Vocabulary Terms
Define Nullify
to cancel, void
creation of a bicameral legislation with a House of Representatives, based on population and a Senate where each state is equally represented.
Name three key facts about Thomas Jefferson
1. Anti-Federalist/Democratic Republican
2. From Virgina
3. Louisiana Purchase
3/5 Clause
Naturalization Act
Limited access to US citizenship to free white immigrants who had lived in the US at least 2 years.
Amend
to change, edit, or revise
What happened during the War of 1812?
conflict between US and Britain (over impressment and maritime war acts)
Name two things Alexander Hamilton supported.
1. National Bank
2. Federal Government (Federalist Papers)
Fugitive Slave Clause
clause giving enslavers the right to seize enslaved people who escaped to free states
Alien & Sedition Acts
Four bills passed (made it harder to become a US citizen and allowed president to imprison citizens who made critical or negative claims against the federal government)
Define Ratify
to adopt, approve, or make valid
What was the treaty of greenville?
treaty under which 12 indian tribes gave up most of the Ohio and Indiana to the federal gov't
John Adams held which office and established which three foreign/domestic policies (name at least 1)
-1st Vice President and and Second President of the US
-XYZ affair, Quasi-Naval War, Alien & Sedition Acts
Elastic Clause
"implied power" to create laws not explicitly stated in Constitution
Embargo Act of 1807
a law passed by Congress and signed by Jefferson that prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. (response to British impressment)
Name the difference between Nationalism and Sectionalism
Nationalism : feeling pride, loyalty and protectiveness toward your country
Sectionalism : loyalty to the interests of your own region of the country, rather than the nation as a whole
What was the treaty of ghent?
Jim Crow
a character ... developed by Thomas Dartmouth who exaggerated stereotypes of blacks in America as a minstrel character, performed as black face
Missouri Compromise (3 parts)
1. missouri = slave state
2. maine= free state
3. slavery prohiited in Louisiana Territory north of Missouri
Force Act
Legistlation authorizing Presidents use of the army to make states follow federal laws
Define Manifest Destiny
Phrase used to encourage American settlement of the west (America), including Indian lands ...later used to justify expansion of US across oceans
Tariff of Abominations, name impact on sections of country and why
tax on imports from other nations designed to protect American interests by making foreign goods more expensive than domestic goods.
North - positive, finished goods
South - negative, raw goods
John C. Calhoun
Jackson's Vice President, leader of south's fight against tariff of abominations that called for nullification and states' rights
NJ Plan vs VA Plan
VA - called for bicameral legislation with two houses based on number of citizens in each state
Act of 1807
Act that gave slave traders 9 months to shut down operations in US (end of trans-Atlantic slave trade in US land)