History "A growing nation" #1 Flashcards
Platform
A political Parties Ideals
What where the growing years of the U.S.?
1820 - 1845
What year would be the end of importing slaves?
1808
Who was our fifth president?
What were his beliefs about political parties?
How did he feel about the presidential power?
- James Monroe
- He did not like political parties
- He believed that the presidential power was strong enough
When does Indiana become a state?
When does Illinois become a state?
- Indiana 1816
- Illinois 1818
Why was the Federalist party in decline?
- Their party’s goals were too sectionally supported
- they had a few leaders left in their party
What was the Marbury vs Madison case for?
- Judicial Review
What was the Fletcher Vs Peck case for?
- it made state laws unconstitutional for establishing sanctions on state land
What was McCulloh Vs Maryland
- made it so that no state can control or tax national institutions within its borders
-Making government building untouchable by the states
What is Judicial review?
- this allows the supreme court to review a law and see if its unconstitutional
Gibbsons Vs Odgen
- It would stop monopolies and give power to the Gov. to have control over “interstate commerce”
Tariff
- goods being imported with a tax
What war sparked the Industrial revolution?
-The War of 1812
What technologies would be developed in the Industrial Revolution?
- Canals
- Spinning Jenny = big looms
- Cotten Gins
- interchangeable parts
Who developed the Cotten Gin? What was unique about this Cotten Gin?
- Eli Whitney
- This cotton Gin would have interchangeable parts which would lower the price of goods.
What sparked the use of slavery in the 1820s
the cotton jin
what was America’s mane money maker?
cotton
What percent of taxes where in cotton?
80%
what percent of people in the south owned slaves?
7.0%
what where some benefits to the revolution?
-cheap labor force
-new inventions saved time
What was so special about Massachusetts?
it was the industry hub of America
what did the revolution do for us and Europe?
It let us to support ourselves and not rely on Europe
what was a capital pool?
where corporations would pool money together to put expensive assets
limited liability
the investor’s responsibility for debt was only tied to how much money they invested
When did the gold rush begin
1849
What was the main source of labor for factories?
-woman
-immigrants
-children
-slaves
what funded the civil war?
the gold from the gold rush
What was a safe way to store your money back in the 1800’s
to store it in American banks
What where bank notes backed by?
gold and silver
- which led America to become more powerful
Where was increased sectionalism happening? And for what reasons?
- the north and south
- The north wanted business the south wanted agriculture
What were in Indians doing in Georgia that made Andrew Jackson go to flordia
- the Indians would go raiding in Georgia and flee back to Florida because it was a Spanish territory
What did Andrew Jackson do in Florida? What does James Monroe do? How does John Q Adam’s fix the Problem?
-Andrew Jackson goes to Florida and starts a conflict with Spain
-Monroe puts John Q Adams to deal with the problem
-John Q Adams swaps Florida with Texas
What is the Adams Onis Treaty? What was odd about this document?
-The official document that would swap Florida for Texas
-America didn’t really own Texas
What was the significance of the Erie Canal?
-It would open up New York to the Great Lakes
What where the four main roads of America?
- Corduroy Roads
- National Roads
-Toll Roads
-Turn Pikes
what is a Corduroy Road?
- A road with rows of trees laying down side by side.
- It looks like Corduroy
What is a National road?
- Road paid by the government
What is a toll road?
-A road that a company would charge you to use
What is a turnpike?
- a private road that a big lever would stop a car from moving
What was the Monroe doctrine for?
- The U.S. would be the protector of America
- We would stay out of European affairs
- we would oppose European intervention (colonialism) in the Americas
-Any Violation is considered and attack on America is an attack on The U.S.
