Founding a Nation
This first US government had no power to tax or regulate trade.
This first US government had no power to tax or regulate trade.
This man proposed a national bank, tariffs, and assumption of state debts.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
1823 doctrine warning Europe not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
President famous for the Spoils System and “Kitchen Cabinet.”
Who is Andrew Jackson
Supreme Court case protecting contracts from state interference.
What is Dartmouth College v. Woodward?
1786 revolt by Massachusetts farmers highlighting weakness of the government.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
1794 uprising of farmers over a tax on whiskey.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Henry Clay’s plan for tariffs, roads, and a national bank.
What is the American System?
Law forcing Native Americans to move west → Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Supreme Court case giving Congress control over interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
Compromise creating a bicameral legislature with House & Senate.
What is the Great Compromise?
1803 land deal doubling the size of the US.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Supreme Court case ruling that federal government > state government.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Crisis over the Tariff of Abominations and states’ rights.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
1798 acts giving the president power to deport aliens and making it illegal to criticize the government
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
Compromise counting 3/5 of slaves for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
1812–1815 war between US and Britain over trade and impressment.
What is the War of 1812?
Inventor of the cotton gin, boosting Southern cotton production.
Who is Eli Whitney
Bank veto, pet banks, Specie Circular → financial panic.
What is the Panic of 1837?
Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions written in response to these acts.
What are the KY & VA Resolutions?
Papers written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay defending the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Northern factories, Southern cotton, Western grains were part of this 19th-century economic shift.
What is the Market Revolution?
Party opposing Jackson and supporting stronger federal government & economic modernization
What is the Whig Party?
Supreme Court Chief Justice who strengthened federal power in early 1800s.
Who is John Marshall?