Who Am I???
Known as the "Great Compromiser", authored the American System, and helped with the Missouri Compromise.
Henry Clay
Encouraged westward expansion, easy money for the French, and made the US gov feel all warm and fuzzy inside :)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Established the principle of judicial review, and gave power to the federal court to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.
Marbury V. Madison (1803)
Abolitionist Movement
What was Mr. Hamilton the creator of? (two answers)
National Bank and Treasure of America
They backed the Constitution and believed there was a need for a centralized, powerful government. Mostly rich white guys trying to stay rich.
Federalists
A war between U.S. and Britain caused by America getting grumpy over the imprisonment of American sailors.
War of 1812
Federal gov had the right and power to set up fed banks but states did not have the power to tax the fed gov because they could be "taxed to death".
Maryland V. McCulloch (1819)
The belief that the US had a "God-given right" to spread from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean. "WE DESERVE TO EXPAND WESTWARD!!!! just ask the big man upstairs"
Manifest Destiny
List (at least) three innovations created during the Market Revolution.
interchangeable parts, telegraph, textile machinery, steam engines/steamboats, railroads
An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.
Whig Party
Reflected rising nationalism and desire for unity. watched the Federalist party BURN TO THE FRICKIN GROUNDDD !!!!!!!!
Era of Good Feelings
The Cherokees fought for defense against the Indian Removal Act (1830) and against the Georgia Legislature's nullification of Cherokee laws.
Cherokee Nation V. Georgia (1831)
A Protestant religious revival during the early 1800s that took place in an effort to restore a simpler form of Christianity.
Second Great Awakening (late 1700s - early 1800s)
What was the primary purpose of tariffs during the 19th century?
To protect growing industries within the US from foreign competition.
A Supreme Court judge that decided on Marbury V. Madison (1803).
John Marshall
U.S. wanted to push their luck and had a little argument over the border of Texas and Mexico.
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Supreme Court ruled that a grant to a private land company was a contract within the meaning of the Contract Clause of the Consitution, and once made could not be repealed. "A contract is a contract is a contract."
Fletcher V. Peck (1810)
List (at least) two names involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass
Industrialization caused WHAT to happen to factories and factory workers?
Mass production of manufactured goods for less money and quicker, hired unskilled wage laborers, and women were able to work in the mills (mill girls).
Thomas Jefferson led the group and advocated for a weaker national government to give citizens more power and freedom to exercise their rights.
Democratic-Republicans
Agreement between Northern and Southern states about which Western territories could be admitted to be slave or free states. hint: think henry clay
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that labor unions were not illegal and had the right to "peaceful unions" to negotiate labor contracts with their employers.
Commonwealth V. Hunt (1842)
The moderation or abstinence in the use of alcohol in the early 1800s.
Finish the lyric: "I'm just like my country. I'm young, scrappy, and hungry..."
"...and I'm not throwin' away my shot."