Honors Us History Midterm (1789-1914)

Front 1

What were the beliefs of the Democratic-Republicans and who were the party leaders?

Back 1

Power of individual states, agriculture based economy, pro-French, strict interpretation of the Constitution. Led by Thomas Jefferson and Madison.

Front 2

What were the beliefs of the Federalists and who were the party leaders?

Back 2

Strong central government, industry and trade based economy, pro-British, loose interpretation of the Constitution. Led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams.

Front 3

Jay's Treaty

Back 3

Occurred in 1794 between the US and Great Britain. Grounds: Great Britain promised to pull out troops, Americans promise to repay prewar debt and the shipping regulation on Americans remained strict.

Front 4

What 3 things did Washington suggest/warn in his farewell address?

Back 4

1)Entangling foreign alliances(don't)
2)Blurring party lines for the sake of well being of the Americans(do)
3)Protecting only your section of the US (North or South)(don't)

Front 5

Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

Back 5

D-Rs passed this resolution declaring the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional. It was from this resolution that the idea of nullification was born.

Front 6

Midnight Judges

Back 6

Adams increased frederal judge number to 16. The last 5 positions were filled within his last 30 days of office and those 5 judges were known as the "Midnight Judges."

Front 7

Convention of 1800

Back 7

Detached US from alliance with France as they began a Revolutionary War. This also ended the undeclared naval war between the two countries.

Front 8

Election of 1800

Back 8

Between Jefferson, his running mate Burr, and Hamilton. The Federalists lost. This marked the first peaceful transition of power.

Front 9

Marbury v. Madison

Back 9

(1803) This sprm. court decision established the concept of Judicial review- the ability of the sprm. court to declare actions of Congress and P. as unconstitutional.

Front 10

War Hawks

Back 10

(1811) Young politicians like Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun took charge of Congress and demanded war with Great Britain after continued impressment and British interference in American affairs.

Front 11

Hartford Convention

Back 11

1814 meeting of Federalists from New England who opposed the War of 1812 and demanded constitutional amendments to empower their region.

Front 12

Treaty of Ghent

Back 12

Ended War of 1812

Front 13

Treaty of Greenville

Back 13

1796 treaty with the Native Americans (NAs). US declared interactions with NAs would be similar to interactions with a foreign country. NAs were recompensed for being forced to leave their land.

Front 14

Missouri Compromise

Back 14

1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and banning slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36-30 latitude.

Front 15

Worcester v. Georgia

Back 15

(1832)-"court ruled that Georgia's land seizure was unconstitutional." Jackson ignored this ruling.

Front 16

The Alamo

Back 16

fortified former mission in San Antonio was the site of the 1836 defeat and slaughter of Texans by Mexican troops.

Front 17

Webster-Ashury Treaty

Back 17

Gave us Maine

Front 18

Oregon Trail

Back 18

trail from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon that was used by pioneers in the mid-1800's.

Front 19

"54-40 of fight!"

Back 19

Saying made famous by P. Polk, firm believer in Manifest Destiny. (Oregon)

Front 20

Washington Irving wrote...
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote...
James Fenimore Cooper wrote....

Back 20

Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Scarlet Letter
Last of the Mohicans

Front 21

Creator of the steamboat

Back 21

Robert Fulton

Front 22

Era of Good Feelings

Back 22

Period of peaceful transition of pwr between Madison and Monroe

Front 23

McColloch v. Maryland

Back 23

Upheld the pwr of the nag. gov. and denied the rt. of a st. to tax a fed. agency

Front 24

Election of 1824

Back 24

JQ Adams, Clay, Jackson-Vote went to the house and Adams won. (Due to Corrupt Baragain btwn Adams and Clay?)

Front 25

Tariff of Abominations

Back 25

1828 protective tariff, so named by Southern opponents

Front 26

Election of 1832

Back 26

Andrew Jackson elected and he changes presidency

Front 27

Whig Party

Back 27

member of the nationalist political party formed in 1832 in opposition to the Democrats.

Front 28

Compromise of 1850

Back 28

Political agreement that allowed California to be admitted as a free state by allowing popular sovereignty in the territories and enacting a stricter fugitive slave law.

Front 29

Know Nothings

Back 29

Political party in the mid-1800s, officially known as the American Party, that opposed immmigration

Front 30

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Back 30

1854 law that divided the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery.

Front 31

Freeport Doctrine

Back 31

Douglas said local gov. could prevent slavery. South fought back.

Front 32

Election of 1860

Back 32

Lincoln won even though he wasn't even on the ballot in the South. Caused the secession of SC

Front 33

Anaconda Plan

Back 33

1) Capture the capital
2) Coastal blockade
3) Control the Mississippi

Union plan

Front 34

Battle at Manasas

Back 34

First real battle of the Civil War. Fought in Va.

Front 35

Antietam

Back 35

1862 Civil War battle in which 23,000 troops were killed or wounded in one day.

Front 36

Scalawags

Back 36

Negative term for a southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War

Front 37

Carpetbagger

Back 37

Negative term for the northern Republican who moved the South after the Civil War.

Front 38

13th, 14th, & 15 amendments

Back 38

Abolished slavery, equal representation under the law, everyone allowed to vote regardless of color, race, or previous condition of servitude.

Front 39

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Back 39

law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation

Front 40

Sand creek Massacre

Back 40

1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.

Front 41

Battle of Little Big Horn

Back 41

1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated the U.S. Army troops.

Front 42

Munn v. Illinois

Back 42

Sprm crt. decision that declared IL was allowed to regulate RR rates

Front 43

Wabash v. Illinois

Back 43

overturned Munn so only fed. gov. could regulate rates.

Front 44

Horizontal or vertical integration

Back 44

H-many firms in the same business. (all freezer comps)
V-controlling all steps of production

Front 45

De facto segregtaion vs. De jure segregation

Back 45

De facto is "by fact" as opposed to "by law"

Front 46

16th, 17th, 18th & 19th am.

Back 46

Income tax, direct election of senators, prohibition of alcohol, women's suffrage

Front 47

Social gospel

Back 47

reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles

Front 48

Niagara movement

Back 48

stated that legally Jim Crow laws violated Const. rights.

Front 49

Plessy v. Ferguson

Back 49

allowed segregated (but "equal") schooling for children.