EOC Review Unit 2

Front

What was the purpose of the Sedition Act during John Adams’s presidency?

Back

To punish people for criticizing the government

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What was the significance of the Election of 1800?

Back

It was a peaceful transfer of power between political parties.

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What did the Monroe Doctrine warn Europe about?

Back

To stay out of the Americas

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What was the main idea of Jacksonian Democracy?

Back

Expanding political power to more people

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What was the Indian Removal Act?

Back

A law that forced Native Americans to move west.

Front

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

Back

To keep the balance of free and slave states

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation achieve?

Back

It freed enslaved people in Confederate states

Front

Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

Back

Fort Sumter

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What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Back

To help formerly enslaved people and poor whites with food, education, and jobs.

Front

Which amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?

Back

Thirteenth Amendment