History Unit 3

Question 1

Impressment

Answer 1

Forcing sailors into the military by the British Navy, caused War of 1812

Question 2

What were the effects of impressment

Answer 2

Hurt national pride, and made tension between U.S. and Britain, angered Americans

Question 2

Nativism

Answer 2

Belief that native born citizens are superior to immigrants, desire to limit immigration

Question 3

Effects of Post War Nationalism

Answer 3

Increased national pride, era of good feelings, stronger gov. power, Expansion of industry

Question 4

Era of good feelings

Answer 4

time of national unity and political peace in the U.S. during James Monroe’s presidency (1817-1825)

Question 5

Effects of the Era of Good Feelings

Answer 5

Increased national unity and pride, growth of the U.S. industry, and expansion westward

Question 6

Who was in the 1824 election

Answer 6

Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William Crawford ran for president

Question 7

Who won the 1824 election

Answer 7

The House chose John Quincy Adams to be president with Henry Clay’s support

Question 8

What were the long-term effects of the 1824 election

Answer 8

End of the Era of Good Feelings, started the second party system, expanded voting rights and participation, and increased political campaigning

Question 9

Who/why did some call the 1824 election The Corrupt Bargain

Answer 9

Jackson’s followers believed it was a corrupt deal because Clay helped Adams win, and made Clay his secretary of state

Question 10

Nullification Crisis

Answer 10

South Carolina refused to follow tariff laws; they believed they were unconstitutional. Andrew Jackson sent troops to enforce the laws, and Congress passed a compromise tariff. It ended peacefully

Question 11

National Bank

Answer 11

A federal bank that held gov. funds and regulated currency

Question 12

What did Jackson think about the national bank

Answer 12

He opposed it because it favored the rich and powerful and was unconstitutional. He vetoed it in 1832 and took money from the national banks and put it in the state banks

Question 13

Trail of Tears

Answer 13

Jackson ordered the indian removal act. Native Americans (Cherokee) were forcibly removed from their homes, and thousands died

Question 14

Spoils System

Answer 14

Jackson gave ordinary citizens and his friends government jobs for voting and supporting him, even if they weren’t qualified

Question 15

Why did we move west in the Manifest Destiny

Answer 15

More farmland and resources, national pride, religious freedom, and control of ports, rivers, and borders

Question 16

Who supported the Manifest Destiny

Answer 16

Farmers wanted new land for agriculture, businesses had new economic opportunities, and to strengthen the U.S.

Question 17

why did people oppose the Manifest Destiny

Answer 17

People feared it would expand slavery, and there would be an imbalance between free and slave states

Question 18

Missouri Compromise

Answer 18

An agreement to maintain balance between free and slave states, Missouri became a slave state, and Maine became a free state

Question 19

Effects of the Missouri Compromise

Answer 19

maintained balance between Congress, eased tension between North and South

Question 20

Henry David Thoreau’s thoughts about Mexican Mexican-American War

Answer 20

Opposed it because it was meant to expand slavery

Question 21

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 21

Ended the Mexican-American War. Mexico gave up half its territory to the U.S, and the U.S. paid $15 million to protect the rights of Mexican residents

Question 22

Effects of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 22

U.S gained land from Mexico, more debates over if the new land would be slave states, and the Rio Grande became the official border

Question 23

Which factors encouraged Americans to push west?

Answer 23

Belief That the U.S. was destied to, cheap or free land for farming and settleing, desire for new resources

Question 24

How was Andrew Jackson viewed?

Answer 24

Positive-Expanded voting rights for white men, paid off national debt, defended democracy and national unity Negative- Abused power and acted like a king, treated immigrants unfairly, suported slavery

Question 25

How was westward expansion in the Mexican-American War intertwined with the issue of slavery?

Answer 25

It made a debate over whether slavery would spread west. The north wanted to limit slavery's expansion while the South saw new land as a chance to grow slavery

Question 26

How did things like the Missouri Compromise and the admission of new Western State effect the nation with regard to slavery and sectionalism?

Answer 26

The Missouri Compromise kept the balance between free and slave states but revealed how divided the nation was. Each new western state raised the question of whether slavery would be allowed causing growing conflict between the North and South.Increased tensions over slavery and deepened sectionalism in the US .

Question 27

Immigration

Answer 27

The U.S. grew rapidly through immigration, there was growing debates over slavery, and fueled industrial labor

Question 28

Women's movement

Answer 28

Focused on women's rights education and suffrage. started the Seneca Falls Convention where they fought for equality and the right to vote they fought to expand women's roles in society and politics

Question 29

Temperance

Answer 29

An effort to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption they argued that alcohol caused crime poverty and family problems

Question 30

Abolitionism

Answer 30

The movement to end slavery leaders spoke out against the moral and political injustices of slavery this grew tensions between the North and the South

Question 31

Market Revolution

Answer 31

An economic transformation marked by the growth of industry transportation Innovations like Canal steamboats railroads and mechanized factories expanded trades and connected Regional markets it expanded the economy from local to National