Washington and Adams
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
Age of Jackson
Sectional Divisions
Civil War
Reconstruction
100

Washington set many _______________, such as only serving two terms and being called "Mr. President"

Precedents

100

Conflict between England and America over the impressment of US sailors and control of territory in N. America

War of 1812

100

Jackson sought to increase the vote of the _________ man

Common

100

This president's election would lead to South Carolina succeeding from the Union. 

Abraham Lincoln

100

Campaign which marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying cropland, homes, and railroads along the way

Sherman's March to the Sea

100

Amendment which outlawed slavery in the US

13th Amendment

200

Washington was against forming ____________________ because he thought it would cause unnecessary division

Political parties

200

Purchase of a large section of land by Jefferson from France -> doubled the size of the US

Louisiana Purchase

200

Law which forced American Indians off land east of the Mississippi River onto reservations in Oklahoma

Indian Removal Act

200

Agreement that led to Missouri entering as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and the creation of the 36'30" line to determine slavery in the LA territory

Missouri Compromise

200

Order issued by Lincoln which freed slaves in states under active rebellion -> first step in freeing all slaves

Emancipation Proclamation

200

Lenient plan for Reconstruction which wanted to return the South to the Union as quickly as possible

Presidential Reconstruction

300

In foreign affairs, Washington always wanted the US to be ______________ by not getting involved in the conflict

Neutral

300

Invention which increased the use of slaves in the south by making cotton more profitable to produce

Cotton Gin

300

Religious movement which emphasized improving American society

Second Great Awakening

300

Invalidated the Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty to detirmine slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories

Kansas-Nebraska Act

300

The northern strategy for defeating the South which involved surrounding the Confederacy on sea and land and cutting them off from trade 

Anaconda Plan

300

Agency which provided education and assistance to freed slaves across the South after the abolition of slavery

Freedman's Bureau

400

Rebellion which was quickly put down demonstrating Washington's use of Federal power under the Constitution

Whiskey Rebellion

400

Economic proposal which called for the construction of roads and canals, increased tariffs, and the creation of a new National Bank

American System

400

Event in which South Carolina threatened to not pay federal tariffs and Jackson responded by threatening military intervention

Nullification Crisis

400

Supreme Court decision which declared slaves were not citizens and were instead property which could be transported across state lines

Dred Scott v. Sanford

400

Pivotal battle of the war in which the Union secured control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in half

Battle of Vicksburg

400

More stringent plan for Reconstruction which sought to punish the South for starting the Civil War

Congressional Reconstruction

500

Laws passed by Adams in an attempt to make it harder for immigrants to vote and silence criticism against him

Alien and Sedition Acts

500

US policy which warned European nations from interfering in the Western Hemisphere

Monroe Doctrine

500

First women's rights gathering in the US which called for the right to vote and equality under the law

Seneca Falls Convention

500

Agreement that determined the question of slavery in the Mexican Cession

Compromise of 1850

500

Lincoln's order which enabled critics of the war to be arrested without charge and held without trial

Suspension of habeas corpus

500

Agreement which ended Reconstruction by granting Hayes the presidency and removing troops from the South

Compromise of 1877

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