Thomas Jefferson Era
What was the Sedition Act?
An act that made it illegal to criticize the government (was actually enacted under Adams)
What was the Market Revolution?
Significant change in the US economy; led to industrialization and new technologies.
What was the main idea of the Monroe Doctrine?
The western Hemisphere was off-limits to European colonization and the US wouldn’t get involved in European wars
What was the route taken by the Cherokee and other tribes when they were removed from their homes during the winter, suffering thousands of casualties?
The Trail of Tears
This meeting in 1848 marked the beginning of the women's rights movement.
Seneca Falls Convention
Something that is not specifically stated in the constitution, but which the government still needs to do.
What were congressmen who were pro War of 1812 called?
War Hawks. Examples: Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
Define Henry Clay's American System.
Clay's plan to focus on internal improvements, tariffs, and a national bank.
What was the Corrupt Bargain of 1824?
Henry Clay cedes his electoral votes to John Q. Adams, becomes his S.o.S. when Adams is elected. Jackson was furious and accused them of being in cahoots.
Prominent leader during the Second Great Awakening, taught that politics wouldn’t change society and that all people had the capacity for spiritual rebirth.
Charles Grandison Finney
Who was the supreme court justice who gave the court the power of judicial review?
John Marshall
What song was famously created at Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812?
The Star Spangled Banner
What is sectionalism?
Putting the interests of your own region above the interests of the country as a whole, leading to feelings of separation, especially between the north and south
What is Nativism?
A feeling of hostility toward foreigners
What was the Gang System of slave labor?
Enslaved people worked from sunrise to sunset under the direction of an overseer or driver.
What expedition was approved by Jefferson to explore new lands led by Lewis and Clark?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition OR Discovery Corps Expedition
Major cause of the War of 1812?
British impressment of American sailors into the British Navy and trade restrictions
This compromise, suggested by Henry Clay, admitted a new slave state and a new free state to the union in 1820.
Missouri Compromise
William Lloyd Garrison was known for...
Outspoken views on abolition. Also published the newspaper, The Liberator.
The Temperance Movement was...
An attempt to end the sale and purchase of alcohol in the United States. Led by women.
What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
Banned all trade with foreign nations - very unpopular.
Which treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
What was the result of the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Spain gives Florida to the US. It also finalizes the western border of the Louisiana Purchase.
What was the Second Nullification Crisis (1832)?
SC declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 to be unconstitutional and refused to follow them. Henry Clay created a compromise and the tariffs are lowered.
This group of Utopian communities taught social and spiritual equality for all people and still exists today.
The Shakers