slavry
what is a rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
precedent
what was a series of four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798 amid widespread fear that war with France was imminent.
The Alien and Sedition Acts
what was the name of the election Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party.
Election of 1800
whAT WAS the a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
The Louisiana Purchase
Cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors.
presidential powers
who are best known for their expedition from the Mississippi River to the West Coast and back
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
who fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights.
War of 1812
what was the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
what was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21, and restructured a number of federal institutions called
Jacksonian democracy
what is a form of voting rights in which all adult male citizens within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification called
Universal Male Suffrage
what is U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 called
Nullification crisis,
what act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
The Indian Removal Act
what was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
The Industrial Revolution,
what system a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture.
Henry’ Clay’s American System
what awakening Protestant religious revival in the United States from about 1795 to 1835. During this revival, meetings were held in small towns and large cities throughout the country, and the unique frontier institution known as the camp meeting began.
Second Grade Awakening
who was often called the Father of the Common School, began his career as a lawyer and legislator.
Horace Mann,
what document, outlining the rights that American women should be entitled to as citizens, that emerged from the Seneca Falls Convention in New York in July 1848.
Declaration of Sentiments,
what was the movement to end slavery.
Abolitionism,
what machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
Cotton gin
what was a rebellion of black slaves that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831
Nat Turner's Rebellion