Jefferson & The Courts
This 1800 event was the first peaceful transfer of power between parties.
The Revolution of 1800
This British practice of kidnapping sailors was a major cause of the War of 1812.
Impressment
Eli Whitney’s invention that led to a massive expansion of slavery in the South.
The Cotton Gin
Jackson’s practice of rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs.
The Spoils System
This agreement maintained balance between free/slave states
Missouri Compromise
The landmark case that established the principle of Judicial Review.
Marbury v. Madison
This economic plan by Henry Clay aimed to use tariffs and canals to unify the U.S.
The American System
This man-made waterway connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes.
The Erie Canal
The theory that states can ignore federal laws they find unconstitutional.
Nullification
The organization that wanted to send free Black Americans to a colony in Africa.
American Colonization Society
This Chief Justice served from 1801–1835 and strengthened federal power.
John Marshall
This political party collapsed after opposing the War of 1812 at the Hartford Convention.
The Federalist Party
The labor system in Massachusetts that employed young women in textile mills.
The Lowell System
This Supreme Court case ruled that Georgia could not enforce laws on Cherokee land.
Worcester v. Georgia
After escaping from slavery he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
Frederick Douglas
Jefferson's 1803 land deal with France that doubled the size of the U.S.
The Louisiana Purchase
The 1814 treaty that ended the War of 1812 and restored "status quo ante bellum."
The Treaty of Ghent
Samuel Morse’s invention that revolutionized long-distance communication.
The Telegraph
The 1830 law that led to the forced relocation of tribes like the Cherokee.
The Indian Removal Act
He led a violent 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia that terrified white Southerners.
Nat Turner
Case that ruled states cannot tax federal entities (like the National Bank).
McCulloch v. Maryland
This "Era" followed the War of 1812 and was marked by a sense of national unity.
The Era of Good Feelings
The economic shift from subsistence farming to producing goods for sale in distant ports.
The Market Revolution
The financial crisis caused by Jackson’s "Pet Banks" and the Specie Circular.
The Panic of 1837
Frederick Douglass argued that slavery turned kind people into these.
Tyrants