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Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| laissez-faire | "let alone" - government should not interfere in peoples' lives |
| Secede | means to with draw from the Union |
| sedition | stirring up a rebellion against a government |
| embargo | is a ban on trade with another country |
| nullify | to cancel a law |
| suffrage | is the right to vote |
| tariff | is a tax, usually referring to imported goods |
| neutral | not taking sides |
| democracy | ensuring that all people have the same rights |
| manifest destiny | belief that the U.S. was made to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
| In the 1830's factories no longer had to rely on rivers to power their machines. What did factories begin to use to power their equipment? | steam power |
| What did trade unions want to accomplish? | better working conditions, pay, hours |
| By the 1800s, the North and the South | were dependent on each other's products |
| Samuel Morse invented | the telegraph |
| Eli Whitney invented | the cotton gin |
| Elias Howe invented | the sewing machine |
| Cyrus McCormick invented | the mechanical reaper |
| Robert Fulton invented | the steamboat |
| Alessandro Volta invented | the battery |
| Peter Cooper invented | Steam-powered locomotive |
| Alfred Vail invented | morse code |
| John Deere invented | the steel plow |
| What industry was first changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution | textile (cloth) |
| Lewis and Clark were directed to do which of the following | study climate, wildlife, Native Americans, and a route to the Pacific Ocean |
| This gave the U.S/ control of a vast amount of land west of the Mississippi River | The Louisiana Purchase |
| In farewell address, Washington urged the to do what | stay neutral in foreign affairs |
| Western farmers opposed the tax on liquor by staging the what | Whiskey Rebellion |
| He was responsible for destroying the Second Bank of the United States | Andrew Jackson |
| He was the President at the time of the Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| His economic plans for the government included a national bank | Alexander Hamilton |
| He was the President during the War of 1812 | James Madison |
| Mormons began settling this land in 1846 | Utah |
| "Remember the Alamo" became the battle cry that called for Americans to fight for this territory | Texas |
| President James K. Polk's presidential campaign slogan of "Fifty Four-forty or fight" referred to the line of latitude for this northern territory | Oregon |
| The U.S. gained this territory as a result of the Mexican-American War | California |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for | women's rights |
| Frederick Douglass was a leading | abolitionist |
| Horace Mann fought for the right for every child to have an | education |
| Dorothea Dix fought for the rights of the | mentally ill |
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