Period 4 APUSH

spoils system

used by President Andrew Jackson, this was a system of appointing federal officials in return for their loyalty

louisiana territory

doubled the size of the US

abolitionism

movement to end slavery

monroe doctrine

a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe in 1823.

Andrew Jackson

U.S. President is most closely associated with the passage and implementation of the Indian Removal Act

What did the Court Case Marbury v Madison do?

gave the supreme court judicial review

sectionalism

putting the interests of the regional over national interests

How did the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 impact New York City?

it became a major economic and financial center

American System

Plan presented by Henry Clay to improve the nation’s economy by creating a second Bank of the US, imposing a tariff on British goods, and improving roads and canals of America

Which historical figure is most associated with the theory of nullification in the United States?

John C. Calhoun

Seneca Falls has to do with what group of Americans?

women

Which U.S. President is most closely associated with the Monroe Doctrine?

James Monroe

Nationalism

putting the interests of the nation over any regional interests.

What is Americas government today?

US Constitution

South Carolina

threatened to secede from the Union during the Nullification Crisis

Besides the tariff, what other major issue was intertwined with the nullification debates?

slavery

War of 1812

conflict between the British and United States that began because of violated trade rights and ended with the Treaty of Ghent

Pet Banks

state banks that received federal deposits after the withdrawal from the Second Bank of the United States

What was the primary message of the Monroe Doctrine

European powers should not interfere with the affairs of newly independent nations in the Americas

Erie Canal

connected the Hudson River to one of the Great Lakes, helping to reduce the price of shipping

What is the central idea behind the concept of nullification?

A state has the right to invalidate a federal law it deems uncostitutional

What was the primary reason Andrew Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United States?

He believed it favored wealthy elites and had too much power

Whig Party

political party formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson, in part due to his actions regarding the Second Bank of the United States

Articles of Confederation

America’s first government

What was the primary goal of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

To relocate Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River

Alien and Sedition Act

passed by President John Adams that made it illegal to talk bad about the President

Trail of Tears

forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia to the western territories

Cotton Gin

Invention that helped grow Slavery

Bill of Rights

added to the US Constitution to protect civil liberties