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| 7349873731 | Aaron Burr | A Democratic-Republican who served as the U.S Senator from NY in 1791-1797. Him and Alexander Hamilton had drama, as Hamilton was a Federalist and Burr opposed his policies. Burr eventually kills Hamilton in 1804, after becoming Vice-President to Thomas Jefferson. Additionally, Burr wanted to go create an empire that he could rule in the Southwest, so he told Jefferson that he wanted to go to the Southwest to lead an expedition. Jefferson discovered his tactics and got Burr fired and arrested, known as the Burr Conspiracy. | 0 | |
| 7349873732 | American Shipping | Beginning in 1789, it was an idea where two tariff bills gave preference to American ships in the American ports to help stimulate the growth and expansion of domestic shipping. Because of this, it allowed Yankee merchant vessels to carry trade between Europe and Western Hemisphere. | 1 | |
| 7349873733 | Camp Meetings | Religious conventions help by evangelical Christian's in America, beginning in the early 1800s. They were large religious revival events that included as much as 25,000 attendees. The term that is used today is "mega churches" | 2 | |
| 7349873734 | Cane Ridge | Referring to Cane Ridge, Kentucky where a group of evangelical ministers had established the first "camp meeting" in the summer of 1801. This was a revival of religion that lasted several days, racking up 25,000 attendees. The Methodist used this method to attract new followers. One important attendee at the event was Peter Cartwright, who would travel along the country to preach about the Methodist church. | 3 | |
| 7349873735 | Deism | A group of rationalism that accepts nature, rational religion and believes in God. It is all based on philosophical theology. | 4 | |
| 7349873736 | Eli Whitney | American inventor who invented the Cotton Engine or "Cotton Gin" for short. This invention had transformed life of the South because it made it easier to produce cotton. The way he established his invention concluded interchangeable parts, so that idea formed and how they could assemble and exchange parts. | 5 | |
| 7349873737 | Embargo Act | An Act that was meant to ban international trade over certain items. | 6 | |
| 7349873738 | Handsome Lake | An Indian prophet who had spread the message of giving up vices (alcohol, gambling, destructive customs) throughout the Iroquois communities. | 7 | |
| 7349873739 | Hartford Convention | A meeting where the Federalist had complained about Republican Party, causing them to lose influence. | 8 | |
| 7349873740 | Impressment | The act where the British began stopping the American ships and had forced American sailors back into the British navy, claiming that they had deserted from the British navy. | 9 | |
| 7349873741 | Industrialism | New inventions being created in America such as the Cotton Gin, spinning mill, roads, and more | 10 | |
| 7349873742 | John Marshall | The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who had served John Adams as his Secretary of State. He was involved in the Marbury vs. Madison case, and was the one who resolved the issue. He did this by establishing the judicial review. His claim was that the Judiciary Act of 1789 gave Judicial Branch to much power, so he said that the Supreme Court must view Congressional acts. | 11 | |
| 7349873743 | Judicial Review | The authority given to the courts allowing them to review constitutionality of acts by the executive, state, and legislative act. This came into account after the Marbury v. Madison case. | 12 | |
| 7349873744 | Judith Sargent Murray | A feminist who published an essay in 1784, defending women's right to education. She argued that men and women had equal intellect and potential, which is why they should receive the same educational opportunities. Her ideas became an inspiration to other women in the later generations. | 13 | |
| 7349873745 | Louisiana Purchase | The purchase over land in the Mississippi river from France bought by President Jefferson after James Monroe persuaded Napolean to allow them to buy it. They believed that if the French gained control, it would interfere with their trade. Napolean gave him the land for around $15 million dollars. | 14 | |
| 7349873746 | Marbury vs. Madison | A court battle where the Supreme Court had power to determine the meaning of the US Constitution, making the Court to establish power of judicial review over the acts of the Congress. | 15 | |
| 7349873747 | Mercy Otis Warren | A playwright and agitator who lived in the 1770s. Her works about history had glorified the nation's past. One of her famous works was the History of the Revolution, which had discussed the heroism of the American struggle, publsihed in 1805. | 16 | |
| 7349873748 | Neolin | A Delaware prophet who appeared in the 1760s. His message had combined the Christian and Indian imagery, bringing to Native American religion the idea of a personal God who was involved in the affairs of men. Neolin had called for the Indians to rise up in defending their lands and to denounced the growth of trade and other relationships with the white civilization. His message had helped create Indian military efforts in 1763 and beyond. | 17 | |
| 7349873749 | New Light Dissenters | People who had altered their religious views in order to make them more compatible with the world of scientific rationalism. The Presbyterians and conservatives denounced these people. | 18 | |
| 7349873750 | Noah Webster | A Connecticut schoolmaster and lawyer who had argued that American students should be educated as patriots. He believed that they should have the ideas of nationalism engraved in their minds, with American thoughts. By encouraging this, he created a distinctive American culture by simplifying spelling. He created the American Spelling Book in 1783, which became the best-selling book in American publishing history. Webster's speller and dictionary had established a national standard of words and usages. | 19 | |
| 7349873751 | Robert Fulton | An inventor who created the steamboat. | 20 | |
| 7349873752 | Samuel Slater | The inventor of the spinning mill. | 21 | |
| 7349873753 | Second Great Awakening | The sequel to the Great Awakening, in that it called for the people to search for God within themselves.It brought back the ideas of returning back to traditional religious practices by organizations. These organizations included Baptists, Evangelists and Presbyterians. | 22 | |
| 7349873754 | Tecumseh | An Indian who was the chief of the Shawnees, a nickname was "the Shooting Star". He was more of a militant as he warned his tribe that they could get exterminated if they don't take action against the white Americans who had moved into their lands. By this idea, he united all the Indians of the Mississippi Valley in the north and south. Their purpose was to halt white expansion, recover the whole Northwest and make the Ohio River the boundary between the United States and the Indian nation. | 23 | |
| 7349873755 | The Embargo | The act where American ships were prohibited from leaving the United States for any foreign port located anywhere in the world. It created serious depression throughout the nation, as the hardest people hit were the merchants and the shipowners of the Northeast, the majority of them being Federalists. | 24 | |
| 7349873756 | The Prophet (Tenskwatawa) | A religious leader who had experienced an awakening after recovering from alcoholism. He had inspired a religious revivial that had spread through numerous tribes in order to help unite them. | 25 | |
| 7349873757 | Toussaint L'Ouverture | A black leader who had joined the Adams administration to help L'Ouverture to help Santo Domingo. | 26 | |
| 7349873758 | War Hawks | Voters from northern and southern border regions in the United States who elected a large number of representatives of both parties as they were eager for war with Britain. They saw war as an opportunity to grab new territories to the west and the southwest. | 27 | |
| 7349873759 | War of 1812 | -Native Americans aligned themselves with the British -British arming with Native Americans in Western territories against new American settlers -American forces weren't as prepared for war, as the British captured Washington, DC in 1814 and had set the White House on fire. -Andrew Jackson fought and won Battle of New Orleans -War had created rapid movement with American manufacturing by cutting off trade with Europe, making the states become more self-sufficent by necessity | 28 | |
| 7349873760 | Washington Irving | The most popular author who was famous for his satirical histories about early American lifestyle and fables. His work had showed the most influential works by American authors about history had glorified the nation's past. | 29 | |
| 7349873761 | William Henry Harrison | American commander of the West who had pushed the Thames River into upper Canada. On October 5, 1813 he had won against Techumseh, whom he had killed. This battle was known as The Battle of the Thames, as it had weakened the Native Americans of the Northwest, diminishing their ability to defend their claims to the region. | 30 |
