Supreme Court Cases
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that a state's tax on the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional.
McCulloch v. Maryland
What was Van Buren's nickname thanks to his handling of the Panic of 1837?
Martin Van Ruin
Poor whites were known by what nicknames?
Crackers and hillbillies
What were slave women encouraged to do?
Have lots of children
This slave revolt took place in the Louisiana Territory and was led by Charles Deslondes.
German Coast Uprising
In this case, the Supreme Court established federal supremacy in regulating interstate commerce.
Gibbons v. Ogden
This winner of the 1840 election was best remembered for the Battle of Tippecanoe.
William Henry Harrison
These laws were designed as a way to monitor the slave population and control slave behavior.
Slave codes
What were wives who ran plantation households known as?
Plantation Mistress
This Virginia slave revolt was led by a deeply religious man who received visions, and it resulted in the deaths of 55 whites and 156 blacks.
Nat Turner's Rebellion
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled against the state of New Hampshire and said that states can’t alter the obligations of a contract.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
This was an executive order by Jackson to curb land speculation in western lands and it stipulated that land could only be purchased with silver or gold.
Specie Circular
The slave revolt in this French sugar colony led to an increase in black immigration to the South.
San Domingue
This 19 year old girl was hanged for murdering her owner, who had been raping her for 5 years.
Celia
This slave revolt took place in Charleston, South Carolina, and was led by a man who bought his own freedom with lottery ticket winnings.
Denmark Vesey Revolt
In this Supreme Court decision, Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Cherokees had an unquestionable right to land unless that land was voluntarily ceded.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
This piece of legislation placed federal revenue in local banks mostly in the West.
Deposit and Distribution Act
This book by DR Hundley described poor whites as descendants of paupers and criminals.
Social Relations in Our Southern States
The wives of planters were expected to be examples of what?
Christian morality
This Virginia slave revolt was led by a trained blacksmith who benefitted from lax slave laws and was inspired by the French Revolution and ideas of liberty.
Gabriel's Rebellion
In this decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a separate political identity, so it could not be regulated by the state.
Worcester v. Georgia
Charles Ogle gave what speech to Congress?
Golden Spoon Speech
This man was the richest free black in the South and owned a plantation with over 60 slaves.
William Ellison
Why did the value and treatment of slave women improve after 1807?
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves; Slave owners reliant on natural births
What was a major result of the slave revolts?
Enactment of tougher slave laws