What Is It?

  1. This document stated that the U.S. would not tolerate any new European colonies in the New World.
  2. Monroe Doctrine
  3. This resulted from American efforts to secure the access to New Orleans and the Mississippi River.
  4. Louisiana Purchase
  5. This allowed Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union if a small fraction of the 1860 voters in the state took an oath of loyalty to the Union.
  6. Lincoln’s 10% plan
  7. This major transportation accomplishment strengthened ties between eastern manufacturing and western agricultural regions by linking the Hudson River to the Great Lakes.
  8. Erie Canal
  9. This was passed when Andrew Jackson was president and stipulated that paper money should not be accepted in payment for federal government lands.
  10. Specie Circular
  11. This prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  12. Proclamation of 1763
  13. This court case claimed for the first time that the Supreme Court could declare an act of Congress to be unconstitutional.
  14. Marbury v. Madison
  15. This resulted in Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president in return for the ending of Reconstruction by withdrawing all federal troops from the South.
  16. Compromise of 1877
  17. Religious revival of the mid-18th century that challenged the control of traditional clerics over their congregations.
  18. The First Great Awakening
  19. This was issued by President George Washington in response to French diplomatic requests that the United States honor the Franco-American Alliance signed during the Revolutionary War.
  20. Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
  21. The system of using interchangeable parts to allow for mass production of high-quality items was called this term.
  22. American System of Manufactures
  23. This allowed the baptism of the children of baptized but unconverted Puritans and allowed greater political participation.
  24. Halfway Covenant
  25. This concept suggested that women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic.
  26. Republican Motherhood
  27. This theory states that a country should export more than it imports.
  28. Mercantilism
  29. After this war Americans felt free to take a more independent stand toward Britain because the threat from the French was gone.
  30. French and Indian War
  31. Because of the large amount of territory gained after this war, the controversy over slavery in the territories was reignited.
  32. Mexican-American War
  33. The first successful English colony in North America
  34. Jamestown
  35. The French ministers demand a bribe before meeting with the American envoys.
  36. XYZ Affair
  37. This election is seen by many historians to represent the rise of individualism and popular democracy in America.
  38. Election of 1828
  39. This stipulated that no antislavery petitions would be formally received by Congress.
  40. The Gag Rule
  41. The greatest achievement of the Articles of Confederation.
  42. Getting states to give up their claims to western lands and then passing the Land Ordinance to survey the lands and the Northwest Ordinance to tell how new states would be created.
  43. Britain’s colonies took advantage of this policy to work out trade arrangements to acquire needed products from other countries rather than purchasing all goods from Britain.
  44. Salutary neglect
  45. This would have prevented slavery in the lands acquired as a result of the Mexican War if it had passed.
  46. Wilmot Proviso
  47. This religious belief stated that God created a universe governed by natural laws. It attracted followers such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.
  48. Deism
  49. This was a way for poor British people to seek opportunity in colonial America.
  50. Indentured servitude
  51. Stephen Douglas set forth this doctrine in his debates with Abraham Lincoln that held that any territory could exclude slavery simply by declining to pass laws protecting it.
  52. Freeport Doctrine
  53. The phrase that came into popular use after the Stamp Act was passed.
  54. Taxation without representation is tyranny
  55. This treaty with Spain was considered a major success of Washington’s presidency because it allowed the U.S. to use the port of New Orleans.
  56. Pinckney’s Treaty
  57. The most controversial part of Alexander Hamilton’s economic program.
  58. Bank of the U.S.
  59. This treaty divided the non-European world between Spain and Portugal.
  60. Treaty of Tordesillas
  61. This plan proposed by Henry Clay advocated a national bank, high protective tariffs and federal funding for the building of roads and canals.
  62. American System
  63. This provided large amounts of federal government land to states that would establish agricultural and mechanical colleges.
  64. Morrill Land Grant Act
  65. The law Andrew Jackson broke that got him impeached and nearly removed from office.
  66. Tenure of Office Act
  67. The response to the Alien & Sedition Acts passed by John Adams. Written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
  68. Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions (Resolves)
  69. This military success guaranteed Lincoln’s reelection in 1864.
  70. General Sherman’s capture and burning of Atlanta
  71. These essays written to garner support for the Constitution challenged the conventional political wisdom by asserting that a large republic offered the best protection of minority rights.
  72. The Federalist Papers
  73. What the supporters of Andrew Jackson accused John Quincy Adams & Henry Clay of making during the disputed election of 1824.
  74. A corrupt bargain