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Period 4

  • Second Great Awakening

    Second Great Awakening

    It was a Protestant religious revival.
  • Eli Whitney-Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney-Cotton Gin

    Made harvesting cotton a lot easier and was used mainly in the South
  • Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt

    Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt

    Was meant to have slaves rise up against their masters but failed live most slave rebellions.
  • Thomas Jefferson Elected President

    Thomas Jefferson Elected President

    Thomas Jefferson beat John Adams, which resulted in Adams being the first one term president.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Western half of the Mississippi river basin was purchased from France by America.
  • Marbury vs Madison

    Marbury vs Madison

    Established the principle of judicial review in the U.S.
  • Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Began one year after Louisiana Purchase. They crossed the western U.S.
  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act

    Prohibited U.S. ships from trading in foreign ports during Napoleonic Wars.
  • Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

    Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

    Crew of the Leopard attacked and boarded the Chesapeake, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy
  • James Madison Elected President

    James Madison Elected President

    He decisively beat Charles Pinckney in the election.
  • Non-Intercourse Act

    Non-Intercourse Act

    Allowed the U.S to trade with all countries except with Britain and France
  • Death of Tecumseh

    Death of Tecumseh

    Was killed in the Battle of Thanes which led Native American troops to withdraw from alliance.
  • Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England

    Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England

    He used these plans to create the Boston Manufacturing Company.
  • The British Burn Washington DC

    The British Burn Washington DC

    Was done in retaliation for American attack on city of York in Canada.
  • Hartford Convention

    Hartford Convention

    Resulted in the Federal Government protecting and financially aiding New England during the War of 1812
  • End of War of 1812

    End of War of 1812

    The Treaty of Ghent was signed and all conquered lands were returned.
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

    Propelled Andrew Jackson to fame as a war hero. Americans mistakenly thought it had ended the war.
  • Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Settled boundary between U.S. and Canada and returned land to people.
  • Era of Good Feeling Began

    Era of Good Feeling Began

    This was due to the high morale after the War of 1812 and the political cooperation as a result of one-party politics.
  • James Monroe Elected President

    James Monroe Elected President

    Was the fifth president and the last one of the Virginia dynasty.
  • Rush-Bagot Treaty

    Rush-Bagot Treaty

    Limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes.
  • Anglo-American Convention

    Anglo-American Convention

    Set the boundary between Missouri and Canada
  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    Adams-Onis Treaty

    Purchase Florida from Spain for five million dollars.
  • Mculloch vs Maryland

    Mculloch vs Maryland

    Helped establish that the government had certain implied powers
  • Panic of 1819

    Panic of 1819

    Marked the end of economic expansion after the War of 1812.
  • Dartmouth College vs. Woodward

    Dartmouth College vs. Woodward

    Was important in deciding corporate law in the U.S.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri was admitted as a slave state while Missouri was a free one in order to keep the balance between slave and free states.
  • Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt

    Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt

    Rebels planned to take control of Charleston and escape to Haiti, but were betrayed by other slaves and were executed.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Warned European colonies that colonialism will not be tolerated within their own lands.
  • John Quincy Adams Elected President

    John Quincy Adams Elected President

    Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes, but did not get the majority so Adams was elected.
  • Gibbons vs Ogden

    Gibbons vs Ogden

    Determined that Congress could regulate commercial activity between two states.
  • Erie Canal Completed

    Erie Canal Completed

    It connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean through the Hudson River
  • Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in New York

    Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in New York

    Finney became the second president at Oberlin College, which was involved with antislavery work
  • Tariff of Abominations

    Tariff of Abominations

    Was a protective tariff passed to protect industry in the North. Was opposed by the South
  • Lyman Beecher Delivered His Six Sermons on Intemperance

    Beecher was a co-founder of the American Temperance Society
  • Andrew Jackson Elected President

    Andrew Jackson Elected President

    Served in both Houses of Congress and was a general in the army. This gave him popularity which helped him win the election.
  • Catherine Beecher's Essay on Education of Female Teachers

    Catherine Beecher's Essay on Education of Female Teachers

    Daughter of Lyman Beecher and believed women should be educators for children and encouraged kindergarten.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    Authorized the president to grant unsettled lads west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian Lands within existing state borders.
  • Worcester vs Georgia

    Worcester vs Georgia

    Worcester's conviction was overturned because the Cherokee Nation was a separate political entity
  • Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the U.S.

    Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the U.S.

    Jackson argued that the form it was presented to him in was incompatible with justice, sound policy, and the Constitution.
  • Nullification Crisis Began

    Nullification Crisis Began

    South Carolina adopted the ordinance to nullify the tariff acts.
  • Black Hawk War

    Black Hawk War

    Brief conflict between Native Americans and the U.S., and was led by Sauk leader Black Hawk.
  • Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.

    Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.

    Formed to oppose Andrew Jackson
  • Treaty of New Echota

    Treaty of New Echota

    Cost three men their lives and provided legal basis for the Trail of Tears.
  • Transcendental Club's First Meeting

    Transcendental Club's First Meeting

    The members thoughts revolved around the shortcomings of Unitarianism and gave way to Transcendentalism.
  • First McGuffey Reader Published

    First McGuffey Reader Published

    This was the first of a series of textbooks for grades 1-6.
  • Texas Declared Independence

    Texas did not like the slave laws from Mexico so they rebelled and eventually gained independence later that year.
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo

    was the early stage of Texas breaking away from Mexico even though they lost.
  • Martin Van Buren Elected President

    Martin Van Buren Elected President

    He eventually became an important anti-slavery leader
  • Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular

    Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular

    Required payment for government land to be in gold or silver.
  • Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education

    Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education

    Mann is credited as the father of the Common School Movement
  • Panic of 1837

    Panic of 1837

    This was a major financial recession that created a financial crisis in America.
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the Divinity School Adress

    Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the Divinity School Adress

    Criticized Unitarianism and caused a lot of controversy.
  • Trail of Tears Began

    Trail of Tears Began

    Was part of the Indian Removal policy. Cherokee Indians were forced to migrate and many of them died
  • Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints

    Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints

    Joseph founded Mormonism and wrote the book of Mormon.
  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    Resolved border issues between America and northern British colonies
  • Treaty of Wanghia with China

    Treaty of Wanghia with China

    Allowed Qing empire to confiscate American ships that operated outside of treaty ports.
  • Start of Manifest Destiny

    Start of Manifest Destiny

    Belief that American expansion through the west was justified.
  • James Polk Elected President

    James Polk Elected President

    Was previously the governor of Tennessee and was the 11th president of the U.S.
  • U.S. Annexation of Texas

    U.S. Annexation of Texas

    Was a result of the the Mexican-American War and the treaty that ended it.
  • Start of the Mexican War

    Start of the Mexican War

    Congress claimed Mexico was encroaching on America and America ended up gaining land from Mexico
  • Bear Flag Revolt

    American Settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government.
  • Robert Humphrey Noyes Founded the New Harmony Community

    Robert Humphrey Noyes Founded the New Harmony Community

    He hoped his Utopian socialist community would provide an answer to the problems of inequality an alienation caused by the Industrial Revolution.
  • Gold Rush Began in California

    Gold Rush Began in California

    The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley caused many people to come to California to search for gold.
  • Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo

    It ended the Mexican War and gave America land.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    This set the boundary for the American-Mexican border.
  • Henry David Thoreau published Civil Disobediance

    Henry David Thoreau published Civil Disobediance

    It argues that people should not permit governments to overrule their consciousness.
  • Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor

    Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor

    Was important to opening Japan to the West.
  • Kanagawa Treaty

    Kanagawa Treaty

    It opened Japanese ports to America.