| Question | Answer |
| communitarian groups | New Harmony, Brook Farm, Shakers, Oneida, Amana |
| election of 1840 | van buren was reelected |
| independent treasury bill | a system of keeping gov. funds seperate than the national bank |
| whig party | become the republican party |
| specie circular | to pay for anything it had to be in coins |
| land speculation | buying land (large expanses) and subdividing it into smaller farms to sell for a profit |
| pet banks | in attempt to abolish the BUS jackson created state banks |
| r. taney | cheif justice of the supreme court |
| n. biddle | is an eastern aristocrat and kept the BUS undercontrol |
| bank war | jackson hates banks and so he wanted to abolish the BUS, so he vetoed the recharter and stood up for the poor and therefore was reelected in 1832 and he only believed in coin money or money over $20 |
| procl. to people in SC | the Force Bill- said that the US military was going to go in SC to force the people to behave |
| nullification crisis | because of the high export numbers in SC there were also lots of imports therefore lots of tax, the state of SC was upset for all of the taxes they had to pay and so they requested to have their tax reduced(even though all states must have the same tax), so congress said fine but later the nullification is cancelled |
| trail of tears | the trail the cherokee forced to leave ga |
| worcester vs. georgia | supreme court ruled GA cant give people licenses to trade with indians or trespass on indian lands; jackson said HA! and the judge make his decision to not enforce it and did nothing to protect the indians andthen the removal act |
| aj and the indians | jackson forced the indians to move out of georgia to clear land for white occupancy in the mississippi valley |
| webster hayne debate | regarded the interstate trade |
| spoils system | people are elected if they are loyal to the political party in charge |
| rise of the common man | with the downfall of the national bank, which gave the rich more money, jackson stood up for the poorer classes |
| jacksonian democracy | he was democratic republican and he hated the national bank, removed the indians and the nullification in SC |
| SC exposition and Protest | was written by Calhoun that explains why the tax is constituitional fraud because the tax is heavier in some places which is illegal; tax has to be equal in all states but SC felt that theres should be lowered because they had so many exports |
| tariff of abominations | SC paid tariffs but it was not their benefit |
| election of 1824 | jackson won popular vote but not majority so then adams won(clay told people to vote for adams so he won) |
| tallmadge amendment | proposed by an anitslavery amendment but it didnt pass |
| w.h. harrison | general and 9th president |
| a. jackson | general and president of the US |
| corrupt bargain | when the house decided to chose john adams over andrew jackson as president |
| w. crawford | political leader and senator |
| m. van buren | 8th president |
| d. webster | senator of NH and MA |
| missouri compromise | maine seperated from mass. to become a free state and missouri became a slave state so that slave and free were equal |
| henry clay | created the american system: wanted to keep taxes high to benefit internal projects such as roads and canals and support people to buy american projects, one project was the erie canal |
| j.q. adams | president- a national republican with a national university and observatory |
| bank of US | there was a national bank created by washington |
| tariffs | a tax |
| j.c. calhoun | vice president |
| gibbons vs. ogden | interstate trade can only be regulated by US government |
| mcculloch vs. maryland | state cant tax US gov. entity, as "power to tax is power to destroy" and it tampers with constitutional powers of US, states dont tax US, US cant tax the states |
| dartmouth vs. woodward | the college was for indians and whites to educate but after dartmouth died the college suffered economically so the state wanted to make it a state college but in the schools contract dartmouth is to remain as a independent school( legal contract that can not be changed by the gov. ) |
| transportation | railroad, canals, roads and bridges |
| cotton gin | by e. whitney to seperate the seeds in green-seed cotton and increased slave pop. and cotton production |
| skilled labor | jefferson allowed for people to get into special buisnesses without the worries of most new people starting buisnesses |
| lowell system | where rivers were used to power factories |
| s. slater | textile pioneer and constructed the first water powered cotton mill |
| factories sectionalism | the north and south states were growing farther and farther apart |
| j. fitch | invented the steamboat |
| e. whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| era of good feelings | time of peace where there were no disagreements with other countries, and nationalism |
| monroe doctrine | asserts US dominion over america( coast to coast), and prohibits new or reclaimed colonies |
| transcontinental treaty | decides US-mexico border, swaps land in LA purchase for florida |
