History exam review cards
Temporary RI governer
Thomas Dorr
attacked the Sedition Act as unconstitutional
Virginia resolution
called for a declaration of war with Great Britain
War Hawks
Jackson's inauguration was:
a large, rowdy event
What was not part of Alexander Hamilton's financial program?
a national capital city with experimental manufacturing
Seeing the events as an extension of their own progress of liberty, white Americans supported the Haitian Revolution and the establishment of Haiti as an independent nation in 1804
false
Women and placks fully enjoyed the fruits of the market revolution
false
the Battle of Washington D.C., valiantly fought by the Americans, was a much needed victory
false
the Revolution of 1800 was quite violent
false
the U.S. military was well prepared for the War of 1812.
false
the journey from 1804 to 1806 of Lewis and Clark did not produce much valuable info
false
what was not a way that the market revolution changed western farming?
farmers in the Old Northwest used slave labor to expand their production
by 1860, free black men could vote on the same basis as whites only in:
four states in the lower south
thoreau believed that:
genuine freedom lay within the individual
the majority of the nearly 4 million immigrants that entered the U.S. between 1840 and 1860 were mostly:
german an irish
What is true of Lafayette's 1824 visit to the U.S.?
he negotiated a trade agreenent that demonstrated the rising economic influence of the united states
what was not true about John quincy Adams?
he was a firm believer in strict construction of the Constitution
what helped encourage Richard Allen to establish the African methodist episcipal church?
he was forcibly ermoved from praying at the alter rail at his former church
forced American sailors into the British Navy
impressments
What was true about the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?
it was the only time in U.S. history that the president commanded an army in the field
When George Washington took office as the first president, American leaders believed that the new nation's success depended on:
maintaining political harmony
Alexander Hamilton's long-term goal was to:
make the U.S. a major commercial and military power
a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
manifest destiny
maintained the balance of power between slave and free states
missouri compromise
americas diplomatic decloration of independence
monroe doctrine
president of the second bank of the US
nicholas biddle
the Independence movements in Latin America between 1810 and 1822:
paralleled in some ways the independence movement that created the US
the Dorr War:
pitted proponents of expanded voting rights for whites against the status quo in RI
the panic of 1819:
prompted some states to suspend debt collections, which helped debtors but hurt creditors
When Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain African-American help to fight the British in the Battle of New Orleans, he:
recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits recieved
Squatters
set up farms on unoccupied land
groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
slave coffles
the Kentucky resolution originally stated that
states could nullify laws of Congress
what encouraged the building of factories in coastal towns such as New Bedford and even large inland cities such as Chicago by the 1840s?
steam power meant factories no longer had to be near waterways to generate electicity
the land involved in the Louisiana Purchase:
stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
government could only do exactly what the Constitution stated
strict constructionist
the first industry to be shaped by a large factory system was:
textiles
a primary reason that both women and blacks were excluded from the expansion of democracy was
that both groups were viewed as being naturally incapable and this unfit for sufferage
With whom did Alexander Hamilton and his supporters believe that the U.S. needed to cultivate a firm relationship in order to survive as a nation?
the British
Why did the U.S. become a one-party nation following the War of 1812?
the Hartford Convention's allegedly treasonous activities fatally damaged the Federalist Party's reputation
What was the significance of the case of Marbury V. Madison?
the Supreme Court asserted the power of judicial review
Cherokee trek to Oklahoma
trail of tears
a literary and philosophical movement
trancendentalism
the catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in:
transportation and communication
Irish immigrants tended to be more skilled then then German immigrants arriving around the same time
true
Most of the Public government buildings constructed around 1800 in Washington, D.C., were built by using slave labor.
true
Newspapers and pamphlets were a primary vehicle for political debate in the early republic
true
Samual slater memorized the plans for the power-driven spinning jenny before immigrating to America
true
Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa tried to revive a pan-Indian movement and unite against the white man
true
free trade and sailors' rights were the 2 issues that drew the U.S. into the War of 1812
true
in order to satisfy the need of slave labor in the Cotton Kingdom, an estimated 1 million slaves were relocated to the Deep South from the older slave states between 1800 and 1860
true
the catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in transportation and communication
true
the early industrial revolution in America was largely confined to New England and a few cities outside it
true
the market revolution produced a new middle class
true
the religious revivals of the early nineteenth century were originally organized by established religious leaders alarmed by the low levels of church attendance in the young republic
true
a personal moral quality associated with woman
virtue
the term citizen in America had become synonymous with the right to:
vote
the Sedition Act:
was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court 2 years later
the Erie Canal
was far larger than any other canal in the U.S. at that time
in the first half of the 19th century, paper money:
was illegal
Mary Wollstonecraft's (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman):
was inspired by Thomas Paine's (Right of Man)
the national political parties of the second American party system were:
Democrats and whigs
waterway linking NYC to the Great Lakes
Erie Canal
Pennsylvania farmer uprising
Fries's Rebellion
How did the market revolution affect the lives of artisans?
Gathered in factories, they faced constant supervision and the breakdown of craftsmanship in specialized tasks
What happened to King Louis XVI during the French Revolution?
He was executed
what was not an objection raised by critics of Hamilton's proposals?
His program would create a corrupt alliance between gov't and large commercial interests
his proposal sparked the Missouri contraversy
James Tallmadge
negotiated with Britain
Jay's Treaty
theorist behind nullification contraversy
John Calhoun
Cherokee resistance leader
John Ross
bought for $15 million
Louisiana territory
judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
held Bank of the US was constitutional
McCulloch v. Maryland
in Gibbson v. Ogden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:
NY could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation between NY and NJ
prejudice against immigrants
Nativism
unofficial conflict with France
Quasi-war
Who believed that freedom was an open-ended process of self-realization by which individuals could remake themselves and their own lives?
Ralph waldo emerson
religious revival
Second Great Awakening
restrictions placed on freedom of the press
Sedition Act
a decree that labor organization was legal
Commonwealth v. Hunt
what was the most important export from the U.S. by the mid-nineteenth century?
cotton
revolutionized American slavery
cotton gin
the Democratic-Republican Societies of the 1790's:
criticized the Washington administration
a celebration of the home
cult of domesticity
by 1830's, approximately _____________ percent of adult white men were eligible to vote
90
How did Americans respond to the French Revolution?
Almost everyone supported it at first, because the French seemed to be following in Americans' footsteps
mass production of interchangeable parts
American system
political program for economic developement
American system
what did nativists not blame immigrants for in the 1840s?
alchohol abuses
john Astor, who seemed to exemplify the "self-made man":
became wealth by trading goods between US and China
what improvement most dramatically increased the speed and lowered the expense of commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century?
canals and steamboats
Jefferson's Embargo Act:
caused economic depression within the U.S.
How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?
clocks increasingly regulated the seperation of work and leisure time
a charted entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
corporation
Pierre Charles L'Enfant is well known for:
designing Washington, D.C.
Judith Sargent Murray argued that women's apparent mental inferiority to men simply reflected the fact that women had been denied:
educational opportunities
Jay's Treaty abandoned any American alliance with Britain by positioning the U.S. close to France
false
John O'Sullivan coined the term "manifest destiny" to describe America's divinely appointed mission to settle all of North America
false
National boundaries made westward expansion difficult as they erected a barrier to settlement
false