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Roger B taney
The 5th Chief Justice of the US.
Barbary Pirates
Mainly Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from the Barbary states.
Cotton Gin
A machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers, leading to an increase in cotton production.
Embargo Act
Outlawed trade between America and any foreign port, closing off the economy and leading to further conflict with Britain.
Missouri Compromise
A compromise that divided the territory into half free and half slave.
Louisiana Purchase
The purchase of the Midwest from France.
Marbury v madison
Established judicial review, giving the power to interpret laws and decide if they violate the constitution.
Market Revolution
The transformation of American business and global trade.
2nd Great Awakening
A religious and reformation movement.
Battle of Tippecanoe
Fought over the white expansion of Indian territory.
Deism
The belief in the existence of God, but considering Him a remote being that withdrew from involvement with the human race after creating the universe.
John Marshall
Established the court's power through landmark decisions such as Marbury v. Madison.
Lewis and Clark
Went on expeditions to explore the west of the US after the Louisiana Purchase.
McCulloch v maryland
Upheld the constitutionality of the national bank using an "elastic clause."
Battle of New Orleans
Part of the War of 1812, where the British tried to take New Orleans.
Hartford Convention
A convention where the Federalist Party dissolved.
Henry Clay
Known as the "Great Compromiser."
Treaty of Ghent
A treaty between Great Britain and the USA that ended the War of 1812.
Gibbons v ogden
Established that the federal government holds the authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Monroe Doctrine
A policy that considered further European colonization of the West as hostile.
Wildcat/Pet Banks
Financial institutions that sprang up in the West and were involved in risky land speculation on the frontier.
Tariff of Abominations
Raised taxes on imported manufactured goods to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing.
John C calhoun
The Senate's most prominent advocate for states' rights.
Spoils System
The political tactic of employing and promoting civil servants who are supporters and friends of the group in power.
Nullification Crisis
A showdown between President Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina legislature over attempts to declare federal tariffs null and void.
Indian Removal Act
The forcible removal of Indians from their land.
Worcester v georgia
Established that states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.
Frederick Douglass
An African American abolitionist.
Erie Canal
An artificial waterway that connected the Hudson River with Lake Erie, facilitating the first great westward movement.
Nicholas Biddle
President of the second national bank.
Nativism
The policy of protecting native-born inhabitants.
Know-Nothings
A 19th-century political party that opposed immigrants in the US and those who followed the Catholic faith.
Nat Turner
A slave from Virginia who led a group of slaves to kill slaveholders and their families.
Cyrus McCormick
Invented the mechanical reaper, making farming more efficient.
Susan B anthony
A leader in the woman suffrage movement.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Organized the first demand for woman suffrage in the US.
Dorothea Dix
A pioneer in the movement to improve conditions for the mentally ill.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote the abolitionist book that encouraged people to stand against slavery.
Henry David Thoreau
An American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher, and a leading transcendentalist.
Hudson River School
A 19th-century art movement focused on nature and inspired by romanticism.
Charles Grandison Finney
An American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States.
Horace Mann
Criticized the educational system of the US.
William Henry Harrison
The president with the shortest term, served in the Indian wars and the War of 1812.
Seneca Falls Conference
The first women's rights convention.
Mormons
A religious group who were followers of Joseph Smith.
Dartmouth v woodward
Established that states cannot interfere with the property rights and contracts of private businesses.
Bank of the U.S.
A central bank that issued paper money, completed commercial transactions, collected government tax revenues, and lent money to the government.
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