Second great awakening
Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
Election of 1828
Jefferson's presidency
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Panic of 1819
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Spain sells Florida
McCulloch vs Maryland
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
Election of 1800
Louisiana purchase
Napoleon needed money to quell the Haitian revolution, so he sold the Louisiana territory, and Jefferson bought. This was controversial because the constitution didn't specify how to add territory to the union.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Nat turners rebellion
American temperance society
Monroe doctrine
Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
Election of 1824
The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
Rush-Bagot pact
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Treaty of New Echota
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Hartford Convention
Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Madison declared war on great Britain
Southern baptists
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Marbury vs. Madison
The embargo
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Whigs
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Charles Finney
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
Effects of the War of 1812
Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
Cult of domesticity
