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monroe doctrine

Claimed U.S. control in the Western Hemisphere and prohibited European interference

erie canal

linked the economics of western farmers with eastern cities. Improved transportation between the East Coast and the Great Lakes region. Albany to Buffalo

american system

Plan suggested by Senator Henry Clay and others to make America economically independent by increasing industrial production in the United States and by the creation of a Second National Bank.

trail of tears

The Cherokees' trip to their new lands resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 Cherokee due to disease, cold, and hunger during the journey.

Whig party

In the 1830s, a political party called the Whigs emerged as a rival to the Democratic Party. The Whigs were known for supporting policies that aimed to promote trading and industrial expansion.

pet banks

State banks that Jackson selected to receive surplus Federal Treasury funds in 1833 after vetoing the second national bank.

Marbury vs madison

An important point in the supreme court ruling that established the principle of judicial review, confirming that court’s right to declare whether or not all federal laws are constitutional.

Nullification

South Carolina allowed individual states to determine if federal laws were constitutional. John C. Calhoun supported this theory.

Louisiana purchase

huge land purchase from Emperor Napoleon of France nearly doubled the size of the U.S.

xyz affair

Three french diplomats asked for money and bribes from an American delegation just for a meeting, but the Americans said no.

alien and sedition act

Suggested by President John Adams. This act allowed the president the right to remove any threatening citizen and prohibited the publication of any false writing about the government.

second great awakening

A series of revivals (meetings) that lead to social changes.

Seneca falls

First women’s rights convention in American History, issued the Declaration of sentiments & listed women’s suffrage.

temperance act

Women went against alcohol because it would improve their quality of life & high alcohol consumption.

industrialization

Growth of machine production and factories.

causes of war of 1812

• Impressment and trade on the seas

• Western frontier pressures where the British were encouraging Natives to attack Americans.

• War Hawks in Congress, were young Democratic-Republicans from frontier states and were eager to war with Britain. They were led by Henry Clay and John Calhoun. 

Eli Whitney

invented the cotton gin to produce larger quantities of cotton in 1793 & designed a system for making rifles with a system of interchangeable parts.

Missouri compromise

Henry Clay developed the Missouri Compromise which included

• Maine would be admitted as a free state

• Missouri admitted as a slave state.

• Slavery would be prohibited in the area north of the 36 degree 30 minute line.

the liberator

abolitionist newspaper began by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831.

what does this picture describe about Jackson?

It’s saying he isn’t democratic and he acts like a king instead of a president.

fifty-four forty or fight

the slogan referred to the slogan referred to the latitude of 54° 40°, northern limit of the Oregon territory.

Mormon

a religious community that would play a major role in the settling of the West.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Treaty ending the Mexican-American war and also granting the U.S. the lands known as the Mexican-Cession.

Gadsden Purchase

an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million

James Polk

the 11th president of the United States, serving from (1845-1849)

Gold Rush

The discovery of gold in the Western California.

Cyrus McCormick

invented the mechanical reaper

Samuel Morse

invented the Morse code

Telegraph

invented by Samuel Morse

Railroad

They were fast, could crossing almost any terrain, and worked in any weather. They would cost money.

Canals

They were fast, could crossing almost any terrain, and worked in any weather. They would cost money.