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Unit 3
SSUSH 6-7
Term | Definition |
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George Washington | 1st US president; set many precedents while in office |
Whiskey Rebellion | farmers in Pennsylvania attacked tax collectors; Pres. Washington led a militia to put the rebellion down; confirms the president's job to enforce laws |
John Adams | 2nd President; supported the Alien & Sedition Acts; Federalist |
Alien and Sedition Acts | controversial laws; increased citizenship requirements & limited free speech & press; meant to weaken Democratic-Republican Party |
Election of 1800 | close election; Jefferson won & Burr VP; gave control of executive & legislative branches to Democratic-Republicans; showed peaceful transition of power |
Federalists | strong national government; loose construction; industrial economy; Hamilton & his supporters |
Democratic-Republicans | stronger state governments; strict construction; agricultural economy; Jefferson & his supporters |
Louisiana Purchase | Pres. Jefferson bought land (Midwest) from France; nearly doubled size of United States |
Strict construction | federal government can only exercise powers explicitly written in Constitution |
Loose construction | federal government can exercise implied powers & perform duties "necessary and proper" to govern |
Lewis & Clark Expedition | two skilled frontiersmen who were sent by President Jefferson to map the Louisiana Purchase |
James Madison | 4th president; War of 1812; Democratic-Republican |
War of 1812 | US v. Britain; fought 1812-1814; led to more US manufacturing; US nationalism; end of conflicts with Britain |
Battle of New Orleans | US victory in War of 1812; made Jackson national hero; increased American nationalism |
American Nationalism | pride in one's culture; increased after War of 1812 |
James Monroe | 5th president; Era of Good Feelings; American System; Monroe Doctrine; Democratic-Republican |
Monroe Doctrine | keep Europe out of independent American countries & the U.S. will stay out of European affairs; made America the protector of the Western Hemisphere |
Andrew Jackson | 7th president; common man; Democratic Party; Indian Removal Act; Nullification Crisis; hero of Battle of New Orleans |
Jacksonian Democracy | Political philosophy that sought: stronger presidency & weaker Congress; rights for “common man;” spoils system; Manifest Destiny |
Universal male suffrage | drop property requirement for voting; gave "common man" right to vote |
Nullification Crisis | South Carolina wanted to nullify (cancel) a tariff passed by the federal government; threatened to secede; conflict over states' rights |
States’ rights | The concept that states have the right to nullify (cancel) federal laws with which they disagree |
Indian Removal Act | forced thousands of American Indians to leave their homelands and resettle west of the Mississippi River |
Industrial Revolution | steam power --> growth in manufacturing & transportation between regions |
Erie Canal | Man-made river connecting Great Lakes & markets west of Appalachians to New York; reduced the price of transporting goods |
American System | Henry Clay's plan to expand US - federal funding of transportation; national bank; high protective tariffs |
Second Great Awakening | early 1800s religious revival that led Americans to attack perceived social ills |
Temperance | movement to get Americans to drink less alcohol |
Public education | tax-supported schools; pushed because reformers believed all children needed an education for democracy to be effective |
Women’s suffrage | The right to vote for women |
Seneca Falls Convention | 1st conference for women's equality; wanted suffrage & equality; wrote Declaration of Sentiments |
Abolitionism | Movement to outlaw slavery |
Frederick Douglass | Former slave, abolitionist, author of newspaper The North Star |
William Lloyd Garrison | Abolitionist; published newspaper called The Liberator & advocated for immediate emancipation of all slaves |
Nat Turner Rebellion | Slave rebellion in VA; led to stronger slave codes |
Thomas Jefferson | GW's Secretary of State; 3rd president; won Election of 1800; Louisiana Purchase; Lewis & Clark Expedition; Democratic-Republican |
Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court decision that gave the SC power to determine the constitutionality of laws |
Alexander Hamilton | GW's Secretary of the Treasury; Federalist |
Democrats | party modeled after Andrew Jackson; anti American System; common man |
Whigs | party created to oppose Andrew Jackson; pro American System; upper classes |