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AP US History Semester Exam d Flashcards

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5791353401Lewis and Clark ExpeditionExpedition- Jefferson's persuasion for a scientific exploration of the new U.S. territory, Mississippi River to the Pacific; 1804-1806;0
5791354401Henry Clay's American System- Henry Clay proposed a comprehensive method for advancing the nation's economic progress; 3 parts: 1. Protective tariffs 2. National Bank 3. Internal Improvements;1
5791355686Erie Canal- Important in connecting the western farms with the eastern cities; Stimulated economic growth and touched off a frenzy of canal building;2
5791356993interchangeable partsEli Whitney- Invented the cotton gin in 1793; Created a system of making rifles out of _____________________ during the War of 1812;3
5791358083Market Revolution- Farmers fed the workers in the cities and in turn cities provided farm families with mass produced goods;4
5791358955Missouri Compromise, 1820- Introduced by Henry Clay: 1. Missouri enters as a slave state 2. Maine enters as a free state 3. In the Louisiana Territory north of 36 30 slavery was prohibited;5
5791360033central governmentJohn Marshall- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1801-1835; His decisions consistently favored the _______________________and the rights of property against the advocates of states' rights;6
5791361009"Know-Nothing PartyAmerican Party- Also called the _______________________"; Consisted of anti-foreign movement supporters; When asked about the party platform member would say "I know nothing."; A Nativist organization; After 1856 the party disintegrated;7
5791361990AristocraticCodes of Chivalry- ________________ planter class, the agricultural South was largely a feudal society; Southern gentlemen ascribed to a code of chivalrous conduct; which included honor, defense of womanhood, paternalistic attitudes towards all who were deemed inferior, especially slaves;8
5791363434King Cotton_________________- Because of mechanized textile mills in England and the invention of the cotton gin, cotton production grew; By the 1850's cotton provided 2/3rds of all U.S. exports; "Cotton is king" said one Southerner, the phrase became famous;9
5791364356Peculiar Institution_________________________- Southerners referred to slavery as this; The sensitivity that slaves were humans and the need to continually defend slavery caused them to refer to the institution in this way;10
5791366211Slave RevoltDenmark Vesey- Led a ________________ in 1822; Occurred in South Carolina, he organized through church meetings; Vesey and 35 others were hanged; 154. Nat Turner- In Virginia, he led a slave revolt in 1831; Said he heard a voice to revolt; He and others killed 85 whites;11
5791367278Indian Removal Act(1830)- Andrew Jackson sympathized with most land hungry whites; He believed the most humane solution was to relocate the native Americans to western lands;12
5791368462Trail of Tears- Forced migration in 1838 by U.S. Army; Hardship journey westward for thousands of Native Americans; 15,000 Cherokee were forced to leave Georgia; 4,000 died along they way;13

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