Chapter 7 Vocab Flashcards
Jefferson’s presidential candidate who received the same number of electoral votes for presidency and became Vice President; Federalist extremist who helped plot the secession of New England and New York, killed Hamilton in a gun duel, arrested for treason
Aaron Burr
Represents Jefferson’s view of his election to presidency; He claimed the election was a return to the original spirit of the revolution and his goals were to restore the republican experiment, check growth of government
Revolution of 1800
Chief Justice who made himself famous during the Marbury v. Madison case
John Marshall
A case that was the result of the disagreement over accepting the Midnight Judges
Marbury v. Madison
A purchase of land that doubled the US size for $15 million by Robert Livingston and James Monroe
Louisiana Purchase
Adventurers sent by Jefferson to explore the Northern part of Louisiana purchase, along with a Shoshone woman, Sacajawea
Lewis and Clark
The “Chesapeake”, a US Frigats, was overhauled by a British ship and fired upon; three Americans were killed 18 injured
Chesapeake Incident
Created by Jefferson to prevent exports from the US, hated by many; designed to keep the US neutral in a raging war between Britain and France
Embargo Act (1807)
President in 1812
James Madison
Led a confederacy of all the tribes east of the Mississippi inspiring Indian unity and cultural renewal
Tecumseh
Group of Native Americans who joined together to attack Americans who tried to claim the Northwest Territory, led by Little Turtle
Western Confederacy
Governor of Indiana Territory who gathered an army and advanced on Tecumseh; led the Battle of Tippencanoe and became a national hero
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison’s troops attacked Tecumseh and the Prophet, attempted to oppress white settlement in the west. Harrison won, made a war hero; battle led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the war of 1812
Battle of Tippencanoe
Men from the south and west who wanted a war with England
War Hawks
A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British Aid to Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier
War of 1812
United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during War of 1812
Oliver Hazard Perry
A senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time
Daniel Webster
A political scientist during 1820s, Kentucky congressman; developed the American system which US adopted after War of 1812
Henry Clay
A part of the New Southern Congress of 1811, representative for South Carolina and one of the original Wad Hawks
John C. Calhoun
A regional secret convention in 1814, held in Hartford, Connecticut; due to federalist discontent with lessened voting weight of New England due to adding states
Hartford Convention
A battle during the War of 1812 where the British Army attempted to take New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans
Ended the war of 1812 and restored the Status quo
Treaty of Ghent
A bill introduced by John C. Calhoun to provide a federal highway linking the east and the south to the west using the earnings bonus from the second BUS
Bonus Bill (1817)
Landmark Supreme Court case in which Maryland tried to impose taxes in the 2nd BUS; states can’t tax federal institutions
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Involved New York trying to grant a monopoly on waterborne trade between New York and New Jersey; Marshall ruled that the national government controls interstate trade
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Supreme Court case which protected property rights and asserted the right to invalidate state laws in conflicts with the constitution; states can’t pass laws that invalidate contracts
Fletcher v. Peck
Supreme Court case that placed important restrictions in the ability of state governments to control corporations; contracts by private corporations can’t be altered by states
Dartmouth vs. Woodward
From Virginia, originally James Madison’s Secretary of State but then elected as 5th President of US during the Era of Good Feelings
James Monroe
1819; US acquires Florida after Jackson’s invasion in 1818 on his own volition to chase law breakers; in exchange for Florida Territory, the U.S gives up Texas land claim
Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty laid basis for a demilitarized boundary between the US and British North America (Great Lakes and Lake Champlain), indicative of improving relations between the US and Britain following the War of 1812, enacted in 1817
Rush-Bagot Treaty
1823; statement warning European powers against colonization and intervention in the New World, declared any intervention would be seen as a threat
Monroe Doctrine
President of Monroe; economy is growing, US is expanding west, sectionalism is growing with arguments over internal improvements and managers; called this despite the panic, argument over Missouri compromise; increased a Nationalism, single party rule: Republican
Era of Good Feelings
