Politics
7th president of the United States serving from 1829-1837, gained fame and notoriety mainly from his role as a general in the army.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Main cash crop of the southern states.
What is cotton?
Name a reason for westward expansion.
Improved transportation
Economic pressures
Immigration
Acquisition of land
Landmark that marked the western border of the United States prior to the Louisiana Purchase.
President elected before James Monroe.
James Madison.
Added Maine as a free state and prohibited any new slave states being added north of the 36 30 parallel.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
A three step economic program that consisted of protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements.
What was the American System?
Define sectionalism.
Loyalty to one’s own region.
A principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
President elected after James Monroe.
JohnQuincy Adams.
The president that authorized the Louisiana Purchase despite it being illegal.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Inventor of the Cotton Gin.
Who was Eli Whitney?
General who won key victories over Native Americans in the Indiana Territory.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
A prolonged economic downturn, affecting the U.S. banking system, southern states, and western migration to federally owned lands.
Panic of 1819?
A protectionist ideology or policy that promotes domestic industries and shields them from foreign competition.
Economic nationalism.
A few years directly following the war of 1812 that was marked by prosperity, the lessening of political division, and interest in projects for the national good.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
The first protective tariff in U.S. history.
What was the Tariff of 1816?
Amendment that called for prohibiting additional salves into Missouri and requiring all children of Missouri slaves to be emancipated once they turn 25.
What was the Tallmadge Amendment?
Political party that ceased being a national party following the election of 1816.
Federalist party.
A federally authorized national bank chartered from February 1816 to January 1836.
Second Bank of the United States.
Served as president from 1809-1817, wrote the Federalist Papers, and was later referred to as the Father of the Constitution.
Who was James Monroe?
Machine created in 1794 that greatly increased the economic output of slaves in the early 19th century.
What is the Cotton Gin?
First part of the Louisiana Territory to apply for statehood.
What is Missouri?
Proposed the American System.
Who was Henry Clay?
Political party that split and led to the emergence of 2 rival parties in the 1824 election.
Democratic-Republican.