In the early to mid-nineteenth century, property qualifications for voting:
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did not exist for white males in the states that entered the Union after the original thirteen.
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The Dorr War:
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pitted proponents of expanded voting rights for whites against the status quo in Rhode Island.
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The key insight of Alexis de Tocqueville's Tocqueville on Democracy was that:
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American democracy really represented an important cultural shift
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By 1840, approximately __________ percent of adult white men were eligible to
vote
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90
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By the 1830s, the term "citizen" in America had become synonymous with the right
to:
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vote
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Women writers benefited from:
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the growth of the reading public, part of the democratization of American life.
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A primary reason that both women and blacks were largely excluded from the
expansion of democracy was:
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that both groups were viewed as being naturally incapable and thus unfit for suffrage
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By 1860, free black men could vote on the same basis as whites only in:
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five New England states
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In the wake of the War of 1812, younger Republicans like Henry Clay and John
Calhoun:
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continued to support agrarianism, but believed that the nation's economic independence required a manufacturing sector.
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In response to the demand for internal improvements, President James Madison:
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called for a constitutional amendment to empower the federal government to build roads and canals
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The Second Bank of the United States was created:
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national bank organized in 1816; closely modeled after the first Bank of the United States, it held federal tax receipts and regulated the amount of money circulating in the economy. The Bank proved to be very unpopular among western land speculators and farmers, especially after the Panic of 1819
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In the first half of the nineteenth century, paper money:
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promised to pay the bearer on demand a specific amount of gold or silver.
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The Panic of 1819:
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prompted some states to suspend debt collections, which helped debtors but hurt creditors.
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In its decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:
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the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional
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The term "Era of Good Feelings" refers to the period of American history when:
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there seemed to be political harmony during the Monroe administration
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Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:
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the remaining Louisiana purchase terrify was divided into slave free zones
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Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?
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Missouri's state constitution barred free blacks from entering the state.
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Both Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams suggested that the Missouri
controversy of 1820-1821:
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revealed a sectional divide a potentially threatened the Union
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The independence movements in Latin America between 1810 and 1822:
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paralleled in some ways the independence movement that created the United States.
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The Monroe Doctrine:
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declared the Americas off-limits for further European colonization
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In the presidential election of 1824, who received the most votes but failed to win a
majority of either the popular or electoral votes (requiring the House of
Representatives to select a president)?
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Andrew Jackson
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Henry Clay was charged with orchestrating a "corrupt bargain" during the 1824
election so that he could become:
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Secretary of state
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John Quincy Adams's vision did NOT include:
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states rights
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Martin Van Buren:
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created the system of party government. claimed that political parties were necessary to "check" the government from abusing its power. created the first political machine. denounced the American System and opposed the Whigs. (Jackson's sucessor)
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during the election of 1828:
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John Quincy Adams was against Andrew Jackson and his supporters, mudslinging was commonly used in the election. First election that the canidates used rallies, slogans, buttons and other forms of propoganda to win over people.
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