Unit II Study Guide
The Growth of a Democratic Culture and the Nation’s Expansion (1800-1824)
the acquisition and significance of the Louisiana Purchase
the growth of nationalism and the War of 1812
the primary characteristics of the republican culture developing in the early 19th century—demographics, migration, religion,
politics, & the frontier
the development of the market, transportation, and industrial revolutions and the capitalist system
significant events during the Monroe administrations
Textbook: Chapter 10, pp. 272-273; 294-296; Chapter 11, 307-309
T—the impact of the War of 1812 on eastern native Americans
T--the acquisition of Florida and the presidential election of 1824
T—the development of the modern capitalist practices
*democracy
*suffrage
speculation
*the Monroe Doctrine
the Missouri Compromise
T--Adams-Onis Treaty
the Land Act of 1820
the Louisiana Purchase
limited liability
the Lewis and Clark expedition
T—the American System
squatters
the Panic of 1819
the “corrupt bargain”
*the War Hawks
T--the Barbary Wars
the Erie Canal
corporations
the Second Bank of the U.S. (SBUS)
the Virginia Dynasty
the right of judicial review
the Battle of New Orleans
pre-emption rights
Marbury v. Madison, 1803
specie payment
Meriwether Lewis
Francis Scott Key
John Quincy Adams
William Clark
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Tecumseh
James Madison
John Marshall
“a firebell in the night”
“The Star Spangled Banner”
“tweaking the lion’s tail”
James Monroe
Henry Clay
Napoleon Bonaparte
the “revolution of 1800”
T--“Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute.”
“the revolution of 1800 . . . not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the
suffrage of the people ”
“we should have such an empire for liberty as . . . the world has never surveyed since the creation”
“The day France takes possession of N.Orleans . . . we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.”
Jacksonian America (1828-1840)
the significance of egalitarianism, individualism, and paternalism
and the major issues of Jackson’s presidency: the spoils system, nullification, Indian removal, the veto, and the bank war
the significance of Andrew Jackson’s presidency
Textbook: Chapter 11, pp. 309-312; 316-319; 327-329
T-- the development of the Democratic and Whig parties and the second party system and the presidential election of 1828
T--the politics of the Jacksonian Democrats
T—the international causes of the Panic of 1837 and the presidential election of 1840
*franchise
populism
T--the Panic of 1837
the Bank War
Old Hickory
democratic rhetoric
the spoils system
the 5 Civilized Tribes
the common man
the nullification crisis
the Whigs
the bank veto
the Democrats
Trail of Tears
pet banks
the force bill
the Tariff of Abominations
the American System
Martin van Buren
John Quincy Adams
William Henry Harrison
Henry Clay
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831
Worcester v. Georgia, 1832
John C. Calhoun
the South Carolina Exposition
Democracy in America
“The bank is trying to kill me . . . but I will kill it.”
“Our Union, it must be preserved.”
Andrew Jackson
“An unchecked majority is a despotism.”
the “tyranny of the majority”
“boom or bust”
“a ward to his guardian”
“hang out his shingle”
“Please give my compliments to my friends in your state, and say to them, that if a single drop of blood shall be shed there in
opposition to the laws of the United States, I will hang the first man I can lay my hands on engaged in such treasonable conduct,
upon the first tree I can reach.”
“the preservation of the rights of the several states and the integrity of the Union.”
“a ward to his guardian”
“distinct political communities, having territorial boundaries”
“The bank . . . is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”
“the tyranny of the majority.”
“Log Cabin and Hard Cider”
“King Andrew I, the most absolute despot now at the head of any representative government.”
“Equality of talents, of education or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions . . . . Every man is equally entitled to
protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles,
gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of our society—the
farmers, mechanics, and laborers—who have neither the time nor the means of securing favors to themselves, have the right to
complain of the injustice of their Government.”