US History to 1865 Final Flashcards
________ issued a neutrality proclamation in May of 1793 bc he felt that this would stop debates about supporting sides
Washington
Slaves in the French colony of Haiti rebelled against their owners in the ______ _____
Haitian Revolution
_____ ______ was elected the 2nd president of the US
John Adams
____ _____ with France prompted the Federalists to seek potential war with them. French ministers tried to ___ Americans
Maritime disputes, bribe
____ _____ occured when a Virginian slave plotted a revolt modelled on the Haitian slave rebellion. Though it never materialized, knowledge of the plan heightened general anxiety in the US over the continued possibility of slaves
Gabriel’s Rebellion
_____ ______ meant that Jefferson sought to symbolically scale back the tastes and pageantry of previous administrations
Republican Simplicity
___ and ______ went on an expedition (hired by Jefferson) to investigate Indian territory from Mississippi River out to the Pacific Ocean
Lewis, Clark
_______ + _________ occured when France and England pressed the US not to aid their enemies
Barbary Wars, Maritime Troubles
The ______ Act of 1807 prohibited American Ships from engaging in trade in any foreign post
Embargo
____ ____ ran for president and won in 1808, he was the 4th president and he wrote the Constitution of the United States and was a main supporter of central government in America
James Madison
______ continued foreign policy liked Jefferson
Madison
_____ ____ was the presidentress of the United States - she modeled the idea of what a First Lady would look like and she became a key player in society in D.C>
Dolley Madison
_____ tribes, led by Chief Tecumseh, solidified his Indian Confederacy in the Northwest Territory
Shawnee
Indiana’s governor, ____ ____ ____, made agreements with other tribal leaders to buy 3 million acres of Indian land which ended up infuriating Tecumseh, the Indian leader
William Henry Harrison
_____ marched through Europe during 1812 and Americans questioned whether they should be on the side of the French or the English
Napolean
The strict Embargo Act was replaced with a ___ _______ ____ in 1809 that allowed trade with foreign powers outside of England, France, and their colonies
non-intercourse act
In 1810 the Non Intercourse Act expired and Congress allowed for ____ with foreign powers
trade
Henry Clay and John Calhoun led the group called the ___ ___
Wark Hawks
The US attacked _____ but did not gain much over the course of two and a half years
Canada
Indians led by Tecumseh gained in strength and sided with the _______
British
In August of 1814, the British offensive of British Ships began in _________ ____
Chesapeake Bay
In 1814, during the battle of 1812, DC was thrown into panic and people rushed to _____ as the city ____
evacuate, burned
_____ _____ grabbed a portrait of George Washington and President Madison’s papers
Dolley Maddison
It was during the burning of DC amid the Battle of 1812 that ___ ___ ___ composed the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Key Scott
____ ____ _____ occured when Jacksons force was resoundingly victorious in the battle against the british
Battle of New Orleans
The ____ of _____ was signed between the British and the US in 1815
Treaty, Ghent
The ____ of _____ gave a rise of American nationalism as Americans fought the British and won the right to their land. The biggest winners were the War Hawks who carried the Republican party in new directions while the biggest losers were the Indians
War, 1812
Virginian Republicans maintained a hold on the presidency as _______ was elected in 1816 and 1820
James Monroe
The ________ Compromise occurred in 1820 and raised the issue of whether another slave state should be admitted to the Union
Missouri
The ____ _______ caused the American Continents by free constitution which they have assumed are not to be assumed as subjects for future colonization
Monroe Doctrine
___ ____ ____ was president during the era of the Republican Complexity
John Quincy Adams
The Virginian Dynasty included ______, _________, and _____
Jefferson, Adams, and Monroe
Confidence and an _______ spirit increased in America after 1815
entrepreneurial
_____ _____ includes changes in transportation, texture mills and factories creating jobs, innovation and legal practices, as well as an increase in tarriffs
Market revolution
____ _______ are led by private investors and companies who gained monopolies over stagecoach, canal, steamboat, and railway routes
travel innovations
rapid expansion of ______ occured after 1815 and included textile mills and shoemaking as well as factory style organization
manufacturing
the ____ ______ of Europe occurred in 1819 and worsened the situation in the US which was experiencing a contraction of funds as banking called in loans
financial crisis
The 1828 Election occurred between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson was referred to as ___ ______
Old Hickory
The Election of _____ was the first presidential election in which the president was determined by popular vote
1828
By 1834/36, National republicans called themselves “_____
and Democratic Republicans called themselves “_____
Whigs, Democrats
_____ won the ‘34 election by popular vote. He believed in limited federal government
Jackson
____ _____ suffrage became a popular topic - individuals desired freedom to vote regardless of the amount of land they owned
white male
__________ democratic agenda was committed to his image as a “_____ _____”. He had an aggressive frontier policy
Jackson’s, common man
Jackson believed that _____ removal was paramount in American
Indian
The _____ ______ was the campaign for moral reform in American that occured in the late 1830s
Temperance Movement
By the late 1830’s, _____ became a divisive topic
slavery
_______ leaned in sympathy toward the Whig Party
Abolitionists
Jackson defined the ____ party and discussed politics of opportunity
democrats
Jackson caused the Indian removal route of 1830 causing the ____ __ __
Trail of Tears
Jackson passed the _____ ______ Act of 1830
Indian Removal
During the ___ ____, the banks had concentrated undue economic power in the hands of few
Bank War
During the _____ of ______ national debt disappeared and a surplus of government funds caused the general economic pressure of 1837
Panic, 1837
___ ____ ____ had a one term presidency which took the brunt of the 1837 panic and worked to stabilize financial panic
Martin Van Buren’s
The ____ _____ was the idea that white Americans by Providence had a mission to expand Westward
Manifest Destiny
There was a dispute between Britain and the US as to whether _____ Country belonged to them
Oregon
The _____ _____ occurred in 1830 when Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon Exodus
In 1821, ____ won its independence from the United States, and in 1829, it sought more independence
Mexico
At the ________, rebels took refuge in this Franciscan mission during the course of which the Mexican army shot 300 men and killed 137 of those at the refuge
Alamo
President _____ was supportive of the idea of annexing Texas; before he entered office Texas was officially annexed to the US
Polk
During the ___ _____ War, General Zachary Taylor in Texas took 4000 men in an army to the banks of the Rio Grande (the dividing line of dispute) into Mexico
Mexican American
General ____ ____ was the US General primarily involved with the Mexican Award
Zachary Taylor
The Mexican American War was also called ____ _____
Polk’s War
