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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Report on the Public Credit | Govt sells land to pay off war debts to states and Europe, created permanent debt for rich Americans to pay into |
| Bank of the US | Hamilton, created to give loans to businesses, created debt |
| Jay's Treaty | Jay went to Europe to stop impressment and get Brits out of Ohio, British agreed but took 2 years |
| Treaty of Greenville | Shawnees ceded Ohio to US after Brits encouraged them to attack and were defeated |
| General Mad Anthony Wayne | Defeated Shawnees in Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| Treaty of San Lorenzo | US secured opening of Mississippi river and border with Florida |
| Whiskey Rebellion | West PA farmers lost money on whiskey tax and rebelled, and GW sent 15000 troops, called an overreaction |
| XYZ affair | French upset over Jay's Treaty and seized US ships and demanded bribe to speak to Napoleon |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | Federalists deported foreigns and criminalized free speech, led to Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, claiming states can nullify laws |
| Cotton gin | Made short staple cotton profitable and increased profits and stopped manumission |
| Militia Act | Free blacks cannot serve in state militias |
| Fugitive slave act | No trial by jury, slaves returned, not allowed to provide proof of freedom |
| Gabriel's Rebellion | Slave uprising that led to fear of slave rebellion worsening- failed` |
| Midnight judges | Night before inauguration, federalists packed 16 new judges |
| Marbury v Madison | Led to judicial review, said writs were not in constitution, so Judiciary act was unconstitutional after Marbury lost job |
| Louisiana Purchase | Spain gave Louisiana to France which was sold to Madison for 15 million- native's land |
| Barbary Pirates | Europe paid tribute to protect trade which TJ refused, fought pirates until pirates gave up |
| Napoleonic wars | TJ claimed neutrality and doubled trade with both sides, causing Orders in Council where Brits seized US ships and seamen, leading to embargo |
| Nonintercourse Acts | Madison lifted embargo, US will trade with either Fr or Brit if they recognize neutrality, led to more impressment |
| Macon's Bill 2 | US will trade with both until one recognizes neutrality, then only trade with that one, gave Br 3 months or war |
| War Hawks | Clay, Calhoun, wanted diplomacy and war for conflict, went after natives who sided with Brits |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | Tecumseh and Squattana united natives and were defeated by William Henry Harrison when Tecumseh was away |
| Hartford Convention | Passed amendment to limit president to 1 term, remove 3/5 clause, require 2/3 of each house to declare war, was ended as news of con arrived at the same time as Battle of New Orleans, ended federalists |
| Treaty of Ghent | Stopped fighting and offered no resolution to neutrality or impressment, spun as 2nd war of independence |
| Nat Turner Rebellion | Slaves killed 57 whites, leaders executed, led to stricter black codes |
| Pine barren people | People who lived in southern highlands, nothing grows, squatters in hills, 10% |
| Yeoman | Landowning but not slave owning |
| Missouri Compromise | Maine was broken off of MA to make a free state so MO could become a slave state and maintain balance |
| King Caucus | Republican congress chose Crawford, with very low voter turnout 25% |
| Peggy Eaton affair | DC tavern keeper flirted with Secretary of War John Eaton, married him, snubbed by wives, Jackson backed her because his wife died after reputation was smeared |
| Kitchen Cabinet | After Eaton affair, entire cabinet resigned, Jackson turned to unofficial and confidential advisers |
| Tariff of Abominations | High import tax, south condemned tariff because of Europe's retaliation, led to more states claiming to nullify govt laws and nullification crisis |
| Specie Circular | Only gold and silver used to buy land, which helped inflation but kept poor from buying land and caused a depression |
| Tippecanoe and Tyler 2 | Campaign for William Henry Harrison, slogan to represent his wins against natives |
| OK | Van Buren- old Kinderhook nickname |
| Sunday School | Demonstrated the role of Post-millennialism women |
| Unitarians | Didn't believe in Jesus, philosophy will perfect society |
| Shakers | Sexual/gender equality, Ann Lee was female Jesus, no sex |
| Millerites | Miller predicted end of world after panic of 1837, became 7th day Adventists |
| Lyman Beecher | Founded American Temperance Society |
| Washingtonians | Non political testimonials about alcohol like AA |
| Dorothea Dix | Advocated for good conditions and treatment in insane asylums |
| Seneca Falls | Advocated for women's suffrage- Stanton and Mott |
| McCormick Reaper | Harvesting machine that was repairable and had a payment plan, making farming easier and accessible |
| BO Railroad | Linked Eastern ports to western rivers, moving fresh veggies into cities, also moved disease |
| Transcendentalism | Belief in in born truth, popularized by Emerson, insight over logic |
| Fiji Mermaid | Fake mermaid which was traveled across the country by RR, bringing a national culture together |
| Turner Thesis | Turner argued that the frontier made America unique |
| Manifest destiny | America should stretch from sea to sea- entitlement to native lands and God's will |
| Wilmot Proviso | Bill that said there would be no slavery in any territory taken from Mexico, failed in senate, split along sectional lines |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Texas extends to Rio Grande, US bought New Mexico and California |
| Omnibus Bill | CA will be free state, New Mexico decided by popular sovereignty, end DC slave trade, stronger fugitive slave laws |
| Margaret Garner | Runaway slave who killed daughter so that she would not be a slave |
| Know Nothings | Against immigration, Catholics, 3rd party that won a significant amount of seats, platform was compromise over slavery |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | Created Kansas and Nebraska from Louisiana purchase, slavery would be decided by states, repealed Missouri Compromise |
| Border ruffians | Ruffians who caused fear to influence the vote over slavery in Kansas |
| Lecompton Legislature | Kansas govt elected by border ruffians, required oath of support for slavery, made circulation of abolitionist material capital crime |
| Topeka legislature | Sent antislavery constitution to DC and was rejected by Pierce, created because of Lecompton legislature |
| Pottowatomie Creek Massacre | John Brown and others hacked 5 proslavery men to death, claimed he was doing God's work |
| Lecompton Constitution | Free states boycotted, low voter turnout, proslavery constitution, unlimited slavery or 200 slaves and their descendants |
| Dred Scott v Sandford | Slave sued for his freedom, but Taney ruled that he was not a citizen because he was black, ruled Missouri Compromise unconstitutional |
| Freeport Doctrine | Douglas asked to reconcile Dred Scott and popular sovereignty, Douglas said SCOTUS could enforce it, hurting his campaign |
| Cannibals All | Capitalism exploits workers, slavery is good because slaves are cared for |
| Free labor ideology | Said slavery keeps all whites poor, so northerners should vote to end slavery, Republican platform |
| Crittenden Compromise | Amendment guaranteeing slavery where it exists, failed |
| Battle of Bull run | Made Stonewall Jackson, CSA reinforcements caused CSA win, Lincoln replaced Gen with McClellan |
| Battle of Antietam | McClellan caught Lee in MD, 24k deaths, draw, McClellan let Lee escape so Lincoln fired him |
| Chancellorsville | Lee was outnumbered 2 to 1 but won, headed north, Stonewall Jackson killed by friendly fire |
| Sherman's march to the sea | scorched earth burning of everything 60 miles wide, destroyed RR, broke will and infrastructure of south |
| Richmond | Grant cut off supplies to southern capitol, Lee was captured at Appomattox Courthouse |
| 10% plan | Failed, 10% of 1860 voters must swear vow of allegiance to union and accept emancipation |