History Flashcards
(130 cards)
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What event happened in France in 1789?
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French revolution!
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Who became emperor of France in 1799?
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Napoleon
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What were the Napoleonic Wars?
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Napoleon went around Europe whipping those Euros
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What was the Embargo of 1807?
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Banned American ships from trading with foreign ports
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Who was the Embargo of 1807 aimed at?
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Lowkey at the British and the French
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Why did the US implement the Embargo of 1807?
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Prevent the US from getting involved in the beef in Europe tbh
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Which president implemented the Embargo of 1807?
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My boy Thomas Jefferson
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What was the result of the Embargo of 1807?
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The War of 1812
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When was the War of 1812?
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1812
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What motivated the US to go to war with Great Britain?
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The British took their sailors and they took that personally, US also a greedy guy so he wanted expansion
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Who was president during the War of 1812?
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James Madison
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Who did the US fight in the War of 1812?
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Great Britain
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Why do some people call the War of 1812 the Second Revolutionary War?
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Bc Britain was lowk violating the treaty so we were fighting kinda to reinforce
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Who created our national anthem?
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Francis Scott Key, my goat
He saw the American flag waving amidst the battle from a boat
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Who won the War of 1812?
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Twas a tie
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What role did Andrew Jackson have in the War of 1812?
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He was a crazy lil general
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What battle did Andrew Jackson get famous in?
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Battle of New Orleans
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What happened to the White House during the War of 1812?
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It was burnt down
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When was the Era of Good Feelings?
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1815-1825
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Where was the Federalist Party strong?
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New England area
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What did the Federalist Party believe in?
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Strong national government
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What was the nickname of the Federalist Party?
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Better than you party
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Why did the Federalist Party die out?
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They couldn’t appeal to the common folk
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Who was president during the Era of Good Feelings?
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James Monroe
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What is James Monroe's nickname?
The last of the cocked hats
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What caused the Era of Good Feelings?
The years of happiness after the success of the war
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Which political party dominated politics during the Era of Good Feelings?
Democratic-Republicans
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Which political party died during the Era of Good Feelings and why?
Federalist Party died bc they kinda opposed the War of 1812
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How did the Era of Good Feelings end?
The election of 1824
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What event caused the Missouri Compromise?
Bc Missouri is a silly goose and wanted to be in the union as a slave state
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Which politician negotiated the Missouri Compromise?
My boy Henry Clay
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What political balance was trying to be preserved by the Missouri Compromise?
Slave and free states in the Senate
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What was the deal of the Missouri Compromise?
Anything above a line just beneath Missouri was a slave state, but Missouri was a slave state
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When does the Missouri Compromise deal end?
1854
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What is another name for the Missouri Compromise?
Compromise of 1820
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What was the Missouri Compromise mainly about?
Slavery expansion in the US
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What was the Missouri Compromise?
Was a law that let Missouri into the union as a slave state and remain a free state.
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Who came up with the Missouri Compromise?
Ofc my boy Henry the goatish
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What two states entered the Union in 1820 as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and Maine
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What were the free states in 1820?
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine
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What were the slave states in 1820?
Louisiana, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi
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Who were the two main candidates in the election of 1824?
JQ Adams and Andrew Jackson
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Who got the most popular and electoral votes in the election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
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Who won the election of 1824 and how was the winner selected?
J.Q. Adams, electoral college
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What was the corrupt bargain in the election of 1824?
Henry Clay convinced the house to choose Adams as president and in turn he would become the secretary of state.
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Who were the two candidates in the election of 1828?
Jackson and Adams
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Who won the election of 1828?
Jackson
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What does nullification mean?
When a state refuses to follow a federal law within the borders of the states
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Who was president during the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
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What was the nullification crisis about?
TAXes
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What state was at the heart of the nullification crisis?
South Carolina
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How was the nullification crisis resolved?
Jackson was a girlboss and sent armed troops
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What was Andrew Jackson's political philosophy?
Strong Executive system
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What is the spoils system?
When they replace workers with the leader’s supporters
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Who was Henry Clay?
A politician who created deals that avoided crisis
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What economic system did Henry Clay advocate for?
American system
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What are the two compromises Henry Clay made?
Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
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Who was the first Democratic president?
Andrew Jackson
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What parts of the country supported the Democrats?
North
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What beliefs did the Democratic party hold?
Progress
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What technology made slavery profitable again?
The cotton gin
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What was the name of the person who invented the cotton gin?
