Democratic-Republicans
Leader of the Democratic-Republican Party
Thomas Jefferson
The three main leaders of the Federalist Party
Hamilton, Adams, and Washington
Years Thomas Jefferson served as president
1801–1809
19th-century belief that it was America’s God-given right to expand coast to coast
Manifest Destiny
Jackson was this number president and served this many terms
7th president, served two terms
Jackson killed the Second Bank of the U.S.; this 1837 financial panic followed
Panic of 1837
The two main groups this party represented
southern planters and small farmers
The main groups Federalists represented
merchants, urban elites
Jefferson cut federal spending on these two things
Military and taxes
The trail that led to Oregon Territory
Oregon Trail
Modern political party Jackson helped found
Democratic Party
New republic (former part of Mexico) Jackson recognized in 1836
Texas
They wanted this kind of central government: Strong or Weak?
Weak
Federalists wanted this kind of interpretation of the Constitution
loose
The 1803 purchase that doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
The trail that led to Utah
Mormon Trail
Jackson’s practice of giving government jobs to political supporters
spoils system
Why Jackson waited to annex Texas
Feared a war with Mexico
During the 1790s, they supported this country because they saw its revolution as similar to America’s
France/French Revolution
Federalists favored tariffs and this institution that Hamilton created
The (First) Bank of the United States
The two leaders of the expedition sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
War (1846–1848) that gave the U.S. California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico
Mexican-American War
Supreme Court case Jackson ignored that said the Cherokee could stay
Worcester v. Georgia
The first peaceful transition of political power; It was a close race!
“Revolution of 1800”
Name any two economic policies they favored
low tariffs, free trade, and minimal federal spending; opposed the national bank.
Reason Federalists were pro-British and against the French Revolution
Viewed France's Revolution as a chaotic threat to order.
Jefferson’s 1807 act that banned all American foreign trade (and made him very unpopular)
the Embargo Act
1830 law most associated with the Trail of Tears
Indian Removal Act
Mass genocide of the Cherokee tribe.
Trail of tears.
the first foreign war fought by the United States
Barbary Wars