Jefferson bought this land for $15 million dollars from France
What is the Lousiana purchase?
100
Three causes of the War of 1812
What are British impressment of American sailors, the Embargo Act, and the Napoleonic wars in Europe
100
Reasons for moving westward into new territory
What are economic pressures, new transportation, immigrants, and acquistion of the native's land?
100
Majority of the immigrants during this time period was compromised of this group.
Who are the Irish?
100
Jackson's practice of dispensing government jobs in return for party loyalty
What is the spoils system?
200
This resulted in greater geographic and scientific knowledge of the Oregon coast and better relationships with the American Indians
What is the Lewis and Clark expedition?
200
Jefferson repealed his Embargo act with this, allowing the U.S. to trade with all nations except Britain and France
What is the Nonintercourse Act of 1809?
200
Was supposed to lead to the gradual elimination of slavery in Missouri by prohibiting new slaves from entering the territory
What is the Tallmadge Amendment?
200
John Deere invented this
What is a steel plow?
200
Resulted in the trail of tears
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
300
Instituted judicial review; put John Marshall in direct conflict with President Jackson
What is the case of Marbury v. Madison (1803)
300
The Treaty of Ghent
What is the treaty that ended the war in 1814 but didn't actually provide any closure on either side?
300
The Missouri Compromise
What is Henry Clay's plan to admit Missouri as a slave state, admit Maine as a free state, and prohibit slavery in territory above 36 30' latitude?
300
Organized labor achieved one notable victory and "peaceful unions" had the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers
What is Commonwealth v. Hunt?
300
Two transcendentalist writers who questioned the authority of the Church and valued individualism
Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau?
400
Attempted to break up the Union after Jefferson's reelection; challenged Hamilton to a duel and shot him
Who is Aaron Burr?
400
Adopted a two-thirds majority of both houses to declare war; weakened the Federalist party
What is the Hartford Convention?
400
Spain gave the U.S. rights to Florida and the Oregon Territory; the U.S. assumed $5 million in claims against Spain
What is the Florida Purchase Treaty?
400
Opposition to immigrants led to sporadic rioting in the big cities and a political party formed as a result of this
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
400
Issued the "Declaration of Sentiments" to declare that all mean and women are equal
What is the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?
500
Macon's Bill No. 2
What is a bill that restored U.S. trade with Britain and France; if either country agreed to respect U.S. neutrality at sea, America would not trade with the other?
500
A result of the war, leading to cultural and economic nationalism
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
500
New forms of transportation allowing trade and industry to increase.
What are roads, canals, steamboats, and railroads?
500
Native Americans alarmed that the influx of immigrants would weaken their culture and take their jobs
Who are the nativists?
500
Name two of the many communal experiment utopias created during the antebellum years
What are the Shaker communities, the Amana colonies, New Harmony, the Oneida community, and Fourier Phalanxes?