Age of Jefferson
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States when the nation purchased territory from France for about $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This nickname was given to young members of Congress, such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, who pushed for war against Britain in the years leading up to the War of 1812.
Who are the War Hawks?
This era of the 1820s and 1830s saw expanded voting rights for white men, increased political participation, and the growth of popular democracy in the United States.
What is the Era of the Common Man, or Jacksonian Democracy?
Held in New York in 1848, this meeting launched the organized women’s rights movement in the United States, where activists called for greater equality.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while drawing a line across the Louisiana Territory to limit the expansion of slavery.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, explored the newly acquired western territory of the United States beginning in 1804.
What is the Corps of Discovery (Lewis and Clark Expedition)?
This growing sense of pride and unity in the United States after the War of 1812 was strengthened by military heroes such as Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison.
What is nationalism?
In this 1832 case, the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia could not impose its laws on Cherokee territory, but President Andrew Jackson did not enforce the ruling, contributing to the removal of Native Americans from their lands.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This reformer worked to improve the treatment of people with mental illnesses, campaigning for better conditions in prisons and mental institutions during the 19th century.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
Proposed by Henry Clay, this plan aimed to strengthen the national economy through a protective tariff, a national bank, and federal funding for roads and canals.
What is the American System?
This Supreme Court era strengthened the power of the federal government.
What is the Marshall Court?
Signed in 1814, this treaty ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain and restored relations between the two nations to their prewar status.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
President Andrew Jackson in 1836, this policy required public lands to be purchased with gold or silver, contributing to the economic problems that followed the destruction of the national bank.
What is Specie Circular?
This education reformer pushed for free, public education and better-trained teachers, helping expand the common school movement in the 19th century.
Who is Horace Mann?
Announced in 1823, this policy warned European nations against further colonization or interference in the Americas while the United States promised to stay out of European conflicts.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, giving the Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Although later replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act, this law, passed in 1807 to avoid war with Britain and France, banned American trade with foreign nations.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
Written in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, these resolutions argued that states could challenge unconstitutional federal actions—a principle later echoed by South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis.
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
This abolitionist newspaper, founded in 1847 by Frederick Douglass, used its platform to criticize slavery and advocate for freedom and equal rights for African Americans.
What is The North Star?
This period of economic change in the early 1800s transformed the United States through new transportation, communication, and manufacturing technologies, connecting farmers and businesses to larger markets.
What is the Market Revolution?
In 1801, this act expanded the federal judiciary, allowing President John Adams to appoint a series of midnight judges before leaving office.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1801?
In 1807, this incident occurred when a British warship attacked and boarded an American naval vessel, impressing several American sailors and increasing tensions between the two nations.
What is the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair?
In 1832, this South Carolina declaration rejected federal tariff laws and argued that a state could declare federal laws unconstitutional and refuse to enforce them.
What is the Ordinance of Nullification?
Founded in 1874, this organization became one of the largest women’s reform groups in the United States, campaigning against alcohol consumption and later supporting causes such as women’s suffrage.
What is the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WTCU)?
This 1848 document outlined the grievances of women who sought greater equality and political rights, including the right to vote, during the growing women’s rights movement.
What is the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments?