John Marshall Rulings
Infrastructure
James Monroe
The 2nd
Great Awakening
Great Awakening
Utopian Societies
Reformers & Writers
Reformers &
Writer II
Writer II
100
This decision stated that Congress does have implied powers. Hamilton and the Federalist party were right, the "necessary and proper clause" does give the federal government more power.
What is McCulloch v Maryland, 1819?
100
The Lancaster Turnpike and this National Road help decreased cost by improving travel time.
What was the Cumberland Turnpike?
100
This series of infrastructure bills was put forward by Speaker of the House henry Clay, but it was backed by Monroe and greatly improved America's transportation.
What was the American System.
100
The rejection of orthodox religion Deism, The Age of Reason, Rationalism, Unitarianism, and The Industrial Revolution and the Market Revolution were all causes of this.
What was the 2nd Great Awakening?
100
The only time these men and women touched each other is when they danced . . . no wonder they no longer exist.
Who were the Shakers?
100
He was probably America's most famous poet at the time; famous poet known for being very direct. Leaves of Green - very direct type of poetry, that did use symbolism, but that many saw as immoral.
Who was Walt Whitman?
100
His stories like The Scarlet Letter (1850) and Young Goodman Brown questioned American intolerance & conformity
Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne?
200
This decision gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison, 1803?
200
Robert Fulton invented the first one of these making travel up river (against the current) much easier, therefore saving many lots of money.
What is a steamboat (Clermont)?
200
John Quincy Adams wrote this, but Monroe took credit for it, as America declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to Europe!
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
200
The Quakers were the first of these, but the 2nd Great Awakening really spurred them on, with William Lloyd Garrison leading the way.
Who were the abolitionists?
200
This group in Iowa consisted of mainly of people of German descent who belong to a religion known as Pietism (don’t just believe in Biblical virtues - live it!!) Like Shakers, but they allowed marriage.
Who were the Amana Colonies?
200
She spoke out against the horrible conditions at mental hospitals and south to reform them.
Who was Dorthea Dix?
200
America's most well known poet of horror - irrational aspects of human behavior – The Raven; The Tell Tale Heart (1843)
Who was Edgar Allen Poe?
300
The Supreme Court can declare any law unconstitutional if they believe it violates the Constitution.
What is judicial Review?
300
This canal made farmers in the midwest much more profitable because now they could send and sell their crops to merchants on the East Coast.
What was the Erie Canal?
300
American's began distrusting banks with this economic fail in 1819. Andrew Jackson would use this fear of banks to win the presidency.
What was the Panic of 1819?
300
Temperance organizations sprang up in many towns and cities, trying to end this, which they finally achieved with the passage of the 18th Amendment.
What was the sale and consumption of alcohol?
300
These people believed that knowledge does not just come from ones senses and truth cannot be found just by observation or reading the Bible; Everyone possesses an “inner light” which can lead you to a higher truth.
Who were the Transcendentalists?
300
Thomas Gallaudet created a school for these people?
Who were deaf students?
300
Horace Mann worked tirelessly to improve these institutions in America.
What were public schools?
400
Only Congress can control interstate trade (trade between the states) according to this ruling.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824?
400
This man stole the plans of the thread spinning mills in England and brought them to America, reducing the price of cloth in America for everyone.
Who was Samuel Slater?
400
Monroe sent this man into Florida to stop the "Seminole Wars". Instead he caused an international incident by removing a Spanish governor and executing two British soldiers he said were aiding the Native Americans.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
400
Many of the female abolitionists also took up another cause, which became very clear with the Seneca Falls Conference in 1848 and a reality in 1920 with the 19th Amendment.
What is women's suffrage or the right to vote?
400
Probably the best commune of the era - the only reason it failed was because of a massive fire.
What was Brook Farm?
400
Famous American author - American settings for Sleepy Hollow (1820) & Rip Van Winkle.
Who was Washington Irving?
400
This man is known as the Schoolmaster of the Republic – creating America's first dictionary - standardized the American language.
Who was Noah Webster?
500
The Supreme Court can strike down state laws, not just federal laws.
What is Fletcher v Peck, 1810?
500
This invention caused many southerners to move further west and it also caused them to become even more reliant on the labor of enslaved Africans.
What was the cotton 'gin, invented by Eli Whitney?
500
To protect American manufacturing, Monroe started increasing these, which angered many southerners.
What were tariffs?
500
This new denomination began in New York. but were so persecuted they didn't find peace until they got to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Who were the Church of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons)?
500
Probably the most famous transcendentalist, he spent two years in the woods observing nature: Walden: Or the Life in the Woods – ecology & conservation. Also wrote, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - if you see something wrong speak up and speak out
Who was Henry David Thoreau?
500
This author glorified the frontiersmen of America's birth; Leatherstocking Tales & The Last of the Mohicans
Who was James Fennimore Cooper?
500
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and this woman all helped create the Seneca Falls Declaration calling for women to have suffrage.
Who was Susan B Anthony?