The Jeffersonian Era
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| 1665743414 | Jeffersonian Vision | Subscribed to Jefferson ideas. Republican society built upon a agrarian (farming agriculture) empire and Farmers | 0 | |
| 1665743415 | Noah Webster | American writer who wrote textbooks to help the advancement of education. He also wrote a dictionary which helped standardize the American language. | 1 | |
| 1665743416 | Washington Irving | Author, diplomat, wrote The Sketch Book, which included "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the first American to be recognized in England (and elsewhere) as a writer "The Devil and Tom Walker" | 2 | |
| 1665743417 | Mason Weems | Wrote a glorifying book on Washington's life, including the infamous Cherry Tree story | 3 | |
| 1665743418 | Deism | A form of rationalism that admits a natural, rational religion, and therefore a belief in God, based on philosophical theology | 4 | |
| 1665743419 | Turnpike Era | time period when a toll road was built running from Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 5 | |
| 1665743420 | Revolution of 1800 | Jefferson's election changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican, so it was called a "revolution." | 6 | |
| 1665743421 | Barbary Pirates | North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean, obtained fees from most European powers | 7 | |
| 1665743422 | Marbury vs Madison | Case in which the supreme court first asserted th power of Judicial review in finding that the congressional statue expanding the Court's original jurisdiction was unconstitutional | 8 | |
| 1665743423 | John Marshall | American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of judicial review. | 9 | |
| 1665743424 | Judicial review | Authority given the courts to review constitutionality of acts by the executive/state/legislature; est. in Marbury v. Madison | 10 | |
| 1665743425 | Samuel Chase | supreme court justice of whom the Democratic-Republican Congress tried to remove in retaliation of the John Marshall's decision regarding Marbury; was not removed due to a lack of votes in the Senate. | 11 | |
| 1665743426 | Toussaint L'Ouverture | Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French. | 12 | |
| 1665743427 | Louisianna Purchase | The purchase of certain lands east of the Mississippi river from France by President Jefferson for around $25 million dollars. Was the largest single land purchase in US history. | 13 | |
| 1665743428 | 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. | 14 | |
| 1665743429 | Zebulon Pike | American soldier and explorer whom Pikes Peak in Colorada is named. His Pike expedition often compared to the lewis and Clark expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisianna Purchase | 15 | |
| 1665743430 | Burr Hamilton | a duel between two prominent american politicians, the former secretary of the treasury Alexander Hamilton and sitting vice president Aaron Burr, in 1804. Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton who died the next day which ended the political career of burr | 16 | |
| 1665743431 | Burr Conspiracy | Scheme by Vice-President Aaron Burr to lead the secession of the Louisiana Territory from the United States; captured in 1807 and charged with treason, Burr was acquitted by the U.S. Supreme Court. | 17 | |
| 1665743432 | Unitarianism | Believed that God only existed in one person, rejecting the Trinity. They denied the deity of Jesus. Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief and essential human goodness. Pictured God as a loving Father rather than a stern Creator. | 18 | |
| 1665743433 | Secon Great Awakening | Religious waves of spiritual fervor which, beginning in 1800, resulted in reorganizing churches, reform, abolitionism and temperance movements | 19 | |
| 1665743434 | John Wesley | A Georgia missionary doing work with Indians and debtors (conversions). He returns to England later and founds the Methodist Church. | 20 | |
| 1665743435 | Samuel Slater | "Father of the Factory System" in America; escaped Britain with the memorized plans for the textile machinery; put into operation the first spinning cotton thread in 1791. | 21 | |
| 1665743436 | 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 | 22 | |
| 1665743437 | Interchangeable Parts | Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing developed by Eli Whitney | 23 | |
| 1665743438 | Chesapeake Affair | British warship fired on US warship off Virginia's coast, killing three Americans; resulted in high anti-British sentiment (1807) | 24 | |
| 1665743439 | Embargo | A complete ban on international trade of a certain item, or a total halt in trade with a particular nation | 25 | |
| 1665743440 | Non Intercourse Act | Replaced Embargo Act, opened up trade to every country except France and Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. | 26 | |
| 1665743441 | Macon's Bill #2 | Reopened all trade; restored embargo on other country if Britain/France removed commercial restrictions; France did, which forced an embargo on Britain; first step from neutrality | 27 | |
| 1665743442 | William Henry Harrison | Whigs united under William Henry Harrison, the one Whig candidate who had won national support 4 years earlier. Borrowing campaign tactics from the Democrats and inventing many of their own, Whigs campaigned hard in every state. The result was a Whig victory and a truly national two-party system. | 28 | |
| 1665743443 | Tecumseh and the Prophet | A Shawnee chief and his half-brother that sought to unite several tribes in Ohio and the Indiana territory against American settlers. Their deaths ended the hope of an Indian confederacy. | 29 | |
| 1665743444 | War Hawks | (JM), Henry Clay and Calhoun, one of the members of congress from the south and the west who called for war with Britian prior to the war of 1812 | 30 | |
| 1665743445 | Henry Clay | A northern American politician. He developed the American System as well as negotiated numerous compromises. | 31 | |
| 1665743446 | 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. | 32 | |
| 1665743447 | Hartford Convention | Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 in which the party listed it's complaints against the ruling Republican Party. These actions were largley viewed as traitorous to the country and lost the Federalist much influence | 33 | |
| 1665743448 | Treaty of Ghent | Treaty that ended the War of 1812, reestablished situation before the war, outlawed impressments. | 34 |
