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Elected President in 1808, ordered Congress to vote to wage war against Britain in 1812.
Who is James Madison?
Before Jackson took office, Congress placed this high tariff on imports that angered southerners.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
The idea that political authority belongs to the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
For 12 days, a group of 150 people held off an army of 6,000 during this battle at an old mission in Texas.
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
This Senate approved agreement roughly doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A large group of settlers that travelled west in search of religious freedom.
Who are the Mormons?
In an effort to gain more power in Congress, the southern states proposed this plan so that enslaved Africans would be counted as part of their state’s population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This means that the federal government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid.
What is Loose Construction?
John Brown attempted to start a slave rebellion at this location.
What is Harper's Ferry?
A device that sent information over wires across great distances.
What is the telegraph?
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Owner of the mill where gold was discovered in California1848.
Who is John Sutter?
This case helped establish the Supreme Court's power to check the power of the other branches of government.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
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The practice of forcing people to serve in the army of navy.
What is impressment?
Farmers started an uprising protesting high taxes and heavy debt during this rebellion.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
A process that called for making each part of a machine exactly the same.
What are interchangeable parts?
Resigned from the Vice Presidency after drafting the South Carolina Exposition and Protest.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This case reinforced the federal government’s authority to regulate trade between the states by ending monopolies over waterways.
What is Gibbons vs. Ogden?
These were young members of Congress who took the lead in calling for war against Britain.
Who are the War Hawks?
This act banned trade only with Britain, France, and their colonies.
What is the Non-Intercourse Act?
A system developed in the mid-1800s in which whole families were hired as textile workers, and factory work was divided into simple tasks.
What is the Rhode Island System?
This person was an empresario from Virginia who was granted the right to start a colony in Mexico
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
The dispute led by Calhoun that said states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
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This stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war.
What is the Neutrality Proclamation?
The final battle of the Texas Revolution ended in the defeat of the Mexican army and the independence for Texas.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
The first road built by the federal government.
What is Cumberland Road?