Forming a Government
This was our first form of government that was very weak.
Articles of Confederation
What president was unanimously elected, twice?
Washington
Rewarding campaign supporters with government positions
spoils system
What inventions encouraged people to move west (name at least 2)
Canals, railroads, trails, cotton gin, reaper
Who did Thomas Jefferson send out to study and survey the Louisiana Territory?
Lewis and Clark
Why was the election of 1800 significant?
It showed that power could be transferred peacefully between different parties at the national level.
What did Jackson sign that ultimately resulted in the Cherokee being moved to Oklahoma territory?
Indian Removal Act
What was the famous battle during the Texas Revolution in which the Texans fought to death but gave the Texan Army two weeks to prepare for the last battles?
Who wrote The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
The Great Compromise
Which first political party fits this description:
Believed that industry and commerce would bring wealth to the country.
Valued a strong federal government.
Favored a national bank.
Federalists
What happened in the 1824 election that outraged Jackson and his supporters
John Adams won the revote through the Corrupt Bargain with Henry Clay
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo help fulfill Manifest Destiny?
It allowed the U.S. to stretch from ocean to ocean now.
Who led a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
These were written to assure the public that the Constitution would work and that they should encourage their representatives to ratify it.
The Federalist Papers
What three Marshall Court cases did we focus on and what ideas were established through them?
Marbury v. Madison - judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland - necessary and proper clause
Gibbons v. Ogden - interstate commerce clause
What executive power did Jackson use againts the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States?
Veto
This compromise allowed Maine to come in as a free state and Missouri in as a slave state. Anything below the 36’30” could be slave, above it could not.
Missouri Compromise
What was one cause of the War of 1812 with Britain?
Impressment of U.S. sailors.
Britain supplying weapons to Native Americans in the West.
Britain creating trade issues for the U.S.
What two documents did James Madison refer to when writing the Bill of Rights?
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Henry Clay created this and it required increasing the tariff, having a national bank, and creating a network of transportation routes.
The American System
What was eliminated in the 1820s that increased white, male voter turnout?
Property qualifications
Compromise that allowed:
California to be free
Popular Sovereignty in the Utah and New Mexico Territory
Texas to be slave
Compromise of 1850
What document was revised by women to include them in their Seneca Falls Declaration at the first women's rights convention?