Creating a Government
America's first failed attempt at government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The primary reason that most of America's biggest cities were settled on the Atlantic Coast.
What is trade?
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What is mercantalism?
This political party was created to oppose Hamilton's increases in the size of the federal government.
Who are the Democratic Republicans?
The President responsible for the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The primary reason that slavery was used in the South, and not in the North.
What is Plantation Agriculture?
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What are Cash Crops?
The division between strong federal government and 50 weaker state governments.
What is federalism?
What is Hamilton's Financial Plan?
This particular policy was only fulfilled after Jefferson changed his mind about Implied Powers, giving them his approval.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Washington's stance on America's role in the French Revolution.
What is neutrality?
The time period that fostered a sense of national unity after The War of 1812.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
This set of essays was written because the Articles of Confederation was a complete failure, and a stronger federal government was needed.
What are The Federalist Papers?
This constitutional doctrine was invented by Hamilton to allow him to create the national bank.
What are Implied Powers?
This particular Supreme Court decision created Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The one part of the US government that opposed the Indian Removal Act.
What is the Supreme Court?
Who are the poor?
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Who are Southerners?
The name for a power not in the Constitution, but controlled by the states.
What is a reserved power?
This failed law attempted to stop impressment, but really just decreased trade in the US and made people angry.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
This political party was created primarily to oppose Andrew Jackson.
Who is the Whig Party?
The primary issue that justified American entry into the War of 1812.
What is impressment?
The system created by Andrew Jackson that allowed him to put his friends in power.
What is the Spoils System?
Many of the beliefs in the Declaration of Independence are based on this philosophical movement in Europe.
What is the Enlightenment?
Henry Clay's plan to promote industry and infrastructure on the national level.
What is The American System?
South Carolina attempted to use this unconstitutional idea to stop paying federal tariffs that they disliked.
What is Nullification?
This decision was created to limit westward expansion after The French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The concept that all white men could vote, regardless of property qualifications.
What is Universal Manhood Suffrage?