HIST 4291 U.S. Political History to 1877
interior vs. tidewater
Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
Whigs/Tories
Radical Whigs
Committees of Correspondence
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Thomas Paine
Independence
Declaration of Independence
John Dickinson
Articles of Confederation
legal tender laws
Newburgh “Conspiracy” (1783)
Shays Rebellion (1787)
Annapolis Convention (1786)
Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
Constitutional Convention (1787)
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
small state vs. large state
federalism
republicanism
Virginia Plan
William Paterson
New Jersey Plan
“Great Compromise”
enumerated powers vs. implied powers
“necessary and proper”
broad vs. strict construction
Electoral College
Impeachment
Ratification
Federalist Papers
Caucus
Nominating Conventions
Presidential Preferential Primaries
Presidential Succession Act of 1792
Presidential Succession Act of 1886
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
25th Amendment (1967)
Election of 1789
Washington 69
Adams
34
Precedents
Judiciary Act of 1789
Cabinet
Bill of Rights
Alexander Hamilton
Report on Public Credit
Funding
Assumption
1st Bank of the U.S.
“sentinelship”
Whisky Excise
Whisky Rebellion
Federalist party
Republican party
“botanical expedition”
Fenno Gazette of the U.S.
Freneau, National Gazette
Election of 1792
Washington 132
Adams
77
Napoleonic Wars
Jay’s Treaty (1795)
Farewell Address
Election of 1796
Adams
71
Jefferson
68
T. Pinckney 59
Burr
30
XYZ Affair
Quasi War
Alien and Sedition Acts
Matthew Lyon
Jedediah Peck
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Election of 1800
Jefferson
73
Burr
73
Adams
65
C.C. Pinckney 64
Virginia Dynasty
Revolution of 1800
patronage
Judiciary Act of 1801
“midnight judges”
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Louisiana Purchase
12th Amendment (1804)
Election of 1804
Jefferson
162
C.C. Pinckney 14
Burr-Hamilton Duel
Burr Conspiracy
Executive privilege
Impressment
USS Chesapeake
“Mosquito Fleets”
Embargo Act
Force Act
Non-Intercourse Act
Election of 1808
Madison
122
C.C. Pinckney 47
John Randolph of Roanoke
“Quids”
Macon’s Bill No. 2 (1810)
midterm election of 1810
“War Hawks”
War of 1812
Election of 1812
Madison
128
Clinton
89
Hartford Convention
Battle of New Orleans
2nd Bank of the U.S.
Tariff of 1816
Election of 1816
Monroe
183
King
34
William H. Crawford
“King Caucus”
Panic of 1819
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Missouri Compromise
Election of 1820
Monroe
231
J.Q. Adams
1
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
FIRST EXAM
Election of 1824
Jackson
99
151,Adams
84
113,Crawford
41
40,Clay
37
47,“Corrupt Bargain”
John McLean
Democratic Republicans
National Republicans
Tariff of 1828
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828)
Election of 1828
Jackson (DR) 178
642,Adams (NR) 83
500,Kitchen Cabinet
Spoils System
Jacksonian Democracy
Martin Van Buren/Calhoun
Jefferson Day Dinner (1830)
Eaton Affair
American System
Maysville Turnpike Veto
Indian policy
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
Bank War
Nicholas Biddle/Henry Clay
Bank Bill of 1832
Bank Veto
Election of 1832
Jackson (D) 219
701,Clay (W)
49
484,Wirt (AM)
7
100,Anti-Masonic Party
Nominating Convention
Tariff of 1832
Ordinance of Nullification
Nullification Proclamation
Force Bill
Compromise Tariff of 1833
Removal of Deposits
Presidential Censure
Specie Circular (1836)
Election of 1836
Van Buren (D)
170
