Period 4

1800-1844

Thomas Jefferson’s federal changes

• Ignored the constitution and did what he wanted

• Appointed government positions from his party

Thomas Jefferson’s military changes

responded to war with boycotting when denied going to war by congress

Jefferson’s Presidential Style

Focused primarily on expansion, first Democratic-Republican, focused less on war

Embargo of 1807

A reaction to French-English tensions leading to France and England trying to get the US on their side of the war of 1812. This  prohibited all American ships from leaving US Ports for foreign destinations, restricted imports from Britain and prevented foreign ships from loading cargo in US ports.The act was disastrous, and failed miserable

Impressment

forcing people to join a military force, usually against their will, popular with navy forces

Battle of Bladensburg

British victory, they captured and burnt the Capitol and National Archives

Battle of Fort McHenry

American victory, British surrendered. Inspired Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner when he saw the bright colors and the huge flag on the hill

Battle of New Orleans

Led by Andrew Jackson, Huge American victory solidified the importance of the Louisiana Territory

Treaty of Ghant

The peace treaty that ended the war of 1812 without further conflict

National Republicans

• Supported a stronger federal government

• Second National Bank

• Favored American System

• Drew support from the elite

Jacksonian Democrats

• Favored a more limited federal government

• Opposed the Second National Bank

• Supported by the “common man”

• Represented the wil of the people

War of 1812

• Native Americans aligned with British

• American forces were ill-prepared for war, fighting went badly

• Treaty of Ghent signed, ending war

• War spurred American manufacturing, led to self-sufficiency

President Madison’s reaction to War of 1812

• He daleyed going to war for as long as pissible

• He focusedon a time of peace, promoting national growth and ignoring international issues

Eli Whitney

Invented the Cotton Gin and interchangeable parts

Cotton Gin

• revolutionized southern agriculture and increased demand for cotton

• Spread cotton as the chief crop intensified South’s dependence on slave labor

Missouri Compromise

Alexis de Tocqueville

Henry Clay

Created his American System, advocated aggressively for it

American System

Championed protective tariffs, interstate road improvements, and rechartering of national bank

Protective tariffs

Jackson Campaign

John Quincy Adams campaign

Presidential Election in 1824

The Corrupt Bargain

The Second Bank of the United States

The Election of 1828

THe NUllification Crisis

John Calhoun

The INdian Relocation Act

Worcester v. Georgia

Chief Black Hawk

Black Hawk War of 1832

Manifest Destiny

Gadsden Purchase

Exodusters

Sutter’s Mill

Sooners

California Gold Rush

Mormonism

Polygamy

Stephen Austin

James Polk

Sam Houston

William Travis

American Slavery in Mexico

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Battle of the Alamo

The Annexation of Texas

Factors leading to the Mexican-American War

Outcome of the MExican-American War

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Sand Creek Massacre

Wilmot Proviso

Zachary Taylor

Henry David Thoreau

Homestead Act

“Civilizing” Native Ameericans

The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad

The Trail of Tears

The ORegon Trail

The LOng Drive

The end of the cowboy lifestyle

Settling the Great Plains

Dawes Plan

Turner’s hypothesis