Expansion
Jefferson bought this territory for $15 million from France, doubling the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
What were the two causes of the War of 1812?
A. Taxes and the End of Salutary Neglect
B. The Impressment of American Sailors and Indian attacks on the Ohio River Valley
C. Mercantilism and the Abolishment of Slavery
B. 1. British impressment of American Sailors
2. British arming Indians to attack American settlers in the Ohio River Valley
This political party opposed Andrew Jackson's presidency claiming that he was a tyrant? (it's not the federalists)
The Whigs
The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
Spoils System
This manmade waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo turned New York City into the economic hub it is today.
Erie Canal
The belief that the U.S. should expand westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific and that this expansion is preordained by God?
Manifest Destiny
At the end of the Mexican War, the Southwest of the US (Mexican Cession) was granted to the US in this treaty?
The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
After Jackson abolishes the National Bank, he pulls the nation's gold and silver surplus into smaller state banks called?
Pet Banks
US State has the right to invalidate any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional
Nullification Theory
A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
Industrial Revolution
This event took place as a result of the Indian Removal Act (1830) where the 5 "civilized tribes" of the southwest were forcibly moved to Oklahoma?
The Trial of Tears
This battle won by Andrew Jackson occurred two weeks the War of 1812 was over.
Battle of New Orleans
What is the name of the economic depression that occurred under Jackson's administration?
A. The Panic of 1827
B. The Panic of 1840
C. The Panic of 1837
C. The Panic of 1837
The first major opening up of American suffrage (voting rights) by Jackson's new Democratic Party in 1830s. Franchise extended to all white men (not just rich white men). Achieved by state legislation not constitutional amendment. Also called "Era of the Common Man".
A. Jeffersonian Democracy
B. Jacksonian Democracy
C. American Democracy
Jacksonian Democracy
1846 American and Mexican troops battle on a disputed area of the Rio Grande resulting in a declaration of war.
Thornton Affair
What was the river route to the Pacific called that Lewis and Clark were searching for?
The Northwest Passage
This was the nickname of congressmen who wanted the US to go to war with Great Britain?
War Hawks
What political party was founded by Jackson that's still around today?
The Democratic Party
These tariff that protects northern industry made southerners pay higher prices on manufactured goods made by foreign countries. The south feared that foreign countries would enact higher tariffs on materials they produce and threatens to secede if tariffs were not nullified.
Tariffs of Abomination
This 1819 agreement in which Spain gave over control of the territory of Florida to the United States was called?
Adams-Onis Treaty
This government stance put forth by James Monroe stated that the Western Hemisphere should not be colonized by European nations and that any European meddling in South and Central America would be a treated as a threat to the United States?
A. Madison Doctrine
B. James Doctrine
C. Monroe Doctrine
C. Monroe Doctrine
This treaty was signed ending the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
This man was Jackson's biggest political opponent, he opposed the Tariff of Abomination and threatened to have his state South Carolina succeed from the union?
A. John C. Calhoun
B. Henry Clay
C. Martin Van Buren
A. John C. Calhoun
The Economic program promoted by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy.
A. The Clay System
B. The American System
C. The Spoils System
The American System
This Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 where the party listed it's complaints against the ruling Democratic-Republican Party. These actions were largely viewed as traitorous to the country the Federalist were trying to write a new constitution. This resulted in end of the Federalist Party.
A. Hartford Convention
B. Seneca Falls Convention
C. Federalist Convention
A. Hartford Convention