Unit 7
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This 1803 land deal under Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Market Revolution?
This economic and social transformation connected regions through factories, new technology, and transportation.
What are internal improvements?
After Andrew Jackson won the most popular votes but no Electoral College majority in 1824, this body chose John Quincy Adams as president.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
This 1794 rebellion occurred when western farmers protested a federal tax on whiskey.
What is the Erie Canal?
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This waterway lowered shipping costs and helped make New York a major commercial center.
What was Indian Removal Act?
Many Cherokees rejected the 1835 removal agreement signed by Major and John Ridge’s faction; the federal government used this treaty to justify removal, which led to the Trail of Tears
What was the Revolution of 1800?
This 1800 election marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties in U.S. history.
What is the Land Act of 1820?
This agreement made western land more affordable and encouraged settlement.
What was American System?
Henry Clay’s plan to strengthen the national economy combined protective tariffs, a national bank, and these improvements to promote commerce.
What was Gabriel’s Rebellion?
Led by an enslaved man in Virginia in 1800, this planned uprising sought to end slavery but was discovered before it could begin.
What is the Panic of 1819?
This 1819 financial crisis caused economic hardship and revealed weaknesses in the American economy.
What was election of 1828?
The Election of 1828 was a U.S. presidential election between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Andrew Jackson won and became the seventh president of the United States.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while establishing a line to limit slavery’s expansion.
What is Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)?
This Supreme Court case strengthened the rights of corporations by protecting contracts and corporate charters.
What was the Treaty of Echota?
An agreement signed by a minority of Cherokee leaders that gave the United States Cherokee lands in the Southeast in exchange for $5 million and land in present-day Oklahoma