Jefferson
The name given to several renegade countries on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa who demanded tribute in exchange for refraining from attacking ships in the Mediterranean. From 1795-1801, the U.S. paid the Barbary states for protection against the pirates.
Barbary Pirates
it allowed Americans to carry or trade with all nations except for Britain and France
Nonintercourse Act
In 1820, The issue was that Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state, therefore unbalancing the Union so there would be more slave states then free states. The compromise set it up so that Maine joined as a free state and Missouri joined as a slave state. Congress also made a line across the southern border of Missouri saying except for the state of Missouri, all states north of that line must be free states or states without slavery.
Missouri Compromise
political tactic of employing and promoting civil servants who are the supporters and friends of the group in power to office
Spoils System
a new religious movement founded by Ann Lee Stanley
Shakers
The U.S. purchased the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains from Napoleon for $15 million.
Louisiana Purchase
A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier. Enhanced nationalism of Americans.
War of 1812
Its two basic features were:(1) Non-Colonization of the Western Hemisphere (2) Non-Intervention in the Western Hemisphere - Colonization's era had ended and England and other foreign powers needed to keep their monarchial systems out of the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
occurred because there were many Indians still living in the South and Midwest.
Indian Removal Act
Site of the first modern women's right convention. At the gathering,
Seneca fall convention
Case arose out of Jefferson's refusal to deliver the commissions to the judges appointed by Adams' Midnight Appointments. One of the appointees, Marbury, sued Madison, to obtain his commission.
Marbury v. Madison
ended the War of 1812 and restored status quo
Treaty of Ghent
Immediately after John Quincy Adams became President, he appointed Henry Clay as Secretary of State. Jacksonians were furious because all former Secretaries of State became Presidents
Corrupt Bargain of 1824
an executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren (because Jackson was no longer in office). It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver.
Species Circular
1848 gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill,
California Gold Rush
Act put into law by Thomas Jefferson in 1807 that was the low point of his presidency. Outlawed the sailing of American ships to foreign ports.
Embargo Act
December 1814 convention of New England merchants who opposed the Embargo and the War of 1812; proposed some Amendments to the Constitution and advocated right of states to nullify federal laws
Hartford Convention
Beginning in 1819, new management at the national bank began tightening credit, calling in loans, and foreclosing mortgages. This precipitated a series of failures by state banks, and the result was a financial panic. Six years of depression followed
Panic of 1819
The tragic journey of the Cherokee people from their homeland to Indian territory between 1838 and 1839, thousands of Cherokees died.;
Trail of tears
A group of five laws passed in September of 1850. These laws made concessions to both free and slave states in an attempt to placate both sides of the slavery debate and preserve the union.
Compromise of 1850
Four men were taken from the American ship Chesapeake after it was fired upon
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Helped American industry, raised prices of British manufactured goods, which were cheaper and of higher quality than those proved in U.S
Tariff of 1816
Ruled that States could not interfere with the exercise of federal powers. A tax by Maryland on the Baltimore Branch of the Second Bank of the US was plainly unconstitutional, according to this rule
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
a period in antebellum America that encompassed the industrial and transportation revolutions, the change from subsistence farming to large-scale cash farming, regional specialization, immigration, western-movement, and growth of cities
Market Revolution
Enacted by Congress in1850, these laws provided for the return of escaped slaves to their owners. The North was lax about enforcing the 1793 law, which irritated the South to no end. The 1850 law was tougher and was aimed at eliminating the underground railroad.
Fugitive Slave Law