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Period 4 (1800-1848) AP US History Flashcards

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13506101547FederalistsPolitical party that formed in the 1790s led by Alexander Hamilton; Favored a stronger federal government and Hamilton's financial plan.0
13506101548Democratic-RepublicansPolitical party formed in the 1790's; Led by Thomas Jefferson; Favored limited government and states rights.1
13506101549Election of 1800A.K.A. "Revolution of 1800"; Election that led to a peaceful transfer of power from the Federalist party to the Democratic-Republican Party.2
13506101550Hartford Convention of 1814Meeting of Federalists during the War of 1812 in which anti-war Federalist threatened to secede from the Union; After Jackson's victory at New Orleans, Federalists were seen as treasonous.3
13506101551Era of Good FeelingsThe decline of the Federalist Party and the end of the war of 1812 gave rise to a time of relative political unity.4
13506101552DemocratsPolitical party that succeeded the Jeffersonian Democrat-Republicans; Brought Andrew Jackson into office in 1829; Supported Jeffersonian ideas of limited government, drawing its support from the "common man"5
13506101553WhigsPolitical party created in 1834 as a coalition of anti-Jackson political leaders and dedicated to internal improvements funded by the national government.6
13506101554Andrew 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 nullification.7
13506101555Henry 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 compromise.8
13506101556Nullification Crisis (1832-1833)After South Carolina declared the federal tariff null and void, President Jackson obtained a Force Bill to use military actions against South Carolina - ended with a compromise to lower tariffs over an extended time9
13506101557John 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 law.10
13506101558Midnight JudgesFederalist judges appointed by John Adams between the time he lost the election of 1800 and the time he left office in March 1801; Significantly included John Marshall11
13506101559John 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 protected private property.12
13506101560Cotton 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 slaves13
13506101561Marbury v. Madison (1803)Supreme Court decision that declared a section of Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional and established the principle of judicial review14
13506101562judicial reviewThe power of the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress and actions taken by the executive.15
13506101563McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)Supreme 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."16
13506101564Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)Supreme Court decision stating that the authority of Congress is absolute in matters of interstate commerce17
13506101565market economyEconomic system based on the unregulated buying and selling of goods and services; Prices are determined by the forces of supply and demand18
13506101566Embargo Act (1807)Jefferson issued a government-order ban on international trade in order to pressure Britain and France to respect neutral trading rights; went into effect in 1808 and closed down virtually all U.S. trade with Foreign nations19
13506101567"American System"Henry 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 States20
13506101568Panic of 1819Financial panic that began when the Second Bank of the US tightened credit and recalled government loans after the price of cotton dropped21
13506101569Debates over the tariff and internal improvementsNortherners generally favored higher tariffs and internal improvements at federal expense while Southerners generally opposed higher tariffs and internal improvements at federal expense22
13506101570Second Bank of the United StatesPrivately 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 years23
13506101571Tariff of 1816first protective tariff in US history designed primarily to help America's textile industry24
13506101572"Tariff of Abominations"1828 tariff with such high rates that it set off tension between northerners and southerners over tariff issues25
13506101573Panic of 1837Economic collapse caused primarily by President Jackson's destruction of the Second Bank of the United States26
13506101574Slave CodesLaws that established the status of slaves denying them basic rights and classifying them as the property of slaveholders27
13506101575Second Great Awakeningan upsurge in religious activity that began around 1800 and was characterized by emotional revival meetings; led to several reform movements (abolitionism, temperance, women's rights) designed to implement the idea of human perfectibility and equality.28
13506101576Charles Grandison FinneyRevivalist minister who is known as the "Father of modern Revivalism"; advocated for temperance, the abolition of slavery, and equal education for women and African Americans.29
13506101577Seneca Falls Convention (1848)The first convention in America for women right's held in NY; Issued "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions"30
13506101578Elizabeth Cady StantonAdvocate of women right's, including the right to vote; organized (with Lucretia Mott) the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848.31
13506101579Dorothea DixPioneer in the reform movement for special treatment of mentally ill patients.32
13506101580Utopian 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 York33
13506101581American Colonization SocietyOrganization established in 1817 to end slavery gradually by helping individual slave owners liberate their slaves and then transport the freed slaves to "colonies" abroad.34
13506101582William Lloyd GarrisonRadical abolitionist in Massachusetts who published the liberator, an antislavery newspaper35
13506101583Sojourner TruthFormer Slave (freed in 1827) who became a leading abolitionist and feminist36
13506101584Frederick DouglassFormer slave who became a significant leader in the abolitionist movement; Published "The Liberator", an abolitionist newspaper; Author of famous autobiography that convinced countless northerners of the evils of slavery and the ability of blacks to be educated, free citizens.37
13506101585TranscendentalismPhilosophical and literary movement in the East that believed God existed within human being and nature; Romantic movement that believed human emotion, nature, and the self-reliant individual, all of which can be corrupted by society and its institutions, including spirituality (rejection of the rationalism of the enlightenment).38
13506101586Ralph Waldo EmersonPhilosopher, writer, and poet who became a central figure in American Transcendentalist movement.39
