APUSH Period 4 Flashcards

Skills (causation, contextualization)

Causation = cause and effect, contextualization = what was happening before this and how does it relate

Louisiana Purchase

Doubled the size of the United States under Thomas Jefferson with him purchasing it from the French, nothing about it in the constitution so had to use elastic interpretation.

Marshall Court

First court to use their power to declare new laws passed by congress unconstitutional.

Missouri Compromise

Preserved sectional balance by allowing slaves south of a line and also admitting Maine as a free state.

Monroe Doctrine

Told the Europeans to keep out of the Americas, though they had no power to back this it succeeded because the British wanted the same

The American System

Henry Clay’s economic system to protect American industry through high tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements like roads and canals.

Democrats

Andrew Jackson

Whigs

Henry Clay

Market Revolution

America had started to make things and sell them, so home made furniture / clothes were becoming less common. Farmers no longer just made enough food for themselves and started making loads more for sale to fuel the economy.

Innovations: Textile mills, steam engines, interchangeable parts, telegraph

Revolutionized Communication, transportation, and manufacturing

Second Great Awakening

Religious revival more centered on entertainment, the preachers would be out in some field outside of town and hold dramatic sermons.

Romanticism & art, philosophy, literature

Abolitionist movement

Movement for the abolition of slavery, mostly championed by middle class / women.

Seneca Falls Convention

Womens rights convention in seneca falls NY, tons of women gathered to discuss issues and wants with regard to suffrage

Temperance

Movement in correlation to the woman’s suffrage movement, tried to ban consumption and production of alcohol

Utopian & religious movements

fostered social harmony and combatted excessive individualism.