Politics
This law led to the Trail of Tears.
Indian Removal Act
Considered by the end of his tenure the last Federalist in the government, this loose constructionist chief justice presided over seminal decisions in Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and many more.
John Marshall
Jefferson wanted to reduce the size of the American military, as it contradicted his small government ideals. What challenged Jefferson to increase the size of the navy?
Pirates of the Barbary Coast
TJ wanted New Orleans back from Spain, but Monroe went and did this.
Louisiana Purchase
The Industrial Revolution brought employment. These ladies worked in textile mills in New England, free from parental authority, earning their own money. Some saw this freedom as a threat to traditional values.
Lowell Girls
Who won the presidential election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson
The Trail of Tears forced 100,000 Indians west as a result of this Congressional Act, despite the Supreme Court siding with the Cherokees.
Indian Removal Act
Which part of the Hamilton plan did Jefferson repeal and which did he keep?
Repeal: excise tax (helped farmer constituents)
Kept: tariffs, national debt
In this court case, the Supreme Court was decided to have the power of judicial review, or, in other words, to be the ultimate decider of whether or not laws were unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison
These folks wanted war with Europe and the Indians in the early 1800's, particularly Tecumseh. William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe, and the Shawnee defeat in Tecumseh's War ended his Indian confederacy.
War hawks
This territory became the first state in the land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.
Missouri
The early 1800's saw most of its immigration from these two European countries, from which America gained farmers, laborers, Kindergarten, and folks who like to have a good time (maybe a little too much for sensible Americans).
Ireland and Germany
This guy proposed the American System, which led to more roads, railroads, and canals, such as the Erie Canal.
Henry Clay
Panic of 1819
This party was formed in 1836 as an opposition party to Jackson's Democrats. Led by Clay, Webster, and Calhoun, they supported a hodgepodge of nullification, the American system, and industry.
Whig party
In this court case, it was decided that the Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Maine became a free state because of this compromise.
Missouri Compromise
In response to the changing makeup of the United States in the form of Irish and German immigration, these folks feared religious change (Protestant to Catholic) and social change (Europeans like to party). Some of them formed the Know-Nothing Party who advocated for immigration restrictions.
In 1828, this war hero, AKA "Old Hickory", was voted president. Most of his votes came from states in the west and the south.
Andrew Jackson
Because of this, Jackson's friends, allies, and the highest bidder got jobs in the federal government.
Spoils System
This law was Jefferson's attempt to get European powers to respect the USA without military conflict. It hurt American businesses and was repealed under Federalist pressure in 1809. On the bright side, American industry strengthened as a result, contrary to Jefferson's agrarian ideals.
This case established that only Congress had authority over interstate commerce.
Gibbons v. Ogden 1824
In response to Europeans powers who wanted to intervene in democratic revolutions in the Americas, this statement by our 5th president warned off European powers from meddling in the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
This Congressional amendment sought to allow Missouri into the union as a state as long as Missouri allowed no new slaves into the state and freed the children of slaves. It was defeated in the Senate and led to the Missouri Compromise.
Tallmadge Amendment
Because of this, Americans slowly became consumers and left their subsistence farming ways behind.
market revolution
This deal led to John Quincy Adams becoming president, preventing Andrew Jackson from becoming the next president. Jackson thought Henry Clay stole the election from him.
Corrupt Bargain 1824
The Tariff of Abominations in 1828, a Jacksonian ploy to make the Whigs look bad, hurt Southerners. In this counteractive development, in came Calhoun to save the day and say that the southern states didn't have to do what the federal government said, if they didn't want to, much like Jefferson had done in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
Nullification Crisis
This event was meant as a sort of protest against the War of 1812. New Englanders who opposed the war thought their region was losing power and wanted to reform the constitution to their liking (abolish 3/5 clause, ban successive presidents from same state, limit president to one term). It was the last breath of the Federalist party after the Battle of New Orleans and Treaty of Ghent.
Hartford Convention
Chisholm v. Georgia 1793
No one died in this war. Jackson veto'd attempts by Clay and Webster to renew the national bank's charter in this political conflict. Jackson won support from farmers in the West while alienating his wealthy supporters.
Bank War
What were the three parts of the American system?
1. strong banking system for easy and abundant credit
2. protective tariffs
3. increased infrastructure in the form of roads and canals, paid for by the tariff revenue
Name a 19th-century invention that changed the world.
Good luck!
This eventual state was only annexed by way of a rebellion by its inhabitants against Mexico. The USA violated its own ideals by meddling in its neighbors business.
Texas
Overspeculation on land, dropping cotton prices, and tight lending practices from British banks led to the _______, which was also hurt by Jackson's abolishment of the national bank.
Panic of 1837