| rush bagot agreement | demilitarizes great lakes and only have 1-2 ships |
| hartford convention | the north felt they should secede from the south |
| treaty of ghent | we have fought this war but it serves no purpose and nothing has changed |
| war of 1812 | started after the reason they declared stop(british attacking american ships), so the real reasons were to conquer canada and for the british to stop supplying the indians guns and having them fight america |
| western "war Hawks" | the members of the house who wanted war against britain |
| tippecanoe | a river |
| tecumseh | the cheif indian assembles a confederation of indian allies by the great lakes, he declares war on the US but the US interpret it as the british going to war against us |
| macons bill #2 | it said that america would lift the embargo with the either britain or france depending on if they would stop attacking american ships and then america would cease trade with the other country |
| non-intercourse act | the gov. restricted all trading with british and french ports |
| embargo act | the americans should stop foreign trade and therefore make the british adn french want their goods and stop attacking them- does all of this to avoid war |
| british blockade | america and british cut off communications with each other |
| continental system | excluding britain from american trade? |
| napoleon | took over france after the revolution |
| aaron burr | weird vice president |
| j. randolph | statesman and author |
| lewis & clark | sent to find the most important n. part of the mississippi, find the indians and tell them america owns their land, and find new animals and plants |
| essex junto | a group of merchants and lawyers in mass. that supported hamilton and the radicals |
| louisiana purchase | 2x the size of the US and Jefferson went against the congress by buying him but he was smart for doing it |
| barbary pirates | they were attacking ships and asking for money in exchange of their ships not being destroyed, the americans were angered and went the militar out to fight them |
| marbury vs. Madison | marbury was supposed to be a judge but madison forgot to send out his job contract, when jefferson got into office he was a rep. so he didnt want another liberal judge. marbury sues the pres. but loses and it is the first time a law was thrown out by the supreme court |
| judiciary act of 1801 | Wash famously warned that the US should not join other countries in "entangling alliances," which starts a long period in which the US tries to remain neutral in many conflicts ... often unsuccessfully |
| pell-mell | disorder |
| election of 1800 | republicans win: Thomas Jefferson |
| VA and KY resolutions | if checks and balances fail, the states can cancel unconstituional laws which leads to civil war |
| sedition act | gov. arrests their political opponets esp. the republicans |
| alien act | president can arrest any immigrant considered dangerous esp. the french and it is illegal to publish anything bad about the US gov. |
| Jay's Treaty | the british treaty- the british dont agree to stop disrespecting our neutrality but they take their forts out of the US |
| GW's " Farewell Address" | Wash famously warned that the US should not join other countries in "entangling alliances," which starts a long period in which the US tries to remain neutral in many conflicts ... often unsuccessfully |
| ferderalist/ repulican | the federalist were radical and wanted to decentralize the government and the republicans were conservative and wanted the gov. to be as small as possible |
| thomas jefferson | 1. buys louisianna purchase 2. sends military to fight the pirates 3. th embargo-passes law to not allow american ships to go to foreign countries |
| whiskey rebellion | they put a tax on the whiskey which made it harder for the farmers because grain was easier to harvest so they rebelled and shot the taxmen |
| pickneys treaty | it was with spain, and gives US farmers right to deposit their grain at new orleans: no taxes on their grain, logs... |
| report on manufactures | hamilton tried to help infant industries by giving them subsidies |
| ship seizures | both the french and british were attacking american ships |
| citizen genet | tries to drag the US into the french revolution |
| strict construction | when the vague language can only been taken in one way |
| loose construction | the words of the constitution are very vague and therefore there are many interpretations of the words |
| XYZ affair | the 3rd treaty was with france and jefferson went to france to try and sign the treaty by seeing Talleyrand. Instead Mr. X, Y, and Z show up and will only allow jefferson to see talley. only if he paid LOTS of money. Furious the american storm out |
| report on public credit | fund US debt at par by selling new bonds to pay off new ones, assume state debts, and create a national bank |
| tariff act of 1789 | put taxes on all foreign imports |
| alexander hamilton | was very liberal- he experimented with banks and did the report on manufacturers 1. to help infant industries but giving them subsidies(gov. will give them money per item made) |
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