US I Final Exam Flashcardziz Portion

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This clause in the US Constitution states that federal law outranks state laws.

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Supremacy Clause

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A weakness of the Missouri Compromise was that it:

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Did not resolve the general issue of slavery

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This American proclamation told Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.

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Monroe Doctrine

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Which of the following was not a part of the South's social structure? Options: Wealthy Plantation Owners, Slaves, Immigrants, Yeoman (regular) farmers.

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Immigrants

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Reason(s) why the South failed to industrialize.

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They were dependent on cotton production, dependent on slave labor, and failed to develop a skilled middle class.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

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abolish the fugitive slave act

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Why did Kansas become known as "Bleeding Kansas"?

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Proslavery raiders from Missouri attacked anti-slavery Kansas settlers, John Brown led the Pottowatomie Massacre, and a proslavery mob burned Lawrence, Kansas to the ground.

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In 1828, the election of Andrew Jackson appeared to represent a political victory for: large plantation owners, wealthy industrialists, intellectuals, ordinary citizens

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ordinary citizens

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As President, Andrew Jackson believed the power of the federal government...

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should be reduced and was supreme over individual states.

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What was John C. Calhoun's doctrine of nullification in the 1820s?

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As a means to end the national bank.