GACS lclab US History Fall Final Review

GACS lclab US History Fall Final Review - Unit 3 Flashcards

GACS lclab- US History Fall Final Review - Unit 3 - Chapters 6.3 through 9

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