Apush Ch 7

Front 1

Which of the following statements about education in the early national period is not true?
A) As late as 1815, only Jefferson's Virginia had a comprehensive public school system.
B) Religious groups ran most schools in the South and Mid-Atlantic.
C) Private academies proliferated in New York and New England that were secular and elitist in outlook.
D) In the South, slaveowners generally tried to prevent their black workers from learning to read or write.

Back 1

As late as 1815, only Jefferson's Virginia had a comprehensive public school system.

Front 2

Which schoolmaster and lawyer first published the best-selling American Spelling in 1783?

Back 2

Noah Webster

Front 3

Which Anglican clergyman penned the eulogistic Life of Washington in 1806 (and invented the story of Washington and the Cherry Tree)?

Back 3

Mason Weems

Front 4

Which of the following is not true of the Unitarian movement?
A) They rejected Calvinist predestination.
B) They rejected Christian morality.
C) They rejected the divinity of Christ.
D) They rejected the idea of the Trinity.

Back 4

They rejected Christian morality.

Front 5

Where was the first "camp meeting" of the Second Great Awakening held in 1801?

Back 5

Cane Ridge, Kentucky

Front 6

Which of the following is not true of the Second Great Awakening?
A) It helped create a broad popular acceptance of Christian diversity.
B) It appealed strongly to women, Native Americans, and blacks.
C) It reemphasized the Calvinist doctrine of predestination.
D) It provided a vehicle for establishing a sense of order and social stability in new communities.

Back 6

It reemphasized the Calvinist doctrine of predestination.

Front 7

What Seneca prophet was directly influenced by the Second Great Awakening?

Back 7

Handsome Lake

Front 8

Who built the first modern factory in America at Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1790?

Back 8

Samuel Slater

Front 9

Which of the following was not a consequence of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?
A) The total cotton crop increased eightfold in a decade.
B) The fledgling textile industry of the North gained steam.
C) Slaves made redundant by the gin were manumitted.
D) The southern economy became focused on "King Cotton."

Back 9

Slaves made redundant by the gin were manumitted.

Front 10

Which of the following did not play a part in the birth of the steamboat era?
A) Nicholas J. Roosevelt
B) Robert Fulton
C) James Wilkinson
D) Robert Livingston

Back 10

James Wilkinson

Front 11

What percentage of the non-Indian population lived in towns of 8000 or more in 1800?

Back 11

3%

Front 12

Who is responsible for designing the layout of Washington, DC?

Back 12

Albert Gallatin

Front 13

Which of the following did not occur under President Jefferson?
A) The national debt was cut in half.
B) All internal taxes were abolished.
C) The armed forces were doubled.
D) West Point was established.

Back 13

The armed forces were doubled.

Front 14

What was the Supreme Court's determination in Marbury v. Madison?

Back 14

Marbury had a right to his commission, but the Court could not force Madison to deliver it.

Front 15

What was the Jefferson administration's policy toward the Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint L'Overture?

Back 15

He did not recognize the new government, and considered it a bad example to the world.

Front 16

What was the Jefferson administration's policy toward the Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint L'Overture?

Back 16

He did not recognize the new government, and considered it a bad example to the world.

Front 17

How much did the United States pay Napoleon for the Louisiana Purchase?

Back 17

$15 million

Front 18

Who served as guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Back 18

Sacajawea

Front 19

Who did the Essex Junto turn to for support in their secessionist plans for New England?

Back 19

Aaron Burr

Front 20

What ill-advised legislation did Jefferson enact in response to the Chesapeake-Leonard Incident?

Back 20

Embargo

Front 21

At what battle did William Henry Harrison break the growing Indian alliance under Tecumseh and the Prophet?

Back 21

Battle of Tippecanoe

Front 22

Who led the American naval forces to victory at the Battle of Put-In Bay?

Back 22

Oliver Hazard Perry

Front 23

In what city was Francis Scott Key when moved to compose the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

Back 23

Baltimore

Front 24

Why did the Hartford Convention go over so badly with most Americans?

Back 24

The convention occurred almost simultaneously with Jackson's victory at New Orleans and the end of the war.

Front 25

What did the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817 stipulate?

Back 25

Mutual disarmament on the Great Lakes

Front 26

Camp meeting

Back 26

A staple of the Second Great Awakening, camp meetings were fervent revivals lasting several days and characterized by great outpourings of religious emotion.

Front 27

Charles C. Pinckney

Back 27

Federalist candidate for President who lost to Thomas Jefferson in 1804.

Front 28

Clermont

Back 28

Passenger steamboat launched on the Hudson River in 1807.

Front 29

Deism

Back 29

Religious philosophy rooted in the Enlightenment. Deists accepted the existence of God, but they considered Him a remote building who, after having created the universe, had withdrawn from direct involvement with the human race and its sins.

Front 30

Embargo

Back 30

An act that prohibits ships from entering or leaving a nation's ports.

Front 31

Hartford Convention

Back 31

1814 meeting of New England states in which secession was considered.

Front 32

Impeachment

Back 32

The bringing of charges against a governmental official by the House of Representatives. Removal from office cannot come from impeachment alone. A trial must be held in the Senate, and upon conviction there, the offender may be removed from his or her post.

