Post-Revolution
America Foreign Policy
Pre- Civil War
Vocab
Misc.
100

First President and Vice President of the United States of America

President George Washington

Vice President John Adams

100

This country interfered in U.S. trading in early 1800s leading to war

Britain/England

100

In the north, this movement had strong religious ties and saw freedom for African Americans

Abolitionist Movement

100
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100

This was the official name for the pre-civil war period.

What was The Antebellum Period?

200

Greatest American retail state deal of the 19th Century

Louisiana Purchase

200

Title of War fought between US and Britain in 1800s

War of 1812

200

This act was signed in by President Andrew Jackson to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.

What was the Indian Removal Act?

200
The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
What is Expansion?
200

The Northern states of the US in the 1800s were becoming more

industrialized/urban/factories

300

Jefferson: Supported or Against a strong central government....

Against 

300

After winning the War of 1812, America felt justified to...

expand westward

300

A network of people (both African American and white) offering help and support to help slaves escape slavery from the South

Underground Railroad

300
The term used to describe something that goes across a country/continent.
What is transcontinental?
300

The Southern states of the US in the 1800s were staying

traditional/agricultural/farming 

400

These two political parties formed during the beginnig of American Foundation

Federalist vs Anti Federalist

400

This document warned European countries NOT to attempt further colonization in the Western hemisphere, any interference is an act of war

The Monroe Doctrine

400

A slave revolt led by a slave rebellion in 1831, in his raid he and his followers killed a total of 55 white people in their Virginia town


Nat Turner Revolt

400

This term means British Navy capturing American sailors and forcing them to serve on behalf of the British 

What is Impressment?

400

Americans increasingly believed in individualism led to...

Second Great Awakening

500

The issue resolving arguments over who the US should be friendlier with: France or Britain. 

Jay’s Treaty


500

In the 1840s and 50s, these two groups of European immigrated to the United States  

The Irish & German

500

Introduced factory labor, shifted the economy from barter to wages, and connected the U.S. to global markets

Market Revolution 

500

The movement goal was to give women the right to vote

Suffrage movement

500

This Society sought to improve body and mind by removing alcohol from society

Temperance 

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