APUSH Unit Four

Strict interpretation of the Constitution

Expanded suffrage to most White men

Expansionists who were in favor of war in order to assert dominance

First major improved highway that was the main transport path to the West

A canal built that linked Western farms and Northern manufacturing; spurred a canal craze

Could mass produce parts and assemble items quickly, used unskilled labor

Crops grown exclusively for trade such as cotton and tobacco

Sped up separating cotton seeds from fibers which greatly increased production capabilities

 Supporting the interests of native born people over immigrants

A women’s purpose is to have babies and make her home a haven of rest for her husband; separate spheres from each gender

Factory of just women

Opposed pet and wildcat bats, tariffs, and wanted to expand slavery; appealed to the Southern “common man”

Against Jackson

There were so many candidates that none won the electoral college and therefore must be chosen by the HOR → Clay uses influence in House to get Adams elected → Clay named Secretary of State 

American cultural icon; Romantic depictions of landscapes

Movement that focused on the transcendent power of nature and the belief in human perfectibility

Movement to ban alcohol

Movement to abolish slavery

Argued that white folks need to take a non-violent stand against slavery; radical

Economic dominance and significance of cotton as the primary cash crop

Land owned by French that had access to the New Orleans Port. Sent James Monroe to negotiate traditional rights. Instead they were offered all the land and agreed but without initial congressional approval.

Passed by federalists which created 16 new openings for federal judges

Jefferson didn’t want to give Marbury his midnight judge job; declared the SC the ultimate authority over laws and gave it the power to declare laws unconstitutional; established judicial review

Declared that a state cannot tax a federal bank and that, whenever they contradict, federal law trumps state law

Policies that would federally fund internal improvements, enact tariffs to protect manufacturers, and proposed a second National Bank; established the first Tariff of 1816

Would effectively ban slavery in Missouri after 25 years

Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, but with Maine entering as a free states; established the 36 30 line as the boundary for slave and free states

 Prohibited American merchant ships from sailing to any foreign port

Spain sold Florida to America

The Western Hemisphere is our business and European powers should not interfere

Federalist threatened to secede over the War of 1812

Greatly raised duties on imports which benefited the North and West but hurt the import reliant South

South Carolina wanted to nullify the Tariff of 1828; the force bill allowed Jackson to respond with military force

Hold was discovered on Cherokee land and mandated all Natives be moved to the Ohio Territory

An unsanctioned group of Natives met with the government and exchanged Cherokee lands in the eat for reservation territories in the west 

Transfer of power peacefully between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

Nickname for the Monroe years that suggest unity and optimism

Spain was having a hard time governing Florida due to rebellions in South America → Natives and criminals go wild → Andrew Jackson sent to protect border (Monroe told him not to engage due to War) → Attacked forts and executed many

The National Bank decreased lending which caused many state banks to close —> economic turmoil —> people want to hold official accountable —> expanded mail suffrage

Election that had the corrupt bargain

A series of religious revivals among Protestants that emphasized religious living, personal restraint, and strong morals which would lead a person and society to salvation 

Kicked off the movement for women’s suffrage

Organized slave revolt led by Nat Turner, who thought himself chosen by God, began with killing his masters and then spreading out; crushed

Influential Court Justice who expanded federal power

Transcendentalism thinker; wrote Walden

Held property in common and didn’t like the horizontal tango

Perfect equality in land and social realms, revenue through silverware

Sought to incite emotions through the use of plain language and metaphors and emphasized the moral reformation of society 

Moved to Utah for religious refuge

Leader of Mormons

Published The Liberator

Wrote the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass which emphasized the dehumanization of slaves and slaveholders

Feminist that kicked off first wave of feminism