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jeffersonian republicans

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-created by thomas jefferson
-new anti feds party intended to counter adams republicans
-anti-feds->jefferson office->feds

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marbury v. madison

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-supreme court case led by daniel webster
-establishes the principal of judicial review
-makes judicial strongest branch
-uncheck power

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louisiana purchase

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-bought by thomas jefferson president
-bought from napolean for $15 mill.
-napolean gets rid of land b/c need money
-explored by lewis & clark

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xyz affair

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-john adams attempt to get out of alliance w/ french
-sends delegations to negotiate end of treaty of alliance but presented with bribe: $4 mill. & $250,000 cash to discuss exit-> refuses-> open war

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alien & sedittion act

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-john adams pas this act
-4 acts which limit opposition quasi war

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quasi war w/ france

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-result of xyz affair
-thomas jefferson take war b/c feel unconstitutional
-undeclared naval war w/ france

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alien act

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-federal government w/o cause can deport any noncitizen

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naturalization act

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-increases residency requirements for citizenship to 14 yrs

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enemy alien act

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-federal government can deport in mass any set of immigrants from a country w/ which they are at war w/

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sedition act

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-you cannot write, say, or speak anything bad against the federal or its agents

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kentucky & virginia resolution pt1.

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-written by jefferson & madison
-in theory, kentucky & virginia resolution they’re theoretical documents, not a call to action

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kentucky & virginia resolution pt2.

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-in theory, states and citizens aren’t compelled to follow illegal laws

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convention of 1800

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-ends treaty of alliance
-US will forgive all financial loses inflicted by france
-outed adams career, surrenders $20 mill. to north debt-> voted out

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macons bill No. 2

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-done under james madison
-deals w/ competing trade system of british & france
-US will trade w/ either british or france
-1st come, 1st serve -> losing nation will respect soverignty of US
-side w/ france, napolean

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war of 1812

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-british doesn’t acknowledge macon bill No. 2
-america 2nd war of independence
-andrew jackson lead southern -> battle of new orleans

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hartford convention

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-attempt by fed party to successfully win war 1812
-encourage open rebellion of states
-surrender to britain & half of land except 13 original colonies
-rewriting of constitution

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battle of new orleans

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-biggest victory of war 1812
-led by andrew jackson-> political
rise

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treaty of ghent

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-status quo
-everything you came in w/, you come out w/
-british recognized US sovereignty

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era of good feelings

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-period after war 1812
-1 party=young republicans
-henry clay (kentucky)
-john c calhoun (south carolina)
-daniel webster (massachusetts)

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daniel webster

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-explains size of govern. by using supreme court
-most prolific
-mcchulloh v. maryland

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mcculloch v. maryland

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-under daniel webster
-establish that fed govern. followed broad/implied interpretation of constitution

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monroe doctrine

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-establish US isolation destination
-gives US oversight control of america (europe agree)
-longest standing foreign document US has

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done under james monroe

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-onis treaty, rush-bagot treaty, monroe doctrine, missouri compromise

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adam-onis treaty

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-US buys florida from spain for $5 mill. & renounce all rights to texas

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rush-bagot treaty
-establishes border between canada & US at 49th parallel -doesn't include oregon until later but settle at 49th
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missouri compromise
-missouri applies as slave state-> north upset-> clay compromise: states will always go in as 2 (1 free,1slave) -36 30 line
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36 30 line
-below=slave -above=free *except missouri
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election of 1828
-1st modern election -republicans led by john -jacksonian democrats led by jackson=organize at every level (federal, state & local) -mudslinging
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spoils system
-jackson determination that everyone must be personally loyal to him
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ordinance of nullification
-calhoun & jackson arguement over tariffs -calhoun disagrees -> back to SC & declares nullification of tariffs
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forest act
-jackson says "obey or else" -federal govern. can use military against state in rebellion (SC) -clay steps between jackson & calhoun
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georgia v. cherokee nation
-supreme court case -govern. decides what to do w/ native -1. actual ruling of georgia v. cherokee sides with cherokee -2. application- jackson says indians go oklahoma -supreme court weakness: no enforcement power
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roger taney
-pro-slavery supreme court justice -nominated by jackson -leads to civil war by dred scott case
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mormons
-jospeh smith: founder -brigham young: grows -christianity plus (book of mormons) -different set of rituals -perspective heaven (die->god) -settle in utah
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shakers
-led by an lee -communal -minimalist -dead-> don't proselytize
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dorthea dix
-asylum -mental ill out of prison
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horace mann
-public education -mandatory free public ed.
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william lloyd garrison
-abolitionist -radical -newspaper:liberator
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fredrick douglass
-strongest black abolitionist -newspaper:north star -politics -helps get black men into combat during civil war
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harriet tubman
-underground railroad:run all direction out of south, fastest way out
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manifest destiny
-US destined by god to own atlantic to pacific & everything in between
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texas revolution
-mexico encourage american to settle in texas -renounce american citizenship -learn & speak spanish -convert catholicism -pledge loyalty to mexican state -sam houston (military leader) -alamo:lost, goliad:lost, san jacinto:victory -texas independence
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mexican american war
-complete manifest destiny of US -polp tries to buy mexico->mexico=no->war=>end war=guadalupe hildago->mexico pay $15 mill. indebt assumption
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abolitionism
-desire to get rid of slavery in US -takes all forms -people of all color
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compromise of 1850
-settle question of california & new territory -1. california free state -2. remaining territory=potentional popular soverignty -3. texas=smaller -4. fugitive slave law- north return runaway slave -5. outlaw slave trade & slavery in washington DC -clay unable to past law as whole
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kansas nebraska act
-takes popular sovereignty to kansas and nebraska territory -kansas statehood- slave state->bleeding kansas->2nd vote=free state
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dred scott
-heard by taney court -slave living in south-> north-sues cannot hold slave in north-> taney-black not citizen, lack rights to enter court-> verdict: slavery can never be outlawed-> previous compromise=unconstitutional
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confederate states of american
-11 state leave, all in south -jefferson davis=leader -robert lee=military -cause: fighting for slavery -fighting defense war
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anaconda plan
-super slow -1.creates blockade, cut south from port -2.divide nation in half -3.use pro northern southern to fight war
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total war
-lincoln wants -grants gives him=nothin off limit
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emancipation proclamation
-1. all slaves living in states in rebellion are free-south return to north=keep slave -2.official cause of war is slavery -britain can't join war
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gettysburg
-last southern defensive fight civil war -pennsylvania -plan good, information intercepted
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10% plan
-lincoln plan for reconstrucion -state goes in individually -10% vote loyalty to north (union)
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pardon system
-under johnson -1.state reconstructed individually -2. 100% adult population must receive pardon -poor=automatic -rich=beg -replaced by MMA
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military reconstruction act (MMA)
-winner -1. union will be permanent present in southern states -2. divide 10 south state into 5 military district -3. reconstruction=redo application & disqualify all confederate office holders from future office holding -except tennesse
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13th amendment
end slavery
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14th amendment
african american are citizen, access court system
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15th amendment
black men can vote
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KKK
-clansman -secret society of white southerners that are against black, jews, catholics -used terror to control them -started after civil war
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compromise of 1877
-compromise that enables hayes to take office in return for the end of reconstruction

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