Jefferson Era
What were the two main political parties in the early 19th century?
The Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans
What invention by transformed cotton production in the South? (double points if you can guess the inventor)
What was Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs called?
The Spoils System
What characteristics of the Second Great Awakening/Religious Revival movements were attractive to people?
More participatory and less formal religious services.
What doctrine warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere?
The Monroe Doctrine
Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S. with what 1803 land purchase?
The Louisiana Purchase
Which man-made body of water connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean leading to a boom in NYS economy?
The Erie Canal
This type of reform led to increased participation in election, led to Jackson being elected
Who led the early movement for public education reform starting in Massachusetts?
Horace Mann
What agreement in 1820 maintained the balance in Congress between free and slave states?
The Missouri Compromise
What 1803 court case establishes the principle of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
How did work change after the Market Revolution?
Work shifted to outside of the home in factories, work was based on the clock
Jackson opposed this federal institution, thought it was not in the federal government's power to create.
The Second Bank of the United States
What is the 1848 meeting that launched the women's rights movement?
Bonus: Name the document that was signed at this meeting
The Seneca Falls Convention
Bonus: The Declaration of Sentiments
What is the main issue that caused sectional tensions between the different regions?
The expansion of slavery
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
This invention led to an interconnected transportation system, resulted in faster travel time and shipping.
The train/railroad
This 1830 act led to the forced relocation of Native Americans west of the Mississippi.
Bonus: It was also known as this
The Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears
What escaped slave became a leading abolitionist and editor of The North Star?
Frederick Douglas
What was the belief the the U.S. was mandated by God to expand across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
This 1807 act meant to protect American interests, instead hurt U.S. trade by banning exports.
This transportation innovation by Robert Fulton revolutionized river travel
The Steam engine/ Steamboat
What was the financial crisis called that was attributed to Andrew Jackson's actions in office?
The Panic of 1837
What was transcendentalism, and who were two key figures associated with it?
A philosophical movement emphasizing intuition, nature, and self-reliance.
Key figures: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
What was Henry Clay's plan for economic growth?
Bonus: If you can name the three parts to this plan
The American System
1. Protective tariffs
2. National Bank
3. Internal Improvements