OUR TODDLER YEARS AKA THE EARLY REPUBLIC
The peaceful transfer of power from Federalists to Democratic-Republicans occurred in this election.
What is the Election of 1800?
This group of congressmen from frontier states were eager for war with Britain
Who are the War Hawks and/or Democratic-Republicans?
Who is James Monroe?
Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs is known by this term.
What is the Spoils System?
This ideal prescribed separate spheres for men and women, associating women with being homemakers
What is the cult of domesticity?
This 1823 policy warned European powers against further colonization or intervention in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This abolitionist founded “the liberator” newspaper + the group of patriots who (like the daughters) protested British policies
What is William Lloyd Garrison / Sons of Liberty?
This doctrine was established in the landmark Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison.
What is judicial review?
This convention exposed Federalist opposition to the War of 1812 and helped discredit the party nationally.
What is the Hartford Convention?
First road funded by the U.S. federal government stretching from Maryland to Missouri
What is the Cumberland Road?
When no presidential candidate won an Electoral College majority in 1824, this body chose the president.
What is the House of Representatives?
He led the push for public education reform in Massachusetts.
Who is Horace Mann?
Francis Scott Key wrote this patriotic song while imprisoned on a British ship during the War of 1812
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
President who died just 31 days into his presidency + the actor who played Indiana Jones
Who is William Henry Harrison / Harrison Ford?
This event caused Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory to Thomas Jefferson in 1803.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
Andrew Jackson's victory in this battle became a symbol of American nationalism, even though the peace treaty had already been signed.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
Mill workers lived in company-sponsored on-site housing under strict supervision.
What is the Lowell System?
This South Carolina politician argued that states could reject federal tariffs they considered unconstitutional.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
Which reform movement drew attention away from the temperance movement, causing it to slowly die out?
What is the Abolitionism?
This 1807 law banned American ships from trading with all foreign ports.
What is the Embargo Act?
A system where people buy and sell shares of ownership in companies + a major economic transformation in the early 19th C. that shifted the US from a subsistence economy to a more commercial and industrial one
What is Stock Market / Market Revolution?
The Louisiana purchase created a conflict for Jefferson because the power to do it was not explicitly given to the president & Jefferson considered himself a “___ Constructionist” of the Constitution.
What is a strict Constitutionalist?
This Shawnee leader organized a confederacy of Native Americans to oppose westward expansion in the Ohio River Valley.
Who is Tecumseh?
Henry Clay's three-pronged system to promote American industry included strong banking system for easy, abundant credit, a system of roads and canals, and what else?
What are tariffs?
This party opposed Andrew Jackson and his policies during the 1830s
Who are the Whigs?
This movement emphasized individualism, self-reliance, and a spiritual connection to nature.
What is Transcendentalism?
Antiforeign movement in the United states that favored native-born citizens and fueled anti-immigrant sentiment and immigration restriction policies.
What is Nativism?
Superman’s nickname + John Deere’s invention that improved agricultural efficiency & helped farmers settle the Great Plains
What is Man of Steel / Steel Plow?
This 1819 Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of the national bank and strengthened implied powers.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This treaty ended the War of 1812 without changing any territorial boundaries.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
Elias Howe is associated with this invention that transformed American life.
What is the sewing machine?
Jackson’s veto & destruction of the Bank of the U.S. led to the rise of these banks, often unstable and unregulated.
What are pet and/or wildcat banks?
At this 1848 New York convention, reformers drafted this document demanding equal rights for women.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This writer argued that Americans should develop their own national identity rather than imitate European traditions.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
A secretive nativist political group that opposed immigration—especially of Catholics + a Miley Cyrus hit song during which she “stepped off the plane in LAX”
What is Know Nothing Party / Party in the USA?