The Final 150 Part 2 Flashcards
Election of 1800
It was Thomas Jefferson vs John Adams and Thomas Jefferson won
Louisiana Purchase
deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
It was when Lewis and Clark went to see what land was in the Louisiana purchase
Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake
Causes f the war of 1812
War Hawks from the War of 1812
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
The Star Spangled Banner
Was written during Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry. Written by John Stafford Smith
Monroe Doctrine
The Western Hemisphere wasn’t able for colonization. Western Hemisphere= North America and South America
Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration
The Irish came to the west coast because they didn’t have enough potatoes and they all were hungry
War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans
Doc was burned fort mchenry was in Baltimore and it was where the star spangled banner was written,battle of New Orleans took place after the war was over because the troops didn’t know that the treaty was signed
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention
American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women’s rights movement. ???????
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
Capitalism
an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Free Enterprise System
Free enterprise is a type of economy where products, prices, and services are determined by the market, not the government. It’s capitalism, not communism
Supply and Demand
the amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.
Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s
Cotton
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important
It made cotton a lot easier to make which meant that plantation owners got more and more slave
Urban vs Rural
Urban areas can include town and cities while rural areas include villages and hamlets.
Wilderness Road
The Wilderness Road was the principal route used by settlers for more than five years to reach Kentucky from the East. It was blazed by Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
He explored the west when it was illegal to
Cumberland Gap
A gap in the mountains used by people who got to Tennessee and Kentucky
The Corrupt Bargain
Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House at the time, convinced Congress to elect John Quincy Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State. Andrew Jackson’s supporters denounced this as a “corrupt bargain.
Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank
He fought the bank and killed the national bank ????
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many res
Trail of Tears
The name of the trail that the Indians had to go on to go to the west
Sequoyah
Sequoyah, named in English George Gist or George Guess, was a Cherokee silversmith. In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible.
William Henry Harrison’s Presidency
He had the shortest presidency because he got pneumonia and died
Manifest Destiny
Where the United States wanted to spread its borders to the west coast
Texas Rebellion
The Texas Revolution began when colonists in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralized Mexican government
