history finals Flashcards
What are the principles that guide the United States in its future dealings with other nations called?
Foreign Policy
How did President Washington respond to the Whiskey Rebellion?
By personally leading 13,000 troops to crush the rebellion
Who did Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation keep the United States out of war with?
Britain and France
In his Farewell Address, President Washington urged Americans to follow a foreign policy based on what?
Isolationism and neutrality
What were major issues dividing the Federalist Party from the Republican Party?
How large and powerful the federal government should be
What did Thomas Jefferson do as president, regarding foreign policy issues?
Thomas Jefferson used the Navy and the Marines to handle the pirates after the peace treaty
What were the results of the War of 1812?
The results of the War of 1812 were American and Britain returning to the conditions before the war
What was the result of the Louisiana Purchase for the United States?
The United States gained the land west of the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River
What were Lewis and Clark sent to do?
Establish trade with the Native Americans, find the Northwest Passage, (it didn’t exist) and map Louisiana since it was recently acquired by the US.
How did the Embargo Act affect New England merchants?
It prohibited ships from trading in foreign ports
What did the impressment of American sailors by the British cause Congress to do?
It caused Congress to make sure they did everything they could to get the sailors back
What did the War Hawks want?
To seize control of British Canada
How did Eli Whitney’s invention, the cotton gin affect slavery in the United States?
There was an increase in the slave demand because they needed them for labor
What leader in Congress strongly opposed the Protective Tariffs of 1816 and 1828?
John C. Calhoun
Why would a Southerner say the following? “Why pay a man much more than the value of it to work up our own cotton into clothing, when by selling my raw material, I can get my clothing much better and cheaper from India?”
The Southerners didn’t want to obey the tariff because doing so would make imported goods more expensive then American goods.
What were the major effects of the high tariffs?
Imported goods rose in price
What was the Spoils System?
The spoils system was a system that gave more opportunities to others to run for different political positions.
How did the Bank of the United States become a political issue?
President Jackson thought the bank was too powerful, and people like Alexander Hamilton disagreed and thought the bank would enhance their wealth.
In the Supreme Court decision about Cherokee lands, what did Chief Justice Marshall rule?
Chief Justice Marshall ruled that the Cherokee has the right to stay on their land since they were there before the settlers arrived
Government jobs
“To the victors belong the spoils of war”
States’ rights
“Our federal Union - It must be preserved”
Indian Removal Act
“I feel conscious of having done my duty to my red children”
The election of 1824
“It was a corrupt bargain”
What was the United States saying with the Monroe Doctrine?
That European Powers should not interfere with the Western Hemisphere affairs
