Ignoring his strict constructionist beliefs, Jefferson purchased this from France.
What was the Louisiana Territory (Purchase)?
100
This canal connected NYC with farmers and merchants in the midwest.
What is the Erie Canal?
100
This Cyrus McCormick invention allowed for crops to be harvested much faster.
What was the mechanical reaper?
200
Bankers supported Hamilton's political party which was known as
What was the Federalist Party?
200
His decisions strengthened the power of this government.
What is the national or federal government?
200
Both Jefferson and Madison had to deal with this British policy inwhich Americans were kidnapped by the British and forced to serve in the British Navy.
What was impressment?
200
The United States acquired Florida from this country.
What was Spain?
200
It increased the southerners need for slaves and land.
What was the cotton gin?
300
The Jeffersonian Republicans were supported by these people, which was what most people did for a living back then.
What were farmers?
300
With the Supreme Court's decision in the case, Marshall cerated the concept of judical review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
300
Jackson ignored the Supreme court's ruling and forced tens of thousands of Native Americans out of the South to Oklahoma. Don't cry!
What was the Trail of Tears?
300
Its discovery caused thousands to come to California.
What was gold?
300
It allowed for people to communicate almost instantly, even over very long distances.
What was the telegraph?
400
Hamilton's debt program could not have been successful had this never been created to keep all the tax money.
What was the Bank of the United States?
400
In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819, Marshall validated the federal government's power to create a national bank and therefore this Congressional power.
What is the "implied" power?
400
The end of the aristocracy came with his election.
Who was Jackson?
400
The belief that God wanted the United States to feach all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What was manifest destiny?
400
These wagons, used extensivley along the Oregon Trail, allowed whole families and all their possessions to be transported
What were covered wagons?
500
This election caused the first peaceful transfer of political power in our nation's history: the election of
What is 1800?
500
The idea that the Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional is known as this.
What is judical review?
500
The War of 1812 opened up American migration to this Northwest area.
What was the Oregon Territory?
500
The United Sates acquired rights to the states of AZ, CA, NV and UT after this war.