State v. Federal Power
Political party system who supported active government and Henry Clay's American System
What is the Whig Party?
This acquisition of a large piece of land by President Jefferson went against his usual strict interpretation of the Constitution.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This region of the US was the most industrialized.
What is the North or Northeast?
Who were the people who most commonly fought for abolition?
How did Henry Clay's economic plan promote nationalism?
Tariffs would help out American manufactures, the national bank helped stabilize the economy, improved transport allowed for better movement of goods and a more connected country
Comprised of three major parts, intended to bring together the country and help develop a national economy.
What is Henry Clay's Economic Plan?
This invention helped to connect the North and South. It allowed the South to meet the demand for raw materials needed in Northern textile factories.
What is the Cotton Gin?
This religious movement encouraged people to improve their lives and led to the start of various reform movements.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
How did Henry Clay's economic plan promote sectionalism?
The north and south were very divided on the subject of tariffs, nullification crisis, a national bank was more useful to the north than the south, internal improvements were useful for connecting the factories than the farmers
Instigated by John C Calhoun, South Carolina's attempt to refuse to follow the tariffs set by the federal government
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This event marked the peaceful transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democrat-Republicans.
What is the Revolution of 1800?
The North favored this economic policy because it made foreign products more expensive and encouraged people to buy American products. The South was opposed.
What are Tariffs?
This actually began during the American Revolution with the idea of Republican Motherhood. It became more powerful during the reform era of the 1830s-40s and was symbolized by the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
How has Westward Expansion stayed similar over time?
conflict with natives over land, conflicts with Europeans, people wanted to move west despite what the government was saying
This supreme court case determined a law passed by Congress was unconstitutional. More importantly, it gave the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This law outlawed trade with all foreign countries. Highly disliked by the American people. It was an example of Jefferson and the Democrat-Republicans abandoning strict interpretation of the Constitution in favor of broad (or loose) interpretation.
What is the Embargo Act?
Addressing the issue of slavery, this 1820 agreement admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This reform movement encouraged people to limit their use of alcohol because of the effects it had on the family and home.
What is the Temperance Movement?
What are the major differences between the beginnings of Westward Expansion and where we are now?
Better transportation made it easier to migrate, immigrants moved, became increasingly sectional- especially after the banning of slavery in some of the territories, extended further and further
This Supreme Court case increased the power of the federal government and ruled that a National Bank was constitutional.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This acquisition of a large piece of land by President Jefferson went against his usual strict interpretation of the Constitution.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
What are some specific events in Westward Expansion?
Northwest ordinance, shay's rebellion, native loss of lands, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812- conflict with natives, compromise of 1820, increased issues with sectionalism and slavery