13506101587Henry David ThoreauWriter and naturalist; With Ralph Waldo Emerson, he became America's best known transcendentalist; Author of "Civil Disobedience".40
13506101588John James AudubonNaturalist and painter who became well-known for his attempt to document all types of American birds41
13506101589Slave musicMusic created by slaves for the purpose of religion, work and recreation; became the foundation for later styles of music known as gospel, jazz, and blues42
13506101590Samuel SlaterKnown as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"; brought British textile technology to the United States43
13506101591John DeereInvented the steel plow in 1837, which revolutionized farming; The steel plow broke up soil without the soil getting stuck to the plow44
13506101592Lowell systemMethod of factory management that evolved in the textile mills of Massachusetts; Owned by the Boston Manufacturing Company and named in honor of the company's founder, Francis Lowell; First example of a planned automated factory45
13506101593Interchangeable partsParts that were identical and which could be substituted for one another; developed by Eli Whitney for the manufacturing of muskets46
13506101594Erie Canal350 mile canal built by the state of New York (without Federal assistance) that stretched from Buffalo to Albany.47
13506101595Transportation Revolution1790s-1850s; Roads (turnpikes), steamships, canals, and railroads; Facilitated Western settlement and the market revolution.48
13506101596turnpikesToll roads that first began to be constructed in the 1790s; The first infrastructure of the Transportation Revolution; E.g. Lancaster Turnpike, Cumberland Road (National Road).49
13506101597National Road (1811)A.K.A. Cumberland Road; First significant road built in the US at the expense of the federal government; stretched from the Potomac River to the Ohio River.50
13506101598Baltimore and Ohio RailroadFirst steam railroad commissioned in the US51
13506101599Mason-Dixon Lineboundary between PA and MD that marked the division between free and slave states before the Civil War52
13506101600"cult of domesticity"Women's role in domestic pursuits (raising children, taking care of the house); The centrality and increasing importance of women in decisions made at home.53
13506101601Louisiana Purchase (1803)U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the U.S. and giving the U.S. full control of the Mississippi River54
13506101602Corps of Discovery(1804-1806) Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory and far West; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.55
13506101603War 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 Northwest56
13506101604War of 1812(1812-1815) 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"; Facilitated American Nationalism; Sometimes called "Second American Revolution"57
13506101605Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)Treaty between the U.S. and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S58
13506101606Monroe DoctrineUnilateral 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 Hemisphere59
13506101607Annexation of Texas (1845)Independence from Mexico and annexation to the U.S.60
13506101608Oregon Treaty (1846)after years of conflict over ownership of the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. and England established the boundary at 49° latitude61
13506101609"Manifest Destiny"Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent; Phrase coined by John O'Sullivan.62
13506101610Mexican-American War(1846-1848) American expansion leads to dispute over California and Texas63
13506101611Mexican Cession (1848)The region of the present-day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo64
13506101612TecumsehShawnee 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 Harrison65
13506101613Indian Removal Act (1830)Law that provided for the removal of all Indian tribes east of the Mississippi and the purchase of Indian lands for resettlement66
13506101614Worcester v. Georgia (1832)A 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 Indians67
13506101615"Trail of Tears"Forced migration of Native American nations from the Southeastern United States to Indian Reservations west of the Mississippi River; Following the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 183068
13506101616Seminole Wars1814-1819, 1835-1842 The Seminole of Florida opposed removal and resisted US troops69
13506101617Missouri Compromise (1820)Law proposed by Henry Clay admitting Missouri to the U.S. as a slave state and Maine as a free state70
13506101618American Anti-Slavery SocietyAbolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison; included Frederick Douglass as a significant leader of the society71
13506101619LiberiaColony in West Africa meant to be a home for freed slaves.72
13506101620The Star-Spangled BannerNational anthem of the US; Written during the War of 1812.73
13506101621DeismLiberal, rational religious philosophy of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and other founders.74
13506101622UnitarianismLiberal Christian denomination that rejects the divinity of Jesus and stresses the goodness of human nature and the existence of free will.75
13506101623Evangelical ChristianityAn especially influential trans-denominational Christian movement that emphasizes the authority of the Bible, salvation through belief in Christ, and conversion ("born again" experience); Came to prominence after the First and Second Great Awakenings and continued to be influential in social and political affairs into the 20th century.76
13506101624Mormonschurch founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 (Second Great Awakening) with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah; Western pioneers.77
13506101625Horace MannEarly public education and education reform advocate78
13506101626Noah WebsterAuthor of a dictionary that standardized American English, as well as early American school textbooks that aided in education reform.79
13506101627temperancerestraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food80
13506101628American Temperance SocietyFounded 1826 Boston; An early reform group that aimed to convince people to voluntary give up alcohol.81
13506101629Maine Law of 1851First state law to ban the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages82
13506101630Brook FarmEst. 1831 in Massachusetts; A transcendentalist Utopian community.83
13506101631Oneida CommunityEst. 1848 New York; Utopian community that practiced "free love" and eventually found great success in manufactures (especially silverware).84
13506101632Hudson River SchoolAmerican artistic movement that depicted discovery, exploration, and settlement of romantic local landscapes, reflecting growing nationalism of the early 1800s.85

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