Early Govt
This congress convened in response to the intolerable acts being passed by England
First Continental Congress
His solution to political criticism was to issue the sedition act. It did not achieve the desired affect
John Adams
This war is credited with giving a boost to American nationalism in spite of not actually winning the war
War of 1812
Burned Over District
Essentially campaigned on an expansionist platform. This president fulfilled his promises by successfully acquiring Oregon Territory and the Mexican Cession
Polk
All thirteen states had to agree to change an amendment under this short lived government
Articles of Confederation
Washington blundered with Jays treaty in response to British impressment, but he was able to give us greater access to the Mississippi River through this treaty
Pinckney
The American system used tariffs and development of infrastructure to help The Northeast and this region to grow
The West
Along with Suffrage, this reform movement took a state by state approach to gradually achieve amendment status in the 20th century
Temperance or Prohibition
Concept behind determining slave or free states that impacted Utah, Kansas and Nebraska. Or a great association term with Stephen Douglas
Popular Sovereignty
This Plan was designed to protect the integrity of each state having an equal vote, preserving the traditions of the Articles of Confederation
New Jersey Plan
The principles of Limited Government were evident under Jefferson when he won in the 1800 election but he did not undermine all Federalist contributions, as he maintained this Hamilton institution
BUS/National Bank
In spite his knack for creating political enemies and being the mastermind behind Indian Removal, Andrew Jackson did preside over the increase of this during his two terms which strengthened Americans
Suffrage or Voting Rights.
The common denominator in all the reform movements of the early 1800s was the involvement of this group
women
Horace Greeley is credited with coining this phrase that embodies justification of American expansionism in the 1800's
Washington's Farewell Address was notable for warning against entangling alliances, which we honored up until 1949 and NATO. However his other warning was not heeded.
Avoid Political Factions(Parties)
Jefferson's biggest misstep came when he tried to coerce England in particular from stopping this practice by passing the Embargo Act
Impressment
Monroe's unanimous election victory in 1820 symbolized the political prosperity of this period, more commonly known by this phrase
Era of Good Feelings
More of a literary movement loosely connected with reform. They believed in individual improvement.
Transcendentalists/ism
As President, Jackson did NOT want to annex this area due to likelihood that it would intensify the slavery debate
Texas
Federalists were strong believers in the Elastic Clause that they believed existed in the constitution, name one of two other ways historians commonly refer to this as
Implied Powers or Loose Interpretation/Construction
Washington's Neutrality Proclamation was specifically in response to this event
French Revolution or Reign of Terror
The emergence of Irish immigrants in the mid 1800s prompted this group to become politicized into the Know Nothing Party. This simpler, broader term for anti-immigration Americans during this time was
Nativists/(Nativism)
For those that actually read your text, you would know that Horace Mann spearheaded a reform movement in this during the 1800's
Education
The Ostend Manifesto was an unusually bold move by Southern States to seek to annex this country in order to strengthen their slave base
Cuba