religious revival emphasizing individual salvation and reform in multiple aspects of society
women's suffrage, abolitionism, hospital and asylum reform, prison reform, education reform, temperance movement, etc.
Revolution of 1800
Jefferson won the election and became President
transfer of power from Federalist to Democratic-Republican party
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Jefferson's Presidency
Marbury vs. Madison
Barbary Pirates
Haitian Revolution
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Barbary Pirates
conflict with European pirates and American ships
Washington paid tribute
Jefferson went to War with them
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson purchased the large and mostly unexplored territory with Mississippi River from France (Napoleon)
Marbury vs. Madison
supreme court case when Marshall was the deciding factor of whether Jefferson broke the law in refusing to carry out
Embargo Act of 1807
Jefferson enacted this to prevent further conflict between American and European ships
prohibited all American exports to other countries
however it made it very hard for farmers and other U.S. merchants
Old Ironsides
an American ship that defeated and sank a British ship
raised morale among Americans during the War of 1812
End of Enslaved Importation
enslaved laborers were no longer allowed to be imported to the U.S.
Nonintercourse Act of 1809
passed by Madison
allowed Americans to trade with all nations except for Britain and France
Napoleon's Deception
Napoleon stated that he would obey U.S. neutrality policies
U.S. embargoed Britain to trade with the French
Napoleon backed out of the promise
Macon's Bill No. 2
restored trade relationship with Britain and France
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Tecumseh's War
Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, and his confederacy of Native American tribes fought against the U.S. for territory in America
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War of 1812
conflict between U.S. and Britain over maritime rights, trade restrictions, and British aid to Native Americans
Chesapeake Campaign
British army marched upon and set fire to the White House and the Capitol
Harford Convention
before the War of 1812 ended, New England states held a meeting to decide whether or not to secede from the U.S. due to their opposition to the war
this plan did not procede
Treaty of Ghent
formed in Belgium to declare the end of the War of 1812
however it did not mention an end to conflict with American and European ships
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Era of Good Feelings
when only the Democratic-Republican party was in power and a lot was accomplished through unity and harmony
also a lot of conflict during this time
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Antebellum Period
reformers dedicated themselves to causes such as tax-supported public schools, improved treatment of mentally ill, controlling/abolishing sale of alcohol, equal rights for women, and abolishing enslavement
Tariff of 1816
tariff placed on foreign goods in order to ensure prosperity of American products
The Second Bank of the United States
second national bank founded according to the suggestion of Henry Clay in his American system
The Panic of 1819
the Era of Good Feelings ended due to failure by the Second Bank of the United States
rates of unemployment, bankruptcies, and imprisonment for debt increased
Florida Purchase Treaty
Spain sold Florida and Oregon to the U.S.
The Missouri Compromise
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Maine admitted as a free state
a line was drawn for where slave states and free states would be developed
Veto of Nationally Funded Roads and Canals
Monroe vetoed the national funding of the Cumberland Road
it was built anyway, without national funding
Denmark Vesey
an enslaved laborer who purchased his freedom
organized a group to escape to Haiti from South Carolina
he co-founded the African Episcopal Church
led a revolt but were betrayed by two enslaved men
many rounded up and killed
he was killed
The Monroe Doctrine
announced that European powers should not interfere with development in the Americas
Election of 1824
4 Democratic-Republican candidates campaigned for presidency
Clay used influence to help John Quincy Adams
Jackson accused Clay of illegal political maneuvers
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Temperance Movement
an effort to avoid alcohol as much as possible
Tariff of 1828
nicknamed the Tariff of Abominations
a tax that significantly raised the price of imported manufactured goods to protect Northern American industries
unpopular in the South because they relied a lot on imported goods
Veto of Nationally Funded Roads and Canals
Jackson vetoed the national funding of the Maysville Road
it was built anyway, without national funding
Indian Removal Act
Jackson's forced resettlement of many thousands of Native Americans from the East to the West
Trail of Tears resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 Cherokees
Nat Turner Rebellion
a group organized by preacher Nat Turner marched and killed about 65 White people
they spared White people who had been kind to them
resulted in the killing of over 100 Black people due to White retaliation
Nat Turner eventually found and killed
Tariff of 1832
a tariff that aimed to lower the taxes of the Tariff of 1828
however it still maintained high taxes on imported goods
Nullification Crisis
John C. Calhoun stated that South Carolina would not adhere to the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832
Jackson told to the Secretary of War to prepare for war
the troops never marched because the tariffs were lowered and Calhoun refrained from nullifying
Amistad
a Spanish ship that enslaved laborers took control of