Early Presidents
Name a piece of Hamilton's economic plan
1) Federal debt assumption
2) Creation of a National Bank
3) Imposing federal tax on Whiskey
What is a method a slave could take to defy their overseer/owner?
1) working slowly
2) breaking tools
3) doing a terrible job
Jackson's campaign slogan was?
Common Man
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Why did many Irish immigrants settle in northeast US? Type of jobs they did?
Escaping the potato famine
Building railroads, hard labor jobs
What is strict vs loose interpretation of the Constitution? Who in Washington's cabinet represented each viewpoint.
Strict= word for word statements in the constitution- Jefferson
Loose= Implied meaning rather than exact word for word statements- Hamilton
Name two arguments that justified owning slaves in the South.
1) Family style treatment (nurturing parents)
2) Better treatment than being free & poor
3) Supporting northern industry
Define Nullification
State refusing to follow a federal law
This improvement created towns like Buffalo and influenced the economic success of New York City
Erie Canal
Male suffrage was increasing in most states because?
Reducing property requirements
(Adams) What are the alien and sedition acts?
Alien act= allowed federal government to deport and make citizenship harder to achieve for non citizens (Pro French citizens or immigrants)
Sedition act= allowed federal government to punish harsh criticisms made against the government (newspapers etc) (quazi war related)
Describe 5 different types of people living in the antebellum south?
Planter class, slaves, free blacks, plain folk (poor white), Hill Billie (frontiersmen/mountain men)
Describe Jackson's political impact on the development of the Southeastern portion of the US
Which invention related to the successful development of Chicago?
Railroads
What was an outcome of the War of 1812? (*nothing during the war)
1) Nothing, no territory was exchanged
2) Natives lost significant lands (Tecumseh dead)
3) Jackson becomes a war hero
What is the X,Y, Z Affair? (Adams)
After Jay Treaty signed between US- England, US sent advisors to calm French anger over this but the French refused to see our diplomats and three French representatives named X,Y, and Z who demanded a bribe to see a French Rep. Quazi War began.
Describe the role of immigrants in the southern economy
Very little settled in the South due to lack of jobs available
Why was the Indian Removal Act ruled unconstitutional?
Jackson/Congress did not create a treaty with the native nations involved as they are recognized as foreign nations
What were "mill girls"?
Textile factories of young unmarried women (college experience)
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
It declared that European powers should no longer look to colonize in the Americas any longer without answering to the US
1)Napoleon failed to put down a rebellion in Haiti that would have made this area a French colony
2) The Democratic Republican party accused Jefferson of using too much Federal power making this deal without congress approval
1) Maine is a free state
2) Missouri is a slave state
3) Any future states above the 36-30 line would be free and those below would be slave states
The force bill related to what event in Jackson's presidency?
Nullification Crisis
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
What are two components to Henry Clay's new "American system" plan
1) Increased tariffs to protect American business
2) National Bank
3) Federal financed roads + canals