Chapter 4
The majority of White Families in the antebellum South owned how many slaves?
About half of the white slave owning families in the south owned around 5 slaves or fewer in the Antebellum south.
Which was the principle issue on which the US sought settlement with Great Britain at the outset of the War of 1812?
An end to impressments
The issuance of the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following?
Asserted American independence in the realm of foreign policy.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
In addition to inventing the cotton gin, what manufacturing process did Eli Whitney develop?
The concept of mass production of interchangeable parts
What caused the American Civil War?
The south wanted slavery and the North wanted freedom, subsequently leading to the tensions leading to the war. People with power can really have strong views. John Calhoun was the person who was for slavery and wanted to keep/expand slavery in the US. Henry Clay was the person who was favoring the Northern side and wanted to end slavery.
Acquisition of Mexican Territory (1848)
The war officially ended with the February 2, 1848, signing in Mexico of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Let Southern oppressors tremble..I shall strenuously contend for immediate enfranchisement...I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice...I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch--AND I WILL BE HEARD!"
William Lloyd Garrison
The drawing above has been cited as evidence of the nineteenth century middle class view of the
home as a refuge from the world rather than as a productive unit
Daniel Webster's address to the Senate in 1830 in reply to Senator Hayne is best remembered for its defense of the principle of ______ ____
national union
Henry Clay's "American System" called for all of the following EXCEPT
sale of federal lands to finance higher education
In the first half of the 19th century, Cherokee efforts to retain their tribal lands in Georgia received direct support from
the United States Supreme Court and John Marshall
the dramatic increase in the south's slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to
the natural population increase of american-born slaves
The election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting "another revolution" because
the party in power stepped down after losing the election
