America A Narrative History Chapter 8

Front 1

Why did civil unrest boil before the presidential elections of 1800 against
Federalist policies?

Back 1

Grievances mounted against Federalist

policies: taxation to support an unneeded army; the Alien and Sedition Acts,

which cast the Federalists as anti-liberty

the hostilities aroused by Alexander Hamilton’s economic programs;

the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion; and Jay’s Treaty

Front 2

Who were the Republican candidates for the presidential election in 1800?

Back 2

Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

Front 3

How did Jefferson win the presidential election?

Back 3

Burr and Jefferson were tied for 73 votes. The election was given to the House of Representatives, the stalemate continued for 35 ballots. Finally

when a confidant of Jefferson’s assured a

Delaware congressman that Jefferson would refrain from the

wholesale removal of Federalists appointed to federal offices and would

uphold Hamilton’s financial policies

Front 4

Why did the election of 1800 marked a major turning point in America
political history?

Back 4

It was the first time that

one political party, however ungracefully, relinquished power to the opposition

party.

Front 5

When did the nation’s most dramatic population expansion occur?

Back 5

Between 1800 and 1820 population went from 300,000 to 2 million. It was an expansion to the west. By 1840 more than 40% of Americans lived west of the Appalachians.

Front 6

What was the faster growing segment of the population in the early 19th
century America?

Back 6

Free blacks were the fastest growing segment of the population. Many enslaved Americans had gained their freedom during the Revolutionary War

Front 7

How did the Northern and Southern politicians address the issue of slavery?

Back 7

Every state except South Carolina and Georgia promised freedom

to slaves who fought the British. Afterward, state after state in the North outlawed

slavery, and anti-slavery societies blossomed, exerting increasing pressure

on the South to end the degrading practice.

Front 8

Who was the first president to be inaugurated in the new national capital of
Washington DC?

Back 8

Thomas Jefferson

Front 9

Why did the Chief of Justice John Marshall declare the case of Marbury v.
Madison unconstitutional?

Back 9

Section 13 of the Federal Judiciary

Act of 1789, which gave the Court original jurisdiction in such proceedings,

was unconstitutional, the Court ruled, because the Constitution

specified that the Court should have original jurisdiction only in cases

involving foreign ambassadors or states

Front 10

Why did Napoleon offer to sell the Louisiana territory to the United States?
How much did the United States obtain the Louisiana territory?

Back 10

Napoleon was willing to sell the

Louisiana Territory because his French army in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) had

been decimated not only by a massive slave revolt but also by yellow fever. It cost the US $15 million.

Front 11

What was the mission of Lewis and Clark’s expedition?

Back 11

To learn more

about the region he had purchased (Louisiana purchase) geography, its flora and

fauna, and its prospects for trade and

agriculture

Front 12

What state was claimed by the United States after the Lewis and Clark
expedition?

Back 12

Oregon

Front 13

Why was Jefferson’s second term so problematic?

Back 13

It was problematic because of the European war of France vs Great Britain. Jefferson was hesitant to go into war and had to enforce an embargo.

Front 14

Why was Jefferson Embargo Act which sought to stop all American exports
a failure?

Back 14

few Americans were willing to make the necessary sacrifices required by the shutting off of foreign trade. The value of American exports plummeted from $48 million in 1807 to $9 million a year later.

Front 15

What were the three reasons Madison signed the declaration of war against
Britain?

Back 15

(1) to protest the British Orders in Council, which allowed the Royal Navy

to interfere with American shipping;

(2) to stop the British impressments of

sailors from American ships;

(3) to end British encouragement of

Indian attacks on Americans living along the western and northern frontiers.

Front 16

How did William Henry Harrison react to the threat of Tecumseh?

Back 16

He gathered a thousand troops and advanced on Tecumseh’s capital, Prophetstown, on the Tippecanoe River, while the leader 3was away.

Front 17

How did most Americans on the northern border with Canada view the Indians?

Back 17

Most Americans

on the northern border loathed and feared Indians, deeming them murderous,

heathen savages deserving of extinction

Front 18

Who won the battle of Lake Erie? What happened to Tecumseh’s dream of
Indian unity?

Back 18

Lake Erie was one by Oliver Hazard Perry, a twenty eight year old who built ships from trees of the nearby forest. Perry’s victory on Lake Erie and Harrison’s defeat of Tecumseh enabled the Americans to recover control of Michigan and seize the Western District of Upper Canada.

Front 19

Who won the battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Back 19

Andrew Jackson

Front 20

What was the Treaty of Fort Jackson of 1814?

Back 20

the devastated Creeks (Indians of the region) were forced to cede two thirds of their land to the United States,

Front 21

What was the result of the British invasion of the mid-Atlantic in 1814?

Back 21

The capture and burning of Washington, D.C.

Front 22

What was the most honorable aspect of the British assault upon Baltimore?

Back 22

its inspiration for the eventual national anthem

Front 23

What was the Treaty of Ghent?

Back 23

The Treaty to stop the war going on in America.

Front 24

How did Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans?

Back 24

Jackson setup defenses on the approaches to New Orleans. British forces attacked but completely failed. two thousand British men died including the leader, Pakenham.