Monroe's Presidency
Name two inventions invented during the Industrial Revolution?
Ex: Steamboat, Cotton Gin. Spinning Jenny, Bessemer Process, etc.
What state was stating that they can nullify or cancel federal law?
South Carolina!!
What issue was addressed at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?
Women's Rights!
How many years was Texas considered the Lone Star Republic before being admitted to the Union?
Texas was an independent nation for 10 Years before statehood!!!
What concept relates to the expansion of the United States from coast to coast?
Expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny!!
What impact did the invention of the cotton gin have on the lives of African Americans in the early 19th century?
It created an increasing demand for slave labor throughout the South.
Why did Jackson veto the 2nd Bank of the United States?
Some Reformers of the 1800s:
Frederick Douglass, John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, & Harriet Beecher Stowe are all part of what movement in America?
Abolitionism!
What country did the United States obtain the Gadsden Purchase for a purchase of 10 million to create a southern transcontinental railroad.
Hint: It was the little purchase of land below the Mexican Cession!
Mexico!!!
People mainly moved west towards California in 1849 because...
They had hopes of getting rich from the California Gold Rush!!
Why was the Monroe Doctrine a significant foreign policy achievement during the 1820's?
It established the United States as a major power in the Western Hemisphere.
Why was it necessary for the Cherokee to sue the state of Georgia in 1831?
They were being forced to give up their land.
How many people died on the Trail of Tears?
Definition: The Trail of Tears was a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Indigenous people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.
1 out of 4 died!!! About 5,000 deaths!!
Name three items from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Mexico accepted the Rio Grande as the Texas border.
Mexico recognized Texas as a part of the United States.
Mexico Ceded Land to the United States for $15 million dollars= Mexican Cession
Describe the Fugitive Slave Law?
A federal law making it a crime to help runaway slaves, and allowing for their arrest in free areas.
What was the decision and impact in Gibbon v. Ogden 1824?
(Reference your small court case activities)
Decision: The federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce.
Impact: Federalism is strengthened with the Interstate Commerce Clause being established.
Describe the significance of President Jackson's response to the Supreme Courts decision in Worcester v. Georgia.
Jackson ignored the Supreme Court's decision and forced Native Americans to travel on the Trail of Tears.
-Jackson ignores the Supreme Court's authority to interpret the Constitution.
What religious event inspired reform movements such as temperance, abolitionism, education reform and etc. in the Antebellum Period?
The 2nd Great Awakening!!
Daily Double: What president caught pneumonia during his inaugural speech and died within the month deeming him the most unlucky president?
Hint: Famous from the War of 1812
Battle of Tippecanoe! Fought against Tecumseh.
William Henry Harrison
What is popular sovereignty?
Popular sovereignty allowed people living in a specific territory or state to vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide.
What was the decision and impact in McCulloch v. Maryland?
(Reference your small court case activities)
Decision: States cannot tax the Federal Government!
Impact: Federalism is strengthened!
What change occurred in the United States that increased democracy and helped Jackson win the election of 1828?
Property qualifications for voting were gradually removed.
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
The law authorized the president to negotiate with Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
Who was known as the Great Compromiser in Congress and made the Compromise of 1820 and 1850.
Henry Clay!
What is sectionalism and what war will start in 1861 because of the rise of sectionalism?
Devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole. The Civil War will arise because of sectionalism. North v. South!!!