Market Revolution
What nickname is given to the women that initially fill most of the textile jobs in the northeast?
Mill Girls
Describe Manifest Destiny
The concept that the West was part of American divine mission to spread democracy and civilization from coast to coast
What party did William Henry Harrison belong to?
The Whig Party
What person did Jefferson buy Louisiana from?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What nickname does Cincinnati get during the period of the market revolution?
Porkopolis
The increase in Irish and German immigrants gives rise to a social term favoring people born in America. What is this term?
Nativism
Explain what the Missouri Controversy was and how it was a relevant foreshadowing of times to come.
The Controversy was over whether or not new states in the West should be free or slave states and how to determine that. It foreshadows the issue of states rights against federal power and the future of slavery.
Explain how each party at the time felt about the French Revolution
The Federalists were alarmed by the anarchic elements of the Revolution, whereas Republican were in favor of democratic societies at any cost
What parties did Adams and Jefferson belong to?
How did Washing D.C. end up being the capitol of the U.S.?
Jefferson agreed to Alexander Hamilton's plan for a national bank
Describe the American System of Manufactures
A system where industrial output could be greatly increased by breaking down to manufacturing process into smaller, less skilled jobs
What were Jefferson's hopes with the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
To find a water route to the Pacific, make alliances with Native Americans in the area, and see what resources could be exploited
Explain how each party at the time felt about the Haitian Revolution
Federalists were in favor of independence for the predominantly black country, whereas Republicans felt it was a danger to social systems in the U.S.
What do the Alien and Sedition Acts do?
The Alien Act allows immigrants to be deported if they are deemed "dangerous" to society.
The Sedition Act allows for the persecution of anyone publically critical of the government.
Who invented the Democratic Party?
Martin Van Buren
The market revolution inspires a group known as the Transcendentalists. What are their views?
A group of people that insisted that individual judgement was more important than existing social traditions and institutions.
What does the Monroe Doctrine state?
That the U.S. would not take part in any European wars, would oppose attempts of further European colonization of the Americas, and would protect the new republican governments of the Americas
The American System would go on to become an important platform for the Whig Party. What was it?
The idea of government supporting economic development through spending on infrastructure and giving loans to private business
What does Jefferson's Embargo Act do?
Bans all American ships from sailing to foreign ports in hopes of curtailing England and France's
What Supreme Court decision tells Georgia they cannot remove their Indian population
Worcester V. Georgia
Describe a "family wage"
A definition of social justice that states a man should have a wage that allows him to support his family without his wife having to work
There was one black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, what was his name?
York
What were the differing opinions between Democrats and Whigs regarding privacy and government?
Democrats believed it was up to the individual to privately determine things like morality and business, whereas Whigs believed that the government should play a role in determining these things for the public good
Why does the Federalist Party collapse after the war of 1812?
They are seen as less patriotic because they have fewer war heroes, they call for the end of the 3/5ths clause which is seen as an act of secession, and they represent the country less and less with the expansion of the West
Name two countries that gained independence from Spain during this period.
Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela