Washington and Adams
Washington warns against political parties and forming permanent alliances with other nations
Washington's Farewell Address
Conflict between England and America over the impressment of US sailors and control of territory in N. America
War of 1812
Jackson sought to increase the vote of the _________ man
Common
This president's election would lead to South Carolina succeeding from the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
Campaign which marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying cropland, homes, and railroads along the way
Sherman's March to the Sea
Amendment which outlawed slavery in the US
13th Amendment
The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional -> based on the ruling in Marbury v. Madison
Judicial Review
Purchase of a large section of land by Jefferson from France -> doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
Law which forced American Indians off land east of the Mississippi River onto reservations in Oklahoma
Indian Removal Act
Agreement that led to Missouri entering as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and the creation of the 36'30" line to determine slavery in the LA territory
Missouri Compromise
Order issued by Lincoln which freed slaves in states under active rebellion -> first step in freeing all slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
Lenient plan for Reconstruction which wanted to return the South to the Union as quickly as possible
Presidential Reconstruction
Economic plan which called for the creation of a National Bank, increased tariffs, and the assumption of state debts
Hamilton's Financial Plan
Invention which increased the use of slaves in the south by making cotton more profitable to produce
Cotton Gin
Religious movement which emphasized improving American society
Second Great Awakening
Invalidated the Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty to detirmine slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The northern strategy for defeating the South which involved surrounding the Confederacy on sea and land and cutting them off from trade
Anaconda Plan
Agency which provided education and assistance to freed slaves across the South after the abolition of slavery
Freedman's Bureau
Rebellion which was quickly put down demonstrating Washington's use of Federal power under the Constitution
Whiskey Rebellion
Economic proposal which called for the construction of roads and canals, increased tariffs, and the creation of a new National Bank
American System
Event in which South Carolina threatened to not pay federal tariffs and Jackson responded by threatening military intervention
Nullification Crisis
Supreme Court decision which declared slaves were not citizens and were instead property which could be transported across state lines
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Pivotal battle of the war in which the Union secured control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in half
Battle of Vicksburg
More stringent plan for Reconstruction which sought to punish the South for starting the Civil War
Congressional Reconstruction
Laws passed by Adams in an attempt to make it harder for immigrants to vote and silence criticism against him
Alien and Sedition Acts
US policy which warned European nations from interfering in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
First women's rights gathering in the US which called for the right to vote and equality under the law
Seneca Falls Convention
Agreement that determined the question of slavery in the Mexican Cession
Compromise of 1850
Lincoln's order which enabled critics of the war to be arrested without charge and held without trial
Suspension of habeas corpus
Agreement which ended Reconstruction by granting Hayes the presidency and removing troops from the South
Compromise of 1877