Land Expansion
When was the Louisiana Purchase and how much was it bought for?
1803, $15 million.
What 2nd version of a federal institution was chartered in 1816 to stabilize the economy after the War of 1812?
Second Bank of the United States.
Who was President from 1800-1808?
Thomas Jefferson
What act in 1808 officially ended a major demographic force entering the U.S. from Africa?
The ban on the international slave trade.
What event marked the end of the "Era of Good Feelings" and led to the split of the Democratic-Republican Party?
The Election of 1824
What was the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
What 1816 measure protected American industry by taxing imported goods?
The protective tariff.
What was the Revolution of 1800?
First peaceful transfer of power between political parties.
What was the Indian Removal Act (1830)?
The forced re-location of Native Americans to west of the Mississippi River to clear land for southern plantations.
Who signed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
What term describes the belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
What was the time period of the Market Revolution?
1815-1846
What was the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?
Opposition of European colonization and influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What was the percentage of slaves in the deep south?
75%
What the first Supreme Court case that declared a state law unconstitutional?
Fletcher v. Peck
What Native American leader tried to unite tribes to resist U.S. expansion in the early 1800s?
Tecumseh
What was the name of the financial crisis that went through the 1830's to 1840's?
Depression of 1837
Why did Andrew Jackson appeal to the public of America?
He was relatable to frontiersmen and advocated for Land Expansion for farmers.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
Religious revival with modernized views, advocating for inclusion of all demographics and expansion of Christianity.
What treaty, signed with Britain in 1818, set the U.S.-Canada border at the 49th parallel and established joint occupation of Oregon?
The Convention of 1818
What war encouraged Western expansion when it ended?
The War of 1812
What was the economic plan proposed by Henry Clay aimed to unify the U.S. economy through tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements?
What event involved a standoff between South Carolina and the federal government over tariffs and states rights?
The Nullification Crisis
Name 3 of the most notable reforms in the Antebellum movement?
Women's Rights movement, Anti-Slavery movement, Temperance movement, The Second Great Awakening, Asylum reform, Public Education.
What woman co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments and was a key organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton