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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abolitionist; published Liberator | Garrison |
| Black Abolitionist-published North Star | Douglass |
| campaigned against unfair treatment in jail and mental institutions | Dix |
| began Perkins School for Blind | Howe |
| began school for deaf | Gallaudet |
| against alcohol | Temperance Society |
| Began women's rights convention in Seneca Falls | Mott and Stanton |
| Organization to send slaves back to Liberia Africa | American Colonization Society |
| former slave-ran underground railroad | Tubman |
| 1st woman doctor; opened college for women doctors | Blackwell |
| against slavery | abolitionist |
| What battle were Texans successful in? | San Jacinto |
| Who became the president of the Republic of Texas? | Houston |
| Who was the Father of Texas? | Austin |
| Give 2 reasons many people in the US did not want Texas annexed. | slavery; too big |
| Define annex. | add on |
| What is an expansionist? | people who wanted to add land |
| What republic did California become? | Bear Flag Republic |
| Name the 2 land areas we won after the war with Mexico. | Mexico cession and Texas Annex |
| What did we have to give Mexico in return for the land? | 15 million for land and $3,250,000 for debts owed |
| What caused people to arrive in California in 1849? | gold |
| What were people who came to California during the gold rush called? | 49ers |
| What happened during Jackson's inauguration? Why? | People came with animals and stormed White House to see Jackson since he had invited them. |
| What did the Secret Service do to change the situation? | They took food outside, snuck Jackson out a window and locked people out. |
| What is the spoil's system? | Hiring your own people and getting rid of the previous administration's staff |
| How did Jackson abuse the spoil's system? | He got rid of more than other administration and fired qualified people and replaced them with unqualified people. |
| How did many people make money in California besides finding gold? | selling things at high price |
| What city became important because of the gold rush? | San Francisco |
| What 2 new businesses developed during the gold rush time? | Stagecoach and Pony Express |
| What 4 countries all claimed Oregon at one time? | Russia, Spain, Great Britian, and US |
| What did Spain agree to give up? | land N. of 42 degrees N latitude |
| What did Russia agree to give up? | land S. of 54 degrees, 40 degrees N latitude |
| What became the dividing line in Oregon between England and the US? | 49 degrees N latitude; shared line between Great Britian and US |
| What is a tariff? | tax on foreign product |
| What did Jackson want to do with the tariff? | raise it |
| Who objected to Jackson raising the tariff? | John C. Calhoun and South - They didn't have manufacturing and it would raise prices. |
| Who was Jackson's first Vice President and where was he from? | John C. Calhoun from S. Carolina |
| What does nullify mean? | refuse to obey |
| Who wanted to nullify the tariff? | South Carolina |
| Why did Jackson get a new Vice President? | John C. Calhoun quit |
| Who was Jackson's new Vice President? | Martin Van Buren |
| Why did S. Carolina decide to secede? | tariffs were raised again |
| What does secede mean? | break away |
| What was Jackson's reaction to S. Carolina seceding? | would send troops |
| Who came up with a compromise when S. Carolina seceded? What did this compromise say? | Henry Clay; S. Carolina would accept the tariff for now and tariff would be reduced over next 10 years |
| What was the Bank of the US? | private bank which held govn't funds |
| Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the US? | It was for the rich; wouldn't help the little person |
| How was Jackson able to get rid of the Bank of the US? | took gov't. funds out of it |
| What was the Indian Removal Act? | Indians had to move west of the Miss. R. |
| Why was the Indian Removal Act passed? | because Jackson hated Indians |
| Who became president after Jackson? | Martin Van Buren |
| What was Martin Van Buren blamed for? | recession |
| What actually caused the recession? | a lot of smaller banks went bankrupt when people exchanged paper currency for gold/silver. |
| What is a recession? | time when people lost jobs, economy was going down, people lost homes |
| Who beat Van Buren for president and what was his slogan? | William Henry Harrison; Tippiecanoe and Tyler Too |
| What was the Adams Otis Treaty? | treaty between US and Spain to purchase Florida |
| Who was the US president during the Adams Otis Treaty? | Monroe |
| Why was Florida a trouble spot fo the US? | Indians came north and robbed US towns; slaves escaped here. |
| Who overthrew Spain and formed their own Republic? | Mexico |
| Who is the American who led people into Texas? | Stephen Austin |
| Give 5 reasons the Mexican gov't. didn't like Texas. | refused to follow Mexican law; refused to speak Spanish; refused to turn Catholic; tried to make Texas part of US; brought slaves; different customs; didn't get along with Mexican people |
| Who became leader of Mexico? | Santa Anna |
| What happened on March 2, 1836? | Texas declared independence. |
| What 2 battles did the Texans lose in Texas? | Alamo; Goliad |
| Who was considered an expansionist president? | Polk |
| What event will Ms. Soster attend this Thursday evening? | a cooking show |
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