Final 150 Part 2 Flashcards
Election of 1800
John Adams v. Thomas Jefferson/president v. Vice President
- two candidates had 73 electoral votes:Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
- the election was decided by the House of Representatives
Louisiana Purchase
France sales this land for $15 million
- it doubled the size of the US
- some Federalists threatened to leave the union over the purchase
Lewis and Clark expedition
They followed the Missouri River on a trip to the Pacific Ocean
-this inspired people to move west
Impressment and attack of the Cheasapeake
- the British impressed/ made them serve in the British navy, thousands of native US citizens
- The US ship the Cheasapeake was intercepted by a British vessel demanding to search for his dissenters
- the captain refused, so the British commander attacked
War Hawks from the War of 1812
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
War of 1812
The Capitol of Dc and the presidents mansion was burned
- Dolley Madison saved portrait of George Washington
- the British attacked fort McHenry
- battle of New Orleans happened after the treaty was signed
- this battle was decisive victory for the US; made Andrew Jackson a household name
The Star Spangled Banner
Written by Francis Scott Key,inspired by the attacks on Fort McHenry
Monroe Doctrine
-the Western Hemisphere was no longer open for civilization
Was a sign to European nations to keep out of the Americas
-it became a big part of the American foreign policy instantly
Irish potato famines relationship to immigration
Immigration to the US grew sharply during this time
-brought customs and religions to America and changed some of the way of living
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Convention
Was a conference led by Stanton that discussed mainly women’s suffrage
/right to vote
Industrial revolution
Time of change from an agrarian society to one based on industry
-the Industrial Revolution movement began in New England
Capitalism
Economic System of the US
-individuals put there capital into a business in hopes of making a profit
Capital-money used for the investment
Free Enterprise System
People are free to buy, sale, and produce what they want and can work when they wish
-prices are set up by supply and demand in a Free Enterprise System
Supply and Demand
Them amount of something and the number of buyers for it,used as factors when considering price
Cotton
Number one crop in the south in the 1800’s
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
Or removed seeds from picked cotton
-allowed for a huge increase in cotton production
Urban vs. Rural
Rural-country
Urban-city
Wilderness Road
Route from Kentucky to the Atlantic coast
- aided the early exploration of TN
- made passing through mountains easier
- opened door for more settlement
Daniel Boone
Boone and 30 skilled foresters blazed the trail that became the Wilderness Road
-this made him a long hunter, or an American wilderness explorer for at least 6 months
Cumberland Gap
In the mountains
-allowed for a path to be created that made passing through the Appalachian Mountains easier
The Corrupt Bargain
When Henry Clay meets with Adams and agrees to use his influence to help Adams get the vote in the House of Representatives
- Quincy Adams wins the election of 1824
- after Corrupt Bargain the democratic Republican Party splits up
Andrew Jackson
Spoils System-practice of replacing government employees with winning candidate supporters
-Jackson wanted destroy the national bank and give the money to the smaller ones
Indian Removal Act
Act passed by congress in order to relocate Native Americans
Trail of Tears
Relocation of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma
-Winfield Scott and Army of 7000 federal troops came to remove Cherokee from there homes
Sequoyah
Known for writing the Cherokee language
Lilian Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe and Tyler too
- inauguration speech lasted two hours
- shortest presidency-32 days
Manifest Destiney
Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way yo the Pacific
Texas Rebellion
-Stephen F. Austin recruited 300 American families to help settle land in Mexico
The Alamo
The defenders bought Texans some much needed time
Davy Crokett
A backwoods man from TN who volunteered to fight at the Alamo
Oregon Trail
Was a seed by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest
James K. Polk
First president to fulfill manifest destiny
Mexican War
US believes border is the Rio Grande Mexico believes border is Nueces River
- ceded California and New Mexico and in return the US gave them $15 million
John Sutter and the California Gold Rush
Obtained land in California
- 1st to discover a gold nugget
- Gold rush more than doubled the worlds supply of Gold
Brigham Young
Led the migration to the Great Salt Lake are Utah
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Helped preserve the balance between ween the north and the south
-made Maine enter as a free and Missouri as a slave
John Brown
Violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery
Harriet Tubman
Most well known conducted of the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad
Network of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people
Fredrick Douglas
Most well known African American abolitionist
- worked hard to become a powerful speaker
- edited antislavery newspaper “North Star”
Uncle Toms Cabin
Bye Harriet Beecher Stowe
-political novel and bestsellers that discussed how slavery was brutal
Fugitive Slave Act
Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850
- anyone who aided these slaves could be imprisoned or fined
- this caused anger in the North
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US
-allowed for popular sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavey
Summer-Brooks incident
Senator Charles Sumner lashed out against those for slavery,including Andrew P. Butler
-Butlers cousin walked into senate chamber and hit Summer with a cane
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown led 18 men to attack a weapon storage facility
Dred Scott v Stanford
Was a court case of Scott-slave and his owner
-case decided the nation
Lincoln-Douglass debates
Senate race in Illinois that became the center of national attention
-“A house divided against itself cannot stand”
Election of 1860
Lincoln won the election
- showed a divided country
- the big question was will the union continue to exist
Causes of the Civil War
The states were divided over the issue of slavery
Fort Sumter
Was the first major event that started the Civil war
Ulysses S. Grant
Commander of the Union Armies
Robert E. Lee
Lead commander of the Confederate troops
Stonewall Jackson
Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in the US history
First Battle of Bull Run
The first major battle of the Civil War
Anaconda Plan
Union war plan to defeat the South by dividing them into two
54th Massachusetts
Most well known African American regiment
The Battle of Gettysburg
Union forces are outnumbered and forced to retreat
- after 2 unsuccessful days Lee plans attack that he hoped would send panic and destroy the army
- remembered as Pickett’ Charge
The Battle of Vicksburg
One of the Union victories that was considered the turning point of the Civil War
Sherman’s March to the Sea
General William Tecumseh Sherman led the Western army towards Atlanta
-after burning Atlanta,Sherman’s army began there historic “March to the Sea” towards Savannah Georgia
Lee’s surrender to Grant
On April 9,1865, Lee and his troops surrendered to Grant in a small Virginia village called Appomattox Courthouse
-the terms of surrender were very forgiving in the southern troops
13th Amendment
Bans slavery in US states and territories in 1865
14th Amendment
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US in 1866
15th Amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote
Lincoln’s Assassination
In Fords theatre
- by John Wilkes Booth
- died at the Peterson’s House
10 percent plan and radical republican plans for reconstruction
Plan was forgiving on the south
Republican-wanted a harsher readmission process
Freedman’s Bureau
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
Segregation
Separation of the races
Jim Crow laws
Laws that acquired African Americans and whites to be superset in almost every public place
Ku Klux Klan
Largest anti-African American group in the South
