Vocab
Impressment
the act of forcibly seizing people, often sailors, for public service, most famously by the British Royal Navy
Blank was the final battle of the War of 1812. Blank became a household name and future President due to leading this victorious battle.
New Orleans; Andrew Jackson
The Market Revolution encouraged the growth of a new social class in the North known as the:
Middle Class
Explain the Fed and Anti Fed opinions on government power allotment
Federalists wanted a strong central (national) government while the Anti-Feds wanted the individual states to have the majority of power.
What did the Treaty of Ghent do?
Ended the War of 1812
Warhawk
Congressman who strongly favored going back to war with Britain
Define the First Seminole War
the series of battles where Andrew Jackson led militias and slave hunters against the local Seminole Tribe and runaway slaves in Northern Florida
How did the Market Revolution affect the family unit in the North?
It led to the concept of "separate spheres," with men working outside the home and women focusing on domestic life.
Which document did the Federalists support more and which document did the AntiFederalists support more?
Feds= Constitution
AntiFeds= Articles of Confederation
What did the Treaty of Fort Jackson end and what was the result of it?
Ended the Creek War by forcing the Creek Tribe to surrender millions of acreage in the South to the whites.
Embargo Act
Law passed by Thomas Jefferson Administration to prohibit (not allow) foreign trade at all
What are the two reasons the Battle of New Orleans became famous?
Happened after the war was technically over; Complete blowout in terms of fatalities and injuries
Which transportation system was essential in linking the Great Lakes region to the Atlantic coast?
Erie Canal
Explain the Fed vs Anti Fed opinions on banking the country
Feds= One national bank
AntiFed= Privately owned or state owned banks
What did the Treaty of Paris do?
Ended the Revolutionary War
Interdependence
The national economy became interconnected by a need for dependency between the 3 separate regions to support each other
Why were Anti-Federalists and southerners more likely to favor going to war than Federalists and people from New England?
Going to war with Britain would mean ending the good trade relationship with our biggest trade partner. New England needed trade. The South had farming so they don't really care about trade.
The shift from a "producer economy" to a "consumer economy" during the Market Revolution meant that Americans were:
Increasingly buying goods and services instead of making them for themselves.
Explain the Fed vs Anti Fed opinions on Constitutional Interpretation
Fed= Loose Construction
Anti= Strict Construction
What did the Adams-Onis Treaty do?
Agreement between the US and Spain where the US acquired Florida.
Cult of Domesticity
a 19th-century ideology defining the "true woman" as pious, pure, submissive, and domestic, confined to the home (the private sphere) to nurture family and uphold morality, while men operated in the public sphere of work and politics
2 things Tecumsah did
Founded Prophetstown; Defeated Americans at the Battle of Detroit
Who invented the:
Cotton Gin?
Steamboat?
Mechanical Reaper?
Telegraph?
Cotton Gin - Eli Whitney
Steamboat- Robert Fulton
Mechanical Reaper- Cyrus McCormick
Telegraph- Samuel Morse
Define the Federalist Papers
the collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
What did the Rush-Bagot Agreement do?
Limited naval power in the Great Lakes