Supreme Court & Politics
This landmark 1803 case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This 363-mile "big ditch" in New York connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
Thomas Jefferson purchased this massive territory from Napoleon for $15 million, despite his 'strict constructionist' views.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This religious revival in the early 1800s sparked numerous social reform movements.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs, heavily utilized by Andrew Jackson.
What is the Spoils System?
This Chief Justice, a staunch Federalist, consistently issued rulings that strengthened the power of the federal government over the states.
Who is John Marshall?
Eli Whitney's two most famous inventions: one revolutionized Southern agriculture, the other revolutionized Northern manufacturing.
What are the Cotton Gin and Interchangeable Parts?
This 1823 doctrine warned European powers to stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1848 meeting in New York is considered the formal start of the women's rights movement in the U.S.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
The forced relocation of the Cherokee and other tribes to land west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This 1819 case ruled that states could not tax federal institutions, famously stating, 'the power to tax involves the power to destroy.'
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This labor system in Massachusetts employed young farm girls in textile mills under strict supervision.
What is the Lowell System?
This 1820 agreement kept the balance of power in the Senate by admitting one free state and one slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This document, modeled after the Declaration of Independence, argued that 'all men and women are created equal.'
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This state, led by John C. Calhoun, threatened to secede during the 1832 Tariff crisis.
What is South Carolina?
The name given to the period of one-party rule under James Monroe through the title masks rising sectional tensions.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
This 'System,' proposed by Henry Clay, aimed to unify the economy through a national bank, protective tariffs, and internal improvements.
What is the American System?
The belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand across the entire North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Dorothea Dix is most famous for her work reforming these two types of institutions.
What are prisons and asylums?
Jackson 'killed' this institution by vetoing its re-charter and moving its funds to 'pet banks.'
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
In this 1824 case, the Court ruled that only the federal government had the power to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
The "Cumberland Road" was the first of these to be funded by the federal government.
What is the National Road?
This treaty with Spain in 1819 resulted in the U.S. acquisition of Florida.
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
This radical abolitionist published The Liberator and called for the immediate emancipation of slaves.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This political party formed specifically in opposition to Andrew Jackson, whom they nicknamed 'King Andrew I.'
Who are the Whigs?