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| Weakness of the Articles of Confederation |
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| didn't give Federal Government enough power to enforce laws, basically was useless |
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| The Seven Principles of the Constitution |
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| popular sovereignty, rebuplicanism, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, limited government, and individual rights |
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| the first 10 ammendments to the Constitution |
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| it helped create a court system and gave the Supreme Court six members |
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| Hamilton's Financial Plan |
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1. paying off all war debts 2. raising government revenues 3. creating a national bank
(debate because South didn't want to help North pay off their debts, because they already paid) |
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| Loose or Strict Interpretation of the Constitution |
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| loose=not limiting freedoms or rights specifically to the Constitution strict=you can only do it if it is mentioned in the Constitution etc. (elastic clause...) |
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| Compare and Contrast Federalists and Democrat-Republicans |
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Federalist: strong national government, fear of mob rule, loose interpretation of Constitution, wanted national bank, manufacturing & shipping, lawyers-merchants-manufacturers-clergy, Alexander Hamilton supported
Democratic-Republicans: limited national government, fear of tyranny, strict interpretation of Constitution, opposed national bank, farming, farmers & tradespeople, Thomas Jefferson & James Madison supported |
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| the French started seizing U.S. ships to stop trade with Britain; U.S. delegates were sent to negotiate, but were ignored. Finally, 3 French Agents (X, Y, and Z) told the Americans that the minister would talk to them only if they loaned France 10 mil and bribed the minister w/$250,000. Pickney basically said forget you, and they left |
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| increased the waiting time for becoming a citizen from 5 to 14 years; gave president power to arrest disloyal aliens; outlawed saying or writing any negativity towards the government (unconstitutional) |
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| an 1803 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to abolish laws by declaring them unconstitutional |
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| the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France by Thomas Jefferson |
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| Lewis and Clark's Expedition |
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an expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase, and discovered Native tribes (included
Sacagawea) |
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| America against Britain, because they were interfering with our ships; technically, American won, but there was no clear winner in the treaty |
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| worked 12 1/2 hour days, girls supervised by older women, girls had to follow strict rules and attend church, also had to attend lectures and read books |
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| How Life in the South Changed |
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| cotton production went way up, needing more slaves- 1 in 5 of the population was enslaved |
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| Slavery and Religion/Spirituals |
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| slaves would sing spirtituals to lift their spirits and to communicate means of escape; masters focused on obedience, while slaves focused on Exodus' freedom of the slaves |
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| Nationalism Uniting the Country |
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| the people no longer thought of the country as lots of separate states, but instead as one country |
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| a series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states; they admitted Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance |
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| feared that is other nations assisted in reclaiming colonies that fought for their independence, the same might happen to the US. US worried about Russian colonies in the west; Monroe issued this doctrine that states that the Americas were closed to colinization, threatened military action against a country who tried to re-establish colonies, promised that the US would stay out of European affairs, and showed that the US considered itself a World Power and would defend Latin America |
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| Andrew Jackson had the most popular votes, but there was a tie with electoral college votes. The House picked John Quincy Adams as president, and Henry Clay was speaker of the House. Henry Clay was elected secretary of state. |
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| Jackson as a 'common man' |
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| Jackson was not educated, and he came from a poor family. He wanted people to relate to himself as a common man. |
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| the tragic journey of the Cherokee people from their homeland to Indian Territory between 1838 and 1839; thousands of Cherokee died |
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| Southerners were relying on cotton and slavery. The Northeast wanted manufacturing and trade. In the West, cheap land and good transportation were important. |
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| Jackson's War on the Bank |
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| Jackson had lost money before because of the bank, so he had the government take all its money out of the bank. This devastated the bank, and frightened others. All the rest of the people tried to take their money out too. They couldn't. The bank doesn't have that much gold to pay everyone. |
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| extremely difficult; many died, they didn't have very good food and the trip was forever long |
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| the voluntary annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States of America. Texas became the twenty-eighth state and included all of present-day Texas and parts of present-day Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. |
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| Polk's Plan to Engage Mexico in War |
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| He sent Zachary Taylor to the banks of the Rio Grande, which they considered their land, but Mexico also considered their land. He knew that it would provoke them to attack, and declare war. |
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push factors: population growth, agricultural changes, crop failures, industrial revolution, religious and political turmoil
pull factors: freedom, economic opportunity, abundant land |
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| The Abolitionist Movement |
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| began in the late 1700s; Congress had already banned importing slaves from Africa, and most northern states had already banned slavery |
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| Woman's Suffrage Movement |
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| Some former slaves fought for women's rights, hoping that blacks right would come soon after that-Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglas played a big part in this |
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| The Irish depended on potatoes for their economy. When potatoes were no longer growing, they came to America for a fresh start |
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| Life in the army during the Civil War |
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| Life was terrible, and most people died in the camps. They only bathed and cleaned their clothes every couple of weeks. |
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| in 1849, large numbers of people moved to California because gold had been discovered there |
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| Congress didn't seat reprersentatives from the South, declared all male citizens could vote, still majorly racist in the South, African Americans were involved in government, sharecropping, ku klux klan, succeeded in reuniting the north and south, failed in giving African Americans equality |
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