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Interchangeable parts
Interchangeable parts are parts (components) that are, for practical purposes, identical. One such part can freely replace another, without any custom fitting. -
Louisiana Purchase
In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Was the first expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an American presence in this territory before Britain and other European powers tried to claim it. -
Judicial Review
Judicial review is a process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with authority for judicial review may invalidate laws, acts and governmental actions that are incompatible with a higher authority: an executive decision may be invalidated for being unlawful or a statute may be invalidated for violating the terms of a constitution. -
Embargo Act 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general trade embargo on all foreign nations enacted by the United States Congress. -
Steamboats
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The American, Robert Fulton, was present at the trials of the Charlotte Dundas and was intrigued by the potential of the steamboat. He later obtained a Boulton and Watt steam engine, shipped to America, where his first proper steamship was built in 1807. -
Nonintercourse Act 1809
In the last sixteen days of President Thomas Jefferson's presidency, the Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom, with their respective allies, from June 1812 to February 1815. Peace negotiations began in August 1814, and the Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814. -
Impressment
Navies of several nations used forced recruitment by various means. The large size of the British Royal Navy in the Age of Sail meant impressment was most commonly associated with Great Britain and Ireland. -
“Star-Spangled Banner”
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, by 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. -
Tariff of 1816
The Tariff of 1816, also known as the Dallas Tariff, is notable as the first tariff passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition. -
2nd Bank of US
The Second Bank of the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank. A private corporation with public duties, the bank handled all fiscal transactions for the U.S. Government, and was accountable to Congress and the U.S. Treasury. -
Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was the first financial crisis in the United States and some historians have called it the first Great Depression. -
Monroe Doctrine 1823
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas.It stated that further efforts by various European states to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States." -
Revolution of 1828
People believed Adams and Clay of having reached a "corrupt bargain" in which Clay helped Adams win the contingent election in return for the position of Secretary of State. -
Tariff of 1828; “tariff of. abominations”
The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the Northern United States. It was labeled the "Tariff of Abominations" by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Southern economy. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. Authorized by Andrew Jackson -
Specie Circular
The Specie Circular is a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. -
Women’s Rights Movement
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide, and which formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and feminist movement during the 20th century. -
Seneca Falls Convention‘48
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first woman's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". The meeting comprised six sessions including a lecture on law, a humorous presentation, and multiple discussions about the role of women in society.
