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8th gr Hist Ch 11-12
8th grade History Chapter 11 - 12 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who resigned the vice presidency to lead the fight for states' rights in the Senate? | Calhoun |
| Who was the running mate of "Tippecanoe"? | John Tyler |
| Who was a Philadelphia banker | Nicholas Biddle |
| Who was president whose term was plagued by a severe economic depression? | Van Buren |
| Who ran into trouble with Georgia over his position on Indian lands? | Samuel Worcester |
| What was debated by Webster and Hayne? | nullification |
| What did Jackson create in order to curb inflation? | A specie circular |
| What settled the Canadian boundary questions? | The Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
| What gradually lowered tariff duties | Compromise of 1833 |
| What set an unwise precedent for government jobs distribution? | Spolls system |
| What was the name given to the informal group of advisors with whom Andrew Jackson discussed ideas? | Kitchen Cabinet |
| What is the name given to the journey of the Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory? | Trail of Tears |
| Which Indian leader stumbled into war with American troops in Wisconsin? | Black Hawk |
| What state issued an Ordinance of Nullification? | South Carolina |
| What term describes the withdrawal of a state from the Union? | succession |
| What act required anyone who bought government lands to pay for them in gold and silver? | specie circular |
| What new political party became a challenge to the Democrats in 1836? | Whigs |
| Who succeeded John Marshall as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? | Roger B. Taney |
| What term describes a president who is serving during the period of time between the election and the inauguration of a new president? | lame duck |
| What state was added to the Union during the presidency of John Tyler? | Texas |
| Describe who Andrew Jackson was. | A lawyer, judge, politician, 1st president elected not from the original colonies, able to make his causes for common people |
| What did Jackson's creation of pet banks result in? | inflation |
| Which court case involved Indians' and states' rights? | Indian Removal Act |
| Why did the south dislike protective tariffs? | It raised the price of foreign goods |
| Who stood the strongest for the supremacy of the federal government? | Daniel Webster |
| What was Andrew Jackson determined to enforce? | The Laws |
| What issue was central to the 1832 presidential campaign? | The Bank |
| List some characteristics of the Whig Party. | To restore, national bank, supported high taxes, opposed slavery |
| What was the Whig strategy for winning the presidency in 1836? | The chose several candidates |
| The administration of which president was logically the lease significant? | William Henry Harrison |
| What did John Deere invent? | iron plow |
| What did Donald McKay set new records with? | clipper |
| What did Peter Cooper race with ? | railroad |
| What idea did Eli Whitney introduce, which led to the mass production of many items? | interchangeable parts |
| What did Samuel F.B. Morse invent? | tlegraph |
| What did Samuel Slater introduce in Pawtucket? | factories |
| What did Cyrus Mc Cormick build in Chicago? | Reaper |
| What did Eli Whitney use to clean a short-staple crop? | cotton gin |
| What term describes the production system whereby many goods are manufactured by many workers assembled in one place? | factory system |
| What were the large revival gatherings in western areas such as Kentucky and Tennessee called? | camp meetings |
| Traveling by boat from Albany, NY to Lake Erie was made possible by what new transportation route? | The Erie Canal |
| Which early road reached all the way from Maryland to Illinois? | The National Road |
| Who is credited with building the first commercially successful steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
| Name the two famous female abolitionists who organized the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott |
| What movement in literature placed a great emphasis on emotion? | Transcendentalism |
| From what two countries did most immigrants come during this period? | Ireland and Germany |
| Who opened American trade with Japan? | Commodore Matthew Perry |
| What groups did workers form to promote their goals for labor reforms? | labor unions |
| What were the benefits of the emergence of steamboat river travel? | Goods (letters, books), river ports, settlements grew & trade was more profitable |
| What was true of the newly developed railroad transportation? | faster, cheeper, developed quicker, financed by the government |
| The cotton gin was somewhat responsible for the continuation of what? | slavery |
| To what major Asian markets did Americans expand their sea trade to? | China and Japan |
| What was a partial result of changes occurring in American colleges? | The Second Great Awakening |
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