The embargo
New party led by Henry Clay. Main difference was disagreement over federal power
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.
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.
Hartford Convention
Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
American temperance society
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
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
Tariff of 1828
Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Removed native americans from their land and sent them to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
Compromise of 1820
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.
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
Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
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
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
McCulloch vs Maryland
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
Charles Finney
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
War hawkes
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Cult of domesticity
A woman's identity and sense of purpose revolved around child-bearing and making her home comfortable for her husband.
Tallmadge amendment
Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Election of 1800
Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
On his way out of office, John Adams appointed 16 new judges. Jefferson refused to deliver some of these appointments. The Supreme Court established judicial review.
