MALACHI MOSS APUSH PERIOD 4

Flashcards covering topics from the period of 1800 to 1848 in American history.

Jefferson elected

Thomas Jefferson's election as president.

War of 1812

A conflict between the United States and Great Britain.

Tariff of 1816

A protective tariff designed to aid American industries.

Monroe Doctrine

A U.S. policy opposing European interference in the Western Hemisphere.

Louisiana Purchase

The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.

Lowell System

A labor and production model employed during the early years of the American textile industry in the United States.

Missouri Compromise

An agreement addressing the issue of slavery in the territories.

Election of 1824

A presidential election with no clear winner, decided by the House of Representatives.

Tariff of Abominations

A protective tariff that angered Southern states.

Era of Good Feelings

A period of national unity and political harmony after the War of 1812.

American System

A set of policies designed to unify the nation and strengthen its economy.

Second Bank of the United States

A national bank chartered in 1816.

National Road

An early federal highway project.

Erie Canal

A canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

Market Revolution

A transformation in the American economy and society.

Lewis & Clark Expedition

An expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory.

Indian Removal Act

Legislation authorizing the removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands.

Trail of Tears

The forced relocation of Cherokee Native Americans.

War Hawks

Members of Congress who supported going to war with Britain in 1812.

Embargo Act

A law that prohibited American ships from trading in foreign ports

Adams-Onis Treaty

A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.

Second Great Awakening

A Protestant religious revival movement.

Romanticism

An artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement.

Transcendentalism

An American literary, political, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century.

Hudson River School

An American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters.

Mormons

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Shakers

A religious sect characterized by their ecstatic form of worship.

Bank War

The political struggle over the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States.

Abolition

The movement to end slavery.

Cult of Domesticity

An ideology that emphasized the role of women in the home.

Nullification Crisis

A sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.

Seneca Falls Convention

The first women's rights convention in the United States.