Bold Scheme hatched by the vice president and governor of LA territory who tried to create and independent confederacy of western states and also generate support from the British and Spanish to increase territory in their confederacy; he was tried but not convicted of treason.
A) Burr Conspiracy
A group of judges appointed by President Adams shortly before his term in office expired; These appointments worried and infuriated Jefferson because he believed, if is allowed to stand, these appointments would make the judiciary predominantly Federalist.
D) Midnight Judges
Supreme court chief justice who was also Federalist; responsible for exercising judicial review in Marbury vs. Madison; helped shape the judiciary.
D) John Marshall
Dipatched by Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory to promote American business, gain scientific knowledge, and stimulate interest in the West.
A) Lewis & Clark Expedition
Both were an attempt by the federal govt. to stop the seizure of property and U.S. citizens by the French and British.
C) Non-Intercourse Acts; Macon's Bill No.2
A part of Jefferson’s policy of peaceable coercion designed to put economic pressure on Europe to force the British and French to recognize American neutrality; in essence it prohibited exports to foreign ports but also practically stopped imports as well and hurt New England merchants most; “ peaceable coercion” was Jefferson’s idea to peacefully (read economically) force the British and French to stop violating the individual liberties of Americans and the territorial integrity of the U.S.
A) Embargo Act
He was a consummate politician with a national perspective he based on his system which was designed to federally fund internal improvements to make America economically self-sufficient.
C) Henry Clay
The Treaty which ended the War of 1812 and returned U.S. and Britian to the "status quo ante bellum"; it did not resolve the underlying conflic of impressments or neutrality nor did it result in any gain or loss of territory for the U.S.
B) Treaty of Ghent
A group of New England Federalists who were adamantly opposed to war with Britain met and proposed abolition of the 3/5 clause in the constitution, a 2/3 vote for declaration of war and a prohibition on successive president from the same state.
C) Hartford Convention
The former ruling said sates cannot interfere with the incorporation charters granted by the federal govt.
B) Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
The latter ruled that states cannot tax federal agencies.
C) McCulloch vs. Maryland
The former between U.S. and Britain, limited the number of ships allowed in the Great lakes thus demilitarizing the area.
D) Rush-Bagot Treaty
The latter between U.S. and Spain, established the southern boundary of the U.S. and ceded Florida to the U.S.
A) Adams-Onis Treaty
Legislative action designed to preserve the balance of power in congress by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and further dividing the Louisiana territory at the 36 30 parallel below which states would be slave and above which slavery would be prohibited.
B) Missouri Compromise
It was a stop gap measure to further western settlement without resolving the issue of slavery permanently.
A) Missouri Compromise
Economic crisis resulting from a collapse of the western land boom; state banks and Bank of the U.S. had all issued paper bank notes with the expectation that they would redeem their debt through selling crops.
C) Panic of 1819
A decline in European demand and over extension of loans caused the Bank of U.S. to demand repayment in hard currency, forcing state banks to demand repayment from individuals beginning a domino effect which resulted in hardship for speculators and farmers.
C) Panic of 1819
The name given to the period duing President Monroe's administration; The End of the war of 1812 had destroyed the federalists as a political party and there was a brief honeymoon period duing which a one-party system (Jeffersonian Republicans) seemed to represent the entire nation.
C) Era of Good Feelings
French political philosopher and author whose well-known Democracy in America described his observations of American society, politics and religion; his obeservations of American society reflected the philosophy of liberty and equality set forth in the Constitution.
A) Alexis de Tocqueville
Hard Currency; i.e. gold and silver or coined currency; became a contentious political issue due to the economic crisis and land speculation.
D) Specie
Representative of American manufacturing in the early 19th century; employed mostly unmarried women who worked in harsh conditions and were required to comply with moral discipline and residence requirements.
B) Waltham and Lowell Mills
Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles who would be subject to removal under Jackson's policies.
A) Five Civilized Tribes
The Supreme court ruled that the Cherokees did not have the status of a foreign nation but a domestic dependent nation entitled to federal protectoin and with prolonged occupancy rights.
A) Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia
Legislation signed by President Jackson which provided him the funds and authority to move Native Americans, by force if necessary, to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River (modern day Oklahoma); The law was an example of the federal government's facilitation of westward expansion and the realization of Manifest Destiny; it was costly and controversial policy from which the Five Civilized Tribes suffered the loss of land and independence.
A) Indian Removal Act
Inventor of an engine or "gin" which separated the cotton seeds from the fiber; it's unintentional effects were to make cotton production even more lucrative for cash crop agriculture and increase the demand for land in the south suitable to cotton cultivation.
C) Eli Whitney
Term Decribing the middle class in antebellum America; typically merchants, land owning small farmers, white collar professionals, manufacturers and craftsmen; they tended to enjoy higher standards of living, be more geographically mobile, and more vulnerable to national economic shifts.
A) Middling Classes
Doctrine which established for middle and upper class women a definition that women were superior in moral influence especially rearing children and creating a home; men were superior in worldly and financial pursuits.
A) Separate Spheres
Which reason did America not declare war against Britain?
C) Seizure of American Land
A political Ideology which advocates that cultural commonality equals Political Identity.
C) Nationalism
Language, Ethnicity and Religion are all examples of?
A) Cultural Commonality
Foreign policy statement which demands that European powers accept American hemisphere is closed to colonization.
A) Monroe Doctrine
Opposes any efforts to oppress rebellion in South America would be viewed by us as antagonistic. This establishes the U.S. as the primary influence in the American hemisphere and essentially promises that the U.S. will enforce its position.
A) Monroe Doctrine
Author
brandall
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Card Set
American History 1
Unit 3 test
Description
Preparatory test for Unit 3 test in American History
