Unit 4 (1800-1844)

Election of 1800

1st peaceful transition of power

• First Dem. Rep presidency

Louisiana Purchase

Expansion westward to the Oregon Country

• Is Jefferson breaking his promises of being a strict constructionalist?

Repeal of Whiskey Tax

Unified all Americans through alcohol

Marbury v. Madison

Established Judicial Review

• expansion of federal power through court system

Barbary Pirates (1800’s / 1810’s)

Conflict against pirates around Europe

• Established a sense of militaristic unity/patriotism

Embargo Act of 1807

Attempted to stop naval impressment from British and French

• Wasn’t successful

Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

British ships fired on Americans accidentally

Nonintercourse Act of 1809

Madison’s plan to undo the depression caused by the Embargo Act

• trade with everyone but britain/france

War of 1812

Continued British Impressment + British not leaving their forts in our western frontier

War hawks vs. Peace Doves

Political groupings in Congress in regards to war

Era of Good Feelings

Cultural and Economic Nationalism

• Protective Tariff of 1816

American System

Henry Clay

• Protective Tariffs

• Second National Bank

• Transportation Bills

  • Expand West

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Establised the 37˚30 line of slavery

• reduced sectionalism

Monroe Doctrine

Protect the rest of the Americas from European Colonialism

• more for us >;)

Cumberland Road

Part of American System

• First highway

• Expansion of Federal Power

Lowell System

Young woman go to textile factories for money

• Rise of consideration for equality

Market Revolution

Widespread rise of technological innovation of War of 1812

• Regional Specialization

  • Advances in the North for machinery/shippping

  • Transportation/Subsistence farming in the West

  • Slavery and Stagnation in the South

Election of 1824

Corrupt Bargain between Democratic Republicans

• Placed JQA, pushed out Jackson

Second Two Party System

Rise of Whigs vs. Democratic Republicans

• Others(corrupt bargain people) vs. Jackson

Whigs

Represented the non-common people

• Upper class / Middle Class

• Nativists

Democratic Republicans (pt. 2)

Represented the Common People led by Jackson

• Unskilled Laborers

• Farmers

• Western Frontier Members who didn’t like Natives

Election of 1828

Election of Jackson

• Rise of the power of the common man

Spoils System

Placement of loyalists into government

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Aimed to move Native Americans westward into Oklahoma

• Trail of Tears

Worcester v. Georgia

Claimed that Natives couldn’t be moved cause they weren’t citizens

• Supreme Court Case

• Violated by Jackson expanding Federal Power

Tariff of Abominations

Led to the Nullification Crisis

• Question of States rights ??

• South Carolina didn’t want it

Nullification Crisis

Should the Federal Government have power over the states economic situation

• Ended with Compromise Tariff, which got South Carolina to back down, but still 😬😬