Manifest Destiny: the 1840s – Compromise of 1850 Thesis Statements 1. The expansionist policies of Thomas Jefferson and James K Polk successfully strengthened the United State economically‚ domestically and internationally. Although the effects of these policies may not have become apparent within the first couple years following‚ they have definitely shown how they strengthen the country over time. These expansions of the United States set up the foundation for the future of this country
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years -By 1860‚ there were 33 states and the U.S. was the 4th most populous country in the western world. -Standards of living and disease increased due to population -Europe immigrants- Europe running out of room The Emerald Isle Moves West -1840’s- Irish came to America from potato rot (which caused famine). Irish- Roman Catholic‚ politically powerful‚ didn’t own much‚ were hated by workers of factories‚ hated the blacks‚ and hated the British. The German Forty-Fighters -1830-1860‚ Germans
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APUSH EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE Colonial History Earliest Colonies Virginia - May 1607‚ 100 English settlers founded Jamestown. Problems included: Swampy area of Jamestown meant poor drinking water and mosquitos spreading malaria and yellow fever. Men spent time looking for gold instead of establishing themselves (building shelter or planting crops). No women on the first ship the Virginia company received a charter from King James I. It was a joint stock company‚ meaning customers invest in
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were not all that different than those used leading up to the election of 2012. In the election of 1828‚ Democratic Republican Andrew Jackson‚ Old Hickory‚ was up against his former opponent from the 1824 election National Republican John Quincy Adams. Jackson‚ who had won the popular vote in 1824‚ had narrowly lost the seat of the presidency by what historians have called a “corrupt bargain.” By not getting a majority of the electoral votes‚ the Constitution states that the House of Representatives
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James R. Hamilton J. Haar HIST 1103-002 10/31/2012 Exam #2 Identification and Significance 1. McCulloch v. Maryland McCulloch v. Maryland was a Supreme Court case in March 1819. In this particular case‚ the state of Maryland had levied a tax on the Baltimore branch of the federal Bank of the United States. The unanimous decision that the tax was in fact unconstitutional was delivered by Supreme Court Chief Justice at the time‚ John Marshall. This case is significant because it set precedence
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When voting for a President and Vice President‚ Americans are actually voting for presidential electors‚ generally known as the electoral college. It is these electors who actually vote to elect the chief executive. Each state has a specific number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations. There is currently a combined total of 538 electors. It is relatively easy to become an elector because “Aside from Members of Congress‚ and persons
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The period of time after the War of 1812 was known as The Era of Good Feelings. The name of this period of time was not consistent with the events that occurred during this time. The era was a phase of happiness and prosperity at times. People were happy because the United States was getting bigger and bigger which gave them more access to more natural resources which would then add to the specie in the national bank. There was also an average sense of nationalism (Doc C) because major conflicts
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suddenly tightened their credits; which incorporated tougher loan requirements‚ and requirements for specie from state banks. Lastly‚ politically‚ sectionalism was very obvious. In maps of popular votes and electoral votes from 1820 and 1824‚ it was clear that by 1824‚ different states had begun to vote for different presidents (Doc I.). Eventually‚ the US was divided into different political parties; and thus‚ political emerged and changed the US forever. In summary‚ sectionalism had emerged and what
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immigration to the United States between 1840 and 1860. List THREE ways that these groups differed? 2. Explain the rise of Nativism during the 1840s. What ignited the 1844 “Bible Riots” in Philadelphia? 3. How did the Massachusetts Supreme Court case of Commonwealth vs. Hunt impact labor unions? 4. Why did “new” immigrants generally favor the Democrats over the Whigs? 5. What economic and political forces encouraged westward expansion during the 1840s? “California Bank Notes”: Santa
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Utah was part of Mexico 5. 1840s witnessed an intensification of the old belief that God intended the American nation to reach the Pacific Ocean‚ the term became shorthanded for this expansionist spirit “manifest destiny.”* B. The Mexican Frontier: New Mexico and California 1. Mexico
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