APUSH VOCAB

unit 4 vocabulary quiz studying

National Bank

a centralized system of Treasury proposed by Alexander Hamilton. It served as a means to stabilize and improve the nation's credit while handling the financial business of the U.S. government.

Hamilton’s financial plan

A series of measures proposed by Alexander Hamilton aimed at stabilizing the American economy through the federal assumption of state debts, establishing a National Bank, and creating a system of tariffs.

Funding at Par

is a financial strategy where the federal government pays off its debts at their full face value, ensuring trust in government credit and financial stability. This method was crucial in restoring the nation's credit after the Revolutionary War.

Judiciary act of 1789

established structure of the judiciary branch creating a system of district and setting the supreme court's size and power. 

proclamation of neutrality 

1793 announcement by George Washington. US would remain neutral in the war between Britain and France 

Jay Treaty

1794 agreement between US and Britain preventing any future wars

Pinckney Treaty

1795 agreement between US and Spain that settled border disputes

Treaty of Greenville

ended the northwest Indian war by establishing a boundary between native territories and American territories. 

Citizen Genet

1793. Crisis where a french ambassador tried to recruit American soldiers to fight for France.

Whiskey rebellion

1794. Farmers in Pennsylvania rebel against Hamilton’s tax on whiskey.

democratic republicans

believed in states having more sovereignty, they were against the national bank.

washington farewell address

shaped early American policy in dealing with transitions of power

John Adams

2nd president. Federalist who wanted a strong central government.

xyz affair

French agents demand a loan from America

Alien and Sedition act 

4 laws passed by Congress with the goal of suppressing political opposition during a time of tension with France. 

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Protests in 1798 opposing the alien and sedition acts.

Thomas Jefferson

principal author of the declaration of independence.3rd US president. Democratic Republican. 

louisiana purchase

bought 828000 square miles (530 mil acres) of land for only 15 million dollars

Corps of discovery

Army crew led by lewis and Clark to explore the new land and the water surrounding before entering it 

Embargo act

law that prohibited international export and restricted imports to force Britain and France to respect US neutrality. 

Era of good feelings

strong nationalism and economic growth following the war of 1812

John Marshall

chief of justice of the supreme court

Marbury vs Madison

supreme court case established the principle of judicial review 

McCulloch vs Maryland

challenged the national bank Can an individual state tax an institution of the federal government? 

Gibbons vs Ogden

dealt with interstate commerce. The Court determined that navigation was part of interstate commerce and that Congress's power to regulate it was a power reserved for the federal government.

Impressment

Government forcing their own citizens into fighting in the military 

war of 1812

Between Britain and US and it reaffirmed US’s independence

Andrew Jackson

A president known for appealing to the common man, and the Indian removal act

Hartford Convention

meeting of federalists in Connecticut to protest the war of 1812

Monroe Doctrine

foreign policy in 1823 warned British against further colonization

Market revolution

transformed the US from a subsistence economy to a commercial industrial one

Lowell Mills

1800’s textile factories that employed young women. 

American System

economic plan that proposed self sufficiency and economic growth.

Clay’s second bank of the US

established in 1816 and stabilized the economy after the war of 1812

sectionalism

loyalty to a specific region rather than the nation as a whole.

Panic of 1819

first major financial crisis in the US. Widespread unemployment 

Tariff of Abomination

passed in 1828 raised taxes on imported goods

Missouri compromise

Missouri was a slave state and and Maine was a free state

Tallmadge Amendment 

1819 plan to slowly decrease slavery in Missouri until it was eventually emancipated

Indian Removal act

Andrew Jackson 1830 authorized the president to negotiate treatys with the natives 

Worcester vs Georgia

ruled that the Cherokee nation was a sovereign unit. 

Force Act

allowed Andrew Jackson to use military force to enforce federalist taxes on south carolina

Nullification crisis

political confrontation in the 1830s

Whigs party

US political party to oppose Andrew Jacksons’s policies

Universal white male suffrage

stopped classism, all white men can vote no matter poor or rich