Presidents+notebook

=﻿President Notebook=

E (4) U (3) goal: To review Adam's presidency E (4) U (4)

I would go on the democratic republican side because they have more freedom for the people and they did what was best for the people. Federalists- wanted a strong federal gov't, supported industry and trade, cities. Democratic republicans- members were called republicans, wanted to limit federal gov't power, farmers and country.

Election of 1796
 * Adams won by 3 electoral votes
 * runner up was Jefferson
 * two different parties/ way different ideas for the government

The U.S. loved Britain until they had their revolution then the French helped us and we loved them. The French hated Britain all along so they helped us defeat Britain during our revolution. After a while we decided to trade with Britain so French hated us.

March 14th Goal: To learn the events of Thomas Jefferson's presidency. Marbury vs. Madison- Marbury wasn't the justice of peace anymore. This pretty much said the courts could rule stuff unconstitutional and overrule stuff within the government for the future.

Jefferson was impacted by John Adams lame duck act which means the judges stayed from last presidency to keep Adams' ideas with the government. Spain owned New Orleans and Louisiana and Spain agreed to trade Louisiana to France under a secret treaty. In 1802, right before handing it over, Spain shut down New Orleans to American ships. When we were offering to buy Louisiana Purchase, a French ambassador offered to sell all of Louisiana. Jefferson was thrilled and he decided to buy it all for $15 million. Aaron Burr- Vice president of Thomas Jefferson but he got sick of being second so he quit. Then, he ran for governor of New York against Alexander Hamilton, and he got really mad at Hamilton. A duel went down in July 11th, 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey between Burr and Hamilton. Burr won and Alexander Hamilton died.Aaron Burr wanted more money so he wanted to travel to western territories. He meets Ohioan Harman Blennerhassett who helps him make money and find adventure. people thought he was against his country so he went to court and was found innocent, which changed the law's definition of treason in the U.S.

Lewis and Clark- Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and 50 men called the Corps of discovery. These people gained land from the Louisiana purchase. This started in May 1804, in the summer they met the shoshone natives along with Sacagewea, met Nez Perce, reached Pacific northwest in November, 1805, stayed the winter, and began home in March, 1806. They did this to explore territory and inform the natives that they owned the land now, not France.

March 15th Goal: To explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition Things I learned-We learned a lot of new species. One bad decision could kill you. A lot of the decisions were 50/50 and could have gone either way. Cause/Effect- Continue up the river- Sand blinds eyes and wind picks up and so does water speed. We keep on going- Clark thinks we are going the wrong way, and the river turns into rapids. We kept on going- Poeple started dying and our expedition came to a stop.

March 16t﻿h Goal: To learn about the main events during James Madison Presidency

Embargo Act of 1807- non-intercourse act- Americans can't buy any land that the indians owned. This affected our relationship between France and Britain. Embargo Act means we weren't trading with France or Britain anymore.

War of 1812- A war that Britain was having with France. Then the U.S. asked for more territory that Britain owned. Britain didn't want to fight with us so they sent something saying they werent going to sink our ships anymore. Phase one of the war- Britain didnt really fight that much because they were already fighting with France. After phase one, the British came over here and they fought us. It ended in about 6 months and nothing came out of the war except our star spangled banner written byFrancis Scott Key.

Treaty of Ghent- Official treaty that ended the war of 1812. Signed on December 24th 1814. After this, all prisoners were released and 10,000 acres of land was returned to the United States. The British promised to return all the slaves that were freed, but they didnt, they just gave the U.S. $350,000.

2nd National Bank- Created after the War of 1812. There was no money to repay funds because the first National Bank closed earlier, in 1811. In Andrew Jackson's presidency in 1830, the second national bank was shut down because of its frauds. There was a twenty year charter that said you have to keep the bank for at least 20 years.

