The Economy
What is the Market Economy?
South Carolina's challenge to federal supremacy centered over whether states could do this to federal laws they disagreed with.
What is nullify?
This crop, grown primarily through slave labor, provided the materials used by textile mills in the North.
What is cotton?
This document attempted to address issues of foreign interference and outline The United States' standing in the world.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This religious movement opened the eyes of many to the purity of God and touted the moral superiority of religious and virtuous people.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This transportation project made travel faster, particularly from Albanyyy to Buffalooo
What is the Erie Canal?
The concept of state supremacy over federal power is also known as this "-ism."
What is Sectionalism?
What are rebellions or uprisings?
This conflict made Andrew Jackson a national hero and established the United States as a nation capable of defending itself.
What is the War of 1812?
Religious revivals played a large part in the growth of this movement, helped along by stereotypes of immigrants, especially Irish and the Germans, whose numbers grew during the early and mid 19th century.
What is temperance?
Owners of factories during the early and mid 19th century targeted these types of people as workers, providing them a small amount of autonomy for the first time.
Who are women?
In this "war" over federal power and state power, Andrew Jackson went toe to toe with Nicholas Biddle. Andrew Jackson won, but left his successor, Martin VanBuren, to deal with the economic fallout (whoops).
What is the Bank War?
Debates over the expansion of slavery only became more intense after the expansion of the U.S. into this area, purchased from France.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
In an effort to force Britain and France to take the U.S. seriously as a trading partner, Thomas Jefferson imposed these, which he called the Non-Importation Act. It was a disaster.
What are tariffs?
This religious sect faced persecution almost everywhere they went, but eventually found refuge far away from the borders of the United States in Utah.
Who are the Mormons?
This man's big idea would have created a system to connect the industrial and agricultural sectors of America using canals, railways and roads.
Who is Henry Clay?
Debates over the role and size of government led to the creation of this political party and ended the Era of Good Feelings.
Who are the Whigs?
This state joined the Union as a free state as part of the agreement that allowed Missouri to join as a slave state.
What is Maine?
This man's dictionary, still a household name today, put in writing the new American vocabulary and solidified the creation of American culture, which differentiated itself from the older ways used by the English.
Who is (Noah) Webster?
This document, written at the Seneca Falls Convention, used the words of Thomas Jefferson to argue for rights for women. Its ideas came out of a growing push for equality among men and women during the 19th century.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
What are interchangable parts?
While Andrew Jackson argued federal power should have its limits, especially in areas not outlined by the constitution, the irony gong clanged away as he used federal power to enact this now-famous event, which erased the sovereign rights of thousands of people in the South.
What is the Trail of Tears?
As regional divides over slavery began to show, the South's reliance on slavery led to a widespread adoption of this "ism" ideology, which reinforced the racial and gender hierarchy of the region.
What is paternalism?
As president, Thomas Jefferson sought to protect trade routes with the United States by fighting naval conflicts against pirates in the Mediterranean, known as these wars.
What are the Barbary Wars?
This place in Massachusetts was one of the most famous utopian communities ever attempted in the United States, and was based on the virtues and religious revivalist feeling of the era. It only lasted 6 years.
What is Brook Farm?