History- Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams

Cotton Gin

1793- Eli Whitney - eased the process of separating seeds from cotton used to make clothes, cotton was really important resource

Andrew Jackson

7-th president of the USA , he was democratic

Cabinet

A body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government

National Bank

A commercial bank that is chartered under the federal government and is a member of the federal Reserve System.

Neutrality Proclamation

A formal announcement issued by George Washington in 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain.

Democrats

A member of the Democratic Party, who supported the democracy

Alien and Sedition Acts

A series of acts passed under the Adams administration. The cars increased the required residency for citizenship, but also increased national security.

Battle of New Orleans

A series of engagements fought between December 24, 1814, and January 8, 1815, together constituting the final major battle of the War of 1812.

Whiskey Rebellion

A tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington.

William Lloyd Garrison

Abolitionist leader

John Adams

American lawyer, and diplomat, second president of the US, First Vice President of the US, he was a leader of American independence from Grest Britain

Thomas Jefferson

American lawyer, principle author of the Declaration of Independence, second Vice President , and the third president of the US.

Whigs

An American colonist who supported the American Revolution

Star spangled banner

the national anthem of the United States of America, based on a poem written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, officially adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1931.

John Marshall

Chief Justice for the Supreme Court

War hawks

Congressmen from South and West who pushed for war against the British and war defense of national honor and to rid the Northwest of The Indian problems

Seneca Falls Convention

Convention held in 1848 to argue for women's rights

Declaration of Sentiments

Document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men

Frederick Douglas

Escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader

Federalists vs. Democratics Republican

Federalists- Alexander Hamilton, John Adams: they wanted strong federal government, to encourage manufacturing and trade, supported loose interpretation of the Constitution. Democratic-Republicans- Thomas Jefferson: he wanted people to have more power, to have strong federal government and to encourage farming, supported strict interpretation of the Constitution.

Erie Canal

Finished in 1825, it was over 300 miles long, it was build by hand, dynamic. It was the first man-made waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, Turns the North into a global economic power house It costs $7 million

Alexander Hamilton

Founding Father of the US, the founder of the nation's financial system, secretary of the treasure during Washington's peesidency.

Indian Removal Act

Passed by Congress in 1830 by Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands.

Loose vs. Strict constitution

Loose Constitution- the language of constitution should be interpreted loosely- if something is not started in the constitution we may still have the right to do it. Strict Constitution- the language of constitution should be interpreted verbatim - if something is not started in the constitution then we should not do it.

Temperance

Movement to ban drinking of alcohol

Abolitionism

Movement to outlaw slavery

Lowell Mill

Refers to the many mills that operated in the city of Lowell, during the 19th and 20th centuries.

2nd Great Awakening

Religious revival movement during the early 19th century in US.

Bank Crisis

When Andrew Jackson closed the bank 1836.

Nullification Crisis

Sectional crisis in 1832-1833 during Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government

Sacajawea

She was Lewis and Clark's interpreter

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

She was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement.

George Washington

The First President of the US, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the US

Marbury v. Madison

The midnight judges, where Judicial Review had started

Judicial Review

The poser to decide whether laws passed by Supreme Court were Constitutional Or Unconstitutional

Spoils System

The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters

Horace Mann

a legislator and educational reformer of the 19th century.

Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson bought a land from French for $15 millions, he used the money for National Bank. The most important area was near by Mississippi River, because it was good for farming.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Thomas Jefferson send them to explore Louisiana Teritory

Trail of Tears

US government forced several tribes of Native Americans to migrate to reservation west of Mississippi River in the 1820, 1830,1840.