American Revolution
These acts passed in the 1600s, sought to limit colonial trade for English benefit
Navigation Acts
This machine made cotton and slavery profitable again
cotton gin
One reason the annexation of Texas was controversial
Slavery or the war with Mexico
One of the best general for the Union, he captured Atlanta, and led a march of destruction through Georgia and South Carolina
William Sherman
Jefferson’s controversial, and ultimately ineffective, method of confronting British and French hostility to US trade
Embargo
According to your textbook, the main effect of the American Revolution on Slavery in the US
abolition in the North
Prior to the railroad, this was the major transportation improvement of the 1820s and 1830s
Steamboat or canal
The Free Soil Movement grew out of this proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory gained from Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
Division over this law ended the Whig Party, and largely ended the system of two national political parties
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Jefferson was forced to use “implied powers” to justify this massive territorial expansion of the US
Louisiana Purchase
First tax imposed by Parliament on the Colonies that led to widespread public opposition, Parliament repealed it quiclly
Stamp Act
By 1850, this group of people provided the main source of labor for the growing industrial revolution
immigrants
Not satisfied with conquering the northern third of Mexico, expansionists in the 1850s demanded this Spanish territory as well
Cuba
The main southern gain in the Compromise of 1850, the failure of the Northern States to enforce it infuriated the South
Fugitive Slave Act
Name given to Jefferson’s belief that Constitution did not give the Federal government any ‘implied powers”
strict construction
A decisive defeat at the hands of the British here forced Washington to devise an entirely new military strategy
New York
The first American factories appeared in this state soon after the war of 1812
Massachusetts
William Seward continued the expansionist policy into the 1860s by purchasing this territory from Russia in 1867
Alaska
Although Lincoln had a good grasp o strategic goals, this characteristic of George McClelland and other Northern Generals made the war difficult
Hesitation, and caution
State actions taken by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts
Kentucky and Virginia Resoultions
The belief that every member of parliament represents the entire empire, not just the district that elected him
Virtual Representation
Any decision by the Supreme Court under John Marshall that limited the power of states to change contracts or regulate federal institutions
Dartmouth College vs Woodward, Gibbons vs Ogden, McCulloch vs Maryland
Jackson’s refusal to enforce the Court’s decision in this case helped force the Cherokee out of Georgia
Cherokee National vs Georgia, or Worcester vs Georgia
US Supreme Court decision that allowed slavery in all US territories
Dred Scott
Thomas Jefferson was NOT against using war to achieve national objectives, as this conflict in North Africa demonstrated
War with Barbary Pirates