Chapter 8
What is a group of advisors appointed to help with the president’s responsibilities?
cabinet
What was the vital port in America through which half of American trade traveled?
New Orleans
What term means a state leaving the Union?
secession
During what period did America experience farming, manufacturing, and trade benefits from innovations?
Industrial Revolution
Who were the 58 judges appointed by John Adams late the night before he left office?
"midnight judges"
An excise tax was placed on what product, causing a rebellion?
whiskey
What term meant putting a stop to all exports from the United States?
embargo
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
What roads use charge a toll, or fee, for use of these roads in order to gain a profit?
turnpikes
During what event did Adams sub in X, Y, and Z for the 3 French agents to protect the 3 American negotiators?
XYZ affair
What term involved the British seizing American sailors, forcing them to serve the British?
impressment
What term means a feeling of love and pride for your country?
nationalism
What is an increase in the money supply that causes a corresponding rise in prices?
inflation
What group of people wanted to abolish slavery?
abolitionists
What was the name of the time period during Monroe’s presidency?
"Era of Good Feelings"
What term describes a state’s act of declaring void any federal law within its boundaries?
nullification
What was the name of the treaty that ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
The government revenues from taxes and land sales went into new accounts in 89 state banks, also known by what other name?
"pet banks"
Who invented the cotton gin, which cleaned short-staple cotton quickly and efficiently?
Eli Whitney
What term describes some fighting occurring, but war is not officially declared?
"quasi war"
What amendment put the president and vice president together on the ballot?
12th amendment
What were the handicaps of the United States at the start of the War of 1812?
U.S. had few troops ready, small/weak navy, little $, poor transportation/communication, aging military leaders
What is the time between the election and a president’s leaving office?
lame-duck period
Which road was an extension of the Great Wagon Road and stretched to Boonesborough in east central KY?
Wilderness Road
What was the name of the doctrine that basically told Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine