Jefferson Presidency
Jefferson's election to the presidency is often referred to as the Revolution of 1800 because it marked the first peaceful transition of power from the Federalist Party to this political party.
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
Often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution", this 4th U.S. President led the nation during the War of 1812.
Who is James Madison?
A period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
This extended voting rights to "all men" regardless of property ownership, however women and people of color still did not receive the right to vote.
What is Universal "White Man" Suffrage?
Two Answers: These two movements influenced the reform movements of the 19th century, one that was a religious revival and the other was a movement of writers and philosophers such as Henry David Thoreau.
What is the 2nd Great Awakening and Transcendentalism?
This transaction was made between France and the United States and doubled the size of the United States at the time.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
What is impressment?
A plan developed by Henry Clay to tie states together through a national system of trade and transportation.
What is the American System?
This policy of Andrew Jackson in which he believed politicians should be allowed to appoint their followers to government jobs as a way of limiting the power of elite groups.
What is the Spoils System?
A movement to limit the consumption of alcohol due to it being viewed as a social ill.
What is the temperance movement?
These two men with the help of a Black explorer named York were commissioned by Jefferson to explore the new Louisiana Territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
During the War of 1812, this U.S. city, home to the U.S. Capitol & the White House was burned to the ground by British invaders.
What is Washington, D.C.?
Developed by Henry Clay, this was an effort to achieve balance in the Senate between free and slave states and established the 36' 30 line.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The event led by Jackson's VP, John C. Calhoun, was centered around South Carolina's refusal to abide by the tariffs passed by Congress and threat to secede from the Union.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Two Answers: This women led a movement to reform public asylum for the mentally ill and this man led a movement to reform public education.
Who is Dorothea Dix and Horace Mann?
In response to British and French naval aggression, while maintaining neutrality, Jefferson place this official ban on trade.
What is an Embargo or the Embargo Act?
What is the Star-Spangled Banner?
In an address to Congress, James Monroe asserted that the Western Hemisphere was closed for European colonization and exploitation and that any interference or attack on Latin America would be seen as an attack of aggression against the United States.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This legislation forced thousands of Native Americans to leave their homelands and re-settle west of the Mississippi River. The journey for the Native American became known as the "Trail of Tears".
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The first women’s right convention in U.S. History led by women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott. They issued a document entitled the “Declaration of Sentiments”, which declared that “all men and women were created equal”
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This Supreme Court case during the Jefferson presidency established judicial review, which allows the Supreme Court to deem presidential actions and congressional legislation unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Treaty of Ghent formally ended the War of 1812, however word did not get to Andrew Jackson who led an American victory at this battle two weeks after the treaty was signed.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
The expansion of the economy made capable by the advancement in technology, transportation, and manufacturing during the 19th century.
What is the Market Revolution?
Andrew Jackson used this presidential power more than any other president at the time. He even used it to stop the rechartering of the 2nd Bank of the U.S.
What is the veto?
Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and William Lloyd Garrison were all influential voices in this movement to eradicate the institution of slavery.
What is the Abolitionist or Anti-Slavery Movement?