Government
A Democratic Republican, he was the third president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Route taken by natives forcibly removed from their land by the Jackson administration. An estimated 4,000 people died on this route to Indian Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The dramatic increase between 1820 and 1850 in exchange of goods and services in market transactions due largely in part to transportation networks, roads, and canals.
What is the Market Revolution?
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Whig leader who came up with a plan to build American infrastructure called the American System.
Who is Henry Clay?
The second national party formed in 1839. It arose in opposition of Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.
Who are the Whigs?
First women's rights convention held in New York in 1848.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
364 mile man-made waterway connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes.
What is the Erie Canal?
A compromise that made California a free state, left open the potential for slavery in the Southwest Territories, enforced the fugitive slave act, and banned slave trading in Washington DC.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints.
Who is Joseph Smith?
The party of Thomas Jefferson, they believed in smaller government, individual liberty, and the preservation of the Constitution.
Who are the Democratic Republicans?
Antiforeign movement in the United states that favored native-born citizens and fueled anti-immigrant sentiment and immigration restriction policies.
What is Nativism?
Who is Eli Whitney?
After escaping slavery, he became a leading abolitionist and social reformer.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The 1823 declaration that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any further colonization or interference by European powers. In exchange, the United States would not become involved in European struggles.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
A conflict between South Carolina and the Federal Government in regard to a state's obligation to follow federal laws (1832-1833).
Religious group that promoted gender equality and celibacy.
Who are the Shakers?
Financial institution chartered in 1790. Hamilton argued that it would provide stability to the American Economy by providing loans to merchants, handling government funds, and issuing bills of credit.
What is the Bank of the United States (BUS)?
As a result of the Compromise of 1820 each of these states was admitted into the Union. One was free and one was slave.
What is Missouri (Slave) and Maine (Free).
1831 slave rebellion in Virginia that killed between 55 and 65 people. This led to violent retribution from Southern whites who feared future slave uprisings.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
What is the Know-Nothing Party.
1832 Supreme Court Case that ruled that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation and could not be removed from their land.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
Most notable opponent of the Second Bank of the United States.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
An 1857 Supreme Court Case that said a slave owner could take their slaves with them anywhere in the Union.
What is Dred Scot v. Sanford?
Existentialist author of Walden, or Life in the Woods.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?