HIST 1311: Short Terms 3
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What was the Anti-Masonic Party?
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Entered Election of 1832- William Wirt
Emerged in NY state as a reaction against the power of the Masonic Order
Individuals who were very suspicious of the fraternal organization - the freemasons
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Why was the Anti-Masonic Party significant?
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First third party movement in American history
First party to have a party platform
First to nominate a candidate at a convention
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What was the Trail of Tears?
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Move westward towards present-day Oklahoma by the Native Americans
Harsh weather, short supplies, poor sanitation
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Why was the Trail of Tears significant?
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4000 of 12000 Cherokees died on trip
Native Americans leaving Georgia because Jackson refused to obey the court ruling of Worcester v. Georgia
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What was the South Carolina Exposition and Protest?
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1828 statement by John C. Calhoun
Published anonymously
States have the right to nullify a federal law
Protested the Tariff of Abominations
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Why was the South Carolina Exposition and Protest significant?
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Challenged both the supremacy of the federal government and the power of the federal government and the power of the federal courts to make the final decision on the constitutionality of federal laws
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What was the Second Bank of the United States?
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Why was the Second Bank of the United States significant?
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What was the Specie Circular?
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Hard money policy adopted by Jackson to slow down the overheated economy
Required that land purchased from the government be paid for in specie (hard currency)
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Why was the Specie Circular significant?
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What was Manifest Destiny?
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Popular notion spiked by a growing interest in migration beyond the Mississippi and information about the West
Early 1840s
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Why was Manifest Destiny significant?
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Room for geographical expansion
Cheap land suitable for agriculture
Women were expected to take on traditional male jobs
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What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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Ended the Mexican War (1848)
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Why was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo significant?
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Settled the border dispute between Texas and Mexico
Ceded 500,000 square miles of territory in the Southwest to the US
Present day Cali, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Texas
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What was Popular Sovereignty?
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People who settled in territories could decide for themselves whether to permit slavery
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Why was Popular Sovereignty significant?
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People have the ultimate say in their decision
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What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852)
First published in parts of newspapers then became a novel
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Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin significant?
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Sold 300,000 copies within the first year
Aroused passionate antislavery sentiment in the North
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What was the Lecompton Constitution?
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2nd Constitution drafted for Kansas Territory
Was written by proslavery supporters
1857
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Why was the Lecompton Constitution significant?
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Allowed Kansas to be admitted into the Union as a slave state
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What was the Oregon Treaty?
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1846- Under President James K Polk
Set boundary between US and Canada at the 49th parallel west of the Rocky Mountains
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Why was the Oregon Treaty significant?
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Granted US control over what is now Oregon and Washington
Fertile land for agriculture
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What was the Wilmot Proviso?
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Amendment introduced by David Wilmot
Would have banned slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico
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Why was the Wilmot Proviso significant?
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Exposed sectional rift between North and South
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What was the Know-Nothing Party?
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1854- American Political Party
Secret society
Anti-immigrant
Wanted to raise the period of naturalization from 5 to 21 years
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Why was the Know-Nothing Party significant?
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Opposition to the Democratic party
Influenced early Republican Party
Shifted American politics in the 1850s
Huge effect on voting results especially up North
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Who was John Brown?
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Abolitionist and very religious man who believed God called upon him to destroy slavery
Began a raid in 1859- Plan to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South
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Why was John Brown and his raid significant?
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What was the McCormick Harvester?
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Mechanical reaper invented by Cyrus McCormick
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Why was the McCormick Harvester significant?
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Allowed for much faster harvest
Important for times of bad weather
Eliminated need to hire expensive farm labor
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HIST 1311: Short Terms 3