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Elected President in 1808, ordered Congress to vote to wage war against Britain in 1812.
Who is James Madison?
Before Jackson took office, Congress placed this high tariff on imports that angered southerners.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
Groups that help elect people and shape policies.
What is Political Parties?
This Senate approved agreement roughly doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The first road built by the federal government.
What is Cumberland Road?
Served as Washington's Secretary of Treasury, and played a significant role in managing the country's national debt.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Jackson’s supporters formed this to support Jackson’s candidacy.
What is the Democratic Party?
This political party wanted to limit the federal government's power.
What are the Democratic-Republicans?
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The practice of forcing people to serve in the army of navy.
What is impressment?
A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789.
What is the French Revolution?
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Replaced John C Calhoun as Jackson's Vice President, and would later become president himself.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
A severe economic depression that took places after Jackson's unsuccessful banking policies.
What is the Panic of 1837?
This means that the federal government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid.
What is Loose Construction?
This case helped establish the Supreme Court's power to check the power of the other branches of government.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
A secret Federalist meeting in Connecticut where they agreed to oppose the war and send delegates to meet with Congress.
What is the Hartford Convention?
Resigned from the Vice Presidency after drafting the South Carolina Exposition and Protest.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
In this case the Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
People who favor this think that the federal government should do only what the Constitution specifically says it can do.
What is Strict Construction?
These were young members of Congress who took the lead in calling for war against Britain.
Who are the War Hawks?
This treaty set the border between the U.S. and Canada at 49 degrees N latitude as far west as the Rockies.
What is the Convention of 1818?
Claimed to have made a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay that secured him the presidency in 1824.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
The dispute led by Calhoun that said states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
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This stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war.
What is the Neutrality Proclamation?
This law banned trade only with Britain, France, and their colonies.
What is the Non-Intercourse Act?
A series of measures intended to make the U.S. economically self-sufficient.
What is the American System?