Which three countries made up the source of most European immigration in the US during the 1820's 30's and 40's. Which group's migration would result from the potato blight (a disease) that damaged the potato crop in the late 1830's and 1840's.
UK, Germanic Regions and Ireland.
Irish potato famine.
What increased in the years between 1800 and 1830 according to the map? Its the reason the period following the Era of Good feelings is called the Age of the Common Man?
What is suffrage or the right to vote? - Extended to white men without property qualifications in most states
James Monroe was the last of this group of Presidents in which 4 out of the first 5 Presidents belong.
The Virginia Dynasty
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
Name the period of time in history from about 1760 to about 1840 that is marked by the transition to a new manufacturing processes. This movement started in Britain and spread to the US.
Name item below that spawned and ushered in this movement. Its designer is James Watt, a Scottish inventor.
a) Industrial Revolution
b) The Steam Engine
These two states were added to the Union during the Era of Good Feelings. They were both craved out of the Territory here.
Alabama and Mississippi
According to the graph, has the Federal debt ever been paid off? Is so, around what year?
During the Era of Good Feelings what was the Federal Debt percentage?
A. x > 30%
B. x = 0%
C 5% < x < 20%
D x < 10%
Yes, the Federal debt was paid off at one point during the 1830's. (Jackson Administration)
The Federal Debt percentage during the Era of Good Feelings 1815 - 1824 was (C) 5% < x < 20%) between 5% and 20%.
Which piece of legislation, written by Secretary of State Adams does this political cartoon represent?
Monroe Doctrine
Short Bio:
He had been fascinated with astronomy from an early age. As Secretary of State he even advocated for a national observatory to be placed at Harvard University, his alma mater.
Even his very first address to Congress upon becoming President was urging them to build the first national observatory. He believed it was the government’s responsibility to and duty to promote learning. He called these observatories that he advocated for lighthouses of the sky”.
John Quincy Adams
Robert Fulton created the first steam powered boat. Carrying passsangers up and down the Hudson River. Soon people were fighting over their use and the right to use them over waterways for business. For instance the case Gibbons v. Ogden saw two steamboat operators go head to head in the Supreme Court regarding commerce between NY and NJ. That case established that federal law takes precedence over state law in THIS TYPE of commerce.
interstate commerce
The Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817) limited naval armaments (military weapons and equipment) in this region.
The Great Lakes
What invention credited to Eli Whitney aided in the increases seen in the graph below?
Double Points: Which is true about data on the graph?
A) There was a 300% decrease in cotton production from 1840-1860
B) There was a 300% increase in cotton production from 1840-1860
C) The population of enslaved persons in the U.S. fell from 1840 - 1860
D) The population of enslaved persons in the U.S. was over 1 million in 1790.
The cotton gin
Double Points:
B) There was a 300% increase in cotton production from 1840-1860
This character, robed in black featured in this cartoon, ruled that the 2nd National Bank was necessary and proper because Congress had implied powers.
1. Name the character.
2x points -- Name the case. -- (No sp doesn't count)
1. Chief Justice John Marshall
2x -- McCulloch v. Maryland, U.S. Supreme Court case affirmed the constitutional doctrine of Congress’ “implied powers.”
It determined that Congress had not only the powers expressly conferred upon it by the Constitution but also all authority “appropriate” to carry out such powers.
Who said it?
"The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver. . . . Was there ever witnessed such a bare faced corruption in any country before?"
Andrew Jackson talking about Henry Clay
This modern marvel and internal improvement connected the Great Lakes, the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean which inspired trade and commerce in the interior.
The Erie Canal
The Treaty of 1818 between Britain and the US
Improved relations between U.S. and Great Britain
Shared fishing rights off of the coast of Newfoundland
Set northern boundary of Louisiana Territory at the 49th parallel
And allowed for joint occupation of THIS Territory for 10 years
The Oregon Territory
Andrew Jackson won both the popular vote and had the most electoral votes, but he did not have 51% of the electoral college. This caused the House of Reps to cast their vote for the next POTUS. What percent of the electoral vote did Jackson have? Use Estimation to solve:
a: x < 10%
b: x = 38%
c: x = 25%
d: x > 51%
RAW: 99 + 84 +41 + 37 = 261
99/261 = 38%
EST: 100 + (85 + (40 + 40) =
100 + 165 = 265
100/265 = 38%
Must get three out of four:
1. What event does this depict?
2. Which two states were created as a result?
3. What is the significance of the 36°30N?
4. What is the nickname of man in the middle?
1. The Missouri Compromise
2. Maine + Missouri
3. About slavery in LA purchase; Slavery below is free above the parallel line (ex: for Missouri)
4. Clay - "The Great Compromiser"
A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and help up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Who said it and What are they referring to?
Thomas Jefferson; Missouri Compromise
This internal improvement was the gateway to the western expansion as it connected Maryland to Ohio through the gap in the Appalachian mtns. and onward to Illinois. It is known as the "main street USA"
The Cumberland Road
This Treaty with Spain and negotiated by the Secretary of State in which...
Spain gave up Florida and claims to the Oregon Territory
U.S. assumed $5 million in claims against Spain
U.S. gave up any claim on Texas
And established the line from the Pacific (Modern Day California) to the Louisiana Purchase
Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 a.k.a. the Florida Purchase Treaty
After the postwar dip, the Industrial Revolution, along with aspects of Henry Clay's plan, spawned economic growth.
What is the name of Clay's plan to improve self-reliance and increase commerce?
List the 2 of the 3 elements of the plan.
2x points for name and 3/3.
3x points to name the depression just prior to the increase
Henry Clay's American System (support commerce)
1. Protective tariffs - tax imports to support self-reliance on domestic manufactured goods
2. Internal improvements - Build Infrastructure (Roads, Canals, Lighthouses)
3. Charter a 2nd National Bank of the United States
3x = Panic of 1819
Andrew Jackson exceeded President ______1_______'s orders. He ignored the Sec. of War John C. ______2_______ orders, by further invading Spanish territory.
During this expedition he destroyed a fortified village of escaped slaves and engaged Native Americans of this group ________3________in battle.
The Sec. of State ________4_______ was later able to negotiate a purchase of Florida.
1. Monroe's
2. Calhoun
3. Seminoles
4. Adams
The American continents....are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers
James Monroe - Monroe Doctrine written by JQAdams
Samuel Slater is known as "the ___________ __ ______________ ___________________" as he was the first to estabilsh or create a ____________ in the US.
Father of American Industry - Factory
Nationalism gave way to this during the Era of Good Feelings. Write the word and define it _______________________.
Sectionalism - love, pride and self-identification with a area or section of the whole.
restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.