Election of 1828
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.
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
Spain sells Florida
Panic of 1819
First major recession in the United States
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
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
Southern baptists
Marbury vs. Madison
Market revolution
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
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.
New American identity
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
Expansion of democracy
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Convention of 1818
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Compromise of 1820
Madison declared war on great Britain
Nat turners rebellion
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
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.
Tariff of 1828
Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
McCulloch vs Maryland
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
War hawkes
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
American temperance society
Monroe doctrine
The embargo
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
