The Early Republic
This election was called the "Revolution of 18__" because power was passed peacefully from one political party to another for the first time.
The Election of 1800
Eli Whitney invented this machine, which completely changed the economies of both the North and the South.
Cotton Gin
Andrew Jackson's election in 1828 showed that political power was shifting toward this type of person as voting laws changed.
The "Common Man"
This term refers to the belief that America was chosen by God to expand its territory all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
This famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad guided hundreds of enslaved people to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions argued that these groups had the final power to decide if a federal law was unconstitutional.
State Legislatures
Before the War of 1812, Great Britain angered Americans by kidnapping U.S. sailors, a practice known by this term.
Impressment
This foreign policy warned European countries to stay out of the business of nations in the Western Hemisphere.
The Monroe Doctrine
This historical shift caused people to start buying goods at markets rather than making everything themselves at home.
The Market Revolution
This 1820 agreement kept the peace between free and slave states by drawing an imaginary line at latitude 36°30'
Missouri Compromise
President John Adams avoided a full war with this European country, even though his own political party wanted to fight them.
France
This future president became a famous national hero after winning the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Andrew Jackson
Instead of using his official cabinet, President Jackson relied heavily on this group/nickname of close friends for advice.
"Kitchen Cabinet"
Women met here in 1848 to write the Declaration of Sentiments and demand equal rights.
The Seneca Falls Convention
This powerful anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe was hated in the South and viewed as Northern propaganda.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
In the famous court case Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court claimed this important power, which lets them declare laws unconstitutional.
Judicial Review
This nickname describes the time period after the War of 1812 when political party fighting mostly came to an end.
The Era of Good Feelings
John C. Calhoun argued for this idea, which said an individual state could ignore or cancel a federal law it didn't like.
Nullification
Motivated by the Second Great Awakening, this reformer spent her life trying to fix prisons and mental institutions.
Dorothea Dix
The United States gained a massive piece of land called the "Mexican Cession" immediately after fighting this war.
Mexican-American War
When Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory, he had to change his strict belief about what document?
The Constitution
Henry Clay's "American System" used protective tariffs and federal money to build up this internal network across the country.
National Transportation System
Jackson used this excuse to justify forcing Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River.
Saving them from destruction/death
Samuel Slater helped kickstart the American Industrial Revolution by memorizing the blueprints for this type of factory and sneaking out of England.
Textile mills
This extreme abolitionist tried to start a violent slave rebellion by attacking a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
John Brown