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6268963028Federalistpolitical party created in the 1790s led by Alexander Hamilton, favored a stronger national government - Supported primarily by the bankers and moneyed interests0
6268963029Democratic-RepublicansPolitical party created in the 1790's - led by Thomas Jefferson - favored limited government and state rights - supported primarily by the "Common man"1
6268963031Hartford Convention, 1814meeting of Federalists during the War of 1812 in which anti-war Federalist threatened to secede from the Union - generally viewed by some as treasonous and the Federalist Part began to die out2
6268963032Era of Good Feelingsthe decline of the Federalist Party and the end of the war of 1812 gave rise to a time of political cooperation - associated with the presidency of James Monroe3
6268963033Democratspolitical party that brought Andrew Jackson into office in 1829 - supported Jeffersonian ideas of limited government, drawing its support from the "common Man"4
6268963034Whig PartyPolitical Party created in 1834 as a coalition of anti-Jackson political leaders and dedicated to internal improvements funded by the national government5
6268963035Andrew JacksonLeader of the Democrats who became the seventh president of the US (1829-1837), known for his opposition to the 2nd Bank of the US, the Indian Removal Act, and opposition to nullification6
6268963036Henry ClayLeader of the Whig Party who proposed an "American System" to make the United States economically self-sufficient - worked to keep the Union together through political compromise7
6268963037South Carolina Nullification Crisis, 1832-1833After SC declared the federal tariff null and void, POTUS Jackson obtained a Force Bill to use military actions against SC - ended with a compromise to lower tariffs over an extended time8
6268963038John C. CalhounSouth Carolina political leader who defended slavery as a positive good and advocated the doctrine of nullification, a policy in which state could nullify federal law9
6268963039Midnight JudgesFederalist judges appointed by John Adams between the time he lost the election of 1800 and the time he left office in March 180110
6268963040John MarshallAppointed to the Supreme Court by John Adams in 1801- served as a chief justice until 1835 - legal decisions gave the Supreme Court more power, strengthened the federal government, and protecting private property11
6268963041Cotton Beltsouthern region in US where most of the cotton is grown/deep - south area that stretched from South Carolina to Georgia to the new states in the southwest frontier - had the highest concentration of slaves12
6268963042Marbury v. Madison 1803Supreme Court that declared a section of Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional and established the principle of judicial review13
6268963043Judicial ReviewThe power of the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress14
6268963044McCulloch v. Maryland 1819Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of the BUS - Maryland did not have the right to tax the federal bank and John Marshall wrote, "The power to tax is the power to destroy."15
6268963045Gibbons v. Ogden 1824Supreme Court decision stating that the authority of Congress is absolute in matters of interstate commerce16
6268963047Embargo Act 1807in order to pressure Britain and France to aspect neutral trading rights, Jefferson issued a government-order ban on international trade - went into effect in 1808 and closed down virtually all U.S. trade with Foreign nations17
6268963048American System 1815Henry Clay's proposal to make the U.S. Economically self-sufficient - called for protective tariffs, internal improvements at federal expense, the creation of a second Bank of the United States18
6268963049Panic of 1819Financial panic that began when the Second Bank of the US tightened credit and recalled government loans after the price of cotton dropped19
6268963051Second Bank of the United States 1816Privately owned bank that operated as both a commercial and fiscal agent for the US government - established in 1816 under a charter that was supposed to last 20 years20
6268963052Tariff of 1816first protective tariff in US history - designed primarily to help America's textile industry21
6268963053Tariff of Abominations 1828tariff with such high rates that it set off tension between northerners and southerners over tariff issues22
6268963054Panic of 1837Economic collapse caused primarily by President Jackson's destruction of the Second Bank of the United States23
6268963055Southern Defense of Slaverysoutherners held a widespread belief that blacks were inferior to whites and that the slavery was good for black - also understood that the southern cotton economy was dependent on slave labor24
6268963056Slave CodesLaws that established the status of slaves denying them basic rights and classifying them as the property of slaveholders25
6268963057Second Great Awakeningan upsurge in religious activity that began around 1800 and was characterized by emotional revival meetings - led to several reform movements designed to make a life better in this world26
