Jeffersonian Era
An attempt from Jefferson to buy New Orleans, resulted in a $15 million purchase that doubled the size of the U.S. Jefferson used loose interpretation and implied powers to make this deal.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Members of Congress were called this due to their pro-war tendencies.
What are the War Hawks?
The political party that dominated this era of good feelings, which resulted in a huge increase of nationalism.
What is the Democratic-Republican party?
The act that removed thousands of natives from their homes. This caused Worcester vs. Georgia (1832) and the Trail of Tears (1838).
The man that invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts, greatly advancing the economies of the South and North respectively.
Who was Eli Whitney?
The first peaceful transfer of power between political parties.
What is the Election of 1800?
The treaty that ended the War of 1812 as a stalemate.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
The result of post-war economic instability and over-speculation of frontier lands.
What was the Panic of 1819?
The state that declared independence from Mexico in 1836 due to Mexico forcing their laws (such as no slavery) and forcing all immigrants to be Catholic. It was annexed by the U.S. in 1845.
What is Texas?
The type of immigrants that came from here mostly settled in big cities in the north and would do hard labor for low pay. They were victims of prejudice because they were ‘stealing jobs’ and because most of them were Catholic. They came to the U.S. due to a famine in 1940.
What are the Irish?
The idea that the Supreme Court has the power to interpret the constitution and to declare laws unconstitutional. Created from Marbury vs. Madison.
What is the Process of Judicial Review?
The future president that gained publicity after he beat the British at the Battle of New Orleans, two weeks after the end of the War of 1812.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The act created by Henry Clay as a result of sectional balance between the slave states and free states due to a new state. It prohibited any slavery above the 36°30° line.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
This was implemented by Jackson to expand power to the ‘common man’ through universal white male suffrage. This was defined by a greater voter population, a broader representation in politics, and limited government.
What is democratization?
The movement that sparked because of too much drinking. This was pushed by women reformers due to drinking affecting their family life, but was also pushed by bosses of factories due to the inefficiency of drinking while working. This also sparked a nativist movement because the Irish and Germans were seen as the influence.
What was the Temperance Movement?
Enacted as a result of the impressionism by the British in order to ban all U.S. trade with other nations. It ended up worsening the economy.
What is the Embargo Act?
The city that was burned by British soldiers in retaliation for the U.S. soldiers burning York, the capital of upper Canada.
What is Washington D.C.?
This was created because of fear Europe would try to recolonize territory in the western hemisphere. This warned Europe to stay out of western affairs and the U.S. would avoid European affairs.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
This happened because of over speculation of western lands, Specie Circular (public land had to be purchased with gold or silver), and Jackson’s destruction of the National Bank (Bank War).
What was the Panic of 1837?
The mark of a new wave of religious revivals across the U.S. During this time, Deism, Unitarianism, Methodist, and Baptists saw huge increases in numbers. The increase in evangelicalism led to the Age of Reform and women playing a key role in religion.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
The nickname for the Judiciary Act of 1801. This was a desperate attempt by the federalists to maintain power in the federal government after Jefferson won the presidency.
What are the Midnight Appointments?
The convention that was held by Federalists to debate their concerns with the War of 1812. It ultimately contributed to the Federalist party’s decline.
What is the Hartford Convention?
The system created to stimulate the post war economy. It made the first protective tariff, the second national bank, and promoted internal improvements.
What was the Henry Clay American System?
This was caused by South Carolina after the Tariff of 1828. South Carolina, and many other southern states, recognized their right to not listen to a federal law. This allowed for South Carolina to not collect tariffs from the Tariff of 1832.
What was the Nullification Crisis?
The various movements that wanted to move away from conventional society. Examples include Mormons (moved for religious reasons), Brook Farm (transcendentalist, secular, and humanistic), and New Harmony (socialistic that solves the problems of industrialization).
What were Utopian Communities?