Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

APUSH Vocab > Unit 4 > Flashcards

Unit 4 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards
1
Q

marbury v madison

A

supreme court decision of 1803 that created the precedent of judicial review by ruling as unconstitutional part of the judiciary act of 1789

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

embargo act of 1807

A

act passed by congress prohibiting american ships form leaving for any foreign port

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

war hawks

A

members of congress predominantly from the south and west who aggressively pushed for a war against britain after their election in 1810

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

battle of new orleans

A

decisive american war of 1812 victory over british troops in January 1815 that ended any british hopes of gaining control of the lower Mississippi river valley

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

war of 1812

A

war fought between the united states and britain from june 1812 to january 1815 largely over british restrictions on american shipping

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

treaty of ghent

A

signed in december 1814 between the united states and britain that ended the war of 1812

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

monroe doctrine

A

declaration by president james monroe in 1823 that the western hemisphere was to be closed off to further european colonization and that the unites states would not interfere in the internal affairs of european nations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

era of good feelings

A

the period from 1817 to 1823 in which the disappearance of the federalists enabled the republicans to govern in a spirit of seemingly nonpartisan harmony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

missouri compromise

A

sectional compromise in congress in 1820 that admitted missouri to the union as a slave state and maine as a free state and prohibited slavery in the northern louisiana purchase territory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

black codes

A

laws passed by states and municipalities denying many rights of citizenship to free black people before the civil war

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

denmark vessey’s conspiracy

A

the most carefully devised slave revolt in which rebels planned to seize control of the charleston in 1822 and escape to freedom in haiti, a free black republic, but they were betrayed by other slaves, and seventy-five conspirators were executed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

gabriel’s rebellion

A

slave revolt that failed when gabriel prosper, a slave preacher and blacksmith, organized a thousand slaves for an attack on richmond, VA in 1800

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

gang system

A

the organization and supervision of slave field hands into working teams on southern plantations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

nat turner’s rebellion

A

uprising of slaves in southampton country VA in the summer of 1831 led by nat turner that resulted in the death of 55 white people

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

industrial revolution

A

revolution in the means and organization of production

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

second great awakening

A

religious revival among black and white southerners in the 1790s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

yeoman farmer

A

independent farmers of the south most of whom lived on family sized farms

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

nullification crisis

A

sectional crisis in the early 1830s in which a states’ rights party in SC attempted to nullify federal law

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

democrats

A

political party formed in the 1820s under the leadership of andrew jackson; favored states rights and a limited role for the federal government

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

indian removal act

A

president andrew jacksons measure that allowed state officials to override federal protection of native americans

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

black hawk

A

1832 war in which federal troops and IL militia units defeated the faux and fox indians led by black hawk

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

trail of tears

A

the forced march in 1838 of the cherokee indians from their homelands in GA to the indian territory in the west

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

specie circular

A

proclamation issued by president andrew jackson in 1836 stipulating that only gold or silver could be used as payment for public land

24
Q

market revolution

A

the outcome of three interrelated developments: rapid improvements in transportation, commercialization, and industrialization

25
Q

henry clay’s american system

A

the program of government subsidies favored by henry clay and his followers to promote american economic growth and protect domestic manufacturers form foreign competition. also a technique of production pioneered in the united states that relies on precision manufacturing with the use of interchangeable parts

26
Q

putting-out system

A

production of goods in private homes under the supervision of a merchant who put out the raw materials paid a certain sum per finished piece and sold the completed item to a distant market

27
Q

declaration of sentiments

A

the resolutions passed at the seneca falls convention in 1848 calling for full female equality, including the right to vote

28
Q

seneca falls convention

A

the first convention for women’s equality in legal rights, held in upstate New York in 1848

29
Q

temperance

A

reform movement originating in the 1820s that sought to eliminate the consumption of alcohol

30
Q

female moral reform society

A

antiprostitution group founded by evangelical women in NY in 1834

31
Q

shakers

A

the followers of mother ann lee who preached a religion of strict celibacy and communal living

32
Q

american colonization society

A

an organization founded in 1817 by the antislavery reformers that called for gradual emancipation and the removal of freed blacks to Africa

33
Q

liberty party

A

the first antislavery political party formed in 1840

34
Q

tammany society

A

a fraternal organization of artisans begun in the 1780s that evolved into a key organization of the new mass politics in NYC

35
Q

manifest destiny

A

doctrine first expressed in 1845 that the expansion of white americans across the continent was inevitable and ordained by god

36
Q

oregon trail

A

overland trail of more than two thousand miles that carried american settlers form the midwest to new settlements in oregon cali and utah

37
Q

louisiana purchase

A

jefferson purchased louisiana territory from napoleons bonaparte for $15 million

38
Q

lewis and clark expedition

A

expedition ordered by jefferson to survey the louisiana territory and find an overland route to the pacific

39
Q

underground railroad

A

routes by which slaves left south to obtain freedom in north

40
Q

worcester v GA

A

john marshall ruled that cherokees could not be forcibly removed

41
Q

bank war over the second bank of the united states

A

The Bank War refers to the political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States during the Andrew Jackson administration

42
Q

mormons

A

Mormons (Latter Day Saints) church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, religious group that emphasized moderation, saving, hard work, and risk-taking; moved from IL to UT.

43
Q

eli whitney

A

inventor of cotton gin

44
Q

samuel slater

A

opened first factory

45
Q

national road

A

The national road was the first highway built with entirely federal funds. Congress authorized the road in 1806 during the Jefferson Administration

46
Q

erie canal

A

It is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean It cut transport costs into what was then wilderness by about 90%. The Canal resulted in a massive population surge in western New York, and opened regions further west to increased settlement

47
Q

robert fulton

A

Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat called Clermont.

48
Q

lowell mills

A

employed women and children from farming backgrounds to work in factory

49
Q

transcendentalism

A

A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830’s and 1840’s, in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature, and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter, intuition is valuable, that each soul is part of the Great Spirit, and each person is part of a reality where only the invisible is truly real. Promoted individualism, self-reliance, and freedom from social constraints, and emphasized emotions.

50
Q

abolitionists

A

people against slavery

51
Q

william lloyd garrison

A

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer

52
Q

grimke sisters

A

abolitionists

53
Q

union

A

workers formed these to improve conditions

54
Q

cult of domesticity

A

women should stay at home and be religious

55
Q

political machines

A

A political machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.

APUSH Vocab (10 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions