Transcript Final SG Part 2

Final Exam
Study Guide
Part II
Era of Good Feelings
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Period of time immediately following the
War of 1812
Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Agreement between the US and Great
Britain to limit the number of Naval ships on
the Great Lakes
Adams-Onis Treaty
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gave the United States east Florida
Simon Bolivar
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Venezuelan
Nicknamed “the Liberator”
Won independence for his own country
Led revolutions in several South American
countries
Monroe Doctrine
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Stated the United States would not tolerate
any new colonies in North or South
America
How did the War of 1812 make
Americans feel?
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Pride in their country
Sequoya
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Cherokee leader that tried to help them
assimilate to white culture.
Specie
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Gold or Silver
The Election of 1824
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Won by
What was Andrew Jackson’s
nickname?
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Old Hickory
The Missouri Compromise
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Drafted by Henry Clay
Banned slavery north of the 36 30 line
Maine enters as a free state
Missouri enters as a slave state
What did the collapse of the Federalist
Party coincide with?
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Political Harmony
What did the War of 1812 convince
many Republicans to support?
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A strong central government
Nicholas Biddle
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The president of the National Bank under
Andrew Jackson.
Samuel Slater
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Developed a British style spinning mill in
the US
Eli Whitney
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Invented the Cotton Gin
Robert Fulton
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Designed the first steamship called the
Clermont.
What were slaves called in Texas?
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Indentured Servants
Battles of the Texas Revolution
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Alamo
Goliad
San Jacinto
William Travis
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Colonel at the Alamo
What issue prevented Texas from
entering the Union immediately?
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Slavery
Mountain Men
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Fur trappers
Oregon Trail
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Connected the Midwest with Oregon
Country
Californios
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The first Spanish settlers of California and
their descendants.
Who led the Bear Flag Revolt?
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John Fremont
Why was the Mexican War called
Polk’s War?
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Because Polk aggressively pursued US
expansion.
Who won the Election of 1852?
Fire-Eaters
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Southerners who held extremely proslavery views.
Secession
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Withdrawal from the Union
Who made the Freeport Doctrine?
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Stephen Douglas
Lecompton Constitution
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was drafted and passed by pro-slavery
delegates only
Charles Sumner
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Massachusetts senator who was beaten
with a cane by Preston Brooks.
What were Lincoln and Douglas
debating for in 1858?
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Illinois Senate Seat
Fugitive Slave Act
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Made northerners unwilling participants in
slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
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Legislation that would have banned slavery
in all territory acquired from Mexico.
What did the seceding states call
themselves?
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The Confederate States of America
Anaconda Plan
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The Union’s plan for victory in the Civil
War.
Who was the Confederate General at
Gettysburg?
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Robert E. Lee
Richmond
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Capital of the Confederacy
David Farragut
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Commanded the Union ships that captured
New Orleans.
Clara Barton
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Started the American Red Cross
Appomattox Courthouse
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Town in which Lee surrendered to Grant.
William Sherman
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US General who led his “March to the Sea”
What state is Fort Sumter in?
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South Carolina
Jefferson Davis
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Was chosen as President of the
Confederacy.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
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John Wilkes Boothe
Andrew Johnson
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Became president after Lincoln was
assassinated.
What was required by Andrew
Johnson to re-enter the Union?
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States had to:
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Nullify their acts of secession
Abolish slavery
Refuse to pay Confederate debts
How did republicans feel about giving
African Americans the right to vote?
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They supported equal rights.
Reconstruction Acts
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Divided the south into 5 military districts.
Who won the Election of 1868?
Freedmen’s Bureau
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Helped African Americans in the south
following the Civil War
Was supposed to operate for 1 year,
violence kept them in operation for 7 years
Frederick Douglass
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Former slave who became a prominent
abolitionist.
Ku Klux Klan
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Terrorist organization that harassed African
Americans and Republicans in the south.
Black Codes
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Written to limit the freedom of African
Americans in the south.