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Elected in 1816 with only one opposing electoral vote. Symbolized national unity.
Who was James Monroe?
This extended the right to vote to groups previously barred from voting.
What is Expanded Suffrage?
Illinois senate race in 1858 between and well known Democrat and a little known new-comer. The lesser known candidate didn't win, but the debate was the start of great success.
What were the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
What is the X,Y,Z affair?
These were enacted with the aim of protecting domestic industry. The aim was to make imported goods more expensive than locally produced goods.
What were the Protective Tariffs?
This person developed and applied the principle of interchangeable parts.
Who was Eli Whitney?
This created problems as the population grew faster than services such as water, trash, housing, and transportation could.
What was urbanization?
New York State granted one party a stem boat monopoly for the NY-NJ waterway. Congress gave another party a permit for the same area. The parties went to court and it was decided Congress can regulate commerce (business). Party #2 trumped #1.
What was Gibbons versus Ogden?
This was a campaign by President Jackson to destroy the 2nd Bank of the US so that money could be moved to state banks.
What was the Bank War?
This was signed by President Jefferson to prohibit American ships from trading in all foreign ports. However, it didn't work as hoped.
What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
This person wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Rapid development of factories that produced various types of manufactured goods.
What is industrialization?
The state of Maryland put a tax on the Baltimore branch of Bank of US to protect their own banks. It was brought to court and decided that no state has the power to control and agency of the federal government.
What was McCulloch vs. Maryland?
In his dislike for Native Americans, President Jefferson forced thousands of Natives to march under US army escort West. 1/4 or more of the women and children died.
What was the Trail of Tears?
This was passed by congress in 1807 to restrict activities of foreign residents in the country and restrict the free speech of the press.
What were the Alien and Sedation Acts?
This person excelled in telling folk tales and local color stories from 1783-1859.
Who was Washington Irving?
Authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by consent of people through elected representatives.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This Supreme Court Case established the principle of Judicial Review.
What was Marbury vs. Madison?
The years of 1820-1830 when the US had rapid economic growth and social development. Western expansion was also accelerated. This was known as what?
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
This was passed by congress in 1830 and supported by President Jackson. It provided for federal enforcement of the removal of all Indians to the west of the Mississippi.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
This writer lashed out at popular optimism of his day. He believed in Puritan doctrine of original sin and characters that spoke to the mysteries of life.
Who was Herman Melville?
Review by US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
What is Judicial Review?
Court case where the US Supreme Court supported the claim of the Cherokee Nation that it was a sovereign political entity within the state.
A series of violent incidents resulting from an illegally elected pro-slavery government.
What was Bleeding Kansas?
Henry Clay's 8 part proposal intended to lessen the ongoing friction between the North and South.