Us History 1St Semester Exam Matching

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Jackson Purchase

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Region of western Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky

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Maysville Veto

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Occurred on May 27, 1830, when President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill which would allow the Federal government to purchase stock in the Maysville

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Nullification

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States'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress.

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John C. Calhoun

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The leading southern politician of the early nineteenth century; he served as vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and then was elected senator from South Carolina. Calhoun championed slavery and states' rights. During the early 1830s, he led the nullification movement, which maintained that when a state found a federal law unacceptable, the state had the right to declare the law null, or inoperative, within its borders.

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Trail of Tears

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The route along which the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans, including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks, to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s. Those on the march suffered greatly from disease and mistreatment.

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American System of Manufacturing

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The American System involved semi-skilled labor using machine tools and jigs to make standardized, identical, interchangeable parts, manufactured to a tolerance, which could be assembled with a minimum of time and skill, requiring little to no fitting.

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Temperance Movement

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First became a national crusade in the early nineteenth century. An initial source of the movement was a groundswell of popular religion that focused on abstention from alcohol.

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Samuel Colt

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American firearms inventor and manufacturer who developed the first revolver

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Zachary Taylor

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Served as the twelfth president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. A famous military general, Taylor was an apolitical leader who accomplished little during his sixteen months in office.

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Old Hickory

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Jackson; 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency

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Nat Turner

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United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed

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Civil Disobediance

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The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

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Force Bill

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The Force Bill was enacted in 1833 to authorize the U.S. President to use military force to enforce federal tariffs.

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Nativist

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A sociopolitical policy, especially in the United States in the 19th century, favoring the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants.

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Daniel Webster

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United States politician and orator

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Winfield Scott

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United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War

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Nominating Convention

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Political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties who will be fielding nominees in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

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Removal Act

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Signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Native Americans in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands

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Levi Strauss

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French cultural anthropologist who promoted structural analysis of social systems

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Northern Wage Slaves

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Person who works for a wage, especially with total and immediate dependency on the income derived from such labor.

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John Slidell

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American political leader and diplomat, b. New York City. He became a prominent lawyer and political figure in New Orleans and served as a Democrat in Congress

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The Monster

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Commonwealth VS Hunt

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American legal case in which the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that the common-law doctrine of criminal conspiracy did not apply to labour unions.

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Martin Van Buren

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Eighth president and helped build the democratic party

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Tariff of Abominations

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Tariff of 1828 by outraged southerners who felt the tax on imports was excessive and unfairly targeted their region of the country.

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Specie Circular

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Executive order issued by Pres. Andrew Jackson. It required payment for purchases of public lands in gold or silver (specie means “money in coin”). The circular attempted to reduce the amount of paper money in circulation and limit land speculation. The result was deflationary and partly contributed to the economic crisis called the Panic of 1837

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Henry Clay

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United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states

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Know Nothings

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Political movement
Feared foreign influence
Typical response "I dont know"
Elect "native" Americans only