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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hamilton’s Financial Plan | This idea would create a Bank of the United States, create tariffs, assume state debts, and levy taxes on the American people |
| Whiskey Rebellion | This conflict involving farmers upset over an excise tax was significant because it proved the strength of the federal government under the Constitution |
| Neutrality | Washington’s foreign policy that declared that America would not favor any nation and would trade with all |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Passed in response to Alien and Sedition Acts, said that states could block unconstitutional laws made by the national government |
| Nullification | According to this principle, states can void federal laws they find to be unconstitutional |
| Washington’s Farewell Address | George Washington’s warning to Americans about foreign policy, political parties, and sectionalism |
| Election of 1800 | Also known as a “revolution” because power transferred between parties peacefully |
| Louisiana Purchase | Event in which Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the country |
| Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court case that established judicial review (the idea that the Supreme Court can rule laws or actions to be unconstitutional) |
| War of 1812 | Military conflict between the United States and Britain that was the result of impressment and trouble with Native Americans in the West; also called the “Second War of Independence” |
| Battle of New Orleans | Took place at end of War of 1812, a “victory” for America that made Andrew Jackson a hero |
| Era of Good Feelings | Time period after the War of 1812 characterized by strong nationalism/national pride during James Monroe’s presidency |
| John Marshall | Supreme Court Chief Justice whose rulings represented nationalism and strengthened the power of the federal government over states |
| Monroe Doctrine | Foreign policy that declared that European countries could not interfere with North and South America |
| Henry Clay | Known as the “Great Compromiser,” he proposed the American System and the Missouri Compromise |
| American System | Name for the proposed economic plan that included a second National Bank, protective tariffs, and internal improvements |
| Interchangeable Parts | Invention of Eli Whitney that helped cause the North to become more industrialized |
| Cotton Gin | Invention of Eli Whitney that led the South to be depend on cotton and expanded slavery |
| Industrial Revolution | Time period characterized by the mechanization of labor and the growth of factory-based manufacturing |
| Transportation Revolution | Increase in roads, canals, and railroads that caused the country to expand westward and increased trade between the North, West, and South |
| Urbanization | Term for the growth in cities, which happened mainly in the North |
| Sectionalism | This term describes the growing separation between the political beliefs, economies, and lifestyles of the North and South |
| Missouri Compromise | This deal said that all states admitted above the southern border of Missouri would be free and all states below this line would be slave, temporarily easing tension over the expansion of slavery |
| Election of 1824/”Corrupt Bargain” | Incident in which Henry Clay made a deal that “stole” the presidency from Andrew Jackson and gave it to John Quincy Adams |
| Andrew Jackson | His presidency involved the Nullification Crisis, Bank War, and Indian Removal Act |
| Nullification Crisis | Event in which South Carolina refused to recognize the federal governments “Tariff of Abominations” |
| Indian Removal Act | Law that authorized the relocation of Native Americans to the Great Plains and led to the Trail of Tears |
| The “Bank War” | Event where Andrew Jackson “killed” the Bank of the United States |
| Second Great Awakening | Religious revival that sparked many reform movements during the Antebellum Period |
| Brigham Young | Led Mormons west to modern-day Utah to escape religious persecution |
| Civil Disobedience | Essay written by Henry David Thoreau that emphasized the use of non-violent protest to create changes in society |
| Dorothea Dix | Reformer who exposed inhumane treatment of the mentally ill |
| Horace Mann | Reformer who pushed for public, tax-supported schools with required attendance |
| Separate spheres | The idea that men and women had specific, different roles in society |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Event which started the organized women’s rights movement in the United States in 1848 and included the “Declaration of Rights and Sentiments” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| Abolitionism | Reform movement that called for an immediate end of slavery |
| Frederick Douglass | Former slave who wrote an autobiography recounting life as a slave, became a leading abolitionist |
| Harriet Tubman | Most famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad |
| Nat Turner | Slave minister who organized one of the largest and most violent slave revolts in history of the United States |
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