What were the objectives of the Lewis and Clark expedition? How ...

[bobbie]

Question 1

How did the institution of slavery change in the first decades of the nineteenth century?
 
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Question 2

What led to the Market Revolution?
 
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Question 3

Why did delegates from New England gather in Hartford, Connecticut, in December 1814? What did they demand?
 
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Question 4

In what ways was Speaker of the House Henry Clay typical of the war hawks?
 
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Question 5

What were the objectives of the Lewis and Clark expedition? How successful was it in achieving those objectives?
 
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[kjohnson]

Answer 1

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  The institution of slavery was marked by increasingly sharp regional variations, reflecting the impact of cotton cultivation on local economies.
  


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  At the same time, the contours of an African American culture emerged.
  


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  This culture had certain characteristics regardless of place.
  


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  As U.S. military strength and nationalistic pride grew, southern planters imposed a harsher, more regimented system of slavery on the black population.
  

Answer 2

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  Innovations in transportation broke down barriers of distance between farms and towns and the West and the East.
  


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  New forms of production, most notably the factory, led to increased production and greater efficiency.
  


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  Wage earning replaced older labor models.
  


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  Together, all of these rapid economic transformations in the early nineteenth century fueled the Market Revolution.
  

Answer 3

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  New Englanders saw the War of 1812 as a mistake and a threat to their regional commercial interests.
  


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  Delegates from the New England states gathered in Hartford in December 1814 to consider a course of action.
  


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  The delegates demanded that the federal government give their states financial aid to compensate for the revenue they had lost as a result of disrupted trade.
  


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  Some delegates hinted at secession.
  


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  Few delegates wanted to act on this threat immediately, most wanted simply to keep the option open.
  

Answer 4

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  Like many of the war hawks, Clay was a Westerner.
  


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  He was committed to the expansion of the boundaries of the United States.
  


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  Like other war hawks, he engaged in aggressive and overheated rhetoric.
  


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  He also agreed with other war hawks that Native Americans were an inferior and irredeemable race.
  


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  Clay agitated for a war with Britain. He believed such a war would eliminate both the British threat to American trade on the high seas and the Canada-based IndianBritish alliance.
  

Answer 5

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  The expedition was commissioned by President Jefferson to explore the upper reaches of the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
  


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  The expedition had a scientific purpose, which was to document anything of natural, cultural, or geographic interest.
  


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  Jefferson also commissioned the expedition to look for a northwestern waterway passage to the Pacific Coast.
  


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  Finally, the expedition was to negotiate with Indian groups to pave the way for miners and ranchers to move west.
  


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  While the expedition failed to find the desired waterway, it largely met its other objectives.
  

[bobbie]

Wow, this really help

[Joy Chen]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it