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US History exam 3
Chapter 13-18 (Unit 3)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| According to Thomas Jefferson, The source of true freedom in America was | the self-sufficient independent family farmer who owned and worked his own land |
| When Thomas Jefferson referred to his successful bid for the presidency in 1800 as the "revolution of 1800" he meant that | it represented a thorough yet peaceful repudiation of the monarchal power of the federalists |
| true or false, president Jefferson believed that the power of the federal government should be limited | true |
| Jefferson sought to make his victory in the election of 1800 a "revolution" by | reducing the size of the national government and putting taxes and military spending |
| true or false, Jeffersons 18-7 embargo act was a disaster it brought U.S. commerce to a standstill and increased unemployment | true |
| War Hawks were young congressmen who | were angry over impressment and attacks on American commerce, were enthusiastic to invade Canada, and ready to declare war on Great Britain |
| true or false, When British soldiers entered Washington D.C. in 1814 they set fire to much of the city | true |
| true or false, the admission of Missouri to the union reflected a national consensus on major issues and American nationalism | false |
| As part of the Missouri Compromise | A line was drawn to separate free and slave territory |
| the "corrupt bargain" was | Jackson's objections to Henry clay becoming Adams Secretary of State |
| in the Video, professor Thomas Dublin points out that women entered the work force at Lowell for all of the following reasons except to | enjoy a less strutted life style |
| IN the film the working women of Lowell, professor Dublin expressed the view that women workers at the lower textile mill learned that they could | public protest ill treatment |
| the market revolution experienced by Americans after the war of 1812 | brought increasing numbers of people out of old patterns of rural self-sufficiency and into the national market economy |
| the completion of the Erie canal | allowed New York City to have direct access to the interior regions of the U.S. |
| by the 1830's the cost of shipping by canal | fell to less than 1/10ths of the cost of overland transport |
| true or false, most of the railroad track laid in the middle of the 19th century was in the Deep South | false |
| lawyers of the 1820's and 1830's created the legal foundation for an economy that gave priority to | ambitious individuals interested in maximizing their own wealth |
| true or false, The practice of manufacturing and then assembling interchangeable parts became known ad the American System | true |
| proponents of the free-labor system claimed that the system | made it possible for hired laborers to one day become economically independent |
| proponents of the 'free labors ideology' claimed the 4th system of slavery | opened doors for even the most lazy and debacle minded people |
| All of the following represented Andrew Jackson's core beliefs except for his | respect for the governing elites |
| the theory of nullification is based on the principal that | states can reject federal laws |
| How did Andrew Jackson define south Carolina position of nullification | was the equivalent of treason |
| true or false, a compelling reason underlying the argument for nullification in 1828 was the fear that a northern dominated federal government might one day decided to end slavery | true |
| for presidet jackson, the bank of the United States represented | an elite threat to peoples liberty |
| In the video , professor Theda Perdue observes that Indian removal | was another step towards naming the United States a white man's country |
| In Worcester V Georgia, the Supreme Court | recognized the Cherokees sovereignty and nullified Georgia laws within the Cherokee nation |
| After Worcester V Georgia, Andrew Jackson | ignored the court and refused to obey the decision |
| the infamous trail of tears was | a twelve-hundred mile forced march by Cherokees who were expelled form their land |
| true or false, in the era of Andrew Jackson, the united state became more democratic for adult white men and less democratic for everyone else. | true |
| After 1820, what caused slavery to become more vigorous and profitable | cotton production expanded into the Deep South |
| true or false, the film gone with he wind represented a realistic portrayal and true history of the antebellum south | false |
| by 1860, most whites in the south did not own slaves, not even one | true |
| by 1860 the largest number of white southerners | were yeoman farmers and did not own slaves |
| amount the reasons non-slaveholding whites supported slavery was the | psychological satisfaction of thinking themselves superior to any black person |
| true or false, to deny that the slave system was brutal and explosive whites employed the concept of paternalism | true |
| the effect of the institution of slavery on southern society was that | whites were unified around race rather than dived by social class |
| central to slave life was the importance slaves placed on | family, religion, and community |
| African American Christianity, the form or religion created by slaves themselves | was an interpretation of the christian message that emphasized justice and salvation |
| Harriet Jacobs primary motive in writing 'Incidents' was to | address white women of the north to join the abolitionist movement |
| true or false, the second great awakening was a religious revival of the 1820's and 30's that encouraged increased activity in reform movement of the era | true |
| true or false, the evangelical temperament that defined most reformers of the era was typically low energy, indifferent and pessimistic | false |
| the temperance movement | opposed the consumption of alcohol |
| the term 'abolitionist movement' refer to | an anti-slavery movement demanding the freeing of slaves |
| which of the flowering were reformed movements of the 1830s and 40's | effort to abolish slavery woman's rights temperance movement |
| in 1831, William Lloyd Garrison launched | The liberator |
| relatively few white northerners got involved in the campaign to eradicate slavery because | even though they may have viewed slavery as counterproductive or immoral, they tended to be racists |
| true or false on the issue of slavery, William Lloyd Garrison urged patient and gradual change | false |
| true or false, large numbers of women were prominent in many nineteenth entry reform efforts | true |
| the convention at Seneca Falls in 1848 advocated | woman's rights and suffrage |
| Manifest Density meant | Americans had the god-given right to expand their superior civilization across the continent. |
| The migrants who settled on the Texas Land granted to Stephen F. Austin by Mexico in the 1820s were | southerners who brought cotton and slaves with them. |
| the battle of the Alamo | was a loss for texans and all 187 defenders died |
| what happened at Goliad in march 1836 | mexican forces captured and executed almost 400 texans |
| just before texans became a U.S. state in 1845, Texas was | an independent nation (the lone star republic |
| why did congress refuse to annex Texas into the union | texas would come into the union as a slave state |
| the Mexican-American war ended with the 1848 treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo, under the terms of which Mexico | gave up all claims to Texas above the rio grande and cede the provinces of New Mexico and California to the United States |
| between 1800 and 1850, the United States acquire land by which of the following means | war purchase diplomacy |
| true or false, in actuality, only a very few amount of people went to California between 1848 and 1852 | false |
| what was James Marshalls primary concern after he discovered gold | to keep it as quiet as possible |
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