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| What kind of government did the Articles of Confederation create? | a weak central govt; states held more power |
| Who wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom? Why is it significant? | Thomas Jefferson, separates church and state |
| Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights? significance? | George Mason; becomes basis for Bill of Rights |
| Who is the father of the Consititution? | James Madison |
| Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention? | George Washington |
| Why were the Federalist Pares important in US History? | Essays written in NY newspapaers which convinced states to ratify the Consititution |
| Who helped get the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? | Antifederalists |
| Explain how the rise of political parties came about? | Hamilton and Jefferson had different ideas |
| What did Washington say in his Farewell Address? | warned against political parties and permanent foreign alliances |
| Why was the Louisiana Purchase a difficult decision for President Thomas Jefferson? | he would have to embrace a loose interpretation of the Constitution (he had always had a strict interpretation) |
| What is the significance of Marbury v. Madison? | established judicial review (right for Supreme Court to declare law unconstitutional) |
| What was the Adams-Onis Treaty? | gave the US Florida in 1819 |
| What is the Monroe Doctrine? | told Erupoe to stay out of affairs (and colonizing) in the Western Hemisphere |
| Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney; it increased slavery |
| Why did Americans move into Texas? | they were invited by the Mexican govt to help settle and control outlying areas |
| What was the spoils system? | credited to Andrew Jackson, he gave govt jobs to political supporters |
| How did democracy expand during the Age of Jackson? | more people were "enfranchised" as the property requirement was dropped as a voting requirement |
| What was Jackson's policy toward the Native Americans? | Removed during Trail of Tears; Indian Removal Act |
| What was Jackson's views on the National Bank? | he wanted to kill the bank; put money in state(pet) banks; eventually leads to Panic of 1837 |
| What is sectionalism? | division between north and south |
| Why was the annexation of Texas delayed? | debate over slavery |
| What is the Missouri Compromise | Maine admitted as free state; Missouri as slave; 36-30 line becomes the divding line between slave and free in the future |
| What was the issue with tariffs? | North liked high tariffs; South like low tariffs; Tariff of Abominations led to a Nullification Crisis |
| What is the significance of Manifest Destiny? | belief that the US should span all the way to the Pacific Ocean |
| What is popular sovereignty? | allowing the people of a stat or territory to vote on whter or not to have slavery (Stephen Douglas idea) |
| What was the Compromise of 1850? | 1. CA free 2. popular sovereignty in NM/UT 3. slave trade ends in DC 4. stronger fugitive slave law |
| What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | called for poluar sovereignty in KS and NB; would in essence repeal the Missouri Compromise |
| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Who wrote the Liberator? | William Lloyd Garrison |
| Who were Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser? | led separate slave revolts |
| What was the significance of the Dred Scott case? | Said slaves were property, cna't take property w/o due process; in effect slavery could exist anywhere you take your property |
| What event put Abraham Lincoln on the national stage? | Lincoln Douglas debates |
| What event was the immediate cause for the secession of several states in 1860? | Election of Lincoln |
| What were the causes of the Civil War? | slavery, tariffs, sectionalism |
| Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? | Fort Sumter |
