POTUS
The "Era of Good Feelings"
Who is James Monroe?
"It is emphatically the province and duty of the Court to say what the law is."
What is Judicial Review?
Maine was admitted as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Without Haiti, Napoleon had little interest in keeping this territory
What is Louisiana?
The presidential election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
What is SC seceding?
The "Trail of Tears"
Who is Andrew Jackson?
"Our state does not have to follow laws passed by the national government if we do not like them!"
What is the Doctrine of Nullification?
The former confederacy was divided into 5 military districts
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867
The end of the Trail of Tears
What is Oklahoma?
The clash over the Virginia and New Jersey Plans
What is the Great Compromise?
The "Proclamation of Neutrality"
Who is George Washington?
"Texas legislates local matters and Washington DC takes care of national affairs"
What is Federalism?
Restricted Freedmen's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
What are Black Codes?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the Mexican Cession?
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and Shays Rebellion
What is the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
The "Corrupt Bargain"
Who is John Quincy Adams?
"We need to enact government-sponsored programs to harmonize and balance the nation's agriculture, commerce, and industry."
What is the American System?
It resulted in economic despair when we refused to trade with England or France as a result of impressment
What is the Embargo Act?
3 states in the original Northwest Territory
What is Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio?
Refusal of the Antifederalists to ratify the original Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
"54 40 or Fight!"
Who is James K. Polk?
"The time has come for us to overspread the continent for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.”
What is Manifest Destiny?
Unconstitutional measures that punished individuals who criticized the president or Federalist policies in the late 1790s
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Acquired to complete a southern transcontinental railroad
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
The implementation of protective tariffs in the industrial 1800s
What is increased purchase of American products/competition?