The Confederation and the Constitution/ Launching the New Ship
This form of government lacked the power to tax, regulate trade and enforce laws.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Peaceful transfer of power from Federalists to Democratic-Republicans.
What is the Election/Revolution of 1800?
This event was caused by British impressment of U.S. sailors, trade restrictions and conflicts over territory.
War of 1812.
This emphasized greater political participation for the "common man"
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
America and the world went though a period of increased production, urbanization and innovations in technology and transportation.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This event exposed the inability of the government under the AOC to maintain order or protect property.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Controversial action that doubled the sized of the U.S.
What is Louisiana Purchase?
This specific event led to a boost in American nationalism.
What is Battle of New Orleans?
Jackson opposed the creation of this financial instiution believing it was only made to favor the wealthy elites.
What is the National Bank?
This invention increased cotton production and the need for slave labor in the South.
What is the Cotton Gin?
This event proves that under the new Constitution, the federal government has the ability to enforce laws and maintain order.
What is Whiskey Rebellion?
Established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Henry Clay was a huge advocate of this, believing it would promote the economy with a national bank, protective tariffs and other internal improvements.
What is the American System?
This forced the relocation of Native Americans to unsettled lands west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This man made waterway connected the Midwest to the Atlantic, promoting trade and reducing the cost of transportation.
What is the Eerie Canal?
Resolution that argued states could nullify federal laws deemed unconstitutional.
What is the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
This act aimed to avoid war by stopping all foreign trade but hurt the American economy.
What is the Embargo Act?
This political party did not agree with America going to war with Britain leading to their downfall.
A major economic crisis causes by distrust in the banks, bank failures, and Jackson's policies.
What is the Panic of 1837?
A movement aimed to the renew the faith of Americans promote moral reforms.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This diplomatic affair led to increase anti-French Sentiments in the U.S.
What is XYZ affair?
This warned European powers to avoid colonizing the Americas. It asserted America's presence in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The First ever major women's rights gathering that also called for women's suffrage.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?