, a Congressman from Pennsylvania, proposed that slavery be banned in land acquired from the Mexican War. The proviso was given to Congress in August 1846. It never passed the Senate, but passed the House. It was taken out of the War Appropriations bill in order for Senate to pass the actual bill. |
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| Who were the three main candidates for presidency in the election of 1848? |
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| Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, and Lewis Cass |
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| Who ran under the Democratic party in 1848? |
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| Who ran under the Whig party in 1848? |
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| Who ran under the Free Soil party in 1848? |
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| Who won the election of 1848? |
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| What year was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty? |
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| What year did Congress vote joint resolution to annex Texas? |
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| What year did Mexico reject Slidell Mission? |
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| What year did the United State declare war on Mexico? |
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| What year did John C. Fremont proclaim the Bear Flag Republic? |
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| What year did Colonel Kearny occupy Santa Fe? |
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| What year was the Wilmot Proviso introduced? |
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| What year did Taylor take Monterrey? |
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| What year did Taylor defeat Santa Anna? |
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| What year did Vera Cruz fall to Winfield Scott? |
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| What year did Mexico City fall? |
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| Lewis Cass's principle of "squatter sovereignty" |
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| When was gold discovered in California? |
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| What was the massive migration to California for gold called? |
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| When was the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed? |
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| What did the Tariff of 1846 result in? |
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| slashed duties to the minimum necessary for revenue |
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| How many people lived in California before the summer of 1848? |
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| How many people lived in California before the summer of 1848? |
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| How many people lived in California by 1852? |
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| Which US city contained the most diverse group of people in 1846? |
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| How was the gold rush advertised? |
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| How many people were in the Oregon Territory by 1840? |
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| Why didn't James Polk run for a second term? |
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| his health and his promise |
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| When was the Texas Revolution? |
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| How many European immigrants arrived from between 1815 to 1860? |
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| How did most Irish immigrants get to the US? |
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| on ships sailing from liverpool |
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| What was the manifest destiny? |
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| How many people were predicted to live in the newly acquired California and Oregon territories by 1845? |
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| What time period are these flash cards? |
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| How many different presidents were there during this time period? |
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| Which president was a democrat? |
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| Which Presidents were Whigs? |
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