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Period 4: 1800-1848 Flashcards

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Louisiana Purchase

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Monroe bought that area from french for 15mil

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Strict Interpretation

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Government can only do what is explicitly written

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Loose Interpretation

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Government can have a more loose interpretation of the Constitution

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Judicial Review

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Ability of the court to declare something a violation of the constitution

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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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Established the principle of judicial review

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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States can’t tax branches of the federal gov.

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Implied Powers

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Powers that can be reasonably inferred

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Era of Good Feelings

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a period in American history from 1815 to 1824. It followed the Jeffersonian Era and preceded the Jacksonian Era. The Era of Good Feelings was marked by a sense of nationalism and patriotism following the War of 1812

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Economic Nationalism

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Political movement to support the growth of the young nation’s economy by subsidizing internal improvements and protecting US industries

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Sectionalism

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Restriction of interest to a national sphere

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American System

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  1. Federally funded internal improvements
  2. Federal tariffs
  3. 2nd bank of the US
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Panic of 1819

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1st US widespread financial crisis

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Missouri Compromise

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Missouri became a state but so did Maine to keep balance in the House of Representatives, any new states under the 36-30 line would be slave states, and above free states

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War Hawks

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Someone who favors war

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Impressment

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England taking US citizens off boats and forcing them into service

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Nonintercourse Act

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Permitted trade with places other than France and Britain

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War of 1812

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a military conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. The war was sparked by a variety of issues, including British interference with American trade and the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy

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Monroe Doctrine

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A warning for European powers to not interfere in the Western hemisphere

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National Road

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Erie Canal

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an artificial waterway constructed between 1817–1825 to connect the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo, spanning over 350 miles across New York state. The canal’s completion was a major engineering feat of the early 19th century

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Interchangeable Parts

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a manufacturing system which uses standardized parts which are all identical and thus, interchangeable

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Factory System

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replaced the domestic system, using new technology and machinery to mass produce goods for the United States

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Lowell System/Textle Mills/Unions

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Textile factory system of the early 19th century that employed mainly young women [age 15-35] from New England farms to increase efficiency, productivity and profits. These textile mills provided dormitories for young women where they were cared for, fed, and sheltered in return for cheap labor

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Market Revolution

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Marked americas transition from mainly agrarian society into a firmly capitatlist society

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Spoils System

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the political tactic of employing and promoting civil servants who are the supporters and friends of the group in power to office

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Rotation in Office

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the removal of officeholders of the rival party on democratic grounds

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Indian Removal Act (1830)

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Exchanged Native land that was a part of Georgia boundaries for land that was on the other side of the Missisippi River

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Corrupt Bargain

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A political scandal that arose when the Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, allegedly met with John Quincy Adams before the House election to break a deadlock. Adams was elected president against the popular vote and Clay was named Secretary of State

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Tariff of 1828

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raised taxes on imported manufactures so as to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing

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Nullification Crisis

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a political dispute between the Federal Government and the government of South Carolina over tariffs that were designed to protect manufacturers in the Northern states

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Democrats

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Jackson, resembled the Federalist Party under Hamilton

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Whigs

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Henry Clay, resembled the Democratic-Republicans under Jefferson

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Oneida Community

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Wanted to be a perfect society, the idea was everything was shared including children and spouses

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Antebellum

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Pre-Civil War

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Romanticism

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Championed emotional reality over/against rational reality

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Transcendentalists

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Artistic expression was more important than wealth, highly valued individualism and downplayed the importance of organized institutions

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Second Great Awakening

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A series of religious revivals among protestant Christians emphasized righteous living, personal restraint, and a strong moral rectitude that would lead a person and society to salvation

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Temperance

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Abstinence from drinking

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Asylum Movement

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Structure and discipline would bring about moral reform

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Penitentiaries

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New prisons in PA where prisoners were placed in solitary confinement to force them to reflect on sins and repent; high rate of prisoner suicides caused the end of the system

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Common/Public School Movement

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Reform movement started in the Jacksonian Era focused on the need for free public schools for children of all classes

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Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

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Leading feminists met in 1848 and issued a document closely modeled after the Declaration of Independence

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Abolition

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The movement to end slavery

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Cult of Domesticity

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Viewed women as moral leaders of the home to shape their childrens minds

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Nat Turner

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Rebelled against his masters and killed them, with him and other slaves killing 55 white people in total before being hung

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Peculiar Institution

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Slavery referred to as a “peculiar insitution” because some Whites were sensitive about how they treated other people

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