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2nd Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800, and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 825,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison established the principle of judicial review; federal courts now had the power to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional -
Lewis and Clark Expeditions
The Lewis and Clark Expeditions' mission was to explore the unknown territory, establish trade with the Natives, and affirm the sovereignty of the United States in the region. One of their goals was to find a waterway from the US to the Pacific Ocean. -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a law passed by the United States Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson. It prohibited American ships from trading with all foreign ports. This was opposed by the industrial North. -
Non-Intercourse Act
This effectively repealed the Embargo Act, lifting every embargo except for the ones of Britain and France. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and Britain. It lasted from 1812 to 1815 and secured American independence for a second time. -
Harford Convention
The Harford Convention was when the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and other political issues to do with the current government. -
Era of Good Feelings
After the winning of the war of 1812, this era replaced the bitter political divisions and temporarily unified America under its growing economy. -
Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was a depression that resulted from sectionalism, banking failures, and agriculture decline. It was the first large-scale financial crisis in US History -
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland determined that Congress had not only the powers expressly conferred upon it by the Constitution but also all authority to carry out such powers. This meant that Congress had the power to incorporate a national bank, which was the issue the case was specifically about. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
This treaty was between the United States and Spain, which ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. -
Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of Missouri. This was done to defuse the sectional and political rivalries between the North and South. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine declared that Europe shouldn't be involved in the U.S and Latin American affairs. It opposed further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere. -
Gibbons v Ogden
Gibbons v Ogden was a supreme court case establishing the principle that states cannot interfere with the power of Congress to regulate commerce -
Tariff of Abominations
The Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) was made to protect Northern industries from foreign competition. Less industrial southern states like South Carolina considered this unconstitutional. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, and authorized Jackson to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands. -
Worcester v. GA
Worcester v. Georgia was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
Specie Circular
This was a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. -
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up.
