Age of Jackson
Jackson used this practice of giving government jobs to his supporters after winning the presidency.
What is the Spoils System?
This energy source, used in steam engines, helped power factories and transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
What is coal?
This agreement settled the debate between large and small states by creating a two-house Congress, with representation based on population in the House and equal representation in the Senate.
What is the Great Compromise?
This meeting, held in 1787 in Philadelphia, was where delegates decided to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new Constitution.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This man became the first President of the United States in 1789 and set many precedents for future presidents.
Who was George Washington?
This 1830 law forced Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Many factories hired these young workers because they could be paid less and fit into small spaces to fix machines.
What is child labor?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, added in 1791, protect individual freedoms such as speech, religion, and the right to a fair trial.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This Founding Father played a major role in drafting the Constitution and later became the fourth President of the United States.
Who was James Madison?
This 1794 rebellion was sparked by a tax on distilled spirits, and its suppression demonstrated the power of the new federal government.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
The forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation, resulting in the deaths of thousands, is known by this tragic name.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This invention, created by Eli Whitney in 1793, made it easier to remove seeds from cotton, increasing cotton production but also expanding slavery in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
This system prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful by allowing each branch to limit the powers of the others.
What is checks and balances?
This agreement stated that a portion of enslaved people would be counted toward a state’s population for taxation and representation in Congress.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This land deal, made in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and was purchased from France for $15 million.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This crisis occurred when South Carolina threatened to ignore a federal tariff and possibly secede from the Union.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
In 1837, this blacksmith invented the steel plow, which made farming in tough prairie soil much easier for farmers.
Who was John Deere?
This first attempt at a national government for the United States, created in 1781, had a weak central government with no power to tax or enforce laws.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This group supported a strong central government and the ratification of the Constitution, while this opposing group feared it gave too much power to the federal government.
Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
These laws, passed in 1798, targeted immigrants and limited free speech, leading to criticism of President John Adams.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This 1828 tariff angered the South because it raised taxes on imported goods, benefiting Northern industries while hurting Southern farmers.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
The movement of people from rural areas to cities in search of factory jobs is known by this term.
What is urbanization?
The Constitution divides the federal government into these three branches to ensure separation of powers and prevent tyranny.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
The U.S. Constitution officially became the law of the land after this number of states ratified it in 1788
What is nine?
These two early political parties were led by Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, with one favoring a strong central government and the other supporting states’ rights.
What were the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?