Foundations & Courts
This first (and weak) U.S. government was replaced by the Constitution.
The Articles of Confederation
Eli Whitney’s invention that made the South the "Cotton Kingdom."
The Cotton Gin
The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters.
The Spoils System
The belief that the U.S. was divinely ordained to expand to the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny
This term describes the organized social movement that aimed to end the practice of slavery in the United States, gaining significant momentum in the 1830s.
Abolitionism (or the Abolitionist Movement).
Landmark case that gave the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review.
Marbury v. Madison
This "big ditch" connected the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Erie Canal
The crisis where South Carolina threatened to ignore federal tariffs.
The Nullification Crisis
The primary cause of the War of 1812 involving kidnapping sailors.
Impressment
He wrote an 1829 "Appeal" urging violent resistance to slavery.
David Walker
This 1800 event was the first peaceful transfer of power between parties.
The Revolution of 1800
Samuel Morse's invention that ended the "isolation" of the West.
The Telegraph
Jackson used this "Power" more than all previous presidents combined.
The Veto (specifically the Bank Veto)
Howard Zinn argues this 1846 conflict was a "manufactured" land grab.
The Mexican-American War
The former slave whose 1845 narrative exposed the cruelty of slavery.
Frederick Douglass
The grievance "No Taxation Without ___" sparked the Revolution.
Representation
The factory system in MA that employed young women in textiles.
The Lowell System
The 1830 law that led directly to the "Trail of Tears."
The Indian Removal Act
Lincoln’s "Resolutions" that challenged Polk’s reasons for war.
The "Spot" Resolutions
This organization wanted to send free Black Americans to Africa.
American Colonization Society
Chief Justice who ruled that states cannot tax federal institutions.
John Marshall (in McCulloch v. Maryland)
The shift from subsistence farming to producing goods for distant markets.
The Market Revolution
The political party formed specifically to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson.
The Whig Party
This 1820 deal drew a line to balance free and slave territories.
The Whig Party
He led the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history in 1831.
Nat Turner