CPUSH Unit 4 Test

Alexander Hamilton

Plan to strengthen national credit, build a commercial nation.

Women in 1790s

Early factories relied on women and children as a main workforce.

Impressment

The act of forcing individuals into military service against their will

Whiskey rebellion

Western Penn farmers protested the whiskey tax, invoking Revolutionary symbols of liberty.

Louisiana Purchase

Doubled the size of U.S territory from mississippi to the Rockies. France sold Louisiana due to Haitian Revolution and Napaelons need for European funds.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Conduct scientific and commercial surveys, develop trade with Native Americans, find a commercial route to the Pacific.

Embargo Act of 1807

Banned all U.S. exports; devasted economy but failed to end blockades

War of 1812

British impressment of American sailors, trade restrictions due to Britain-France blockades, frontier conflicts with Native Americans, and the desire to expand U.S territory.

Treaty of Ghent

Restored prewar borders, no changes to impressment/trade

Steamboat

(1807, Fulton) Faster River travel

Eric Canal

(1825)-Linked Great Lakes to NYC

Cotton Kingdom

Cotton spread slavery west out but kept the South rural. Weak industry, banking, and transport tied to plantations

Cotton Gin

Made cotton faster, and removed the seeds.

Nativism

Nativists blame immigrants for crime, corruption, drinking, and job competition; they fear immigrants are taking their jobs and undercutting their wages.

Era of good feelings

Popular name for the period of one-party, Republican, rule during James Monroe's presidency. The term obscures bitter conflicts over internal improvements, slavery, and the national bank.

American system

A 3-part program to promote American industry and unite the economy.

Nullification Crisis

A confrontation between south Carolina and President Andrew Jackson's federal government in 1832-1833 over tariffs that the state declared unconstitutional.

Tariff of 1816

First U.S tariff; protect American industries by placing a tax on imported goods;-Target cotton, wood, and iron; Compete with British imports after the war

Panic of 1819

The Bank of the United States(BUS) fueled land speculation instead of regulating currency after the War of 1812; deepened American distrust of banks

Missouri Compromise

Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance of power in Congress.

Monroe Doctrine

Stated European powers could not colonize or interfere with the Americans

Indian Removal Act

Authorized president to negotiate treaties to remove Natives tribes from ancestry lands in the Southeast United States. To territory west of the Mississippi River.

Worcester vs. Georgia

The case that ruled the state of Georgia could not enforce laws in Cherokee territory.

Trail of Tears

Trail Natives took once kicked out of their land.