Key Terms
This land deal between the U.S. and France doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The nickname for supporters of the war against Britain in congress.
What are the warhawks?
The awe-inspring power and beauty of nature evokes this in 19th century American art.
What is sublime?
This agreement in 1820 attempted to balance the number of free and slave states in the U.S.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This group explored the land west of the Mississippi.
What is the Corps of Discovery?
This agreement ended the war of 1812 without changing any borders.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
This movement, especially in literature, challenges the logic and reason of the Enlightenment.
What is Romanticism?
This controversial 1830 law led to the forced relocation of Native American tribes from their lands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
One impact of this conflict was increased American nationalism.
What is the War of 1812?
This 1824 presidential candidate was different from previous presidents, considered an outsider.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This painting by Thomas Cole depicts a bend in a river and represents the contrast between wilderness and civilization.
What is The Oxbow?
This term refers to the practice of informal advisors influencing Andrew Jackson’s presidency.
What is the Kitchen Cabinet?
This Act banned all trade with foreign nations in 1807.
What is the Embargo Act?
This ideology says that since states formed the Union, state power should be greater than Federal power.
What is the states' rights doctrine?
This movement emphasizes nature, intuition, and individualism over logic and reason.
What is Transcendentalism?
This political movement, associated with Jackson, emphasized the power of the common man in government.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
This Act replaced an 1807 Act, intended to punish Britain and France but ending up hurting American merchants.
What is the Non-Intercourse Act?
The conflict in 1828 between those who believed in federal government's power vs. those who believed in states' power.
What is the nullification crisis?
Artists in this movement were focused on landscape art, bolstering American nationalism and romanticism.
What is the Hudson River School?
This concept, promoted by Andrew Jackson, rewarded political supporters with government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?