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AP US History Period 4 Flashcards

Period 4: 1800 - 1848

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13805959404The Lowell Mill FactoryThe system that recruited young farm women to work in the textile mills. They were housed in company dormitories near the mills.0
13805959420Second Great AwakeningReligious movement that began in the early decades of the 19th century. Reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. In the northern states it touched off social reform.1
13805959405market revolutionStarting in the early 19th century, produced vast economic growth, mass produced goods.2
13805959406Thomas JeffersonWashington's first secretary of state. A Democrat-Republican, he was the nation's third president from 1801 to 1809.3
13805959407Battle of New OrleansGeneral Andrew Jackson won this in 1815. The War of 1812 had officially ended two weeks earlier, but word had not yet reached the United States.4
13805959408Era of Good FeelingsTerm to describe James Monroe's period as president (1817-1825). The Democratic-Republicans party dominated politics.5
13805959421Jacksonian DemocracyThe time period 1829 to 1837, also known as the Age of the Common Man.6
13805959409Indian Removal ActPresident Andrew Jackson supported this. By 1835 most of the eastern tribes had reluctantly moved to an area in today's Oklahoma.7
13805959410Nullification CrisisIn 1832, South Carolina passed a resolution forbidding the collection of tariffs in the state. Jackson threatened use of federal troops against South Carolina.8
13805959411Elizabeth Cady StantonA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention.9
13805959412War HawksLed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun; argued that war with Britain was the only way to defend American honor, gain Canada, and destroy American Indian resistance on the frontier.10
13805959422William Lloyd GarrisonAdvocated the immediate emancipation of slaves without compensation to their owners. He was also the writer of the "Liberator."11
13805959423Lucretia MottEarly feminist who advocated for women's rights and against slavery.12
13805959413Republican Motherhood/Cult of DomesticityAfter industrialization occurred women became the moral leaders in the home and educators of children. Men were responsible for economic and political affairs.13
13805959424Sectionalism: The NorthLargely urban population that worked in factories.14
13805959425Sectionalism: The SouthLargely agricultural, mostly cotton from 1830-1850.15
13805959426Sectionalism: The WestLargely trapping and hunting, citizens lived a secluded life away from others.16
13805959427Democratic-RepublicansFavored the common man, weak central government, hated the National Bank, was pro-immigration, wanted slow and cautious westward expansion.17
13805959428FederalistsFavored the wealthy and educated, strong central government, supported the National Bank, limited immigration, slow/against westward expansion.18
13805959429WhigsFavored the wealthy and educated, strong central government, supported the National Bank and Internal Improvements, limited immigration, slow/against westward expansion; above all else HATED Andrew Jackson.19
13805959430ImpressmentPractice of the British navy of stealing Americans and forcing them into service in the British Navy.20
13805959431Treaty of GhentEnded the War of 1812, establish status quo antebellum.21
13805959432Frances Scott KeyWrote the Star Spangled banner at the Battle of Fort McHenry.22
13805959414Monroe DoctrineWarning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas.23
13805959415Missouri CompromiseAn 1820 compromise crafted by Henry Clay; prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36 30.24
13805959433King AndrewNickname given to President Andrew Jackson when his opponents did not like his use of the veto power.25
13805959434Marbury v. MadisonEstablished the Supreme Court's policy of judicial review.26
13805959416American SystemHenry Clay proposed this to advance the nation's economy. It consisted of: * Protective Tariffs: * National Bank * Internal Improvements27
13805959417Seneca Falls ConventionIn 1848 women's rights movement wrote a "Declaration of Sentiments", which declared all men and women equal and listed grievances.28
13805959418Trail of TearsIn 1838 the U.S. Army forced 15,000 Cherokees to leave Georgia and move to Oklahoma. 4,000 Cherokees died on the march.29
13805959419Hartford Convention (1814)A meeting was held due to opposition to the the War of 1812; some radical Federalist in the Northeast want to secede from the United States, but that it was rejected.30
13805959435The Embargo of 1807Cut off all US trade with the world, attempting to maintain American neutrality.31
13805959436Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court case regarding Cherokee rights to land in the United States.32
13805959437John Q. AdamsElected in 1824 as a result of a bargain struck by Henry Clay.33
13805959438Increased Voter Turnout-elimination of landownership, -increased news circulation, -increased education/literacy -changes to candidate selection34
13805959439Henry ClayCreated the Tariff of 1833 to solve the Nullification Crisis, developed the American System, Speaker of the House, Secretary of State under JQA, Whig leaders, leader of the War Hawks.35
13805959440Results of the War of 1812-American Nationalism -War Heroes -Death of the Federalist Party36

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