Early Republic
These two leaders had different visions for the country, leading to the first political parties. One favored a National Bank, while the other opposed it.
Who are Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson?
This economic policy helped the North but hurt the South, leading to a major crisis during Jackson’s presidency.
What are tariffs?
This term describes the 19th-century belief that the United States had the God-given right to expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This Eli Whitney invention increased the processing of cash crops but also led to the expansion of slavery in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman were prominent leaders in this movement to end slavery.
What is the Abolitionist movement?
This group, led by Alexander Hamilton, believed in a strong national government and supported protective tariffs to help the economy.
Who are the Federalists?
South Carolina used this principle to claim they did not have to pay federal tariffs, sparking a constitutional crisis.
What is nullification (or States' Rights)?
This 1803 land acquisition from France doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This innovation, often credited to Robert Fulton, made trade more efficient and decreased the price of shipping goods.
What is the steamboat?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for this, which refers to the right of women to vote.
What is women's suffrage?
In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned the nation about these three specific dangers.
What are political parties, national debt, and foreign alliances?
President Andrew Jackson threatened to use this to force South Carolina to pay the tariffs and remain in the Union.
What is military force?
The annexation of this territory led to a border dispute at the Rio Grande, eventually causing the U.S.-Mexican War.
What is Texas?
This process allowed factories to mass-produce goods efficiently using unskilled labor.
What are interchangeable parts?
This movement sought to reduce the consumption of alcohol.
What is the Temperance movement?
This foreign policy statement warned European nations to stop colonizing the Western Hemisphere and stay out of the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The Nullification Crisis was fundamentally a debate over this constitutional principle, which balances power between the states and the federal government.
What is federalism?
As a result of the U.S.-Mexican War, the United States acquired this vast region, which reignited debates over the expansion of slavery.
What is the Mexican Cession?
Samuel Morse invented this device, which used a specific code to increase the speed of long-distance communication.
What is the telegraph?
This reformer dedicated her life to improving the treatment of the mentally ill and those in prison
Who is Dorothea Dix?
The Democratic-Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, argued for this type of government power over a strong federal system.
What is a strong state government?
These two groups of people provided the labor for Northern factories and the construction of the Erie Canal during the mid-1800s.
Who are Irish and German immigrants?
Many Chinese immigrants moved to the West during this era for these two primary reasons.
What are searching for gold (California Gold Rush) and working on the Transcontinental Railroad?
Between 1820 and 1880, the percentage of people living in these areas increased significantly because of factory jobs.
What are urban areas (or cities)?
At this 1848 convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments" to demand equal rights for women.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?