Economy
Allowed buyers to purchase 80 acres at $1.25 per acre (as a minimum)
Land Act of 1820
The party, similar to federalists, that promoted government activism
Whigs
Purchase of a lot of land in the Great Plains region from the French
Louisiana Purchase
Supreme Court Case that established Judicial Review; judiciary as co-equal branch of government
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Religious revival that centered around the fact that one’s destiny is in one’s own hands
Second Great Awakening
Caused by over-speculation (buying to much on credit) in land; West hit hardest
Panic of 1819
No opposing political party, a period of general political peace in America
Era of Good Feelings
Cut off all trade due to impressment and harassment from British and French
Embargo Act of 1807
McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819)
Led by women who were afraid of the effect their drunken husbands had on their family
Temperance Movement (1830-1860s)
Who invented the cotton gin which separated the fiber from the seed (1793)
Eli Whitney
Dealt with the growing slavery issue, stating that no slavery was allowed above this line, with the exception of Missouri. Maine was admitted as a free state.
Missouri Compromise (36°30° line)
Ended in a truce with no clear victory (British stay in Canada, America keeps its original land)
Treaty of Ghent
The "Lottery Case"
Supreme Court showed it had the power to review state court decisions
Cohens vs. Virginia (1821)
Many tribes were relocated to reservation lands
Indian Removal Act (1830, Trail of Tears)
Proposed economic self-sufficiency, protective tariffs, and a Second National Bank
Clay's American System
War which West and South wanted, but Northeast did not;
between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France
War of 1812
America reopened trade with everyone BUT British and French
Non-Intercourse Act 1809
The "Steamboat Case;" The Constitution says that only Congress can regulate interstate trade
Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824)
Location well-known as employing young women to work in its textile factories
Lowell, Massachusetts
America paid $5M to Spain for [---] and gave up a claim to Texas; Spain gave up a claim to Oregon
Florida Purchase Treaty
Declares that colonies were no longer allowed in North and South America
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Where the British were stopped on their way to Baltimore
Fort McHenry
The "Land Scam Contract Case"
The Supreme Court said a contract is a contract and the Constitution says it can't be broken by state laws.
Fletcher vs. Peck (1810)
People who believed in the inherent goodness of people; a philosophical, spiritual, and literary movement
Transcendentalists