Jeffersonian America/Early Republic
Who was the President during the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
Which country did the U.S. fight in the War of 1812?
Britain
What invention by Eli Whitney used interchangeable parts?
Cotton gin (also interchangeable parts for muskets)
Who was known as the “common man’s president”?
Andrew Jackson
What religious revival movement inspired reform in the early 1800s?
Second Great Awakening
What 1803 Supreme Court case established judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
What practice of Britain seizing American sailors angered the U.S.?
Impressment
What canal connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?
Erie Canal
What political party did Jackson lead?
Democratic Party
What movement sought to end alcohol abuse?
Temperance Movement
What land purchase doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
Who became a national hero after the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
What two transportation advances transformed trade in this era?
Canals and railroads (or steamboats)
What system of rewarding supporters with jobs was associated with Jackson?
Spoils System
Who was a major leader of abolitionism and published The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
What was Jefferson’s foreign policy goal in purchasing Louisiana?
Control of the Mississippi River/New Orleans and westward expansion
What treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
How did the Market Revolution change the North?
Increased factories, wage labor, urbanization, and trade
What national bank did Jackson destroy?
Second Bank of the United States
What 1848 meeting launched the women’s rights movement?
Seneca Falls Convention
How did Jefferson’s presidency contradict his earlier beliefs?
He believed in limited government but used federal power to buy Louisiana
How did the War of 1812 increase American nationalism?
It boosted pride, weakened Native resistance, and encouraged industry
Why did the Market Revolution increase sectionalism?
North industrialized, South stayed agricultural/slave-based, West focused on farming
Why do historians debate whether Jackson was democratic?
Expanded voting for white men but limited rights for Native Americans and others
How did the Second Great Awakening impact society?
Inspired reform movements like abolition, temperance, and women’s rights