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Crisis in 1832–1833 in which South
Carolina asserted (as a states’ right) its
prerogative to nullify a federal law
(much to the chagrin of Andrew
Jackson). The sectional crisis/
controversy erupted over this issue.
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What is the tariff/protective tariff?
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Madison and Jefferson’s
response(s) to the supposedly
unconstitutional Alien and
Sedition Acts.
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What are the Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions (the
doctrine of
interposition/nullification)?
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Author of the South Carolina
Exposition and Protest of 1828.
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Who is John C. Calhoun?
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Name of the 1853 $10 million purchase of a triangular shaped tract
of desert in present day southern Arizona from Mexico under the
direction of Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis. This was part of an
attempt to secure the right of way for a southern transcontinental
railroad route. (note: the purchase was named after the agent
responsible for the deal).
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What is the Gadsden Purchase?
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The legal precedent for Marbury vs.
Madison (judicial review) was
established when several “midnight
judges” were appointed to the federal
courts by this lame-duck President.
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Who is John Adams?
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At the Philadelphia Convention, this
scheme/”compromise” overcame the
impasse over the congressional
apportionment/representation.
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What is the Great (Connecticut)
Compromise?
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The fundamental change in British
imperial-colonial policy that
precipitated lead-up to the American
Revolution involved parliamentary
attempts to compel British NorthAmerican colonists to assume/accept
this.
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What is the financial costs of the
empire/taxation?
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Foreclosures on the mortgages
of backcountry farmers provoked
this uprising.
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What is Shays’s Rebellion?
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One of the major outcomes of this
conflict (America’s “Second War of
Independence”) was that it provided a
stimulus to a burst of patriotism/
nationalism in the United States,
despite the fact the conflict resulted in a
status quo antebellum.
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What is the War of 1812?
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The United States' victory in this war
resulted in renewed controversy over
the issue of extending slavery into the
territories, a possible split in the Whig
and Democrat parties over slavery, the
cession of an enormous amount of land
to the United States, and a rush of
settlers to new American territory in
California.
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What is the Mexican War?
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Of the following, the one not provided or accomplished by the
Declaration Independence:
An assertion/invocation of the natural rights of
humankind to justify revolt.
A catalog of the “long train of abuses and usurpations
of power King George III was guilty of as proof he was
a tyrant unfit to rule.
An argument that royal tyranny justified revolt both
morally and legally.
An offering to the British of one last chance at
reconciliation (a sort of Olive Branch Petition).
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What is “an offering to the British of one last chance at
reconciliation (a sort of Olive Branch Petition)”?
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The proper sequential order of the following component parts of the Declaration
of Independence:
A. The drafters try to demonstrate that English rule has been both unwieldy,
inconvenient, and full of repeated injuries by providing a “long train of
abuses and usurpations”.
B. The theoretical justification of revolution is given.
C. The colonial response to British actions and policies is offered.
D. The reader is informed of the document’s purpose.
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What is:
A. The reader is informed of the document’s purpose
B. The theoretical justification of revolution is given.
C. The drafters try to demonstrate that English rule has been both unwieldy,
inconvenient, and full of repeated injuries by providing a “long train of
abuses and usurpations”.
D. The colonial response to British actions and policies is offered.
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According to the Declaration, THIS
threatened Americans most.
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What is “tyranny” or
“despotism”?
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The audience to whom the
Declaration of Independence was
addressed to.
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What were other countries?
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Term/phrase used to describe or
explain how/why England paid
little attention to its colonies in
the New World during the early
years of colonization.
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What is salutary neglect?
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