AP U. S. History Presidential Review

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AP U. S. History Presidential Review

The Young Republic/The Critical Period, 1788-1815

1. George Washington, 1789-1797 VP - John Adams Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson Secretary of Treasury - Alexander Hamilton

Reference Points: ? The first cabinet positions--treasury, war, state, attorney general ? Judiciary Act, 1789 ? Tariff of 1789 ? Philadelphia as the nation's capital, 1790 ? First Bank of United States , 1791-1811 (Report on Public Credit, Report on Manufactures) ? Vermont enters Union, 1791 ? The Bill of Rights, 1791 ? The New York Stock Exchange, 1792 ? Kentucky enters Union, 1792 ? Fugitive Slave law, 1793 ? French Revolution - Citizen Genet, 1793 ? Eli Whitney granted patent for the cotton gin, 1794 ? Whiskey Rebellion, 1794 ? Jay's Treaty with England, 1795 ? Pinckney's Treaty with Spain, 1795 ? Hamilton v Jefferson (loose v strict interpretations of the Constitution) ? Tennessee enters Union, 1796 ? Farewell Address, 1796

2. John Adams, 1797-1801 Federalist VP - Thomas Jefferson

Reference Points: ? XYZ Affair, 1797 ? 11th Amendment, 1798 ? Naturalization Act, 1798 ? Alien Act, Sedition Act, 1798 ? Kentucky (Jefferson) and Virginia (Madison) Resolutions, 1798 ? Handsome Lake, 1799 ? Prosser's Rebellion, 1800 ? "Midnight Appointments"/Judiciary Act of 1801

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3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809 Republican VP - Aaron Burr Secretary of State - James Madison

Reference Points: ? Repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 ? Beginning of the Second Great Awakening, 1801-1840s ? Henry Shrapnel receives the patent for shell ammunition, 1803 ? Marbury v. Madison, 1803 ? Ohio enters Union, 1803 ? Louisiana Purchase, 1803 ? Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 ? The attempt to impeach Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase, 1804 ? Aaron Burr and his treason trial, 1804-1807 ? 12th Amendment, 1804 ? Yazoo Land Scandal, 1805 ? National Road (also known as Cumberland Road) authorized, 1806 ? Impressment, 1806-1812 ? Embargo Act, 1807 ? Congressional prohibition on slave trade into the US, 1808

4. James Madison, 1809-1817 Republican VP - George Clinton Secretary of State - James Monroe

Reference Points: ? Repeal of Embargo Act, 1809 ? Non-Intercourse Act, 1809 ? Macon Act, 1810 ? Fletcher v Peck and the Yazoo Land Scandal decision, 1810 ? Bank Debates and the expiration of the First National Bank's charter, 1811 ? "War Hawks," 1811-1812 (John C. Calhoun of SC and Henry Clay of KY) ? Tecumseh, 1811 ? Turnpikes (toll roads) proliferate, 1811-1818 ? Louisiana enters Union, 1812 ? War of 1812 (1812-1814) ? "Star-Spangled banner" composed, 1814 ? Treaty of Ghent, 1814 ? Hartford Convention, 1814 ? Battle of New Orleans, 1815 ? Unitarianism, 1815-1860 ? Early immigration (Irish, Germans), 1815-1860 ? The rechartering of the National Bank, 1816 ? Indiana enters Union, 1816

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Era of Good Feelings and the Era of the Common Man, 1815-1840

5. James Monroe, 1817-1825 Republican VP ? Daniel Tompkins Secretary of State - John Quincy Adams

Reference Points: ? The First Seminole War (Andrew Jackson), 1816-1818 ? Mississippi enters Union, 1817 ? Construction begins on Erie Canal, 1817 ? Steamboat navigation inaugurated on Ohio Mississippi route, 1817 ? Illinois enters Union, 1818 ? Panic of 1819 ? Depression of 1819-1821 ? Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 1819 ? Cession of Florida/Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819 ? First US immigration law passed, establishing a registration system and a process, 1819 ? McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 ? First US steamship crosses Atlantic to Europe, 1819 ? Alabama enters Union, 1819 ? Missouri Compromise, 1820 ? Maine enters Union, 1820 ? Slave trade declared piracy, 1820 ? Missouri enters Union, 1821 ? Seminoles resettled in central Florida ? Stephen S. Austin founds first American settlement in Mexican province of Texas, 1821 ? Cumberland Road (National Road) debate and veto, 1822 ? US extends recognition to new republics of Latin America, 1821 ? Denmark Vesey's rebellion, 1822 ? Monroe Doctrine, 1823 ? Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824 ? US and Russia establish boundary along Pacific coast of Oregon Territory ? American System, 1824 ? Tariff of 1824 ? Favorite Sons Election [Jackson, J. Q. Adams, Crawford, Clay], 1824 ? Creeks moved west, 1825

6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 National Republican VP - John C. Calhoun Secretary of State - Henry Clay

