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SOL 6 Study Guide
Election of 1800 up to the pre Civil War Compromises
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Different views of specific issues led to the development of the first American political parties. What specific views did they have differences over? | Economic and foreign policy |
| Which political party led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton in the election of 1800 favored a strong national government and commerical economy? | Federalists |
| What was the agreement between the US and British that led the British to give up their forts but allowed them to keep restrictions on American ships? | The Jay Treaty |
| Which political party was supported by farmers, artisans and frontier settlers in the South? | Democratic-Republicans |
| Why was the presidential election of 1800, won by Thomas Jefferson, important? | It was the first presidential election to have a peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another |
| Economic interests, strategic interests, and popular beliefs led to what? | Expansion to the Pacific Ocean |
| Which event did not occur between 1787 and the Civil War? | War with Spain |
| What was the theory that westward expansion was expected and a God-given right of the US? | The Monroe Doctrine |
| What was the event in which Native American Tribes were forcibly relocated from the Atlantic Coastal states to Oklahoma in the middle of winter? | The Trail of Tears |
| Who did Thomas Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory from? | France |
| What effect did the Louisian Purchase have on the United States? | It doubled the size of the US |
| How did Sacajawea help with the Louisiana Purchase? | She guided Lewis and Clark and translated for them |
| What was not a result of the war of 1812? | Increased British colonization in Mexico |
| Why did James Madison ask Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812? | British interference in American shipping |
| According to the Monroe Doctrine, how would the US take action if England attmepted to colonize in South America? | A threat to peace and safety |
| What is one example that nations in the Western Hemisphere were iherently different, as stated in the Monroe Doctrine? | European governments are monarchies and America is a republic |
| Why did American settlers migrate westward from the coastal states? | The economic opportunity to own and farm land |
| The westward movement and the growth of industrial economy were supported by what? | Railroads and Canals |
| What did Eli Whitney invent? | Cotton Gin |
| What battle was sparked by American immigration into Texas in which Texans were victorious over Mexico? | Battle of the Alamo |
| Americans won the Mexican War. Which state did they not acquire? | Louisiana |
| From the last decade of the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century, what was the major change in American politics? | An increase in popular participation in state and national politics |
| What happened as a result of the spoils system with Andrew Jackson as president? | elected officials rewarding their supporters with government jobs |
| How is Andrew Jackson's ability to personify the "democratic spirit" best displayed? | Jackson's challenging of the economic elite |
| Two political parties that were formed after the Federalist party were | Whig and Know-Nothings Party |
| The nation struggled to resolve sectional issues, which produced a series of | crises and compromises |
| This portion of the country favored high protective tariffs to protect agains foreign competition. | North |
| This portion of the country depended on slavery because it was rural and mostly consisted of plantations. | South |
| The multiple compromises of the mid 1800's were created to address what issue? | Extending slavery |
| The compromise that drew an east-west line through the the Louisiana Purchase, with slavery prohibited above the line and allowed below, is known as? | The Missouri Compromise |
| The compromise or act that allowed California to enter as a free state, while new territories in Southwest from Mexico could decide was known as | The Compromise of 1850 |
| The act that repealed the Missouri compromise and produced bloody fighting in Kansas was known as | The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| This centered around the argument over South Carolina's right to nullify Congresses' Tariff of 1832. What typ of issue is this? | State's Rights |
| This promoted the ending of the institution of slavery. | Abolition Movement |
| Slave revolts in Virginia that fed Southerner's fears of slave rebellions were led by who? | Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser |
| This was antislavery newspaper that presented the issue as a violation of Christian priciples. | The Liberator |
| Northern support of the abolishment of slavery pitted the North againts who? | South |
| This document was concerned with Expanding Women's rights? | Seneca Falls Declration |
| Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are associated with helping women earn the right to do what? | Vote |