Social Studies Flashcards
What is impressment
Forcibly recruiting sailors without consent into military
What is a privateer
Privately owned ships commissioned by government to capture enemy vessels
Treaty of Ghent date
Dec 24 1814
What did treaty of ghent do
Ended war of 1812 and restored pre war boundaries
Dates of napoleanic wars
1803-1815
Allies of US
French and British
Why did us declare war in britain
For hijacking ships for supporting france
Missouri compromise meaning
Deal to balance free and slave states
Monroe doctrine year
1823
Monroe doctrine
Policy asserting US opposition to EU colonization and declaring American hemisphere off limits for colonization
Spoils system
Rewarding political supporters
Populism
Appealing to common people
Era of good feeling 3 points
No political division
Patriotism
Monroe Doctrine
What direction did people move after war of 1812
west
What did andrew jackson do
Founded democrats
Won 1828 election
Stopped second national bank
What is bank panic
People withdrawing money from banks and making them shut down
Second national bank year and what was it
1816 federally chartered
Pet bank
State chartered banks received deposits after second national bank shut down
What could a national bank do
Watch banks
Create federal currency
Who did national bank target
Wealthy
Trail of tears
Andrew Jackson wanted to rid of native Americans so he sent 6,000 people to Oaklahoma
Panic of 1837
Gave too many loans, banks failed and caused bank panic
Manifest destiny
19th century belief that americans have the right to conquer the atlantic to pacific
Who abolished second bank
Andrew jackson
