ANSWER KEY:
The Early/New Republic-
Important Vocabulary:
Erie CanalAbolitionNationalismNeutrality
PrecedentsPinckney TreatyDemocrat-Republican Party
Northwest TerritoryLewis & ClarkLouisiana PurchaseMexican War
Marbury v. Madison Manifest DestinyJacksonian Democracy
Industrial Revolution foreign policyHamilton’s Economic Plan
Domestic policy Whisky RebellionWar of 1812Whigs
Treaty of ParisShays RebellionSeneca Falls Convention
SectionalismProtective TariffNullificationMonroe Doctrine
What are President Washington’s TWO pieces of advice that he gives to the country in his famous Farwell Address at the end of his presidency?
- TO STAY NEUTRAL… NO FOREIGN PROBLEMS
2. TO STAY UNITED…NOT HAVE POLITICAL PARTIES
What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expeditions? Who was their guide on the journey?
TO MAP THE LOUSIANNA PURCHASE, SACAGEWEA WAS THE GUIDE
What was the War of 1812?
THE WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES OVER UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS FROM AMERICAN REVOLUTION
What was the Monroe Doctrine? What did it say to the rest of the world about the United States and North and South America?
TOLD THE EUROPEANS TO STAY OUT OF NORTH/SOUTH AMERICA
Describe what the term Manifest Destiny meant?
THE BELIEF THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD EXPAND FROM COAST TO COAST (Ocean to Ocean)
People who believed in Manifest Destiny were called __EXPANSIONISTS
What territory added the most land to the United States at one time?
THE LOUISIANAPURCHASE
Define Abolitionist: A PERSON THAT WANTED TO END SLAVERY
What was the name of the document written at the Seneca Falls Convention and what did it say?
THE DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS, WOMEN WANTED EQUAL RIGHTS
What was the War with Mexico in 1846 all about?
THE FIGHT OVER THE TERRITORY OF TEXAS BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
What was the Gold Rush?
THE MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE TO THE TERRITORY OF CALIFORNIA IN 1849 AFTER GOLD WAS DISCOVERED
Define the word Nationalism:
PRIDE IN YOUR COUNTRY/NATION
The Age of Jackson
Jackson was seen as a COMMON_ Man. Why?BORN IN A LOG CABIN, IN THE FRONTIER, SHORT TEMPER, NO COLLEGE EDUCATION
What did Jackson think of Native Americans in the Southeast? WANTED TO TAKE THEIR LAND AWAY
What was the Trail of Tears?
FORCED REMOVAL OF CHEROKEE OFF THEIR LAND IN GEORGIA TO THE AREA OF OKLAHOMA…MANY DIED ALONG THE WAY
How did he handle the Nullification Crisis and the Tariff problems with the South? FORCED SOUTH CAROLINA TO BACK DOWN
What did Jackson think of the National Bank? HE WANTED TO GET RID OF IT
Define the word Sectionalism: THE DIVISIONS BETWEEN REGIONS IN A COUNTRY…LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
What are the causes of Sectionalism? DIFFERENT ECONOMIES, DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE, DIFFERENT BELIEFS
Why would people want to move to the North? MORE JOBS, LOTS OF FACTORIES, LOTS OF PLACES TO WORK, MORE FREEDOM FOR FREED SLAVES
Describe the Northern Economy….
THE FACTORY WAS MAIN PART OF ECONOMY, TEXTILE MILLS LARGE PART OF ECONOMY, RELIED ON SOUTHERN COTTON
Why would people want to move west of the Mississippi? MORE LAND, NEW LIFE, GET RICH QUICK
Describe the Economy of the South?
COTTON WAS MAIN CASH CROP, AGRICULTURAL BASED SOCIETY, SLAVES WERE A SOURCE OF LABOR
Why wouldn’t immigrants move to the South? (what isn’t there for them?)
THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY JOBS YOU COULD GET
People
- George Washington- FIRST PRESIDENT
- Thomas Jefferson- 3RD PRESIDENT, BOUGHT LOUISIANA PURCHASE
- He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Changes/Effects
- George Washington set many ___PRECEDENTS_ as President.
- The Louisiana Purchase __DOUBLED_ the size of the nation.
KEY TERMS
- Industrial Revolution- GREAT CHANGE IN INDUSTRY
- Erie Canal-MADE TRADE FASTER, CHEAPER IN UNITED STATES
- Mass Production- MAKING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
- Seneca Falls Convention- WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION
- Immigration- INFLUX OF GERMANS AND IRISH TO UNITED STATES
People
- Eli Whitney- INVENTED THE COTTON GIN
- Samuel Slater- INVENTED THE FACTORY SYSTEM
Changes/Effects
- As a result of the Industrial Revolution, _FACTORIESAND JOBS grew, the way of life for some people in the NORTH Changed.
- The transportation revolution helped the _FACTORIES of the U.S. and allowed for WESTWARD Expansion.
Slavery
Important Vocabulary:
AbolitionDred Scott v. SanfordFugitive Slave law
SlaveryUncle Tom’s CabinUnderground Railroad
RacismHarriet TubmanCotton Gin
What is slavery? WHEN A PERSONHAS NO FREEDOM, FORCED TO WORK
Describe with details the conditions of slavery…HORRIBLE, TORN FROM FAMILY, BEATEN, LONG HOURS, MANY DIED, KEPT FROM EDUCATION,
In what region of America did slavery become very important and why? THE SOUTH BECAUSE SLAVES WERE NEEDED TO PICK THE COTTON
What did the invention of the cotton gin do for the cotton industry and slavery?
MADE IT FASTER AND CHEAPER TO PRODUCE COTTON, NEEDED MORE SLAVES!!!
What was the Underground Railroad? How did it work? SECRET ESCAPE ROUTES FROM THE SOUTH, SLAVES TAKEN TO SAFE SPOTS TO HIDE ON THE WAY NORTH
What was and abolitionist? What did they want to see happen to slavery?
PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO END SLAVERY, ABOLISH IT FOREVER
What was the Dred Scott Case about and its outcome?
DRED SCOTT WAS SLAVE TAKEN BY MASTER INTO FREE TERRITORY, SUED FOR HIS FREEDOM, SUPREME COURT SAID NO THAT SLAVES WERE PROPERTY AND COULD BE TAKEN ANYWHERE IN US
What was the idea of popular sovereignty in terms of slavery and the territories?
THAT EACH TERRITORY COULD DECIDE BY VOTE IF THEY WOULD HAVE SLAVERY OR NOT
What was the fugitive slave law and what did it say? SAID ALL RUNAWAY SLAVE MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SOUTH IF LIVING IN THE NORTH
What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin and why was it important? IT WAS A BOOK WRITTEN BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE ABOUT THE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS OF SLAVERY, MADE PEOPLE IN NORTH ANGRY
KEY TERMS
People
- Harriett Tubman- LEADER ON UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
- Harriett Beecher Stowe- WROTE UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
- Frederick Douglass- FORMER SLAVE ,ABOLISTIONIST LEADER
Changes/Effects
- As the nation __EXPANDS_, arguments started over whether new _STATES_ and territories should allow _SLAVERY.
- The Election of 1860 caused SOUTH CAROLINA to _SECEDE_ from the Union, other _SOUTHERN _ states would follow.