Misc
the president of 1806 is?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Suit over whether New York State could grant a monopoly to a ferry operating on interstate waters. The ruling reasserted that Congress had the sole power to regulate interstate commerce.
what is Gibbons V. Ogden
author and "Father of the Constitution;" co-wrote the Federalist Papers and wrote the Bill of Rights; secretly co-authored the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 1798; as Secretary of State for Jefferson he supervised the Louisiana Purchase, sponsored the Embargo Act of 1807; supported the creation of the second National Bank and high tariff in 1815.
Who is James Monroe?
Forced march of 15,000 Cherokee Indians from their Georgia and Alabama homes to Indian Territory. Some 4,000 Cherokee died on the arduous journey
What is the trail of tears?
The collective name given to six statutes passed by the Congress in 1790, 1793, 1796, 1799, 1802, and 1834. The Act regulates commerce between Americans and Native Americans.
what is the nonintercourse Act?
President James Monroe’s 1823 annual message to Congress included a warning to European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere is called?
what is the Monroe doctrine?
Supreme Court case that established the principle of "judicial review"—the idea that the Supreme Court had the final authority to determine constitutionality.
What is Marbury V. Madison
7th president of US, term from March 4th, 1829- March 4th, 1837,who was well known for the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the seizure of Spanish Florida, the battle of New Orleans, the declaration of war on the Federalist bank of America, the creation of the spoils system, and the pursuing of all Indian lands east of the Mississippi River.
Who is Andrew Jackson
Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi. The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West.
What is the American Indian removal?
Enacted in response to British and French mistreatment of American merchants, the Act banned the export of all goods from the United States to any foreign port. The embargo placed great strains on the American economy while only marginally affecting its European targets, and was therefore repealed in 1809.
what is the embargo Act
the piece of land acquired by America from France in 1806 is called.
what is the Louisiana purchase
Established firmer protection for private property and asserted the right of the Supreme Court to invalidate state laws in conflict with the federal Constitution.
what is fletcher V. Peck?
A Federalist Stronghold: John Marshall's Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison was one of the most important decisions in U.S. judicial history, because it legitimized the ability of the Supreme Court to judge the constitutionality of acts of the president or Congress.
who is John Marshall?
Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812.
what is the Tecumseh?
First protective tariff in American history, created primarily to shield New England manufacturers from the inflow of British goods after the War of 1812.
what is the Protective Tariff
A decade of conflict between the Mexican government and US settlers in Texas culminated in 1836 is called
what is the Almo?
Supreme Court case that strengthened federal authority and upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States by establishing that the State of Maryland did not have power to tax the bank.
what is McCullough V. Maryland
Senator who persuaded congress to accept the missouri compromise, which admitted maine into the union as a free state, and missouri as a slave state.
who is Henry Clay?
November 29, at dawn, american troops invaded the Native Americans while they were mostly in bend. The large amount of troops caused Indians to panic, run around without knowing what to do. Indians tried to fight back but eventually went back to the creek. The troops had killed man men, women, and children, mostly women and children.
what is the Sand creek Massacre?
Ended the War of 1812 in a virtual draw, restoring prewar borders but failing to address any of the grievances that first brought America into the war.
What is the Ghent treaty
Democratic-Republican Congressmen who pressed James Madison to declare war on Britain. Largely drawn from the South and West, the war hawks resented British constraints on American trade and accused the British of supporting Indian attacks against American settlements on the frontier.
what is the warhawks
Supreme Court case that sustained Dartmouth University's original charter against changes proposed by the New Hampshire state legislature, thereby protecting corporations from domination by state governments.
What is Dartmouth v. Woodward
Slave from VA that led group of slaves to kill their slaves holders and families. Turner caught and executed on Nov.11, 1831. Slave states stricter control on slave population.
who is Nat Turner?
was a legendary warrior and leader of the Lakota Sioux Resisting efforts to force the Sioux on to reservations, he fought alongside Sitting Bull and others in the American-Indian Wars, and was instrumental in the defeat of George Armstrong Custer's forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. After surrendering to federal troops in 1877, he was killed amid rumors of a planned escape.
who is Crazy Bull?
Failed proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves into Missouri territory and pave the way for gradual emancipation. Southerners vehemently opposed the amendment, which they perceived as a threat to the sectional balance between North and South.
what is the Tallmadge Amendment?