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Term 1 of 69
Secession
Movement led by Fredrick Douglass and others to end slavery.
The formal withdraw of a state from the union. The southern states threatened to succeed
from the Union over slavery.
A political party created in the 1790s and influenced by Alexander Hamilton that wanted to
strengthen the federal government and promote industry and trade.
These were a small group of people in 1865 who supported black suffrage. They were led
by Senator Charles Sumner and Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. They supported the
abolition of slavery and a demanding reconstruction policy during the war and after.
Term 2 of 69
The Jungle
Cotton cleaned 50x faster than by hand
This led to an explosion of slavery; more slaves needed to pick/plant cotton since it could
be cleaned so fast
An essay composed by James Madison which argues that liberty is safest in a large republic
because many interests (factions) exist. Such diversity makes tyranny by the majority more
difficult since ruling coalitions will always be unstable.
"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered
as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel
were free states and all South were slave states.
Upton Sinclair's novel that inspired pro-consumer federal laws regulating meat, food, and
drugs. This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing
industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania),
established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and
permanently prohibited slavery
This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1,
1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect. It established the
functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence
from Great Britain.
Deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) &
Samuel Tilden (Dem.); Hayes was awarded presidency in exchange for the permanent
removal of fed. troops from the South--> ended Reconstruction
Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting
mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the
call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
Definition 4 of 69
1804-1806 - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were commissioned by Jefferson to map and
explore the Louisiana Purchase region. Beginning at St. Louis, Missouri, the expedition travelled up
the Missouri River to the Great Divide, and then down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. It
produced extensive maps of the area and recorded many scientific discoveries, greatly facilitating
later settlement of the region and travel to the Pacific coast.
Lewis and Clark
Jefferson Davis
Mason and Dixon
Desoto and Grant
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Gilden Age
Undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to
1800. The French began to seize American ships trading with their British enemies and
refused to receive a new United States minister when he arrived in Paris in December 1796.
(First battle of the American Revolution) April 8, 1775: Gage leads 700 soldiers to confiscate
colonial weapons and arrest Adam, and Hancock; April 19, 1775: 70 armed militia face the
British at Lexington (shot heard around the world); British retreat to Boston, suffer nearly
300 casualties along the way (concord)
Lincoln's primary goal in going to war was to save the Union, slavery or not. Along with
preserving the Union. Reunite the North and South
Time period after Reconstruction. Looks great on the surface, but if one scratches the
surface it is very different. Term coined by Mark Twain
Definition 6 of 69
An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the
Democrats, stood for protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal
improvements
The Democratic Party
The Republican Party
The Whig Party
The Federalist Party
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