Presidents
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) |
Democratic Republican, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark, Marbury V. Madison (Judicial Review), Reelected, Embargo Act of 1807 |
James Madison (1809-1817) |
Democratic Republican, Nonintercourse Act of 1809, Macon's Bill No. 2, War of 1812, War Hawks Treaty of Ghent, Hartford Convention, Fletcher V. Peck, Martin V. Hunter's Lease |
James Monroe (1817-1825) |
Democratic Republican, Era of Good Feelings, Tariff of 1816, The America System, Panic of 1819, Dartmouth College V. Woodward, McCulloch V. Maryland, Cohens V. Virginia, Gibbons V. Ogden, Missouri Compromise, Tallmadge Amendment, Rush-Bagot Agreement, Treaty of 1818, Florida Purchase Treaty, Monroe Doctrine, Market Revolution, Beginnings of Irish and German immigration, |
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) |
Election of 1824, Internal improvements, New Tariffs |
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) |
Democrat, Peggy Eaton Affair, Indian Removal Act, Cherokee Nation V. Georgia, Worcester V. Georgia, Trail of Tears, Nullification Crisis, Reelected, Destroy National Bank |
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) |
Panic of 1837, Cult of Domesticity, Independent Treasury |
John Tyler (1841-1845) |
Mexican American War, Battle of the Alamo, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Manifest Destiny |
James K. Polk (1845-1849) |
Donner Party, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Ostend Manifesto |
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Movements and Reforms
Second Great Awakening (1823) |
Charles G. Finney starts revivals in upstate New York, Baptists and Methodists in the South, Millennialists believed the world would end on October 21st with the second coming of Jesus, Mormons migrated West in order escape religious scrutiny |
American Temperance Society (1826) |
Founded by Protestant ministers, reform alcoholism and excessive drinking |
NY Female Moral Reform Society (1834) |
Women had more time, wanted to keep poor women from being prostitutes |
Transcendentalism |
One must discover themselves by challenging materialism and establishing the individual, Brook Farm |
Seneca Falls Convention (1848) |
Wanted to establish women's property rights and voting rights |
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Court Cases
Marbury V. Madison (1803) |
Established the idea of Judicial Review |
Fletcher V. Peck (1810) |
Land fraud in Georgia, Supreme Court declared a State Law unconstitutional |
Martin V. Hunter's Lease (1816) |
Supreme Court has jurisdiction over state courts when the cases involves constitutional rights |
Dartmouth College V. Woodward (1819) |
Contracts for private corporations cannot be altered by the State |
McCulloch V. Maryland (1819) |
Federal laws can override State laws; "implied power" of the Constitution, States cannot tax federal institutions |
Cohens V. Virginia (1821) |
Supreme Court can review state court's decisions when they apply to the power of the federal government |
Gibbons V. Ogden (1821) |
The Federal government has some control over interstate commerce |
Cherokee Nation V. Georgia (1831) |
Cherokee nation could not sue since they were not a nation |
Worcester V. Georgia (1832) |
Georgia has no right or force within the Cherokee territory |
Commonwealth V. Hunt (1842) |
As long as a union is peaceful, they can negotiate labor contracts with their employer(s) |
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Politics and Economics
Embargo Act of 1807 |
Prohibited sailors from going to any foreign port due to their neglect of American policies, US economy suffered, Britain traded with South America |
Nonintercourse Act of 1809 |
Prohibited trade with only France and Britain |
Macon's Bill No. 2 (1810) |
If either France or Britain agree to U.S neutrality, the U.S would not trade with that nations enemy |
Treaty of Ghent (1814) |
Ends the War of 1812 |
Tariff of 1816 |
Only overall decently accepted tariff, created to pay off war debts |
Henry Clay's American System (1816) |
Protective tariffs, National Bank, and Internal improvements |
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817) |
Established a border between the United States and Canada, limits weaponry on the Great Lakes |
Treaty of 1818 |
Joint occupation of Oregon, joint fishing in Newfoundland |
Florida Purchase Treaty or Adam-Onis Treaty |
Spain sold Florida to the United States |
Panic of 1819 |
2nd National Bank tightened credit in fear of inflation, banks closed, money deflation |
Monroe Doctrine (1823) |
Europe can no longer encroach on the Western Hemisphere |
Tariff of 1828 |
South was enraged, caused nullification |
Congress' Preemption Act |
Squatters can stay on public lands and purchase them for small fees |
Panic of 1837 |
Jackson killed the National Bank prior, paper money became practically useless, economic depression |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) |
Paid Mexico $15 Million dollars, established the Rio Grande as the border and gave the U.S California |
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