AGE OF JEFFERSON
This Supreme Court case established judicial review as John Marshall ruled the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison
This communication system, developed by Samuel Morse, changed business and journalism during the market revolution.
TELEGRAPH
Jackson’s practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
Spoils system
This religious movement led by Charles Grandison Finney inspired many 19th-century reform efforts
SECOND GREAT AWAKENING
A system where people buy & sell shares of ownership in companies
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A major economic transformation in the early 19th century that shifted the US from a subsistence economy to a more commercial and industrial one
Market Revolution
In 1823, he gave his say,
“Old World powers, stay away!”
No new colonies, no more schemes,
The Western hemisphere had its own dreams.
Monroe Doctrine
The political crisis during the 1800 election was resolved in the House of Representatives after a tie between Thomas Jefferson and this candidate.
Aaron Burr
This phrase describes the period of political unity during James Monroe’s presidency after the decline of the federalists.
ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
This political party formed in the 1830s in opposition to Jackson’s policies. They supported a strong role for Congress, internal improvements, a national bank, and protective tariffs.
Whigs
This African American abolitionist was a former slave and influential speaker / writer. He also attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
Frederick Douglass
Superman’s nickname
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john deere’s invention that improved agricultural efficiency & helped farmers settle the Great Plains
MAN OF STEEL PLOW
Clay drew a line; a deal was made.
To keep the peace, the North obeyed.
One state allowing slavery admitted,
While Maine added with slavery prohibited.
Missouri Compromise
This 1807 law banned American ships from trading with all foreign ports.
Embargo Act
This treaty ended the War of 1812 without changing any territorial boundaries.
TREATY OF GHENT
a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government over tariffs as John C. Calhoun advocated states’ rights to void federal acts they deemed unconstitutional.
NULLIFICATION
CRISIS
This reform movement sought to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption in the 1800s.
Temperance Movement
a secretive nativist political group that opposed immigration—especially of Catholics
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a Miley Cyrus hit song during which she “stepped off the plane in LAX”
KNOW NOTHING PARTY IN THE USA
New Englanders met in secret here
As war stopped trade & brought ruin near
They talked of breaking from the rest
Then the Federalists were seen as unpatriotic pests
Hartford convention
This bird-sounding group of young congressmen pressured Jefferson into more aggressive policies before the War of 1812.
War Hawks
The American System included three main parts: a national bank, internal improvements, and these government charges on imported goods.
(protective) tariffs
Jackson’s veto & destruction of the Bank of the U.S. led to the rise of these banks, often unstable and unregulated
Pet Banks
He led the push for public education reform in Massachusetts
Horace Mann
This abolitionist founded “the liberator” newspaper
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the group of patriots who (like the daughters) protested British policies
William Lloyd Garrison’s of Liberty
In 1824 no candidate won,
So Congress chose who’d be the one.
An arrangement was made in backdoor rooms.
Jackson called the deal this as he fumes.
Corrupt Bargain
The Louisiana purchase created a conflict for Jefferson because the power to do it was not explicitly given to the president & Jefferson considered himself a “___ Constructionist” of the Constitution.
Strict
This Supreme Court Case ruled that the Federal Government, not individual states, has the power to regulate interstate commerce, striking down a New York Law that had granted a steamboat monopoly
Gibbons v. Ogden
An 1832 Supreme Court case that ruled the Cherokee Nation was a political community with sovereign rights, so the states had no authority to enforce state laws within Cherokee territory.
Worcester v. Georgia
She led the movement for mental health reform and better treatment of the insane.
Dorothea Dix
1990 film: a boy left behind by his family defends his home against burglars with elaborate booby traps
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a conflict in which Texans fought for independence from Mexico leading to the creation of the republic of Texas
Home Alone Star Rebellion
Into the presidency I did slide,
when after weeks in office Harrison died.
They called me "His Accidency,"
I vetoed laws quite endlessly.
John Tyler