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Who was the Federalist Party formed around?

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Alexander Hamilton

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Who was the Democratic-Republican Party formed around?

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Thomas Jefferson

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The Feds. advocated for a future in…

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Industry and manufacturing

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The DRs advocated for a future in…

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Agriculture

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Federalists held the view that the gov’t…

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needs to be in the hands of the educated and “capable”

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Feds wanted a ____ national government

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strong

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Feds had a ___ interpretation of the Constitution

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loose

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DRs held the view that the gov’t…

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Should include the “common man”

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DRs wanted a ____ national government

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Democratic

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DRs had a ___ interpretation of the Constitution

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strict

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Hamilton wanted…

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a national bank to store money and handle debts

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Jefferson was against the national band because

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it was not clearly authorized in the Constitution

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Who were the FED and DR candidates in the Election of 1800?

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Fed: Adams against DR: Jefferson

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Why did Jefferson and the DRs win the Election of 1800?

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they did a good job campaigning against Adams.

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The Election of 1800 was also called…

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“Revolution of 1800”

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What year was the Missouri Compromise?

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1819

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What sparked the Missouri Compromise?

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Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state - they wanted to keep a sectional balance (slave vs free)

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The Missouri Compromise?

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Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine will be made a free state

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Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine and who was it for?

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John Quincy Adams for President James Monroe

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When was the Monroe Doctrine delivered to Congress?

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December 2, 1823

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What did the Monroe Doctrine state (3 points)?

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  • No more colonization in the Western Hemisphere by Europe
  • Any interference would be interpreted as a threat to US security
  • We will stay out of European affairs
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Who issued the Indian Removal Act

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Andrew Jackson

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What did Andrew Jackson think the Indian Removal Act would do?

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He thinks it will increase the population, wealth, and power of the state

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What was the Trail of Tears?

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thousands of Cherokee people were forcibly removed from their land

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the South relied on...
agriculture, especially cotton plantations
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The North relied on...
Industry, factories, cities
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Territories gained after the Spanish-American War
Texas, and what is now California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming
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Manifest Destiny is the theory that...
whites were destined by God to span the North Continent
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What was manifest destiny used to "justify"?
“Justified” their removal of Native civilizations for white supremacist concepts
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What is popular sovereignty:
Government based on the consent of the people
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Ex. of Draft inequity
Those who were rich (such as wealthy white men) could pay their way out of getting drafted
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In what ways were the African Americans discriminated against in the War?
Whites were paid much more than colored people were and they also did not have to pay for uniforms
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What were Radical Republican's views on the original reconstruction plans?
Lincoln and Johnsons' plans for reconstruction were too soft
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Radical Republicans wanted: (3 points)
- universal education and equal rights - to confiscate land from the Confederates and redistribute it to poor white people and former slaves. - organize the South into military zones for occupation.
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the RRs controlled most of Congress by... (year)
1866
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What were the Jim Crow Laws?
state and local laws that enforced racial segregation
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How long did these laws last? (From __ until __)?
The 1880s until 1965
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What is a Carpetbagger?
a northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction
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Period of Reconstruction
1865-1877
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Why did Cartbaggers do what they do?
for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities following the civil war
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What was the Southern response to 13th-15th Amendments?
Jim Crow Laws, Black Codes, and Implement poll tax
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When was the Gilded Age? (From __ to ___)
1876-1900
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The Gilded Age encouraged civilizations to go from farming to...
Industrialization
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Keys of the Gilded Age (4 points)
- Industrial Revolution - Natural Resources(oil and steel) - Gov’t support for business - Immigration-cheap labor
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Thomas Edison made electricity- when did he do that?
1880
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The Gilded Age gave us steel- what were its uses?
development of railroads, bridges, and skyscrapers
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Were the Robber Barons legit?
Sometimes they were, sometimes they weren't.
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What sketchy things did Robber Barons do? (3 points)
- Paying employee's inadequate salaries - Driving competitors out of business - Monopolizing certain industries to control the market and prices
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Who were Robber Barons
industrialists who amassed huge fortunes by business practices
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Who mass-produced steel?
Andrew Carnegie
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Who mass-produced oil?
John D. Rockefeller(Standard Oil Co.)
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What was "Social Darwinism"?
application of Darwin’s theory of evolution of society-some people will succeed, some won’t naturally
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When was Plessy vs. Ferguson?
1896
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What was Plessy vs. Ferguson? What'd it decide?
A South Carolina case where the court decided that separate facilities for African Americans were legal so long as they were equal
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Freedmen’s Bureau disbanded in...
1872
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Why did Freedmens Buerau fail in the end?
Not enough funding or leadership to be successful in the long-term (Were given money that'd last them an entire week in the war but for an entire year)
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Between 1870-1920 how many Europeans immigrated to the US?
approx 20 million Europeans
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Before 1890, most of the immigrants were from...
western and northern Europe.
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After 1890, most of the immigrants were from...
eastern and southern Europe.
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Why did immigrants come to America?
They were looking for jobs, land, and were often escaping from anti-Semitism.
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Between __ and __ about 300,000 Chinese arrived to the US from
1851 and 1883
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What were 3 major processing centers for immigrants?
Ellis Island, NYC, and Angel Island in San Francisco
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What 3 kinds of checks happened at processing centers?
- health checks - criminal background checks - checks to see if they could support themselves and or were fit to work.

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