The Nullification Crisis
This practice, which rewarded political supporters with government jobs, was defended by Jackson as necessary for democracy.
What is the Spoils System
This invention by Eli Whitney separated seeds from fiber, making cotton production profitable and dramatically increasing demand for slave labor.
What is the Cotton Gin
This land acquisition in 1803 doubled the size of the U.S. and was purchased from France for $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
This core belief of the Transcendentalists stressed that people must rely on their own conscience and insight, not on institutions or traditions.
What is Self-Reliance
In 1831, he started the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, advocating for the immediate and uncompensated end to slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
This was the name of the tariff passed in 1828 that enraged Southern states
What is the Tariff of 1828 or Tariff of Abominations?
The first major internal improvement in the U.S., completed in 1825, connected the Great Lakes region to New York City.
What is the Erie Canal
The U.S. fought this war from 1812 to 1815 over issues of impressment and violations of American neutrality.
What is the War of 1812
The name of the intellectual and social movement centered in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1830s and 1840s.
What is Transcendentalism
This former slave became the most prominent Black abolitionist, writing his narrative and publishing the anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass
As Vice President, he secretly authored The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, arguing that states could nullify federal laws.
Who is John C. Calhoun
This system pioneered in the 1820s relied on hiring young, single women to work in textile mills and live in supervised dormitories.
What is the Lowell System
This diplomatic agreement established a boundary between the U.S. and Spanish territory at the 42nd parallel and gave the U.S. control of Florida.
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty
He was the major essayist and philosopher of the movement, writing "Nature" and "Self-Reliance."
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
A Virginia slave who led an 1831 rebellion that resulted in the deaths of over 50 white people, causing a severe backlash and harsher slave codes.
Who is Nat Turner
The forced relocation of the Cherokee people from the Southeast to Oklahoma, resulting in thousands of deaths, is known by this name.
What is the Trail of Tears
The economic shift toward specialization, factory production, and commercial agriculture that defined the period 1800-1840s is known as this.
What is the Market Revolution
Issued in 1823, this declaration warned European nations against further colonization or intervention in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This Transcendentalist famously lived for two years in a cabin near Walden Pond, detailed in his book, Walden.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This network of secret routes and safe houses helped slaves escape from the South to freedom in the North or in Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad
This political party formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson believing he had exercised too much power.
What is the Whig Party?
He is credited with introducing the use of interchangeable parts to the U.S., first for muskets, which revolutionized manufacturing.
Who is Eli Whitney
This major battle of the War of 1812, led by Andrew Jackson, occurred after the peace treaty was signed but helped propel Jackson to national fame.
What is the Battle of New Orleans
Thoreau's influential essay, written after he refused to pay a tax supporting the Mexican-American War, advocated for passive non-cooperation with unjust laws.
What is "Civil Disobedience"
This 1848 convention, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was the first major meeting to address women's rights and drew heavy connections to the abolitionist cause.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention