This act provided a means for slave owners to recapture enslaved people who sought freedom in states that outlawed slavery.
What is The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?
What are Causes of the War of 1812?
Turning point of the war with victory for the Patriots, helped to convince France to ally with the American forces against Great Britain.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
1st battles of the war; “The shot heard ‘round the world”, involved the engagement of British soldiers with colonial “minutemen”
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The “__________” resulted in many government officials being replaced by political supporters, many of whom were perceived to be unqualified
What is the Spoils System?
High tariffs that prevent domestic consumers from purchasing foreign products at lower prices.
What are Protective Tariffs?
Independence was recognized, boundaries extended to Canada to the north, the Mississippi River to the west, and Florida to the south.
What is the Signing the Treaty of Paris 1783?
This gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with American Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Southerners were in disagreement with these tariffs because Americans would now have to pay higher prices for goods manufactured in the U.S.
What are Protective Tariffs?
This battle caused British forces to surrender after the capture of two British generals including Lord Cornwallis along with many Loyalists soldiers and sailors.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
In 1803, This purchase doubled the size of the territory controlled by the United States government.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
When Jackson was given the option to sign a renewed charter bank bill, he decided to do this instead.
What is Veto?
In 1836, the Cherokee were given two years to migrate voluntarily, at the end of which time they would be forcibly removed. By 1838 only 2,000 had migrated; 16,000 remained on their land. The U.S. government sent in 7,000 troops, who forced the Cherokees into stockades at bayonet point. They were not allowed time to gather their belongings, and as they left, whites looted their homes.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Discovery of gold in this state fueled a rush of settlers to the region.
What is California?
Improvements were made to transportation routes including the building of ____and _____ providing for increased movement of goods and people.
What are Roads and Canals?
George Washington used this act to pursue Ona Judge, a woman who had been enslaved by his wife, Martha Washington.
What is The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?
While the Louisiana Territory was held by the Spanish, New Orleans and access to the Mississippi River by U.S. traders was restricted. When the French acquired the land in 1801, Jefferson approved negotiations to buy the territory, including the port city of New Orleans, in order to ensure free access for U.S. commerce.
What is the main reason we wanted the Louisiana Purchase?
The building of _______ and the extension of telegraph lines into the western United States facilitated settlement and economic development.
What are Railroads?
This signaled a shift of political power to the common man as the base of his support was from laborers, farmers and average Americans
What is the Election of 1828?
Treaty of Ghent was “in process” when this battle began. General Andrew Jackson defeated the British in this battle, who were intent on seizing New Orleans and the land America had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase.
What is The Battle of New Orleans?
As a result of the interruption of trade brought about by a British blockade during the War of 1812, Americans had to rely on U.S. manufactured goods in place of those they had previously imported; U.S. manufacturing expanded, including the birth of the cotton-production industry with the opening of Lowell Mills in Massachusetts
What are the ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE WAR OF 1812?
Following Jackson’s election many states eliminated property ownership for voting, ended voting by voice in favor of printed, secret ballots, and introduced direct methods of selecting presidential electors, governors, state judges, and county officials thereby expanding _________ which resulted in an increase in voter participation.
What is suffrage?
The manufacturing capabilities of the United States expanded. The British blockade of the American coast created a shortage of cotton cloth (previously American cotton was shipped to Britain where it was turned into cloth, then sent back to America) in the United States, leading to the creation of a cotton-manufacturing industry. Numerous manufacturing establishments were founded (particularly in the northern region) that left the United States industrially independent of Europe.
What are the effects of the War of 1812?
Access to numerous waterways along with the building of _________ helped connect farms in the interior of the United States to port cities along the coast greatly facilitating economic development across the country.
What are Canals?
The Cherokee went to the Supreme Court again in 1831. This time they based their appeal on an 1830 Georgia law which prohibited whites from living on Indian Territory after March 31, 1831, without a license from the state. The state legislature had written this law to justify removing white missionaries who were helping the Indians resist removal. The court this time decided in favor of the Cherokee. It stated that the Cherokee had the right to self-government, and declared Georgia's extension of state law over them to be unconstitutional. The state of Georgia refused to abide by the Court decision, however, and President Jackson refused to enforce the law.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?