Early American History
American Inventors
| Person (memorize) | Why are they important? (memorize) |
|---|---|
| Francis Cabot Lowell | His textile mill employed young girls |
| Samuel Slater | British mechanic who helped create the American Textile industry |
| Ely Whitney | Created interchangeable parts for assembly line production |
| Samuel Colt | Made interchangeable parts for pistols |
| Cyrus McCormick | Made reaping machines for faster grain harvest |
| John Deere | mass produced steel plows |
| Robert Fulton | inventor of the steamboat |
| DeWitt Clinton | Governor of NY, helped create the Erie Canal |
| James Monroe | 5th President of the US; told European nations to leave America alone |
| Henry Clay | Speaker of House of Reps; creator the "American System" |
| Charles Grandison Finney | popular evangelist during the Second Great Awakening |
Early American Politics
| Name (memorize) | Why were they important? (memorize) |
|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President of US; bought LA from France |
| Aaron Burr | runner up in election of 1800; crazy |
| Merriwether Lewis | leader of the Corps of Discovery |
| John Marshall | Established judicial review in Marbury v Madison |
| Tecumseh | united Indian nations to resist settlement |
| Alexander Hamilton | creator of the Bank of the US; favored industry |
| Andrew Jackson | leader of US forces at the Battle of New Orleans |
| William Henry Harrison | burned down Prophetstown on the Tippecanoe R. |
| Henry Clay | Created the Missouri Compromise |
| John Quincy Adams | gained Florida for the US; 6th President |
| John C Calhoun | VP; favored South Carolina nullifying the Tariff |
| Nicholas Biddle | President of the Bank of the US; fought A. Jackson |
| Martin VanBuren | 8th President; the "Little Magician" |
| John Tyler | first President to take office after the death of a President |
| Roger Taney | Jackson's pick for Chief Justice; overturned many of Marshall's decisions |
Events!
| Question (memorize) | Answer (memorize) |
|---|---|
| Election of 1800 | Power transfers peacefull from Federalists to Republicans |
| Louisiana Purchase | Deal with Napoleon doubles the size of the US |
| Impressment | the act of "hiring" American sailors into the British navy |
| the Embargo Act of 1807 | Jefferson halted all trade with European nations |
| War of 1812 | at the end of this dispute, nothing was settled |
| Treaty of Ghent | restored the status quo that existed before the War of 1812 |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | US troops burn the Indian village of Prophetstown |
| the Panic 1819 | the first major depression of the new United States |
| Marbury v Madison | gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review |
| Dartmouth v Woodward | reinforced the power of contracts in the US |
| The Missouri Compromise | kept the balance of free and slave states; restricted slavery north of 30N |
| Sentamentalism | a literary movement that encouraged emotion |
| Monroe Doctrine | a warning to Europen nations to stay out of American affairs |
| the Tariff of 1823 | a tax on imports that aided Northern industry, but hurt the Southern economy |
| Erie Canal | cut travel time from Buffalo, NY to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Indian Removal Act | made all Native Americans move west of the Mississippi |
| Nullification | the notion that a state can ignore a law it feels is unfair |
| Trail of Tears | the forced march of the Cherokee nation; 20% of the people died |
| Worchester v Georgia | the court upheld the Cherokee claim to their land: it didn't help |
| the Panic of 1837 | a depression that was partly caused by Jackson's war with the Bank of the US |