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40 Cards in this Set
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What does a nominating convention do? |
Chooses candidates for public office |
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What is capitalism? |
A free market system of privately owned businesses |
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What is a caucus |
A private meeting of a small group of party members to pick candidates |
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Who was the senator who defended the idea of states rights |
John C Calhoun |
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Who was in office during the panic of 1837 |
Martin Van Buren |
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What is infrastructure |
Roads, bridges, and canals |
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What is interstate commerce |
Trade between two or more states |
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What is another name for a charter |
A contract |
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Who led independence movements in Latin America |
Simon Bolivar |
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The South protested whose plan |
Henry Clay |
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Who stressed the western origin of their candidate. Who was the candidate |
The Whigs, William Henry Harrison |
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Who was the leader of Mexico’s struggle for independence |
Miguel Hildago |
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Which case upheld the congressional power of controlling interstate commerce |
Gibbons vs. Ogden |
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What does ceded mean |
You gave something up |
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Who believed that the US should not get involved in the affairs of other countries |
President John Quincy Adams |
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Who controlled the most territory in the Americas |
Spain |
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What does spoils mean |
Government offices |
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Who was known as the Liberator |
Simon Bolivar |
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Andrew Jackson gave what to his supporters |
Government jobs |
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What was Andrew Jackson known as |
The People’s President |
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Which state repealed nullification after Congress lowered the tariffs |
South Carolina |
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In the election of 1824 who decided who would be president |
The House of Representatives |
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Which treaty got Florida for the United States |
The Adams – Onis Treaty |
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What name did Andrew Jackson’s supporters use to identify their party |
Democrats |
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Andrew Jackson believe that what favored the wealthy |
The National Bank |
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By 1824, the right to select Presidential Electors belong to who in most states |
The voters |
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Why did the north and south have different positions on higher tariffs |
Because the South had far fewer factories |
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Who was a Cherokee leader who created a special alphabet |
Sequoyah |
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What did the Monroe Doctrine do |
It warned European nations to stay out of Latin American affairs |
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What gave Canadians more power over their own affairs |
The Act of Union of 1841 |
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What tribe had adopted more white customs than any other Native Americans |
Cherokees |
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Who moved Native Americans west of the Mississippi |
Andrew Jackson |
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What is the right to vote |
Suffrage |
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The Cherokees had brought their fight to the Supreme Court with what case |
Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia |
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The Indian’s journey went through what two states |
Tennessee and Kentucky |
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Who ran a ‘log cabin’ campaign |
William Henry Harrison |
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What are two good things about Jackson |
1. He was in support of common people 2. He was against unfair privilege from the US Bank |
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What state tried to nullify laws raising tariffs |
South Carolina |
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What are two bad things Jackson did |
1. Indian removal 2. Spoils system(gave jobs to his supporters) |
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Who is Scooby Doo‘s nephew |
Scrappy Doo |
