GACS lclab- US History Fall Final Review - Unit 3 - Chapters 6.3 through 9
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| 50623628 | The Second Great Awakening | religious revival throughout the United States from 1790's through 1830's promoted reform in America | |
| 50623629 | circuit riders | traveling ministers from the Methodist church | |
| 50623630 | Joseph Smith | Founder of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or Mormons), in New York in 1830. Killed by a mob in Illinois in 1844. | |
| 50623631 | William Miller | Baptist preacher who believed that Jesus would return to the world in March 1843. His followers were called Millerites or Adventist. | |
| 50623632 | William Henry Harrison | Ninth President of the United States, died of pneumonia after only one month in office. He won the Battle of Tippecanoe vs. Shawnee in 1811 | |
| 50623633 | Adams-Onis Treaty | 1819 Treaty between the United States and Spain, in which Spain ceded Florda to the United States; also called the Transcontinental Treaty. | |
| 50623634 | Eli Whitney | Inventor; developed the cotton gin in 1793, which rapidly increased cotton prouction in the south and led to a greater demand for slave labor; also invented a system of interchangeable parts | |
| 50623635 | Samuel Slater | English textile worker who brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States by duplicating British textile machinery from memory | |
| 50623636 | Nat Turner | African American preacher who led a slave revolt in 1831; captured an hanged after a revolt failed | |
| 50623637 | John Quincy Adams | 6th President of the United States 1825-1829; proposed greater federal involvement in the economy through tariffs and improvements such as roads, bridges, and canals. | |
| 50623638 | John C. Calhoun | Statesman from South Carolina who held many offices in the federal government. He supported slavery, state's rights; in 1850 foresaw future conflict over slavery; he urged nullification of the tariff. | |
| 50623639 | Henry Clay | Statesman from Kentucky; accused by Jackson of giving votes to John Q. Adams in return for post as secretary of state. Endorsed government promotion of economic growth, advocate of compromise of 1850 which was made up of 5 laws - one being the Fugitive Slave Act which ordered US citizens to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escapted from their owners. Called "Gallant Harry of the West." | |
| 50623640 | Andrew Jackson | 7th President of the United States 1829-1837; supported minimal government and the spoils system. Vetoed recharterization of the national bank, pursued harsh policy toward Native Americans; he won the Battle of New Orleans in 1812 | |
| 50623641 | John Marshall | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams; set precedents that established vital powers of the federal courts. Especially note that he was the author of Marbury v. Madison decision establishing the judicial review | |
| 50623642 | Marbury v. Madison | 1803 Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review | |
| 50623643 | Charles Finney | Revivalist during the Great Awakening; emphasized religious conversion and personal choice | |
| 50623644 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Leader in the Transcendal Movement; lecturer and writer | |
| 50623645 | Henry David Thoreau | Transcendentalist author known for his work "Walden Pond" (1854) and other writings | |
| 50623646 | Horace Mann | School reformer and supporter of public educational system in Massachusetts. Later | |
| 50623647 | Dorothea Dix | Advocate of prison reform and of special institutions for the metally ill in Massachusetts before the Civil War | |
| 50623648 | Frederick Douglass | African American abolitionist leader who spoke eloquently for abolition in the United States and Britan before the Civil War. | |
| 50623649 | Harriet Tubman | "Conductor" on the Underground Railroad, which helped the slaves escape to freedom before the Civil War | |
| 50623650 | William Loyd Garrison | white leader of Radical Abolition Movement, based in Boston; founded the Liberator in 1831 to work for an immediate end to slavery | |
| 50623651 | Elijah Lovejoy | editied the St.Louis Observer, a weekly newspaper. He was against slavery and called for gradual emancipation; He was killed by a proslavery mob in Alton, IL | |
| 50623652 | Francis Cabot Lowell | invented the first completely mechanical cotton mill. | |
| 50623653 | Seneca Falls Convention | The first women's rights convention in United States history -- held in 1848 | |
| 50623654 | Monroe Doctrine | President Monroe's American policy that stated that the United States would not be involved in European affairs and promised to protect the Western Hemisphere from colonization by Europe. | |
| 50623655 | Elizabeth Cody Stanton | Women's rights leader in the 1800's; helped organize first women's rights movement. Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments on women's rights in 1848 | |
| 50623656 | Sojourner Truth | Abolitionists and women's rights advocate before the Civil Wa; as a former slave, she spoke effectively to whites about abolition issues | |
| 50623657 | Nicholas Biddie | the President of the charter of the Bank of the United States, which was vetoed by Jackson. | |
| 50623658 | Tecumseh | Native American leader in the late 1700's and early 1800's; led a pan-Indian movement that tried to unite several groups despite their differences. | |
| 50623659 | Battle of Tippecanoe | Battle in the Indian Territory in 1811 between U.S. and Native American forces that led to the defeat of the Native Americans. | |
| 50623660 | Battle of New Orleans | Battle in 1815 between American and British troops for control of New Orleans, ending in an American victory | |
| 50623661 | Louisiana Purchase | Purchase by the United States of the Louisiana Territory from france in 1803; doubled size of america for 15 million | |
| 50623662 | Embargo Act of 1807 | Outlawed all trade with foreign countries. Jefferson chose this economic weapon against the French and British. | |
| 50623663 | Treaty of Ghent | Agreement signed in 1814, that ended the War of 1812. | |
| 50623664 | Missouri Compromise | Maintains the balance in the Senate between slave states and free states; 1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, outlawing slavery in future states to be created north of 36° 30' N latitude | |
| 50623665 | Aaron Burr | Republican; ran for President in the Election of 1796; Thomas Jeffersons' VP in 1800; killed Hamilton; helped with Essex Junto to plot secession |
