AP US History I Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Revolution of 1800 | election of Jefferson; Reps gained office |
| Jefferson's visions | agriculture-based society with no industrialism; culture based on localism and simplicity; federal gov with limited power; universal education promoting scientific rationalism |
| Jefferson's actions | moved capitol to DC; abolished internal taxes; scaled down the army; founded West Point; midnight appointments; Louisiana Purchase; Lewis & Clark expedition |
| During Jefferson's presidency... | huge cities were developing; religious revivalism; federal gov was limited; very cultured |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803 from France; $15 million; Jefferson didn't think it was constitutional; bought using treaty-making authority |
| Second Great Awakening | via conservative theists of the 1790s-- readmit God into your life, embrace piety, and reject skeptical rationalism; no predestination |
| Medical Treatment in Early America | superstitions faded; anatomy scared people bc of dissection; sanitation was beginning to be considered |
| Early American Lit | wanted to establish their own literature, rival European works; Noah Webster's spelling book popularized new spellings |
| Industrial Revolution | they did not want to depend on others; technologies were brought in from other parts of the world & from home grown inventors. |
| The Cotton Gin | 1793 by Eli Whitney; revolutionized Southern life (1 worker could clean as much cotton as a group in a whole day); revitalized slavery; helped Northern textile industry |
| War of 1812 | French & Brits violated USA's right to be neutral by impressing sailors and causing the Chesapeake-Leopard incident |
| Era of Good Feelings | expansion of the economy, growth of white settlement & trade in the West, creation of new states meant rising nationalism post War of 1812. |
| Monroe Doctrine | 1823; new American policy stating the US would consider any foreign challenge to the sovereignty of existing American nations an unfriendly act; US = dominant in the Western hemisphere |
| Corrupt Bargain | election of 1824; 4 contenders: Jackson (99 votes), Adams (84), Crawford (41), and Clay (37); 12th amend. needed the House of Reps to pick out of the 3 with the most votes. Clay supported Adams, so Adams won the election in the house. Jacksonians believed it to be a deal b/w Clay & Admas bcClay was made Sec of State. |
| Nullification Doctrine | Calhoun wrote it when SC claimed the "tariff of abomination" was crushing the econ. It stated that the states had the final word on if laws were constitutional or not so they could declare it null and void. SC declared the tariffs of 1828 & 1832 null and void. Jackson called it treason. Clay created a compromise. |
| American Indian Removal | wanted the Indians (savages) past the Miss. (out of the way of white expansion & conflicts would be lessened); only the federal gov could negotiate with the Indians over land bc Marshall declared them sovereign; the Cherokees didn't have to relocate due to court ruling; General Winfield Scott moved them west |
| The Bank War | Bank of US = only bank gov could keep funds; Jackson wanted to destroy soft money; Jackson removed the federal funds and placed them in state banks which weakened the US bank and forced Biddle to take loans and raise interest rates; the bank was not rechartered & the financial system became flawed |
| 2nd Party System | the Whigs and Democrats (Jacksonians) were formed; political parties were necessary |
| Population | grew vastly due to health improvements (& lower percentage of mortality) |
| Irish Immigrants | 1850- 45% of the immigrants in USA; Potato Famine & unpopular English rule drove them out; settled in eastern cities; swelled unskilled labor ranks; no money; young and single immigrants; they were Catholics in Protestant America |
| German Immigrants | economic poverty due to the industrial rev & the collapse of the liberal movement caused them to relocate; most moved West; became farmers or went into business; came with some money; family groups or single men |
| Transportation in the North | canals and steamboats increased efficiency & # of goods; early rails laid the foundation for the later surge, they served to connect canals |
| Northern Factory System | pre 1812: occurred in households or small workshops, made by hand. Technology made it possible to have large factories; started in New Eng (textile first, shoe, then other); manufactured goods went from $484 mil to $2 bil; industry = agriculture |
| Blacks in the North | free blacks had access to menial, low paying, jobs; could not educate themselves; couldn't vote or go to school; discriminated |
| Southern Economy | dominance shifted from upper south to the lower south; cotton became king; short staple cotton; textile industry in Brit and North created demand which led to a dependence on slavery; weak manufacturing sector; inadequate transportation |
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