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History
Unit 7 FINAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an abolitionist? | a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery |
| What does the term Antebellum mean? | latin for the time before war |
| Who invited the cotton Gin in 1798? | Eli Whiney |
| what does the cotton gin do? | separates the cotton from the seed |
| definition of nationalism | identification with one's own nation and support for its interests |
| What does nullify mean | void or discontinue |
| What is sectionalism | concern with local interest |
| a political party that developed in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his party (the democrats) | Whig party |
| What was the trail of tears? | created by Jackson. a route taken by Native Americans when they were forced off their lands |
| What was the Gadsden purchase | an agreement to buy what is now Arizona and New Mexico between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854 |
| What was the anti-slave novel written by Harriot Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's cabin |
| What did Henry Clay, senator, Speaker of the House, and secretary of state do | As senator, he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union, but such compromises could not settle the fractious issues that ultimately resulted in Civil Wa |
| Was the Compromise of 1850 successful? | No, it could not settle the fractious issues that ultimately resulted in Civil War |
| What two SC sisters moved to Philadelphia to join the abolitionist movement? | Sarah and Angelina Grimké |
| What did Charles Pinckney help Jefferson acquire? | the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon |
| Who was John Brown? | an American abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of slavery |
| T or F the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the US? | T |
| James Gadsden, for whom the Gadsden Purchase is named pertains to what purchased land | land which the US bought from Mexico- the southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico |
| Who was the 7th President and where was he from? | Andrew Jackson, tenesse |
| Why did he nearly go to war with SC? | because of the nullification crisis |
| What party formed because of Andrew Jackson and the democrats? | Whig party |
| What slave owner was a defender of the institution of slavery and wanted state's right? | John C. Calhoun |
| What did John C. Calhoun's doctrine of nullification state? | it stated that individual states had a right to reject federal policies that they deemed unconstitutional |
| What is Secession? | formal withdrawal of a group, state, or region from a larger political entity, organization, or country to become independent |
| Question? | Answer! |
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