Thomas Jefferson
The differences between Hamilton and Jefferson on how to interpret the U S Constitution created the first political parties.
What was Jefferson's party ?
What was Hamilton's party?
Jefferson's party was the Democratic Republican
Hamilton's party was the Federalist
President James Madison declared war on Britain after the British continually seized American ships and forced American crews into their navy. What was this practice called?
Impressment
Established the border between the Canada and the US to the Oregon country.
Convention of 1818
The South became an agrarian society where their economy was based on what?
Farming
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin and what other invention which led to mass production?
Interchangeable parts
During Jefferson's presidency, the United States traded with countries in the Mediterranean Sea and had an issue with what group who demanded tributes?
The Barbary Pirates
The British provided supplies to the Shawnee chief Tecumseh who used those against settlers in the Northwest and Indiana territories. Tecumseh attacked whose forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe?
William Henry Harrison
Treaty that established the boundary between the Spanish southwest the US that stretched all the way to the Pacific Ocean. US also gained Florida.
Adams-Onis Treaty
The South's cash crop.
cotton
Textiles
France offered to sell land to the United States, but Jefferson was not sure he could purchase it because of his belief in the strict interpretation of the Constitution. He made the purchase which was called what?
Louisiana Purchase
Andrew Jackson is famous for winning this battle that took place two weeks after the war officially ended.
Battle of New Orleans
Britain and the US agreed to split the Oregon Country and establish the border where?
49th parallel
What city became a center for the cotton market, slave trade, and having a good inland port?
Memphis
The immigration of the Germans and Irish helped with the growth of cities. They came over because of issues going on in their own country and came here to start a new life. What are these factors called?
Push factors - pushed them from their home country
Pull - why they came to the US
Who were the two men Jefferson chose to explore the Louisiana territory?
Lewis & Clark
What is the name of the treaty that ended the War of 1812 and what year was the treaty?
Treaty of Ghent 1815
Land acquired from Mexico after the Mexican American War.
Mexican Cession
What was the Antebellum era in the South?
Before the Civil War
What was the name of the canal built that connected trade between the North and the Midwest area of the country?
Erie Canal
Jefferson's retaliation to England and France for harassing American ships was to issue an act which closed trade to ALL European countries. What was the name of that act?
The Embargo Act
What is a sense of identity as a country with unique values and culture?
Nationalism
Last land purchase which completed the US border, bought to build a southern transcontinental railway.
Gadsden Purchase
What were two kinds of slave resistance and how were they different?
Passive - non-violent
Overt - violent
Name three other developments during this time that improved transportation.
Roads, Railroads, Steamboats