| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | Gave the U.S. a large portion of the Midwest, led to debates about slavery |
| Lewis and Clarke and Sacajawea | Who were the explorers who made it to the pacific coast first, Who was their guide? |
| Chesapeake Affair | 1807 - The American ship Chesapeake refused to allow the British on the Leopard to board to look for deserters. In response, the Leopard fired on the Chesapeake. As a result of the incident, the U.S. expelled all British ships from its waters until Britain issued an apology. |
| The embargo act 1807 | law passed by thomas jefferson, stopped all trade between america and other countries, goal was to get england and france to stop restricting american trade |
| The non-intercourse act | lifted all embargoes on american ships except for those bound for french and england ports |
| macons bill number 2 | created to stop france and england to stop seizing american vessels during wartime |
| the war hawks | wanted to punish britians military for seizing american ships, seize land form natives, drive british from canada,annex florida |
| chief tecumseh | He was a Shawnee chief who fought against the Americans. |
| war of 1812 | a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France |
| the battle of new orleans | was fought after the peace treaty ending the war of 1812 was signed |
| feme covert | What is the name for a married woman? |
| era of good feelings | Monroe's presidency was marked by this era of nonpartisanship |
| the missouri compromise | So that the balance of 11 free states and 11 slave states is not upset, Missouri is allowed to be admitted as a slave state, but Maine is admitted as a free state. |
| the monroe doctrine | said that European interference in South America would be considered a threat to the U.S.; discouraged imperialism |
| roosevelt corollary | This announced that under certain circumstances, the US had the right to meddle. Opposite of his cousin's Big Stick policy |
| three models of reform | individual: temperance movement, priest movement. Institution: dorthea dix. Drop out: (fill in later) |
| dorthea dix | 1841/reformer who cared for the mentally ill . school teacher at boston 7 responsible fo 15 states with these hospitols |
| brook farm | a transcendentalist commune; an attempt by Thoreau and others to leave society behind |
| humphrey noyes | created a religious community and was married to every woman in said community |
| transcendentalists | any group of New England writers who stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience |
| utopians | tried to reach perfection: Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida Community |
| who was the leader of the transcendentalist movement? | ralph waldo emerson |
| henry david thoreau | Walden & "Civil Disobedience" |
| james fenimore cooper | who wrote The Last of the Mohicans |
| walt whitman | United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892) |
| nathaniel hawthorn | author of the scarlet letter |
| henry wadsworth longfellow | poet who wrote paul reveres ride |
| phalanx | drop out of society and produce what you need to survive, sell the rest |
| horace mann | United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859) |
| alexis de tocqueville | French political writer noted for his analysis of America n institutions (Foreign observer) |
| seneca falls | Location of the first women's rights convention in 1848. |
| manifest destiny | new; overseas expansion. old: gain more farm land |
| oregon fever | Enthusiasm for emigration to the Oregon Country in the late 1830s and early 1840s. |
| morman migration | migration of mormans from upstate new york to salt lake city |
| what rule was established in the mexican american war? | make the enemy take the first shot |
| james k. polk | 11th President, led US to war with Mexico |
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