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history final review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| causes and results of the war of 1812 | cause: impressment by Britain effects: increased patriotism in the US |
| why did the northern states not want to admit Missouri in the union in 1820? | they did not want to upset the balance of free and slave states |
| Texas revolution | independence from Mexico |
| The Oregon trail | the route over which settlers traveled to Oregon in the 1840's----moved west 1843 |
| second great awakening | a period of evangelism in the US----democratic |
| Mormons | members of the church Jesus Christ of latter day saints ---salt lake city Utah |
| why did Americans flock to Texas in the early 1830's | cheap land |
| what were the results of industrialization? | growth of urbanization; new job opportunities |
| how did Andrew Jackson respond to the decision in Worcester v GA? | ignored it and supported GA |
| how did southern cities compare to northern cities? | southern agriculture and northern industrialization |
| corrupt bargain | Jackson denied presidency |
| Jacksonian democrat view of government | limited government |
| why did Jackson defend the spoils system? | prevented the government from being controlled by the wealthy |
| tariff of Abominations | south Carolina tried to nullify it |
| Jackson's war on the BUS | vetoed it ---a danger to free government |
| transcendentalism | self reliant; transformed society; idea that people could rise above the material things |
| American colonization society | assisted free black people in emigrating to Africa ;wanted equal treatment |
| Seneca falls convention | first women's rights convention in US |
| radical abolitionists | called for an immediate end to slavery |
| northern hostility over the Mexican war | caused tensions between north and south over new territories |
| fort Sumter | first shots of the civil war |
| uncle toms cabin | convince many northerners that slavery would ruin the nation |
| Dred Scott decision | laves could be taken to any free territory |
| Lincoln-Douglas debate | Lincoln said slavery was a moral issue |
| manifest destiny | US has a divine mission to spread across the continent |
| why did Whig party collapse in the 1850's | they could not compromise own slavery |
| bleeding Sumner | Preston Brookes beats Charles Sumner with a cane |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | allowed citizens to decide the issue of slavery |
| raid on harpers ferry | john brown wanted to start a slave uprising |
| first battle of bull run | first major battle of the civil war |
| emancipation proclamation | freed slaves in areas controlled by the confederacy |
| Vicksburg | union victory cut the confederacy in two |
| cotton diplomacy | south hoped to convince Britain to intervene |
| battle of Gettysburg | hoped to win a victory on human soil |
| impact of states rights on the confederacy's war effort | it hurt it |
| election of 1864 | he would negotiate an end to the war |
| john Wilkes booth | killed Lincoln |
| why did congress refuse the newly elected southern representatives in 1865? | many were former confederate leaders |
| wade-Davis bill | Lincoln pocket vetoed |
| Lincolns plan for reconstruction | lenient on the south |
| civil war amendments | 13:makes slavery illegal 14:granted citizenship-passed to protect civil rights of 1866-american Indians were left out |
| new south | improved race relations; industrialized; improve education |
| redeemers | democrats wanted to cut budgets,, cut social programs; limit civil rights of former slaves |
| Jim crow laws/ segregation | segregation becomes complete because imperialism, supreme court limits rights, and because of reconstruction |
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