VOCAB
During and after the War of 1812, the North experienced an increase in this economic activity as Americans began producing more goods at home.
What is Manufacturing?
As a result of trade restrictions and blockades during this conflict, Americans began producing more goods at home, leading to growth in this sector of the economy.
What is the War of 1812?
This 1803 foreign policy decision involved negotiating with France to secure control of the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This document is considered the “supreme law of the land,” meaning all state and local laws must follow its rules.
What is the Constitution?
At the start of the U.S., these were the two main political parties
What are the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans?
This term describes laws, issues, or events that affect a country internally, rather than involving foreign nations
What is domestic?
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were criticized because they limited freedoms protected by this amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and the press.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This diplomatic incident involved American diplomats being asked for bribes by French agents, increasing tensions between the United States and France in the late 1790s.
What is the XYZ Affair?
When considering the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson faced this constitutional question about presidential powers.
It was not directly stated in the Constitution that the president could buy land.
During the Era of Good Feelings, this political party declined as the Democratic-Republicans became the dominant party in the United States.
What are the Federalists?
This term was used by Monroe when he claimed which part of the world the US would protect.
What is Western Hemisphere?
To settle disputes over new territories in 1820, Congress reached this agreement that set rules for where slavery could and couldn’t expand in the Louisiana Purchase lands.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This British & French forcing American sailors into naval service and was one of the issues that increased tensions leading to the War of 1812.
What is Impressment?
This Supreme Court power, established by Marbury v. Madison (1803), expanded the authority of the federal government by allowing the Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
The only Federalists president.
Who is John Adams?
Thomas Jefferson used this policy to stop trade with foreign countries in order to protect U.S. neutrality.
What is Embargo?
This economic system favored by Jefferson, embraced in the United States, allows individuals to own businesses, make their own economic decisions, and compete in the market with minimal government interference.
What is the Free Enterprise System?
In an 1823 presidential address to Congress, this policy warned European nations against further colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1819 Supreme Court case reinforced federal authority by ruling that states cannot tax a federal bank, strengthening the power of the national government over the states.
What is Mcculoch v Maryland?
In the early United States, the typical supporter of this party was a farmer or plantation owner who favored states’ rights and a limited federal government.
What are the Democratic-Republicans?
The 1824 Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden strengthened federal power by giving Congress the authority to regulate this type of trade between states.
What is interstate commerce?
Following the War of 1812, this period was marked by a sense of national unity, political cooperation, and pride, as the Democratic-Republican Party dominated American politics.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
This 1807 law, intended to pressure Britain and France by cutting off foreign trade, unintentionally boosted domestic manufacturing as Americans began producing goods at home.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
This 1824 Supreme Court case expanded the power of the federal government by ruling that Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce, limiting states’ control over trade.
What is Gibbons v Ogden?
This political party opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts, arguing they violated the First Amendment’s protections of free speech and press.
What are the Democratic-Republicans?