Presidents/Politics
ACT IN WHICH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WERE MOVED TO TERRITORY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LED TO THE TRAIL OF TEARS
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
CONVENTION AT WHICH ELIZABETH CADY STANTON PRESENTED THE DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS AT
SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
This president became a national hero after the Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
This major land purchase by Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S. - later leading to questions about new states and slavery
The Louisiana Purchase
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THAT CONSISTED OF A VAST NETWORK OF LOCOMOTIVES, LINKED WESTERN CITIES TO ADJACENT STATES
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILROAD
INCIDENT IN WHICH THE HOUSE ELECTED JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AS PRESIDENT. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT CLAY, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AT THE TIME, CONVINCED CONGRESS TO ELECT ADAMS
CORRUPT BARGAIN
SLAVE REBELLION THAT (in the short term) LED TO STRICTER THEIR SLAVE CODES, LIMITED BLACK MOVEMENT, AND PROHIBITED ANYONE FROM TEACHING SLAVES TO READ
NAT TURNER'S REBELLION
The two leading causes of this war were the British Orders-in-Council, which limited American trade with Europe, and impressment, the Royal Navy's practice of taking seamen from American merchant vessels to fill out the crews of its own chronically undermanned warships.
War of 1812
This region of the U.S. had significantly less cities, factories, canals, roads, and railroads, and opposed tariffs because they believed they would scare off foreign buyers of their goods
The South
MACHINE THAT SEPARATED THE COTTON SEEDS FROM THE FIBERS, ALLOWED FOR AN INCREASED PRODUCTION OF COTTON
COTTON GIN
POLITICAL CRISIS IN WHICH SOUTH CAROLINA THREATENED TO SECEDE BECAUSE THEY DECLARED THE TARIFFS OF 1828 AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
NULLIFICATION CRISIS
The goal of his Appeal was to instill pride in its black readers and give hope that change would someday come. It spoke out against colonization, a popular movement that sought to move free blacks to a colony in Africa. America, he believed, belonged to all who helped build it.
David Walker
This war officially ended with the Treaty of Paris in September 1783
Revolutionary War, American War for Independence
1 free state and 1 state that allowed slavery were admitted in this law that tried to address increased sectionalism over the issue of slavery
The Missouri "Compromise" (Appeasement) of 1820
CANAL THAT LINKED NEW YORK CITY WITH THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, CREATED MORE TRADE BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST AND THE WEST
Erie Canal
This Supreme Court decision established the principle of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
GROUP ESTABLISHED IN 1816 WHICH CALLED FOR THE MIGRATION OF FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS TO THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY
This pamphlet and its argument and popularity is often cited as one of the causes of the American Revolution (name the title and author)
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
This region tended to have a “looser” interpretation of the Constitution and wanted a strong national government. They believed that the national government had absolute power and more authority over the country’s issues.
The North
COUNTRIES THAT IMMIGRANTS BEGAN TO COME FROM (Name 2)
IRELAND, ENGLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE
This "System" consisted of three mutually reinforcing parts: a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture.
Henry Clay's "American System"
Songs that originated from the experience of slavery - served as a way to resist and even as codes to escape
African American Spirituals
The War of 1812 indirectly brought about U.S. acquisition of this state from Spain in 1819 following the first Seminole War
Florida
The admission of new states significantly affected representation in the U.S. government due to which compromise at the Constitutional Convention
The Great Compromise (or the Connecticut Compromise) of 1787
REGION THAT IMMIGRANTS BEGAN TO SETTLE IN THE UNITED STATES
NORTHEAST URBAN CITIES