APUSH Unit 4 Quizs Vocabulary Notecards

John Deere

• American blacksmith responsible for inventing the steel plow which made plowing farmland in the west easier.

• Famous inventor of the cotton gin.

• Pioneer in the development of the tractor.

• Notable figure in the history of the steam engine.

Panic of 1837

• A financial crisis that occurred during Martin Van Buren's presidency due to the collapse of the cotton market.

• A period of economic downturn caused by the withdrawal of government funds from state banks during Andrew Jackson's presidency.

• A major banking crisis that led to the establishment of the Federal Reserve System in 1913.

• A series of bank failures in the 1820s that resulted in the creation of the Bank of the U.S.

Erie Canal

• A natural river connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie.

• An artificial waterway connecting the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo, New York.

• A highway that runs parallel to the Hudson River.

• A bridge that connects Albany and Buffalo.

Marbury v. Madison

• Supreme Court case involving the Midnight Judges that established the power of Judicial Review.

• A landmark case that abolished slavery in the United States.

• A Supreme Court decision that declared a federal law unconstitutional.

• A case that established the principle of double jeopardy.

Andrew Jackson

• The first President of the United States

• The seventh President of the United States who defeated the British at New Orleans

• A famous American author

• A general in the American Civil War

John Marshall

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams.

• A famous American author and playwright.

• A prominent military general during the Civil War.

• The first President of the United States.

William Henry Harrison

• An American military leader and the first President to die in office.

• A famous American author and poet.

• The first President of the United States.

• A prominent American scientist and inventor.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• A prominent advocate of women's rights who organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention with Lucretia Mott.

• A famous author known for her novels in the 19th century.

• A leading figure in the abolitionist movement who fought against slavery.

• A renowned scientist who made significant contributions to physics.

Transcendentalism

• A philosophical movement that emphasizes reason and logic over emotion.

• A nineteenth-century movement which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition.

• A literary genre focused on the supernatural and the unknown.

• A political ideology advocating for the separation of church and state.

Henry David Thoreau

• American poet known for his romantic poetry.

• American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden.

• American politician who advocated for civil rights.

• American scientist who studied the natural world.