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Industrial Revolution/War of 1812

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In the first administration under Washington, who was the Secretary of State?   Jefferson  
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In the first administration under Washington, who was the Secretary of Treasury?   Hamilton  
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In the first administration under Washington, who was the Chief Justice?   John Jay  
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What country imitated our revolution?   France  
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What 3 countries sent to war with France to get their people's minds off of revolution?   Great Britain, Prussia, Austria  
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Washington declared the US neutral. Why?   because we had a small army and no navy and we wouldn't be able to defend ourselves  
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Define neutral.   not taking sides  
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What 2 countries made it almost impossible to be neutral?   France and Great Britain  
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What is impressment?   taking sailors off our ships and make them work  
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Who impressed our men?   Great Britain  
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Give two reasons people wanted Washington to go to war with Great Britain.   they stole our ships; they impressed our people; they were still occupying forts in Ohio territory; they armed Indians to attack us  
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Explain Jay's Treaty.   Jay went to Great Britain and made a treaty which said that Great Britain would take troops out of forts they still occupied in Ohio territory.  
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What did Jay's Treaty accomplish?   kept us out of war  
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When John Adams was president, the French seized our ships. As a result, the US got into the XYZ affair. Explain this event.   3 French diplomats, who called themselves XYZ, said US to pay $1 million to meet with their govn't. Adams refused. Instead, he armed US merchant & fishing vessels w/ cannons & soldiers; told them to blow up all French ships they came across..  
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What was the final outcome of the XYZ affair?   France stopped taking our ships and stopped being an ally with us.  
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What did we purchase from France in 1803?   Louisiana Purchase  
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Who was the French leader during the Louisiana Purchase?   Napoleon  
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Who was the US president during the Louisiana Purchase?   Jefferson  
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Who much did the Louisiana Purchase cost?   $15 million  
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Why did France agree to sell Louisiana to us?   Napoleon needed money to fund his wars to conquer the world.  
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What were the 2 important results of the Louisiana Purchase?   doubed size of US; gave us control of Miss. R.  
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When France and Britain were at war with each other, Jefferso had Congress pass the Embargo Act. What is this act?   said that Americans couldn't trade with any country in Europe  
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Who got the most hurt by the Embargo Act?   American merchants, sailors, ship builders  
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What law replaced the Embargo Act and what did it say?   Nonintercourse Act; said Americans could trade with anyone except for Great Britain or France  
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Who were the War Hawks?   people in the US who wanted to go to war with Great Britain  
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Give 4 reasons why the warhawks wanted to go to war with Great Britain.   to stop Gr. Br. from taking our ships; to stop Gr. Br. from arming the Indians; to stop Gr. Br. from impressing Americans; to get Canada (belonged to Gr. Br.); to get Florida (belonged to Spain and Spain was an ally of Gr. Br.)  
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During the War of 1812, what did the Americans set fire to?   Canadian capital of York  
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During the War of 1812, what did the British set fire to?   Govn't buildings in Washington D.C.  
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Who was the American naval hero on Lake Erie?   Oliver Perry  
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Name the 2 American war heroes who later became presidents.   Jackson and Harrison  
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What famous song was written during the War of 1812 and who wrote it?   Star Spangled Banner; Frances Scott Key  
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What did the Treaty of Ghent say?   Everything would return to how it had been prior to the start of the war.  
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Give 5 important results of the War of 1812.   made Americans have a national spirit; got us to industrialize; got new leaders to emerge; made enemies with Canada; got Europe to respect the US  
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What was the Industrial Revolution?   large scale emergence of new industrial products  
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What did James Hargreaves invent?    
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What did Edmond Cartwright invent?   Spinning Jenny  
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What did Richard Arkwright invent?   loom  
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What did Eli Whitney invent?   cotton gin; interchangeable parts for guns  
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What did Elias Howe invent?   sewing machine  
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What did James Watt invent?   steam engine  
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What did Robert Fulton invent?   steam boat  
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What did George Stephonson invent?   steam train  
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What did Samuel Morse invent?   telegraph; Morse code  
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What are the good changes of the Industrial Revolution?   time saving devices, faster communication, faster transportation, created new jobs for many, wealthy who could afford products got more leisure time  
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What are the bad changes of the Industrial Revolution?   child labor, low pay factories, long hours in factories, no education for children in slums  
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Why did the North get factories instead of the south?    
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