Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
45 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Constitution Boat
|
Sailor was a freed American slave
|
|
Oliver Hazard Perry
|
Built green timberland boats on lake eerie to try and control great lakes
|
|
Battle of Thames
|
Redcoats had to flee fort malden after General Harrisons army defeated them.
|
|
Thames MacDonaugh
|
-Fought british fleet and won.
-Saved upper New York from British Conquest |
|
Hartford Convention
|
Dec. 15-Jan 5 1815
-demanded financial assistance to sompensate for lost trade -proposed amendment requiring 2/3 vote in congress before an embargo could be passed. |
|
Tariff of 1816
|
First important American Tariff. Created for safety on imports and exports.
|
|
James Monroe
|
Nominated for president in 1816 by republican party.
|
|
Panic of 1819
|
Brought deflation, depression, bankrupcies, bank failures, unemployment, soup kitchens, and debotrs prisons.
|
|
McCulloch V.S. Maryland
|
Attempt of Maryland to destroy a branch of the Bank of th U.S. by imposing taxes on its notes.
|
|
Treaty of 1818
|
Permitted America and Canada to share New found Fisheries.
Also allowed Britan and America to settle on some land in the US |
|
Florida Purchase Treaty
|
Spain gave America Florida, as well as claims to Oregon in exchange for Americas abandonment of murky Texas treaties.
|
|
Corrupt Bargain
|
Jackson said if Clay elected him as president he would make him secretary of state.
|
|
Trail of Tears
|
Result of Indian Removal Act....
Cherokees forced from homes, and sent to a newly formed Oaklahoma reservation. resulted in 4,000 deaths of Cherokees |
|
Black Hawk
|
Influential Native American chief. Encouraged indians to fight back against Jackson.
Hanged for impeachment. |
|
Cumberland Road
|
otherwise known as the National Road, improved travel for community, adn exchanging of goods.
|
|
Cotton Gin
|
Created by Eli Whitney
|
|
The Steel Tip Plow
|
Created by John Deere
|
|
Mechanical Reaper
|
Cyrus McCormick
|
|
Sewing Machine
|
Elias Howe created the sewing machine, but Issac Singer perfected his design in 1840
|
|
Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
-Wrote self reliance
-influential writer |
|
Kentucky Bluegrass
|
Ideal for cows to eat
|
|
Redevous System
|
Traders ventured to the Rocky Mountains to trade with others, and Indians
|
|
George Catlin
|
-Painter, Student
-Frist American advocate on nature perservation (national policy) |
|
Black Forties
|
Irelands high imigrant rate made it their main export due to famine
(NINA) No Irish Need Apply |
|
Interchangeable parts
|
Interchangeable gun parts, created by Eli Whitney
|
|
Samuel F.B. Morse
|
Telegraph and morse code
|
|
Harriet Beecher Stowe
|
Wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, very influential, adn debatable book
|
|
Nat Turner
|
-Preecher on his plantation
-Freed all slaves on plantation by killing their master, and others. |
|
John Brown
|
-Participant in underground railroad
Attemptde to make Kansas a free state -convicted for treason |
|
Fredrick Douglas
|
-Wrote the North Star newspaper for African Americans
|
|
Harriet Tubman
|
-Main participant in uderground railroad, freed more than 300 slaves.
|
|
William Lloyd Garrison
|
Publisher of the Liberator
|
|
Trand Allegheny Reigon
|
Nations Breadbasket
|
|
Robert Fulton
|
Creator of the Steamboat
|
|
Eerie Canal
|
Linked the Great Lakes
|
|
Deism
|
Relied on logic and science.
-believed their was an ultimate creator who amde the land, but then left |
|
Unitarian
|
Believed god existed in only one person
|
|
2nd Great Awakening
|
-2nd great revival in religion, methodists, and baptists most heavily effected
|
|
Joseph SMith
|
Creator of Mormonism, wrote the book of Mormon
|
|
Brigham Young
|
-2nd leader of mormonism, led them west
-Served as fist governor of Utah |
|
Brook Farm
|
Practiced transcendentalism
|
|
Shakers
|
-Longest lived community
-led by Mother Ann Lee -Did not allow marraige or sex -led to the demise of the community |
|
Benjamin Silman
|
Most influential scientist of the 19th century
|
|
Hudson River School
|
-American Art Movement
-Pictures of exploration and discovery |
|
Transcendetalism
|
-Believed people should live simply
-Truth is found in Nature -Peace and Justice (people should be socially responsible. |