Jeffersonian Era & Expansion
This 1803 deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This invention by Eli Whitney helped expand cotton production.
What is the cotton gin?
Religious revival movement that inspired reform efforts.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
President known for expanding democracy to the “common man.”
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Belief that emphasized individualism and connection to nature.
What is transcendentalism?
Explorers sent by Jefferson to map the new territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This transportation project connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
This reform movement sought to end alcohol consumption.
What is the temperance movement? (Lol you guys for sure wrote Prohibition).
This policy forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
What is Indian Removal?
Author of Walden and leading transcendentalist thinker
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This war (1812–1815) increased American nationalism after it ended.
What is the War of 1812?
This system allowed women to work in textile mills under strict conditions.
What is the Lowell System?
Abolitionist who published The Liberator.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This Supreme Court case ruled in favor of Cherokee sovereignty.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
Movement of Americans westward in search of land and opportunity.
What is westward expansion?
This doctrine warned European nations not to interfere in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Economic system based on private ownership and profit.
What is capitalism?
This 1848 meeting launched the women’s rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Jackson’s conflict with this institution defined his presidency.
What is the Bank of the United States?
This belief justified American expansion across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This Supreme Court case strengthened federal power over states.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This innovation dramatically increased factory productivity in the early 1800s.
What is interchangeable parts / mechanization? (either acceptable)
Document modeled after the Declaration of Independence demanding women’s equality.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This 1830s event forced Cherokee people west, causing great suffering.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This group experienced both opportunities and limitations during this period’s reforms.
Who are women?