US Expansion
Act that gave 160 acres of free western land to any applicant who occupied and improved the property
What is the Homestead Act (1862)?
Group led by Thomas Jefferson that opposed a strong, central government and were wary of ratifying the Constitution
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
Invention that intended to end the need of slavery, but actually propelled it to dominate the South's economy
What is the cotton gin?
Movement that led to a more emotional and individualized approach to religion; greatly increased the number of Christians both in New England and on the frontier (early 19th century)
What is the Second Great Awakening?
The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave-holding state, the other as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30’
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Act that divided communal tribal land into lots to be owned by individual Native Americans and offered citizenship
What is the Dawes Act (1887)?
The Federalists and Democratic-Republicans had many differences. Their differences were rooted in how they interpreted the Constitution. How would the Federalists interpret the Constitution?
What is loose construction?
Invention that transformed transportation during the mid 1800s
What is the steam engine?
Early movement to combat the drinking problems of men
What is the Temperance Movement?
Impressment, funding Native insurgents, and blocking European trade were the main causes of what war?
What is the War of 1812?
Free state acquired as a result of the Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo. It's entry into the Union was a source of heavy debate, leading to the creation of the Fugitive Slave Act to make the country more "balanced".
What is California?
Most immediate political compromise before the outbreak of the Civil War
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)?
The Bessemer Process was used to cultivate what material that made it easier to build bigger and better things like skyscrapers, cars, and airplanes?
What is steel?
The convention typically associated with the start of the women's rights movement
What is the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)?
Compromise that allowed for a bicameral legislature and demonstrates the diversity of colonial beliefs, economies, and population density
What is the Great Compromise (aka Connecticut Compromise)?
Name the 3 territories gained from Spain after the Spanish-American War
What are Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico (and Cuba, kinda)
Name one political change as a result of Andrew Jackson and "Jacksonian Democracy"
- The president sought to appeal to the political power of the "common man"
- Rise of populism due to universal white male suffrage
- Creation of the Democratic Party (Jacksonian Democrats)
- Creation of the Whig Party due to political opposition to Jackson
What were the 3 parts of Henry Clay's American System?
What were the National bank, infrastructure, tariffs?
The belief that people could stretch beyond their known capabilities.
What is transcendentalism?
Laws that raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport "aliens," and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime
What is the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)?
Author of famous "Frontier Thesis"
What is Frederick Jackson Turner?
Response to the aftermath of the actions of the British; group of delegates (except Georgia) coming together to discuss and address difficulties with the British
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
What system saw early Spanish settlers use natives to cultivate their new colonization, and in return, taught them Christianity and other Western norms?
What was the encomienda system?
The 19th century upper-middle class/elite belief that a woman's value was based upon her ability to stay home and perform the "duties" of a wife and mother
What is the "cult of domesticity" ?
Secret meeting held in 1814 that led to the death of the Federalist party
What is the Hartford Convention?