American History Unit 4

What was the American System?

• Proposed by Henry Clay
  North would produce manufactured goods for the South.
  South would produce crops and livestock for the North.
  
• National Road connected regions together by land and started Westward migration.
  Erie Canal, “The Big Ditch,” linked Hudson River to the Great Lakes and shipping charges were dropped
• For the southern economy, plantations used new inventions to help with the production of cotton. This expanded slavery.
• East was industrial;
  West was the nation’s “Breadbasket;” produced food and cotton
  

What was the issue of McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819?

• Maryland imposed taxes on the U.S. National Bank
• Ogden stated he was granted exclusive rights by the state of New York to operate steamboats along the Hudson River, while all others had to pay.
  
• Required whites in the territory to get licenses authorizing their residence there, and to take an oath of allegiance to the state.

Who was President during the Era of Good Feelings?

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• James Marshall

Why was this time period known as the Era of Good Feelings?

• American Colonization closed
• U.S. began to protect Latin America
• It preserved the balance between free and slave states.
• Because of the strong nationalism, economic growth, territorial expansion, and fewer partisan conflicts.

Why was it necessary for the Missouri Compromise to be written?

• A method of appointing officials to the government of the United States of America based on political connections rather than on impersonal measures of merit.
• The land and water route used by the US government to forcefully remove thousands of Cherokee Indians from their homes between Georgia and Oklahoma.
• It preserved the balance between free and slave states.

What is the spoils system?

• The period of Andrew Jackson's presidency from March 4, 1829 to July 23, 1830
• A method of appointing officials to the government of the United States of America based on political connections rather than on impersonal measures of merit
• Required whites in the territory to get licenses authorizing their residence there, and to take an oath of allegiance to the state
• Ruled that Congress (Federal Government) had the right to regulate interstate trade and not the states

What was the Trail of Tears?

• The land and water route used by the US government to forcefully remove thousands of Cherokee Indians from their homes between Georgia and Oklahoma.
• The term used by Alexander Hamilton during the last day of his presidency
• A trail going from the northern part of New York, to the Southern part of Missouri

What is the theory of nullification?

• A method of appointing officials to the government of the United States of America based on political connections rather than on impersonal measures of merit
• A legal theory that a state has the right to ratify, or approve, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional
• A legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional
• It preserved the balance between free and slave states.

Why was the Whig Party formed?

• To combat the ideas of John Tyler
• To combat the ideas of William Henry Harrison
• To combat the ideas of Millard Fillmore
• To combat the ideas of Andrew Jackson

What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Tordesillas