P4 Key Concepts

Question 1

Market Revolution

Answer 1

A period of time in early America where the production and spread of manufactured products sky rocketed.

Question 1

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 1

Land purchased by Jefferson from France

Question 2

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 2

Established that the Supreme Court had the power to declare laws unconstitutional and get rid of them.

Question 3

War of 1812

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A war between America and Britain (declared by War Hawks); started because Britain was violating treaty agreements and impressing American sailors

Question 4

American System

Answer 4

Henry Clay’s financial systems, valued internal improvements, protective tariffs, and a national bank

Question 5

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Answer 5

Demanded that all Native tribes west of the Mississippi River must resettle west of the River.

Question 6

Whigs

Answer 6

Political party that was created to fight against Andrew Jackson

Question 7

Temperance

Answer 7

Movement that advocated against the over-consumption of alcohol

Question 8

Corrupt Bargain

Answer 8

What Jacksonian’s accused Adams and Clay of after Adams appointed Clay as VP after he won against Jackson.

Question 9

Trails of Tears

Answer 9

The forced removal of the Cherokee tribe; around 3000 casualties

Question 10

The Second Great Awakening

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Led by Charles Finney designed to reinforce Christian principles; led to several reform movements.

Question 11

Missouri Compromise

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Said that any state below the 36’ 30’ line could be a slave state. Also allowed Missouri into the Union as a Slave state and Maine in as a Free State.

Question 12

John Marshall

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4th Chief Justice; massively expanded the power of the Supreme Court

Question 13

Monroe Doctrine

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Est. by President James Monroe; stated that any colonization in the West after the Latin Wars for Independence would be considered hostile.

Question 14

Cult of Domesticity

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The belief that women shouldn’t stray into the public sphere and stay at home with the children (private sphere).

Question 15

The Panic of 1819

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The first economic depression America experienced; led to a push for universal male suffrage

Question 16

Universal male suffrage

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All white men can vote regardless of property ownership

Question 17

The Tariff of 1828

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Raised import tax by 40%, aided the North and hurt the South. (aka the Tariff of Abominations)

Question 18

The Doctrine of Nullification

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Declared by VP John C. Calhoun, said that states can ignore laws they deem unconstitutional; undermined federal authority

Question 19

Force Bill

Answer 19

Result of the Doctrine of Nullification; said that A. Jackson was allowed to use military force to enforce laws.

Question 20

Worcester v. Georgia

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When the Cherokees challenged the Indian Removal Act in Supreme Court; resulted in their victory

Question 21

Utopian Society

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Communities where people shared everything like power, food, money, and even spouses (ie: Oneida Community and Brooke Farm).

Question 22

Transcendentalism

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The Romantic view about the power of nature and human perfectibility by transcending to higher spiritual levels.

Question 23

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

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Pioneers of transcendentalism and individualism.

Question 24

What parties did the Democratic Republicans split into?

Answer 24

The Democrats and the Whigs

Question 25

Adams-Onis Treaty

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Negotiated by John Q. Adams; bought the Florida territory from Spain

Question 26

Fletcher v. Peck

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Determined that Judicial Review applies to state law.

Question 27

McCulloh v. Maryland

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Declared that federal law overpowers state law if they ever contradict.

Question 28

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 28

Key Abolitionist and Women’s Rights Activist