Key events and terms for mastery of the time period 1800-1848
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| 8196665783 | Era of Good Feelings | A name for President Monroe's two terms, a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts. |  | 0 |
| 8196665784 | Sectionalism | Different parts of the country developing unique and separate cultures (as the North, South and West). | 1 | |
| 8196665785 | Tariff of "Abominations" | designed to protect industry in the northern United States. |  | 2 |
| 8196665786 | American System | An economic regime pioneered by Henry Clay which created a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building. This approach was intended to allow the United States to grow and prosper by themselves This would eventually help America industrialize and become an economic power. | 3 | |
| 8196665787 | The Bank War | Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter bill of the Second Bank of the United States on July 10, 1832, which was a blow against monopolies, "New England aristocrats", and foreign domination, but a victory for labor. Jackson created pet banks and destabilized the national currency. |  | 4 |
| 8196665789 | Marbury v Madison | (1803) Marbury was a midnight appointee of the Adams administration and sued Madison for commission. Chief Justice Marshall said the law that gave the courts the power to rule over this issue was unconstitutional. established judicial review |  | 5 |
| 8196665790 | McCulloch v Maryland | Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law |  | 6 |
| 8196665791 | Worcester v Georgia | A case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cherokee sovereignty. |  | 7 |
| 8196665792 | Missouri Compromise of 1820 | Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory | 8 | |
| 8196665795 | Monroe Doctrine | Declared that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere and that any attempt at interference by a European power would be seen as a threat to the U.S. |  | 9 |
| 8196665796 | National Road | First building project funded by Congress. It made travel and transportation of goods much easier because it was one continuous road that was in good condition. |  | 10 |
| 8196665797 | Erie Canal | A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825. The canal, considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West. Connected Great Lakes farms and western markets with New York City leading to its rise as a center of trade and commerce. |  | 11 |
| 8196665798 | Eli Whitney | An American inventor who developed the cotton gin. Also contributed to the concept of interchangeable parts that were exactly alike and easily assembled or exchanged |  | 12 |
| 8196665799 | Lowell System | Developed in textile mills in Massachusetts, during the 1820s, where few skilled workers were needed, labor was done mostly by single young farm women, who worked for a few years and then returned home to be housewives. |  | 13 |
| 8196665800 | Market Revolution | Dramatic increase between 1820 and 1850 in the exchange of goods and services in market transactions. Resulted from the increased output of farms and factories, the entrepreneurial activities of traders and merchants, and the development of a transportation network of roads, canals and railroads. |  | 14 |
| 8196665801 | Embargo Act of 1807 | Meant to force Britain and France to change their policies towards neutral vessels by depriving them of American trade; difficult to enforce because it was opposed by merchants and it hurt the national economy; replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act. |  | 15 |
| 8196665802 | War of 1812 | between the United States and England caused by impressment of American sailors, British aid to Indians in the west with firearms, War Hawks desire to invade Canada, and continued British interference with trade. |  | 16 |
| 8196665803 | Battle of New Orleans | A battle during the War of 1812 where the British army attempted to take New Orleans. Due to the foolish frontal attack, Jackson defeated them, which gave him an enormous popularity boost. |  | 17 |
| 8196665804 | Treaty of Ghent | December 24, 1814 - Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner. It also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border. The important result of the War of 1812 was that the US maintained its independence from Great Britain. |  | 18 |
| 8196665805 | Lewis and Clark | Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase. |  | 19 |
| 8196665806 | Louisiana Purchase | Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US. |  | 20 |
| 8196665807 | Revolution of 1800 | represented a return to what Jefferson considered the original spirit of the Revolution, restoring the republican experiment, checking the growth of government power, and halting the decay of virtue that had set in under Federalist rule. |  | 21 |
| 8196665808 | Barbary Pirate Wars | At issue was the demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. American naval power attacked North African cities and extracted concessions of fair passage from their rulers. |  | 22 |
| 8196665810 | Hartford Convention | a meeting of Federalists at Hartford, Connecticut, to protest the War of 1812; New England states threatened to leave the union if the war continued |  | 23 |
| 8196665811 | "Corrupt Bargain" | what Jackson and followers called the Clay/Adams deal that kept him from election in 1824. |  | 24 |
| 8196665812 | Jacksonian Democracy | an expansion of voting rights to ensure majority rule during 1820's/30s |  | 25 |
| 8196665813 | Nullification Crisis | Conflict that resulted when South Carolina voided federal tariffs and threatened to secede |  | 26 |
| 8196665814 | Trail of Tears | The removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839 |  | 27 |
| 8196665815 | Whig party | Political party formed by Henry clay, Daniel Webster, and other Jackson opponents |  | 28 |
| 8196665817 | Samuel Slater | Father of the Factory system-memorized the ideas of Britain's factory system |  | 29 |
| 8196665818 | Steam Power | an efficient power source for machines in factories and trains |  | 30 |
| 8196665819 | Second Great Awakening | religious revival that swept the country and helped inspire reform movements, especially the abolitionist movement |  | 31 |
| 8196665820 | Cult of Domesticity | a belief that married women should restrict their activities to their home and family |  | 32 |
| 8196665822 | Dorothea Dix | Reformer who was a pioneer in the movement for better treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill |  | 33 |
| 8196665823 | Seneca Falls Convention | the first organized public meeting about women's rights held in the United States |  | 34 |
| 8196665826 | Nat Turner's Rebellion | the largest and deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history; resulted in new laws (South) prohibiting education of slaves and free black people, restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free black people, and requiring white ministers to be present at all worship services. | 35 | |
| 8196665834 | Mormons | members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints founded by Joseph Smith in 1830; Relocated to Utah to escape religious persecution, settling in Salt Lake City, Utah | 36 | |
| 8200755177 | The Liberator | abolitionist newspaper run by William Lloyd Garrison | 37 | |
| 8200767005 | Old Hickory | Andrew Jackson's nickname; symbolizes toughness and strength | 38 | |
| 8200822815 | Patriarchal system | social system where males, especially fathers, rule | 39 | |
| 8200897409 | Panic of 1837 | result of inflation, falling crop prices, and a drain of coin to Britain set off a financial crisis in the United States. | 40 |
