Causes and effects of the Hartford Convention?
Causes: Federalist opposition to the War of 1812. Effects: Damaged the Federalist Party's reputation, leading to its decline.
Causes and effects of Westward Expansion?
Causes: Desire for land and economic opportunity. Effects: Conflict with Native Americans, displacement of indigenous populations.
Causes and effects of the American System?
Causes: Desire for economic self-sufficiency. Effects: Promoted domestic manufacturing and internal improvements, but faced opposition over constitutionality and regional favoritism.
Causes and effects of the Panic of 1819?
Causes: Land speculation, declining agricultural prices, and bank failures. Effects: Economic downturn, bank closures, job losses.
Causes and effects of the Missouri Compromise?
Causes: Missouri's application for statehood as a slave state. Effects: Temporarily resolved the issue of slavery, but heightened sectional tensions.
Causes and effects of Tecumseh's War?
Causes: US expansion into Native American lands. Effects: Increased tensions, the Battle of Tippecanoe, and ultimately the weakening of Native American resistance in the Old Northwest.
Causes and effects of the First Seminole War?
Causes: Seminole raids on US settlements and refuge for runaway slaves. Effects: US invasion of Spanish Florida, demonstrating US power and leading to the eventual acquisition of Florida.
Causes and effects of the rechartering of the Bank of the US?
Causes: Desire to stabilize currency and provide credit. Effects: Led to the Panic of 1819.
Causes and effects of the Tariff of 1816?
Causes: To promote American manufacturing. Effects: Increased the cost of imported goods, leading to regional tensions.
Causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase?
Causes: The United States wanted to secure access to the port of New Orleans and expand its territory. Effects: Doubled the size of the United States, opened vast new lands for settlement and agriculture, and raised questions about the expansion of slavery.
Who was Aaron Burr?
Former VP accused of plotting to create an independent state in the West.
Who was Tenskwatawa (The Prophet)?
A Shawnee religious leader who called for a return to traditional ways and rejection of American goods.
Who was Tecumseh?
A Shawnee military leader who organized a confederacy to resist American expansion.
Who was Henry Clay?
A leading politician who proposed the American System to promote economic self-sufficiency.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
US General who defeated Tecumseh's forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
US General who invaded Spanish Florida during the First Seminole War.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
A founding father and first Secretary of the Treasury, killed by Aaron Burr in a duel.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Third president of the United States.
Who was James Madison?
Fourth president of the United States.
Who was Tallmadge?
Proposed the Tallmadge Amendment to limit slavery in Missouri.
Define Secessionist Movement.
Efforts by groups to withdraw from a larger political entity, like the US.
What is the American System?
Henry Clay's plan to make the US economically self-sufficient through tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements.
Define Protective Tariffs.
Taxes on imported goods designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.
What are Internal Improvements?
Infrastructure projects like roads, canals, and railroads aimed at improving trade and transportation within a country.
Define the 36ยฐ30โฒ parallel.
The line established by the Missouri Compromise, prohibiting slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of this latitude.
What was Tecumseh's Confederacy?
A union of Native American tribes organized by Tecumseh to resist US expansion in the Old Northwest.
Define Economic Nationalism.
Policies aimed at promoting domestic economic growth and independence from foreign influence.
What was the Essex Junto?
A group of Federalists who plotted to secede and form a 'Northern Confederacy'.
Define Land Speculation.
The practice of purchasing land with the expectation of selling it at a higher price in the future.
Define the term 'national unity'.
The state of being united as a nation, often referring to shared identity, purpose, and political cohesion.