UIL Social Studies

  • Presidents

    • 1824

      • JQ adams elected

        • Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, Henry Clay

      • No candidate won the majority of electoral votes

      • House resolved again

      • “Corrupt bargain”

        • Clay supported Adams towards the end

      • End of “era of good feelings”

    • 1828

      • Andrew Jackson 

        • Vs JQ Adams

      • First election with universal white male suffrage (most states)

      • Many personal attacks and mudslinging

      • Began “Age of Jackson”

    • 1844

      • James Polk

        • Henry Clay

      • Key issues:

        • Annexation of TX

        • Oregon

      • Pol’s camapgin slogan: “54 40’ or Fight!”

      • First election where results were communicated by telegraph

      • Polk wins

        • Mx-American war

  • US V. Thomas Cooper (1800)

    • Sedition act of 1798

    • Cooper was convicted for publishing statements that were critical of Adams

    • Served 6 months, $400 fine

  • Marbury v. Madison

    • Judicial review

    • Unanimous for marbury

  • Fletcher v. Peck (1810)

    • Case involved land fraud in GA

    • SCOTUS trumps state law

    • Supremacy clause

    • Unanimous for peck

  • Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee (1816)

    • Land dispute nin VA

    • SCOTUS ruled that it had the authority to review state court decisions in cases involving the constitution

    • Uniform Federal law across the state

    • Unanimous for Martin

  • McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

    • Maryland tried to tax second bank of us

    • Marshall ruled that maryland couldn’t tax federal institutions

    • Unanimous for mcculloch

  • Cohens v. Virginia (1821)

    • Cohen brothers were convicted for selling lottery tickets in VA

    • SCOTUS upholds ruling from state court

    • SCOTUS could intervene in state court decisions involving federal law

  • Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

    • Worcester (missionary) convicted for for living on Cherokee land without a permit

    • Georgia laws didn’t apply to Cherokee nation (sovereign territory)

    • Georgia lost

    • Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the decision, leading to trail of tears

  • Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

    • Prigg, a slave catcher was convicted under PA law for kidnapping a Black woman

    • SCOTUS ruled that fugitive slave act took precedence over state laws

    • Exacerbated tensions … civil war

    • Prigg won (in scotus)