764,Harrison (W)
73
550,White (W)
26
146,Webster (W)
14
41,Magnum (W)
11
Richard Johnson
Panic of 1837
Texas
Second Seminole War
Trail of Tears
Independent Treasury Act (1840)
Election of 1840
Harrison (W)
234
1,275,Van Buren (D)
60
1,128,Birney (L)
6,Liberty Party
John Tyler
Bank of the United States
Mass cabinet resignation
midterm election of 1842
Manifest Destiny
“Raleigh Letter”
Texas Treaty
Election of 1844
Polk (D)
170
1,339,Clay (W)
105
1,300,Birney (L)
62,Election of 1844 in New York
Polk (D)
237,588
48.9%
Clay (W)
232,482
47.8%
Birney (L)
15,812
3.3%
Uniform Election Act (1845)
Texas Annexation
Oregon
Mexican War
“Spot Resolutions”
Mexican Cession
Wilmot Proviso (1846)
John C. Calhoun
James Buchanan/36°30’
Lewis Cass
Popular sovereignty
Walker Tariff (1846)
Independent Treasury Act (1846)
Election of 1848
Taylor (W) 163
1,361,Cass (D)
127
1,223,Van Buren (FS)
291,Free Soil Party
William H. Seward
California
Compromise of 1850
“7th of March Speech”
“Higher Law Speech”
Millard Fillmore
Stephen A. Douglas
SECOND EXAM
Election of 1852
Pierce (D)
254
1,607,Scott (W)
42
1,386,Hale (FS)
155,“doughface”
filibustering
Ostend Manifesto (1854)
Nebraska Bill
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
party realignment
Republican Party
anti-Nebraska Democrats
Whigs
Know-Nothing Party
midterm election of 1854
“Bleeding Kansas”
Brooks-Sumner Affair (1856)
John Brown
Pottawatomie Massacre
Election of 1856
Buchanan (D)
174
1,836,Fremont (R)
114
1,342,Fillmore (KN)
8
873,Panic of 1857
Dred Scott Case (1857)
Roger B. Taney
Lecompton legislature/Topeka legislature
Topeka Constitution
Lecompton Constitution
Buchanan vs. Douglas
English Bill
midterm election of 1858
“House Divided” Speech
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Freeport Doctrine
“Irrepressible Conflict” Speech
Harper’s Ferry Raid (1859)
1859 Speakership Battle
John Sherman
John McClernand
William Pennington
Charleston Convention
“Alabama Platform”
William L. Yancey
Baltimore Convention
Chicago Convention
David Davis/Norman Judd
Constitutional Union Party
Norfolk speech
Election of 1860
Lincoln (R)
180
1,865,Douglas (ND)
12
1,380,Breckinridge (SD)
72
848,Bell (CU)
39
590,secession
Immediatists
Cooperationists
Crittenden Compromise
“13th Amendment”
First Inaugural
Fort Sumter
Proclamation of Insurrection
War Democrats
Peace Democrats/”Copperheads”
Clement Vallandigham
Administration Republicans
Radical Republicans
Lincoln’s Plan of Reconstruction
Wade-Davis Bill
Election of 1864
Lincoln (U)
212
2,220,McClellan (D)
21
1,809,Union Party
Andrew Johnson
“Peace Platform”
Atlanta Campaign
Johnson’s Plan of Reconstruction
Joint Committee on Reconstruction
13th Amendment (1865)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
14th Amendment (1868)
midterm election of 1866
“Swing Around the Circle”
1st Reconstruction Act
Tenure of Office Act
Impeachment
Election of 1868
Grant (UR)
214
3,013,Seymour (D)
80
2,708,“availability”
“bloody shirt”
Gold Corner/Credit Mobilier
Texas v. White (1869)
15th Amendment (1870)
Enforcement Act (1870)
Ku Klux Klan Act (1871)
Election of 1872
Grant (R)
286
3,598,Greeley (LR)
66
2,835,Liberal Republican Party
Panic of 1873
Greenback Party
midterm election of 1874
Whiskey Ring/Belknap Bribery
“salary grab”
“Grantism”
Resumption of Specie Act (1875)
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Election of 1876
Hayes (R)
185
4,033,Tilden (D)
184
4,288,Cooper (G)
78,Joint Electoral Commission
David Davis
Joseph Bradley
Compromise of 1877
THIRD EXAM