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- What group were the best known Utopian communities in 19th century America, and are also known for their style of furniture?
- Daughters of a South Carolina slaveholder, _______ converted to Quakerism and became outspoken critics of slavery. They called for women to "participate in the freeing and educating of slaves."
- Under the legal principle of ____ husbands held authority over the person, property and choices of their wives.
- Andrew Jackson appealed to the common man, he benefited from the changes in voting laws. Beginning in 1792 States legislatures started passing new laws that _____.
- What state was the center of revivalism?
- In 1832, Nicholas Biddle helped pass a bill that would extend the life of the Second U.S. National Bank for 20 years. Why did Andrew Jackson veto the bill?
- When Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, what state was admitted as a free state so to keep the balance equal between slave and free states?
- Andrew Jackson ____ in his term of office than all the previous presidents put together.
- President Andrew Jackson is considered the president of modern politics, especially of WHAT American political party?
- In 1815, and again in 1818, Jackson marched against the Seminole Indians in Spanish held Florida, in part to punish them for their practice of harboring fugitive slaves. As a result of the attack in 1818, the Spanish government realized that it could not defend Florida against the United States. The next year, Spain sold Florida to the United States. T/F
- The American Colonization Society believed that all former slaves should be returned to Africa. They raised enough money to purchase land and founded WHAT independent African homeland or country?
- What Compromise in 1820 stated that no state admitted above the 36' 30' line could have slavery?
- The 1820 Missouri Compromise provided that slavery ______ in all the territory gained from Louisiana Purchase north of Missouri's southern border, except for Missouri itself.
- Andrew Jackson won the presidency in 1828 and was the champion of the common man. What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
- From 1798-1804, Jackson served as Judge on the ______ Supreme Court. In 1812, Jackson was appointed Major General in the Volunteer Corps.
- There were basically three groups that made up the idea of Pioneers. One group were the settlers, another were the traders. What was the third group who created the trails and served as guides?
- Who made this statement to a delegation of bankers discussing the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832: "You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out." - ____
- By 1837, the Jackson administration had removed 46,000 Native American people from their land east of the _____ and had secured treaties which led to the removal of a slightly larger number
- The removal of the Native Americans from the east and resettling them to the west was a very popular idea in the 1800s. Where were the Native Americans resettled?
- What new political party was formed during this time and who took their name from an English political party who were against the absolute power of the government?