APUSH Rosa Unit4 Green

Thomas Jefferson

Spokesman for democracy
American Founding Father
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Third President of the United States

Louisiana Purchase

Land deal between the United States and France (Napoleon)
The U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million

Lewis and Clark

Formed an expedition from May 1804 to September 1806 (Corps of Discovery Expedition)
First American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States

John Marshall

American politician and lawyer
Served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835

Marbury v. Madison

U.S. Supreme Court case
Established the principle of judicial review in the United States

McCulloch v. Maryland

Decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
State of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation

Era of Good Feelings

Period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812

James Monroe

5th President of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
Last president of the Virginia dynasty
Presidency ushered in what is known as the Era of Good Feelings

Henrey Clay

Known as "The Great Compromiser"
Brokered important agreements during the Nullification Crisis and on the slavery issue

Panic of 1819

First major peacetime financial crisis in the United States
Followed by a general collapse of the American economy that persisted through 1821

Tallmadge Amendment

Proposed amendment to a bill regarding the admission of the Territory of Missouri as a state
Missouri would be admitted as a free slave state

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

War Hawks

Someone favoring war in a debate over whether to go to war, or whether to continue or escalate an existing war

John C. Calhoun

Championed states' rights + slavery
Symbol of the Old South
Spent the last 20 years of his life in the U.S. Senate working to unite the South against the abolitionist attack on slavery

Tecumseh

Native American Shawnee warrior and chief
Became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early 19th century

William Henrey Harrison

American military officer and politician .
9th President of the US
Died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest presidency in United States history

Battle of Tippecanoe

Fought on November 7, 1811, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh

Napolean Bonaparte

French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution
Led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars
Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days

Barbary Pirates

Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa

James Madison

Served as the fourth President of the United States from 1809 to 1817
Hailed as the "Father of the Constitution"

War of 1812

Conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815

Andrew Jackson

7th President of the United States from 1829 to 1837

Battle of New Orleans

Fought on Sunday, January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham, and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson

Treaty of Ghent

Peace treaty that ended the War of 1812

Monroe Doctrine

Warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs

Robert Fulton

Invented steamboat
American engineer and inventor
Created the The North River Steamboat of Clermont

Eli Whitney

invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

Lowell System

Labor production model invented by Francis Cabot Lowell in Massachusetts in the 19th century
Designed so every step of the manufacturing process was done under one roof + work was performed by young adult women instead of children/young men

Common Man

Everyday working class man