Chapter 8 Ids Jeffersonianism And The Era Of Good Feelings Apush Answers – Flashcards
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Tripolitan (Barbary) Pirates
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Jefferson decided to send a naval squadron in the Mediterranean against the Barbary pirates (rulers from Tripoli, Morocco, Tunis, and Algiers) that had solved their budgetary problems by engaging in piracy and extorting tribute in exchange for protection. The United States was able to win the war and the war cost half of what the United States had been paying annually for protection.
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Judiciary Act of 1801
Judiciary Act of 1801
Judiciary Act of 1801
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One of the last important laws passed by the expiring Federalist Congress. It created 16 new federal judgeships and other judicial offices. This was Adamss last attempt to keep Federalists power in the new Republican Congress. His goal was for federalists to dominate the judicial branch of government.
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Midnight Judges
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(JA), 1801, , The 16 judges that were added by the Judiciary Act of 1801 that were called this because Adams signed their appointments late on the last day of his administration.
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Midnight Judges
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(JA), 1801, , The 16 judges that were added by the Judiciary Act of 1801 that were called this because Adams signed their appointments late on the last day of his administration.
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Marbury v. Madison
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The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Courts power of judicial review over acts of Congress, (the Judiciary Act of 1789).
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John Marshall
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835. Presided over cases such as Marbury V. Madison
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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1804-1806 - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were commissioned by Jefferson to map and explore the Louisiana Purchase region. Beginning at St. Louis, Missouri, the expedition travelled up the Missouri River to the Great Divide, and then down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. It produced extensive maps of the area and recorded many scientific discoveries, greatly facilitating later settlement of the region and travel to the Pacific coast.
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Sacajawea
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native american woman who served as a guide an interpreter for the lewis and clark expedition
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Aaron Burr and James Wilkerson Conspiracy
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The Aaron Burr and James Wilkerson conspiracy was a plan in 1806, to create a new nation in Mexico and the Louisiana territory. It was reported to Jefferson and Burr was arrested but no evidence was produced and he was freed and exiled to europe
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British Orders in Council and Napoleons Continental System
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allows both countries to seize cargo.
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Impressment
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British practice of taking American sailors from American ships and forcing them into the British navy; a factor in the War of 1812.
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Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
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1807 - The American ship Chesapeake refused to allow the British on the Leopard to board to look for deserters. In response, the Leopard fired on the Chesapeake. As a result of the incident, the U.S. expelled all British ships from its waters until Britain issued an apology. They surrendered the colony to the English on Sept. 8, 1664.
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Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts
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britain and france began taking american ships
jefferson had congress pass the embargo act in 1807 where the US would not trade with any foreign nations-hurt france and britain, but us exports dropped and the economy fell
US then passed the non intercourse act where they would trade with all nations other than france and britain
jefferson had congress pass the embargo act in 1807 where the US would not trade with any foreign nations-hurt france and britain, but us exports dropped and the economy fell
US then passed the non intercourse act where they would trade with all nations other than france and britain
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War Hawks, John C. Calhoun, and Henry Clay
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War hawks were western settlers who advocated war with Britain because they hoped to acquire Britains northwest posts (and also Florida and even Canada) and because they felt the British were aiding the Indians and encouraging them to attack the Americans on the frontier. John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were the leaders of the War Hawks
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Tecumseh and the Prophet
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Two Shawnee brothers, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, that welded a far-flung confederacy of all the tribes east of the Mississippi. The Prophet was discredited by attacking a much larger American army, and Tecumseh was killed in the Battle of the Thames. Their actions were in response to the flood of western-bound settlers, and resulted in Indian unity and cultural revival. The death of Tecumseh ended the hope of an Indian confederacy.
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William Henry Harrison and the Battles of Tippecanoe and the Thames
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The battles of Tippecanoe and the Thames were both American victories against Native Americans. The Battle of Tippecanoe was Americans vs. Shawnee Indians, led by governor William Henry Harrison. The Battle of Thames was an american victory that led to their re-control of the Northwest fronteir
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Oliver H. Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie
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The Battle of Lake Erie ensured american control of Lake Erie for the rest of the war. It allowed the Americans to capture Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames. It was led by Oliver Hazard Perry
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Treaty of Ghent and the Status Quo Ante Bellum
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The Treaty of GHent was a peace treaty that ended the war of 1812 between the US and the UK. The treaty restored relations between the two nations to status quo ante bellum
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Battle of New Orleans
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Jackson led a battle that occurred when British troops attacked U.S. soldiers in New Orleans on January 8, 1815; the War of 1812 had officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in December, 1814, but word had not yet reached the U.S.
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Hartford Convention
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Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 in which the party listed its complaints against the ruling Republican Party. These actions were largley viewed as traitorous to the country and lost the Federalist much influence
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Era of Good Feelings
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a name for president monroes two terms, a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. since the federalist party dissolved after the war of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts.
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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1819--new hampshire had attempted to take over dartmouth college by revising its colonial charter. the court ruled that the charter was protected under the contract clause of the u. s. constitution; upholds the sanctity of contracts.
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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1819, Cheif justice john marshall limits of the US constition and of the authority of the federal and state govts. one side was opposed to establishment of a national bank and challenged the authority of federal govt to establish one. supreme court ruled that power of federal govt was supreme that of the states and the states couldnt interfere
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Missouri Compromise
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The issue was that Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state, therefore unbalancing the Union so there would be more slave states then free states. The compromise set it up so that Maine joined as a free state and Missouri joined as a slave state. Congress also made a line across the southern border of Missouri saying except for the state of Missouri, all states north of that line must be free states or states without slavery.
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John Quincy Adams
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Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams work.
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Rush-Bagot Treaty
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1817; The US and British agreed to set limits on the number of naval vessels each could have on the Great Lakes.
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British-American Convention, 1818
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This fixed the boundary between the US and Canada from the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies and restored to Americans the same fishing rights off Newfoundland that they had enjoyed before the war of 1812.
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Adams-Onis, or Transcontinental, Treaty
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U.S. acquires Florida from Spain; sets new borders at Sabine River, Red River, and 42nd parallel; Adams-Onis Treaty; Spain ceded eastern Florida to the United States, renounced all claims to western Florida, and agreed to a southern border of the United States west of the Mississippi River extending all the way to the Pacific Ocean, thereby recognizing U.S. claims to the Oregon Territory. This treaty gave the United States its first legitimate claim to the west coast.
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Monroe Doctrine
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A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.