Reference Points: ? "Corrupt Bargain" ? Opening of Erie Canal, 1825 ? Beginning of railroad construction, 1826? James Fenimore Cooper publishes Last of the Mohicans, published, 1826 ? American Temperance Society established, 1826 ? Freeman's Journal first black-run newspaper in US founded in New York, 1827 ? Baltimore and Ohio Railroad becomes the first passenger railway in US, 1827 ? Irish and German immigration begins, 1827-1838 ? Noah Webster publishes The American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828 ? Tariff of Abominations, 1828 ? South Carolina demands right to nullify federal laws, 1828 ? Calhoun's Exposition and Protest, 1828

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7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 Democrat VP - John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren

Reference Points: ? "Kitchen Cabinet"/"Spoils System" ? Jacksonian Democracy ? The first railroad locomotive enters service, 1829 ? Chesapeake and Delaware canals open, 1829 ? Mormon Church founded, 1830 ? Indian Removal Act, 1830 ? Maysville Road Veto, 1830 ? Land speculation makes receipts of public lands a main source of government revenue, 1830-1835 ? William Lloyd Garrison begins publication of The Liberator, 1831 ? Nat Turner's insurrection, 1831 ? Cherokee Nation v Georgia, 1831 ? Underground Railroad, 1831? Bank veto issue, 1832 (charter due to expire 1836) ? The Tariff of 1832 and the nullification controversy, 1832 ? World's first streetcar begins service in New York, 1832 ? Tariff of 1833 (a Henry Clay compromise) and the Force Act, 1833 ? Anti-Slavery Society, 1833 ? Black Hawk war, 1832 ? Worcester v Georgia, 1832 ? Formation of the Whig Party/Second Party System, 1832/1834 ? Jackson enacts 10-hour day for federal workers, 1834 ? Second Seminole War, 1835-1842 ? Treaty of New Echota, 1835 ? Trail of Tears forces the Cherokee from Georgia to "Indian Territory," 1835-1838 ? Transportation boom, 1835-1841 ? "Gag rule," 1836 ? Republic of Texas proclaimed (the Alamo, the Battle of San Jacinto), 1836 ? Bureau of Indian Affairs established, 1836 ? Arkansas enters Union, 1836 ? Specie circular adopted to curtail overspeculation in public land sales, 1836 ? Rise of manufacturing in the North, 1830s? Transcendentalism, 1836-1850 ? Michigan enters Union, 1837

8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 Democrat VP - Richard M. Johnson

Reference Points: ? Panic of 1837 ? Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers his "American Scholar" address at Harvard, 1837 ? Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge, 1837 ? Samuel Morse receives patent for telegraph, 1837 ? Joseph Smith leads Mormons from Ohio toward Missouri, 1838 ? Tennessee passes first prohibition law, 1838 ? Liberty Party founded on platform of abolitionism (later merged with Free Soilers), 1839 ? Independent Treasury Bill, 1840 ? 10-hour work day extended to all laborers, 1840 ? Rise of popular press, 1840? Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign, 1840

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Antebellum Period, 1840-1860

9. William Henry Harrison, 1841 Whig VP - John Tyler Secretary of State - Daniel Webster

10. John Tyler, 1841-1845 Anti-Jackson Democrat ran as VP on Whig ticket Secretary of State - Daniel Webster

Reference Points: ? Supreme Court frees black rebels in Amistad case, 1841 ? Repeal of the Independent Treasury Act/Bank veto issue, 1841 ? John C. Fremont surveys Oregon Trail, 1842 ? Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 ? Commonwealth v Hunt, 1842 ? Charles Thurber patents the typewriter, 1843 ? High point of "Old Immigration" (Scandinavians in upstate New York, Wisconsin and

Minnesota; Irish in New York and New England; Germans in New York, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Texas), 1843-1882 ? Beginnings of Nativism /American Republican Party, 1843 ? Bible riots, 1844 ? Henry Wells and George Fargo found express service, 1844 ? Oregon border dispute/54? 40', 1844-1846 ? Texas annexation 1844-1845 (completed under President Polk) ? Samuel Morse sends first telegram from Washington DC to Baltimore, 1844 ? Florida enters Union, 1845

11. James K. Polk, 1845-1849 Original "dark horse" candidate Democrat VP ? George Dallas

Reference Points: ? Manifest Destiny/John O'Sullivan, 1845 ? Texas enters Union, 1845 ? Smithsonian Institution established in Washington, DC, 1846 ? Brigham Young leads Mormons to Utah, 1846 ? Mexican War, 1846-1848 ? Bear Flag revolt in California, 1846 ? Oregon boundary settled with Great Britain, 1846 ? Wilmot Proviso, 1846 ? Iowa enters Union, 1846 ? US Post Office issues first official stamp, 1847 ? Discovery of gold in California, 1848 ? Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo, 1848 ? Wisconsin enters Union, 1848 ? Seneca Falls Convention/The Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 ? Free Soil Party established, 1848 ? Department of the Interior established, 1849

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