Building Nat'l Market
In 1816, Congress chartered this institution to restore stability after years of unregulated currency and banking.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
After 1815, this cash crop drove expansion of the plantation economy into the Southwest.
What is cotton?
The Federalist Party effectively collapsed after this election, marking the end of the First Party System.
What is the Election of 1816?
This 1820 agreement preserved the balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri and Maine together.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This nickname criticized the old system in which congressional leaders chose presidential nominees.
What is “King Caucus”?
Centered in towns like Lowell, Massachusetts, this economic development was encouraged by the Tariff of 1816, which protected American manufacturers from British competition.
What is the growth of the textile industry?
This group of independent traders and trappers established the fur trade economy in the Far West.
Who were the mountain men?
His presidency became known as the “Era of Good Feelings” after his 1817 goodwill tour symbolized national unity and political harmony.
Who is James Monroe?
In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court upheld this constitutional principle supporting implied powers.
What is the “necessary and proper” clause?
The controversial outcome of this election was decided by the House of Representatives and labeled the “Corrupt Bargain.”
What is the Election of 1824?
President Madison vetoed John C. Calhoun’s 1817 bill that would have used federal funds for this purpose, arguing it was unconstitutional without an amendment.
What are internal improvements?
Rapid population growth in the Northeast, combined with limited farmland and the promise of land ownership, contributed to this major demographic trend in the early 19th century.
What is westward migration?
This economic downturn was caused by overspeculation and tightening credit from the Second Bank of the United States.
What is the Panic of 1819?
In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Court strengthened this federal power over state regulation.
What is the power to regulate interstate commerce?
This protective tariff angered Southern states, who called it by this fiery name.
What is the “Tariff of Abominations”?
Beginning at the Potomac River and extending into Ohio, this federally funded route was authorized as part of Ohio’s entrance to the Union and became a key link between the East and the developing West.
What is the National Road?
Following Stephen H. Long’s 1820 expedition, this term was used to describe the arid Great Plains, convincing many Americans the area was unsuitable for farming.
What is the “Great American Desert”?
During the so-called “Virginia Dynasty,” this cabinet position—held by figures like Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe—was seen as the traditional stepping stone to the presidency.
What is the Secretary of State?
In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Marshall Court ruled in favor of this group’s sovereignty over their lands.
Who are the Cherokee Nation (or Native Americans)?
Accused of striking a “Corrupt Bargain” after supporting John Quincy Adams in the House of Representatives during the election of 1824, he later became Adams’s Secretary of State.
Who is Henry Clay?
The introduction of steamboats on the Mississippi River revolutionized shipping by allowing goods to move upstream, thereby stimulating this for the South and West.
What is the agricultural economy?
This government trading network supplied Native Americans with goods at cost, reducing their dependence on private traders and increasing U.S. control over western tribes.
What is the factor system?
Jackson's troops invaded Spanish Florida, stretching Calhoun's authorization, and the Secretary of State used "the Seminole War" to negotiate this treaty securing Florida for the United States.
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
This 1823 statement warned European powers against colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This general’s 1828 presidential victory marked the rise of mass democracy and the modern Democratic Party.
Who is Andrew Jackson?