Period 4 Review

By Langdon
  • John Marshall

    Supreme court Leader from 1801-1825 who was head in notable cases like Marbury Vs. Madison
  • Barbary Pirates

    US Merchant Ships harassed by pirates demanding payments Jefferson refused to pay leading to Naval Battles off the coast of Tripoli US Navy gained respect, but no decisive victory showed US could defend overseas.
  • Aaron Burr

    Vice President under Jefferson who accused Jefferson of leaving the Democratic Republicans due to the Louisiana Purchase and was accused of treason for conspiracy that he was plotting to start his own independent nation in the west.
  • Jeffersons Presidency

    Jefferson was a Democratic Republican also the 3rd president of the US who maintained Hamiltons Financial Policies and recued size of Military, cut federal jobs, repealed internal taxes, and worked to lower national debt. Also, he approved the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
  • Lewis and Clark

    Scouting for the Louisiana Purchase and land west
  • Cheseapeke-Leopard affair

    British warship Leopard attacked the US Ship Chesapeake off the Virginia coast 3 Americans were killed 4 taken captive
  • Embargo Act

    President Jefferson cut off all trade with Foreign Nations leading the US economy into a huge economic depression.
  • James Madison

    James Madison endorsed by Thomas Jefferson won the election in 1808. His victory signified the dominance of the Democratic Republican Party
  • Macons Bill No.2

    Replaced the Non intercourse act restoring trade with Britain and France but promising to cut off trade with any enemy Nation
  • Non Intercourse Act

    Law passed by Jefferson following those before him saying they would not interfere with foreign affairs
  • US Neutrality and Napoleonic Wars

    Ongoing war between Britain and France led to naval blockades disrupting the trade
  • British Impressment

    British taking and seizing US Trade Ships and sailors and forcing them to join their military. Main cause to the war of 1812
  • Election of 1812

    Growing anger over British impressment made congress and Madison signal the "War Hawks" and symbolized the beginning of the war of 1812
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Andrew Jackson deemed the Hero and the Treaty of Ghent ends the war.
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    Second Banks of the US Chartered

    Tariff of 1816 protects industry in the US
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    "Era of Good Feeling"

    James Monroes presidency he faced the Panic of 1819 economic depression over Bank failures and 1820 the Missouri compromise
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    Age of Expansion and Expanding democracy

  • Monroe Dopctrine

    Warns Europe not to colonize or interfere in the Americas deems the states protectors of Americas
  • Election of 1824

    John Quincy Adams wins the elctoral college but didnt win the Mass Majority and he won the Presidency and was known as the "corrupt bargain" Losing his Popularity
  • Election of 1828

    Andrew Jackson comes out victorious winning the Presidential seat and was deemed the "common man" and led to the creation of the Whighs political party formed in opposition to Jacksonian democrats.
  • Indian Removal ACt

    Leads to trail of Tears removing the Cherokee and other native Tribes from their land to land west of the Mississippi
  • Bank war

    Jackson vetoes the recharter of the 2nd Narional Bank and removes its federal deposits, shift funds towards "pet banks"
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    Nullification Crisis

    South Carolina challenegs the Federal Tariffs, Jackson defends the Union
  • Panic of 1837

    Economic downturn during Van Burren's Presidency he sticks to Lasieez-Faire Financial Plans
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    Election of 1840

    William Henry Harisson is elected President however he dies one month after taking office in 1841 and John Talker Becomes his replacement