apush unit 2 flash cards

Vocabulary List – Unit 2 Vocabulary Assignment Name _______________________________

*Term*	*Date? What is it?*	*Why is it important?*
Roger B. Taney	5th Chief Justice of the US
Barbary Pirates	mainly Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from the Barbary states
Cotton Gin	A machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers → increase in cotton production
Embargo Act	Outlawed trade between America and any foreign port	Closed off our economy → led to further conflict with Britain
Missouri Compromise	half free half slave
Louisiana Purchase	Bought the midwest from France
Marbury v. Madison	Judicial review → has the power to interpret laws and decide if they violate the constitution
Market Revolution	Transforming American Business and Global Trade
2^nd Great Awakening	Religious + reformation
Battle of Tippecanoe	Fought over the white expansion of the Indian territory
Deism	Deusts accepted the existence of God, but considered him a remote being that after creating the universe, withdrew from involvement with the human race.
John Marshall	-established the court's power through landmark decisions (Marbury v Madison, etc.)
Lewis and Clark	Went on expeditions to explore the west of the US → after the LP
McCulloch v. Maryland	upheld constitutionally of the natio nal bank using an “elastic clause”
Battle of New Orleans	Part of War of 1812 → The British tried to take NO
Hartford Convention	Convention where the Federalist Party dissolved
Henry Clay	The “Great Compromiser”
Treaty of Ghent	Treaty between GB and USA ended the war of 1812
Gibbons v. Ogden	Federal government holds the authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Monroe Doctrine	A policy that furthers European colonization of the West is considered hostile.
Wildcat/Pet Banks	Financial institutions that sprang up int he West and were involved in risky land speculation on the frontier.
Tariff of Abominations	raised taxes on imported manufactured goods as to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing
John C. Calhoun	The senate's most prominent state’s rights advocate
Spoils System	The political tactic of employing and promoting civil servants who are the supporters and friends of the group in power to office.
Nullification Crisis	Showdown between president Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina legislature over former attempts to declare null and void of Federal Tariffs
Indian Removal Act	The forcible removal of Indians from their land
Worcester v. Georgia	states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.
Frederick Douglass	African American abolitionist
Hartford Convention	A series of meetings in which New Englad federalists discussed their complaints and and wrongs that they felt had been done → opposed the war of 1812
Erie Canal	An artificial waterway connected the Hudson river with lake Erie	The first great westward movement
Nicholas Biddle	President of the second national bank.
Nativism	The policy of protecting native-born inhabitants
Know-Nothings	A 19th-century political party that opposed immigrants in the US and those who followed the Catholic faith
Nat Turner	Slave from VA that led a group of slaves to kill slaveholders and their families
Cyrus McCormick	Invented the mechanical reaver → made farming more efficient
Susan B. Anthony	A leader in the woman suffrage movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Organized the first demand for woman suffrage in the US
Dorothea Dix	A pioneer in the movement to improve conditions for the mentally ill
Harriet Beecher Stowe	Wrote the abolitionist book → encouraged people to stand against slavery
Henry David Thoreau	Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist
Hudson River School	19th century art movement focused on nature and inspired by romanticism
Charles Grandison Finney	Charles Grandison Finney was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States
Horace Mann	Criticized the educational system of the US
William Henry Harrison	-shortest presidency -served in the indian wars, war of 1812.
Seneca Falls Conference	First women’s right convention
Mormons	a religious group who were followers of Joseph Smith
Dartmouth v. Woodward	States cannot interfere with the property rights and contracts of private businesses	e
Bank of the U.S.	A central bank -private bank issued paper money, completed commercial transactions, and collected government tax revenues as well as lent money to the government.

apush unit 2 flash cards

Vocabulary List – Unit 2 Vocabulary Assignment Name _______________________________

*Term*	*Date? What is it?*	*Why is it important?*
Roger B. Taney	5th Chief Justice of the US
Barbary Pirates	mainly Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from the Barbary states
Cotton Gin	A machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers → increase in cotton production
Embargo Act	Outlawed trade between America and any foreign port	Closed off our economy → led to further conflict with Britain
Missouri Compromise	half free half slave
Louisiana Purchase	Bought the midwest from France
Marbury v. Madison	Judicial review → has the power to interpret laws and decide if they violate the constitution
Market Revolution	Transforming American Business and Global Trade
2^nd Great Awakening	Religious + reformation
Battle of Tippecanoe	Fought over the white expansion of the Indian territory
Deism	Deusts accepted the existence of God, but considered him a remote being that after creating the universe, withdrew from involvement with the human race.
John Marshall	-established the court's power through landmark decisions (Marbury v Madison, etc.)
Lewis and Clark	Went on expeditions to explore the west of the US → after the LP
McCulloch v. Maryland	upheld constitutionally of the natio nal bank using an “elastic clause”
Battle of New Orleans	Part of War of 1812 → The British tried to take NO
Hartford Convention	Convention where the Federalist Party dissolved
Henry Clay	The “Great Compromiser”
Treaty of Ghent	Treaty between GB and USA ended the war of 1812
Gibbons v. Ogden	Federal government holds the authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Monroe Doctrine	A policy that furthers European colonization of the West is considered hostile.
Wildcat/Pet Banks	Financial institutions that sprang up int he West and were involved in risky land speculation on the frontier.
Tariff of Abominations	raised taxes on imported manufactured goods as to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing
John C. Calhoun	The senate's most prominent state’s rights advocate
Spoils System	The political tactic of employing and promoting civil servants who are the supporters and friends of the group in power to office.
Nullification Crisis	Showdown between president Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina legislature over former attempts to declare null and void of Federal Tariffs
Indian Removal Act	The forcible removal of Indians from their land
Worcester v. Georgia	states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.
Frederick Douglass	African American abolitionist
Hartford Convention	A series of meetings in which New Englad federalists discussed their complaints and and wrongs that they felt had been done → opposed the war of 1812
Erie Canal	An artificial waterway connected the Hudson river with lake Erie	The first great westward movement
Nicholas Biddle	President of the second national bank.
Nativism	The policy of protecting native-born inhabitants
Know-Nothings	A 19th-century political party that opposed immigrants in the US and those who followed the Catholic faith
Nat Turner	Slave from VA that led a group of slaves to kill slaveholders and their families
Cyrus McCormick	Invented the mechanical reaver → made farming more efficient
Susan B. Anthony	A leader in the woman suffrage movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Organized the first demand for woman suffrage in the US
Dorothea Dix	A pioneer in the movement to improve conditions for the mentally ill
Harriet Beecher Stowe	Wrote the abolitionist book → encouraged people to stand against slavery
Henry David Thoreau	Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist
Hudson River School	19th century art movement focused on nature and inspired by romanticism
Charles Grandison Finney	Charles Grandison Finney was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States
Horace Mann	Criticized the educational system of the US
William Henry Harrison	-shortest presidency -served in the indian wars, war of 1812.
Seneca Falls Conference	First women’s right convention
Mormons	a religious group who were followers of Joseph Smith
Dartmouth v. Woodward	States cannot interfere with the property rights and contracts of private businesses	e
Bank of the U.S.	A central bank -private bank issued paper money, completed commercial transactions, and collected government tax revenues as well as lent money to the government.