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Chesapeake- Leopard Affair
The Chesapeake, a US frigate, was boarded by a British ship, the Leopard. The Chesapeake was not fully armed. The British seized four alleged deserters. -
Embargo Act 1807
Embargo Act 1807- This was a law passed by Congress forbidding all exportation of goods from the United States.The U.S. was not prepared to fight in a war, so Pres. Jefferson hoped to weaken Britain and France by stopping trade. The Embargo Act ended up hurting our economy more than theirs. -
Non-intercourse Act 1809
This act replaced the Embargo of 1807. The Embargo forbade American trade with all foreign nations, this act only forbade trade with France and Britain. It did not succeed in changing British or French policy towards neutral ships. -
Macon's Bill No 2 1810
Forbade trade with Britain and France, but offered to resume trade with whichever nation lifted its neutral trading restrictions first. France quickly changed its policies against neutral vessels, so the U.S. resumed trade with France, but not Britain. -
Cumberland Road
This made transportation to the West easier for new settlers. The Erie Canal facilitated trade with the West by connecting the Hudson River to Lake Erie. Railroads shortened transportation times throughout the country, making it easier and less expensive to move people and goods -
Antebellum Period
This refers to the years after the War of 1812 and before the Civil War . This led to the development of a separate northern and southern economy. Also leading to the westward expansion of the nation. -
War of 1812
Was a very important war for the US which included battles from Canada to the Western territory and Florida. Outraged with the impressiveness of American sailors among other things, America wanted to protect their sailors from being forced into joining the British Navy -
Tarif of 1816
The Tariff of 1816 was created to help pay of the debts incurred in the War of 1812 and to encourage people to buy goods made in America.Before the War of 1812, tariffs had primarily served to raise revenues to operate the national government -
The American System
The American System shaped national economic policy in the first half of the 19th century. It helped the young nation to grow in strength. -
2nd Bank of US
This bank was designed to ensure financial stability in the U.S. It created political tensions and turmoil across two decades in the mid-19th century. -
Panic of 1819
This was the first major financial crisis in the United States including widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. It marked the end of the economic expansion that had followed the War of 1812. -
Anti- Masonic Party
This was a 19th century minor political party in the United States. It strongly opposed Freemasonry, and was founded as a single-issue party, aspiring to become a major party -
Spoils System
The political tactic of employing and promoting civil servants who are the supporters and friends of the group in power to office. Andrew Jackson who was President at the time fired most of the previous President's appointees and put his own people in place. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830 authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
The Liberator
The first anti-slavery news paper. Was created by Garrison, in Boston. With this newspaper he was able to openly express his beliefs, but this was one of the first movements to the civil war -
Panic of 1837
This was a financial crisis that had damaging effects on the Ohio and national economies. Following the War of 1812, the United States government recognized the need for a national bank to regulate the printing of currency and the issuance of government bonds. -
The North Star
This was the most influential black antislavery paper published during the antebellum era. It was used to not only denounce slavery, but to fight for the emancipation of women and other oppressed groups. -
Women's Rights Movement
This was a social movement largely based in the United States, that in the 1960s and '70s sought equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women. -
Romantic Movement
(1900s ) This was influenced by many of the nation's cultural leaders from Europe; in literature, in philosophy, in art, and even in politics and economics, American intellects committed themselves to this idea of liberating the human spirit based on emotion and intuition. -
Universal White Male Suffrage
This was the extension of the right to vote to all males regardless of social standing or race, whose movement had begun in the early-mid 1800's.