6268963058Charles FinneyPresbyterian minister who is credited and is known as the "Father of modern Revivalism" - advocated the abolition of slavery and equal education for women and African Americans27
6268963059Seneca Falls Convention 1848the first convention in America for women right's held in NY28
6268963060Elizabeth Cady StantonAdvocate of women right's, including the right to vote -organized (with Lucretia Mott) the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY29
6268963061Dorothea DixPioneer in the moment for special treatment for the mentally ill30
6268963062Horace MannMassachusetts educator who called for publicly funded education for all children31
6268963063Utopian CommunitiesIdealistic reform movement based on the belief that a perfect society could be created on Earth - Significant Utopian experiments were established at New Harmony, Indiana, Book Farm, Massachusetts and Oneida Community in New York32
6268963065William Lloyd GarrisonRadical abolitionist in Massachusetts who published the liberator, an antislavery newspaper33
6268963066Sojourner TruthFormer Slave (freed in 1827) who became a leading abolitionist and feminist34
6268963067NeoclassicismRevival in architecture and art in the late 1700s and early 1800s that was inspired by Greek and Roman Models35
6268963068Hudson River School 1825-1875The first native school of painting in the US - Attracting artists who were rebelling against neoclassicism - painted primarily landscapes36
6268963069TranscendentalismPhilosophical and literary movement that believed God existed within human being and nature - believed intuition was the highest source of knowledge37
6268963070Ralph Waldo EmersonPhilosopher, writer, and poet who became a central figure in American Transcendentalist38
6268963071Henry David ThoreauWriter and naturalist - With Ralph Waldo Emerson, he became America's best known transcendentalist39
6268963072John James AudubonNaturalist and painter who became well-known for his attempt to document all types of American birds40
6268963074Samuel Slaterknown as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution," - brought British textile technology to the United States41
6268963075John DeereInvented the steel plow in 1837, which revolutionized farming - the steel plow broke up soil without the soil getting stuck to the plow42
6268963077Interchangeable partsParts that were identical and which could be substituted for one another - developed by Eli Whitney for the manufacturing of muskets43
6268963078Erie Canal 1817-1825350 mile canal built by the state of NY that stretched from Buffalo to Albany, the canal revolutionized shipping in NY44
6268963081Mason-Dixon Lineboundary between PA and MD that marked the division between free and slave states before the Civil War45
6268963082Cult of Domesticitythe belief that a woman's proper role in life was found in Domestic pursuits (raising children, taking care of the house)46
6268963084Louisiana Purchase 1803U.S. purchased the LA Territory from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the U.S. and giving the U.S. full control of the Mississippi River47
6268963085Lewis and Clark expedition 1804-1806Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory48
6268963086War HawksMembers of Congress from the West and South elected in 1810 who wanted war with Britain in the hopes of annexing new territory and ending British trade with the Indians of the Northwest49
6268963087War of 18121812-1815, War between the U.S. and Great Britain caused primarily by the British violation of American neutral rights on the high seas. - ended with an agreement of "status quo ante" (a return to how things were before the war)50
6268963088Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819Treaty between the U.S. and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S51
6268963089Monroe Doctrine 1823POTUS' unilateral declaration that the Americas would be closed to further European colonization stated the U.S. would not allow European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere52
6268963091Manifest DestinyBelief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent53
6268963092TecumsehShawnee leader who established an Indian confederacy that he hoped would be a barrier to white expansion - Defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 by U.S. forces led by General William Henry Harrison54
6268963093Indian Removal Act, 1830Law that provided for the removal of all Indian tribes east of the Mississippi and the purchase of Indian lands for resettlement55
6268963094Worcester v. Georgia 1832A Supreme Court ruling that declared a state did not have the power to enforce laws on lands that were not under state jurisdiction - John Marshall wrote that the state of Georgia did not have the power to remove Indians56
6268963095Trail of Tears 1838Forced march of the Cherokee people from Georgia to Indian Territory in the winter57
6268963097Missouri Compromise 1820Law proposed by Henry Clay admitting Missouri to the U.S. as a slave state and Maine as a free state58
6268963098American Anti-Slavery SocietyAbolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison - included Frederick Douglass as a significant leader of the society59

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