Study Guide Flashcards
What happened in the elctions of 1800s?
Revolution Election
What happened in the election of 1824?
Corrupt Bargain
What happened in the election of 1828?
Jacksonian Democracy/more people voted
What happened in the election of 1860?
Lincoln elected/Starts Civil War
What happened in the election of 1875?
Ends Reconstruction
What are the 3 branches of government and what do they do?
Executive: enforces laws
Legislative: passes bills, makes laws , declares war, regulates interstate and foreign trade , and controls taxes
Judicial :declares an action /law unconstitutional / constitution
What was the cause of the American Revolution?
Break away from England
What was the cause of the French and Indian War?
Gain Ohio River Valley
What was the cause of the War of 1812?
Kick England out of the Ohio River Valley
What was the cause of the Mexican-American War?
Mexican Cession
What was the outcome of the First and Second Great Awakening?
1) religious toleration
2) Reform gov. and society as a whole
What was the Pennsylvania Religious Experiment?
Also known as “The Holy Experiment”, Quaker William Penn started Pennsylvania to welcome all religions - except Catholics
What is the colonial geography of the north?
cold, harsh winters, rocky soil
What is the colonial geography of the middle?
cold winters, war summers, some fertile land
What was the colonial geography of the south?
Hot summers, warm climate year round, and fertile soil
What was the north’s economy?
shipbuilding and manufacturing
What was the middle’s economy?
manufacturing and substance farming (wheat)
What was the south’s economy?
commercial farming
Which president:
- set 2 term president
- put down the whiskey rebellion and pardoned revolters
- established a cabinet?
George Washington
Which president:
- established the Alien and Sedition Act
John Adams
Which president:
- bought Louisiana Purchase
- Barbery Wars
- Embargo Act and Non Intercourse Act
Thomas Jefferson
Which president:
- War of 1812
James Madison
Which president:
- Era of Good Feelings
- Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe
Which president:
- Corrupt Bargain
- Build infrastructure
John Q. Adams
Which president:
- Jacksonian Democracy ( more people allowed to vote)
- Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
- Nullification Crisis ( South Carolina an Tariff of Abominations )
Andrew Jackson
Which president:
- 54,40 or fight ( how we got Oregon Territory )
James K. Polk
Which president:
- Won election of 1860 which started the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Which president:
- Agreed to end Reconstruction is elected ( Election of 1876)
Rutherford B. Hayes
What are the 4 trails and why were they created?
Santa Fe Trail : To trade with Mexico
The Oregon Trail : To spread Christianity
The Mormon Trail: to escape persecution
The 49ers/ Gold Rush : To find gold
What was Marbury v. Madison about?
Gave the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review
What was McCullah v. Maryland ?
Ruled that state can not tax a federal institution
What was Gibbons v. Ogden ?
Gave the power of interstate trade to the federal government , thus, giving it more power
What was Dred Scott v. Sanford?
Ruled that a slave who went to a free state is still a slave and the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
What was Worchester v. Georgia?
Ruled in favor of the Cherokee and Native Americans that they did not have to leave their land
What is Federalism?
the balance of power between the federal government and state government