March 17th Goal: To learn about James Monroe and the events of his presidency Missouri Compromise- In 1819 Missouri said they wanted to be a part of the Union, Henry Clay made a compromise saying that Missouri was now a slave state but Maine was now a free state also. This was pretty much a problem that Missouri wanted slavery but they were above the line that didnt allow slavery. So Henry Clay said that Maine could be a free state and Missouri would have slaves. This made the amount of slave states and free states equal. Monroe Doctrine- This basically said that other countries couldnt settle in our western land because it was OURS. his happened in December 2nd, 1823. James Monroe signed the petition thats why his name is in it. British and French were the main countries that this act was passed for. McCulloch vs. Maryland- Maryland took James McCulloch to the supremem court for not paying tax on bank income. The outcome was it gave the congress the "necessary and proper" clause which gave the congress power to put in laws that they felt necessary. It also made it so that the federal government has say over the states. The reason McCulloch didnt pay his tax in the first place was because the taxes were too high. Adam-Onis Treaty- Happened in Florida, The United States wanted the Florida area that the seminole indians had. Spain didnt want to deal with the war so Spain made this treaty to give America the land and get the indians off of it. Thios took place 1817-1821.

March 18th Goal: to learn the events of John Quincy Adams presidency

Election of 1824- He was elected on December 2, 1824. He took over James Monroes spot as president. There were four other people running for president, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson had more votes than John Quincy Adams but John still won.

Corrupt Bargain- Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams were friends, Andrew Jackson hated them both. This happened when the tiebreaker was needed between the four presidents running. Clay said John could be president if Clay got to be the secratery of state. Clay could do this because he was the speaker of the house and he had power over the house of representatives.

Tariff of Abomination- In 1828, the Congress passed a tariff saying that European goods would cost more so people would buy American goods instead. The south wanted to break away from the government because this. People in Europe were also made because their products weren't selling as much.

Crisis over Nullification- This happened because of the tariff of abomination. It said that the states weren't gonna follow these rules but they had to cuz the federal government said so. South Carolina said that they wont follow it which lead to more states that didnt want to, but some still had to. People tryed to get around the abomination tariff.

March 21st Goal: Review presidents to this point

2. John Adams- alien and sedition acts 3. Jefferson- LA purchase 4. Madison- War of 1812 5. Monroe- Monroe Doctrine, no one can come in our territory 6. JQ Adams- Election of 1824 7. Jackson- Indian Removal Act

A jittery monkey made JQ Adams jiggle

Goal: learn the development of American culture

__﻿__ __** American culture notes **__
 * 1) George Washington
 * 2) John Adams
 * 3) Thomas Jefferson
 * 4) James Madison
 * 5) James Monroe
 * 6) John Quincy Adams
 * 7) Andrew Jackson

Literature- Washington Irving connected European influences with America and he wrote about mistakes and current society. James Fenimore Cooper was also a writer at the time and he wrote about Native Americans, historical events, and made these real places and events with fictional characters.

Visual arts- Most painters painted the land of the U.S. Even schools painted the lands of the Hudson River and partraits were also painted. Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School and he started the idea of painting landscapes.In the 1840s art changed and people started linking their everyday lives to their paintings.

Religious music- Meetings were held to keep religion important and Spirituals were sung out of the Bible to enhance their beliefs.Other songs reflected the growing nation in different ways.

Architecture- People liked to do Great Britain ways in architecture but the government wanted Greece and Rome styles.People started listening to the governemnt and more Greece and Roman buildings were made.

Education- Governement leaders wanted education to be important and decided to have the states help pay for the schools.


 * mountain men
 * Jim Beckwourth
 * Oregon Trail
 * Santa Fe Trail
 * Mormons
 * Brigham Young
 * Father Migual Hidalgo y Costilla
 * Stephen Austin
 * Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
 * Alamo
 * Battle of San Jacinto
 * Sam Houston
 * Juan Seguin
 * manifest destiny
 * James K. Polk
 * Bear Flag Revolt
 * Treaty of Guadalope Hidalgo
 * Gadson Purchase
 * Mexican Cession
 * John Sutter
 * James Marshall
 * Donner Party
 * forty-niners