Jefferson Presidency
This land acquisition doubled the size of the United States after a deal with France
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This action by the British Navy - forcing American sailors to work on their ships - pushed President Madison to declare war on Britain
What is impressment?
The Election of 1824, when John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay made a backdoor deal to secure Adams the presidency, is known as what?
What is The Corrupt Bargain
President Jackson campaigned on representing this group of people
Who are the common people?
This political party, founded by Jefferson, dominated politics during the early 1800s
Who are the Democratic Republicans?
After the War of 1812, Americans felt a huge sense of this as they were able to hold off the mighty British Empire.
This proclamation was delivered in response to Latin American independence movements and pledged that the United States would oversee the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
President Jackson used this presidential action more than any other president, including to eliminate the National Bank
What is the presidential veto?
Jefferson hesitated to finalize the huge land acquisition during his presidency - he didn't believe this document gave him the authority to finish the deal
What is the Constitution?
The Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812, made it so that what happened to all land claims compared to when the war started?
All land claims stayed the same as before the war.
This agreement made it so that the balance in the Senate between free and slave states would be kept and that slavery wouldn't be legal north of the 36'30 latitude line
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This action by the Jackson administration forced close to 15,000 Cherokees off their land in the Southeast and initiated the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Jefferson and Congress passed this act in response to British and French conduct against Americans on the oceans - it actually severely hurt the US economy
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
The conclusion of the War of 1812 led to this era of political harmony in the United States
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
Chief Justice John Marshall and his Supreme Court tended to favor decisions that accomplished this in regard to government.
What is strengthening the federal government?
This crisis included South Carolina claiming that they wouldn't follow a new tariff - Jackson wasn't willing to back down.
What is the Nullification Crisis?