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What did the Monroe Doctrine declare? | the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization |
Why did William Lloyd Garrison begin publishing a newspaper called "The Liberator"? | immediate emancipation of all slaves |
Why was it important to keep the free and slave states balanced? | to keep the power of northern and southern states equal in the Senate |
What state was admitted as a free state when Missouri entered as a slave state for the Missouri Compromise? | Maine |
Why did more people get the right to vote under Jackson? | owning property was no longer a qualification to vote |
Who was called the People's president? | Andrew Jackson |
In what state was Jackson elected a congressional representative? | Tennessee |
Who are members of a party to nominate the presidental candidate? | caucus system |
Who are delegates from states gathered at a convention to nominate the president? | National nominating convention |
What authorizes the president to use the military to enforce laws? | Force Bill |
What state invoked the theory of nullification for the new tariff in 1828 and threatened to secede if forced to pay it? | South Carolina |
How many Cherokee died when forced to leave their homes for Oklahoma? | over 4,000 |
How did the Cherokee die along the "Trail of Tears"? | starvation, disease, and exposure |
What was the basic message of the Second Great Awakening? | individuals must allow God and Christ into their daily lives |
What is nullification? | to declare a federal law invalid |
What provided money for relocating Native Americans & forced the Cherokee tribe to move to Oklahoma? | Indian Removal Act |
What established a boundary between USA and Canada? | Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
What was the forced removal of Cherokee from their homes to Oklahoma called? | Trail of Tears |
Who was the important African-American abolitionist that gave antislavery speeches and spoke on women's rights? | Sojourner Truth |
Who was the enslaved preacher that led a violent uprising? | Nat Turner |
What was the practice of rewarding government supporters with government jobs? | spoils system |
What was abolitionism? | the movement to end slavery |
Who was victorious in battles with the Shawnee tribe? | Anthony Wayne |
What religious group had their own utopian society? | Shakers |
What did Andrew Jackson work to destroy during his presidency? | Bank of the United States |
Who founded the abolitionist newspaper called the "Liberator" in Boston? | William Lloyd Garrison |
Who was the abolitionist newspaper editor that was killed by a mob in Alton, IL? | Lovejoy |
In what ways did President Andrew Jackson expand democracy? | nominating convention replaced caucus system for choosing presidential candidates & spoils system favored ordinary citizens |
What were factors that led to President Jackson's decision to sign the Indian Removal Act? | Louisiana Purchase & moving them to the "wasteland"(Great Plains) would resolve conflicts with Native Americans |
What main ideas did American romanticists and transcendentalists believe? | feeling over reason & overcome limits of your mind |
What groups were involved in the abolitionist movement? | Quakers, free African-Americans, church members, newspaper publishers |
How did reformers improve the public education system in the early to mid-1800s? | government funded public education, open to all children, encouraged attendance |
What modern day country was formed by former slaves? | Liberia |