Whitney
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How did the cotton gin work?
Separated seeds from cotton
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Why did only a minority of southerners own slaves?
It wasn't that profitable anymore
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What is popular sovereignty?
The right to vote for something
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Who came up with the idea of the American System?
Henry Clay
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What were the three components of the American System?
Internal expansion, National bank, High Tariffs
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Where were most early railroads built?
Northeast/Midwest
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What is industrialization?
Factories
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Where were most factories located?
North
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What policy was created to protect American factories?
Tariffs
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Why did American factories need protection?
Imports had better quality for the same price
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What are tariffs?
A tax on foreign imports
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What purpose do tariffs serve?
To protect local factories
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What part of the country supported and opposed tariffs?
North supported, South/West opposed
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What is manifest destiny?
Manifest destiny is the idea of a god given right to expand the continent.
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What political parties supported and opposed manifest destiny?
Democrats supported Manifest Destiny while Whig didn't like it
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Where and what was the name of the area Native Americans got moved to?
Indian territory
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Why did presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren support Native American removal?
It's what the demos wanted
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What was the Trail of Tears?
The forced move of Native Americans from their homes.
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What four countries were claiming the Oregon Territory?
Spain, England, U.S, Russia
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How did the US get the Oregon Territory?
The Oregon treaty between Britain and US
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Who did the US negotiate with for the Oregon Territory?
UK
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What modern states made up the Oregon Territory?
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
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When was the Mexican-American War?
1846-1848
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Who was president during the Mexican-American War and what party were they?
James K. Polk of the Democratic party
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What was this president’s dream?
To have two Oceans
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Who won the Mexican-American War?
America
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What states did the United States gain from the Mexican-American War?
Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma
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How was the Mexican-American War inspired by manifest destiny?
Expansion
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What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
An act that allowed these territories to vote whether they wanted slaves or not
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Who signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law?
Franklin Pierce
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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act trigger a mini civil war?
Slave states moved to these territories to vote which led to armed violence
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What was the Oregon Trail?
A journey across the continent
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Where did the Oregon Trail start and stop?
From Independence Missouri to Oregon City
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Why did people stop going on the Oregon Trail?
The first railroad was completed
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When was the Civil War?
1861
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What is the term for when a state leaves the country?
Secession
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Who were Abraham Lincoln’s two vice presidents?
Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson
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Why did Lincoln change his vice president in 1864?
To find southern reconstruction
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Who were the two candidates in the election of 1864?
Lincoln and George
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Who won the election of 1864?
Lincoln MY GOAT
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Who were the Union states?
Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, Oregon
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Who was president of the Union?
The goat Abraham Lincoln RAH
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What were the Union’s strengths?
Rail, money, population, land
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What were the Union’s weaknesses?
Leaders
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What was the problem with early Union generals?
They were ineffective
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What was the Union war strategy?
Blockade the South
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What is a confederacy?
Union of independent states
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Who were the Confederate states?
South Carolina, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia
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Who was president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Finis Davis
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What did the Confederacy have to do to win the war?
They needed to defend their territory, AND CRUSH the Union's will to fight
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What were the South’s strengths?
Strong military leader, strong morale, and they were familiar with the land
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What were the South’s weaknesses?
They had a small base, not a lot of people or factories either.
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What was the Confederate war strategy?
They wanted to keep the war going to make the North tired, defend
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Who is the most famous Confederate general?
Robert E. Lee
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Who were the Border states?
Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia (later)
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What did the Border states have in common?
They were all slave states
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Who became a state during the Civil War?
West Virginia
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What steak sauce was invented during the Civil War?
A1
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What happened at the Battle of Fort Sumter?
The fort which was in the Confederacy was low on supplies and when Lincoln sent supplies unarmed it got captured.
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What happened at the Battle of Antietam?
Lots of people died all for it to be a draw
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What happened at the Battle of Gettysburg?
So basically the Union won which ruined the Confederacy’s chances at reinforcement.
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What Southern city did the North take early in the war?
New Orleans
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What was Sherman’s march to sea?
Sherman that baddie captured Georgia and set fire to/destroyed everything in his path in the nearby states
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
An executive order that declared enslaved people free in Confederate states
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation actually do?
Freed those slaves
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What party was Abraham Lincoln?
Republican
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Who challenged Lincoln in the election of 1864?
George B. McClellan
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How many people died in the Civil War?
A lot maybe like 800,000
