Final 150 Pt.2 Flashcards
Election of 1800
John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson
Decided by the house of reps
Jefferson won by 1 vote
Louisiana Purchase
France sells the territory for $15 million
Doubled the size of the US
a group of federalist threatened to secede
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark were sent the new territory and find resources
Followed the Missouri River on their way The the Pacific Ocean
Made people go west to settle by sparking a sense of adventure
Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake
Caused the war of 1812
War Hawks from the War of 1812
Pushed for war with Great Britain
Henry clay
War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans
The capitol, the Presidents mansion, and the library of congress were burned down
Fort McHenry- fort At the entrance to the Biltmore harbor
Battle of New Orleans- took place after the treaty of Ghent
The Star Spangled Banner
After the attack of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote the star-spangled banner
Monroe Doctrine
The Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization
Put in place due to many Latin American nations gaining independence from Spain
Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration
It made the largest group of immigrants from Ireland
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention
The Seneca Falls Convention
First women’s rights convention
Industrial Revolution
Change from an agrarian society to one based on industry
Capitalism
The economic system of the US
Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit
Free Enterprise System
People are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want and can work when they wish
Supply and Demand
amount you have and what the people want
Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s
Cotton
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important
It allowed complete products to be made by using identical machine parts
It was important to slaves to make their work easier
Urban vs Rural
Urban is city
Rural is Country
Wilderness Road
The route to Kentucky from the Atlantic coast
Aided the early exploration of Tennessee because passing through mountains was eaiser
Daniel Boone
Blazed the trail that became Wilderness road
A long hunter
Cumberland Gap
Allowed for a path to make passing through the Appalachian mountains easier
The Corrupt Bargain
Henry clay meets with John Adams and agrees to use his influence to help Adams get the vote in the HOR
Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank
Spoils system- the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates
Indian Removal Act
Act passed by Congress in order to relocate Native Americans
Modern day oaklahoma
Trail of Tears
Relocation and movement of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oaklahoma
Sequoyah
Known for creating the written Cherokee language
William Henry Harrison’s Presidency
9th president
Gave inauguration speech that lasted over 2 hrs
Dies of pneumonia 32 days after
Manifest Destiny
Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean
Texas Rebellion
Stephen F. Austin recruited 300 American families to help him settle land in Mexico
The Alamo – battle significance
The defenders of the Alamo bought Texans much needed time
Davy Crockett
A backwoodsman from TN who volunteered to fight at the Alamo
Oregon Trail
Used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest
James K Polk – President that fulfilled what?
11th president
Unexpected winner
Mexican War – Border dispute, Mexican Cession
US thinks the border is the Rio Grande River
Mexico thinks it is the Nueces River
Mexican cession- Ceded California and New Mexico, in return the US gave them $15 million
John Sutter and the California Gold Rush
John sutter obtained land in California
1st to discover gold on his property
Gold rush- more than doubled the worlds supply of gold
Brigham Young
Led a migration group to Salt Lake City, Utah
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Helped preserve the balance between the north and south
Made Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state
John Brown
A violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery
Harriet Tubman
Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad
A network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people
Fredrick Douglass
Most well known African American abolitionist
Worked hard to become a powerful speaker with wisdom
Edited an anti-slave newspaper called the “North Star”
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Novel that explored the issue of slavery
Fugitive Slave Act
Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850
Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be fined
The enforcement of this act caused more anger in the North
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the US
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas became the first territory to shed blood in a Civil war over slavery
Sumner-Brooks Incident
Senator Charles Sumner Lashed out against those for slavery
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown led 18 men on a raid to attack a weapon storage facility
He hoped to start a rebellion against slave holders by arming slaves
Dred Scott v Sandford
“Dred Scott Decision”
March 6, 1857
Divided the nation even more
Lincoln-Douglass debates – House Divided Speech
“I believe that this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. A house divided against itself cannot stand”
Election of 1860
Lincoln becomes 16th president
Causes of the Civil War
Fort Sumter attack
Fort Sumter
Beginning of the civil war
Ulysses S. Grant
18th president
Robert E. Lee
Against slavery, but still fought on the Confederate side
Stonewall Jackson
One of the most gifted tactical commanders in 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 in two
54th Massachusetts
Most well known African American regiment
The Battle of Gettysburg
Lee plans an attack that he hoped would create a panic and destroy the army
The Battle of Vicksburg
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Sherman’s march to the Sea
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Lee Surrendering to Grant
April 9, 1865
It was at Appomattox Court House
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in -865
14th Amendment
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US
15th Amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote
Lincoln Assassination – theater name, murderer, place of death
Fords theater, John Wilkes Boothe, Petersen House
10 Percent Plan and Radical Republican Plans for Reconstruction
10 percent plan- when 10% of voters pledged loyalty to the Union
Radical Republicans- Wanted a harsher readmittion process
Freedman’s Bureau
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
Established by Lincoln and Congress
Segregation
Separation of the races
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place in the south
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan was the largest anti-African American terrorist organization in the south
