Life in the North, South, and Court Cases Flashcards
What was the Marbury V. Madison court case about?
This case established the right of the Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of laws.
Who gave themselves this power?
The Martial Court
What was Martin V. Hunter’s Lessee court case about?
This case set the precedent for the supreme court to be the nation’s final appeal court.
The supreme court overruled the courts of the states.
Fill in the Blank
The supreme court can review any state or court decision where the decision involves a _____
Federal Statue
What was McCulloh v. Maryland court case about?
It established that congress had the power to incorporate the bank
What could the Federal Government do to carry out its constitutional power?
What it had to
How sponsored the new national bank legislation?
John C. Calhoun (SC), Henry Clay (KY), Daniel Webster (MA)
What did the National bank do?
It issued federal banknotes and controlled state banks.
What did most state banks do that the national bank would eliminate?
The issue of state money (couldn’t use NY money in PA)
Where were the two first national banks?
Philadelphia
What is the difference between a tariff and a tax?
Tariffs are taxes on imports and exports while taxes are taxes on normal things in states.
What are revenue tariffs?
provided income for the federal government (purpose is just to make money)
What are protective tariffs?
Tax on things from out of the country to make our products look good (purpose to protect US manufacturers)
What court was the most influential court and shaped the constitution to what it is today?
Martial Court (1801-1835)
What was the purpose was Gibbons V. Odgen?
Established federal law, controlled interstate commerce.
Court decided that the federal government has exclusive power over interstate commerce.
True or False?
No state law is permitted to supersede federal trade law if commerce/trade is between states
True moo
Which law overrides the other?
Federal law or state law?
Federal Law
What was the purpose of the Monroe doctrine?
The USA didn’t want to be a British puppet
It warned European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs
In the North who were sometimes educated?
Upper and middle-class men citizens
What field were women educated in?
The domestic arts
What was the primary economic activity in the north?
Agriculture
Although the north wanted slavery abolished they were still very (what)?
Racist
What was banned in 1808 that affected the slave market?
Foreign slave trade
Approximately how many people were enslaved by 1850?
4 million
What group of people dominated the southern economy and political systems?
The planter elite
What was the bulk of the southern white population?
Yeoman Farmers
What group finished out the social ladder?
White rural poor people
Who was below white rural poor
Slaves
What percentage of the southern population did slaves make up?
37 percent
Children of slaves were allowed to be kids until when?
They were useful
When was the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo mark?
The end of the Mexican-American war
What territory did the Americans claim from the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Texas as well as Mexican territories of New Mexico as well as upper California
Missouri was a
slave state
Maine was a
Free state
What was the dividing line between slave and free states?
36° 30° line