Front 33

Jeffersonian democracy

Back 33

Not actually a democrat, in the classic sense of the word, Jefferson believed that the masses were capable of selecting their own representatives and, if properly educated and informed, would select the best and the wisest to govern. Once these were chosen, however, this "natural aristocracy" should be allowed to govern without interference from those who selected them.

Front 34

Judicial review

Back 34

The power of a court to review a law, compare it with the Constitution, and rule on if it is constitutional or unconstitutional (whether it does or does not conform to the principles of the Constitution). Judicial review began in the United States after Justice Marshall’s decision in "Marbury v. Madison".

Front 35

Judith Sargent Murray

Back 35

Writer whose 1784 essay defended the right of women to equal education.

Front 36

Marbury v. Madison

Back 36

1803 Supreme Court case that established the principle of "judicial review."

Front 37

Noah Webster

Back 37

Connecticut schoolmaster and lawyer who penned a widely used dictionary.

Front 38

Noble Savages

Back 38

View that Native Americans were uncivilized but not necessarily uncivilizable.

Front 39

Non-Intercourse Act

Back 39

Act passed by Madison which opened trade with all nations but England and France.

Front 40

Oliver Hazard Perry

Back 40

American naval officer who defeated British forces at Put-in-Bay in 1813.

Front 41

Patronage

Back 41

The control of political appointments assumed by the victors in an election--the "spoils" of victory, which the victors hand out as rewards to their followers; hence the practice became known as the "spoils system."

Front 42

Pierre L'Enfant

Back 42

French architect responsible for the design of Washington, D.C.

Front 43

Robert Fulton

Back 43

Inventor whose advances in steam-powered navigation led to the creation of the "Clermont".

Front 44

Rush-Bagot Agreement

Back 44

1817 pact with England which provided for the mutual disarmament of the Great Lakes.

Front 45

War Hawks

Back 45

Group of determined young congressmen who pushed for a conflict with England or Spain.

Front 46

Washington Irving

Back 46

New York writer whose popular folk heroes included Ichabod Crane and Rip Van Winkle.

Front 47

William Henry Harrison

Back 47

Governor of Indiana Territory who crushed Indian forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe. He became the Whig candidate for President in 1840.

Front 48

Second Great Awakening

Back 48

a religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States, which expressed Arminian theology by which every person could be saved through revivals. It enrolled millions of new members, and led to the formation of new denominations.

Front 49

Albert Galatin

Back 49

He was an important leader of the new Democratic-Republican Party, and its chief spokesman on financial matters and opposed the entire program of Alexander Hamilton. He also helped found the House Committee on Finance and often engineered withholding of finances by the House as a method of overriding executive actions to which he objected.

Front 50

Marbury v. Madison

Back 50

The landmark decision helped define the "checks and balances" of the American form of government.

Front 51

McCullough v. Maryland and the constitutionality of the bank.

Back 51

This fundamental case established the following two principles:
i. The Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government.
ii. State action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government.

Front 52

Gibbons v. Ogden and Congressional control of commerce

Back 52

- the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. Supported the growth of monopolies protected by the federal government.

Front 53

Dartmouth College V. Woodward* – property rights

Back 53

The decision settled the nature of public versus private charters and resulted in the rise of the American business corporation.

Front 54

Burr conspiracy

Back 54

a suspected treasonous cabal of planters, politicians, and army officers led by former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr. According to the accusations against him, Burr’s goal was to create an independent nation in the center of North America and/or the Southwest and parts of Mexico.

Front 55

“peaceable coercion” and the embargo

Back 55

An embargo is the partial or complete prohibition of the movement of merchant ships into or out of a country's ports, in order to isolate it.
i. Embargo to all foreign sea ports crippled the economy.
ii. Then revised to only exclude British and French.
iii. Then later only British

Front 56

War of 1812

Back 56

a military conflict fought between the forces of theUnited States of America and those of the British Empire
i. Causes - The Americans declared war in 1812 for a number of reasons,
1. including trade restrictions,
2. impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy,
3. British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion,
4. and the humiliation of American honor.

Front 57

War Hawk

Back 57

is a term originally used to describe members of the Twelfth Congress of the United States who advocated waging war against the United Kingdom in the War of 1812. The term has evolved into an informal Americanism used to describe a political stance of being for aggression, by diplomatic and ultimately military means,

Front 58

Tecumseh

Back 58

was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. He grew up in the Ohio country during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War, where he was constantly exposed to warfare. On side of the British

Front 59

Hartford Convention

Back 59

The Hartford Convention was an event spanning from December 15, 1814–January 4, 1815 in the United States during the War of 1812 in which New England's opposition to the war reached the point where secession from the United States was discussed

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Battle of New Orleans

Back 60

The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812.[7][8] American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory America had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase

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Treaty of Ghent

Back 61

An agreement negotiated in Ghent, Belgium, and signed on December 24, 1814, by Great Britain and the United States to end the War of 1812. Peace was established on the status quo ante bellum. It included the concession to the United States of all British territory in the American Northwest, which enabled American expansion