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52 Cards in this Set
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americans plan to leave from detroit, niagra, and lake champlain with all boats at the canadian border
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three pronged invasion of 1812
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british general who takes the american fort michilimackinac
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isaac brock
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early in the war, brit general isaac brock takes this american fort on the great lakes
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michilimackinac
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an american ship/frigate aka "old ironsides" had thick sides, big crew, 1 in 6 was a freed slave
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constitution
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american naval officer, beats british on lake eerie
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oliver hazard perry
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commands american fleet on sept. 11th, 1814, beats brit on lake champlain, brits forced to retreat from upper NY
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thomas macdonough
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brit bring 6000 men here, they then burn the capital (wash) in august of 1814
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bladensburg
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baltimore, brit keep firing, but cant take it, august of 1814
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fort mchenry
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american captured by brit at ft mchenry, writes star spangled banner
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francis scott key
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in command of new orleans, has 7000 sailors, pirates, blacks, etc
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andrew jackson
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jackson beats indians in SW
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battle of horseshoe bend
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700 random americans beat 8000 brits who tried to do a frontal assault on january 8th, 1815/ 2000 brits die and 74 americans die
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battle of new orleans
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peace treaty signed here in belgium 2 weeks b4 the battle of N.O. / pretty much an armistice, nobody gets their way/ December 24, 1814
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treaty of ghent
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lead guy at reaty of ghent, doesnt give in to brits, who later crumbled and lost in NY
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john quincy adams
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john quincy adam's colleague at ghent
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henry clay
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MA, CT, RI (and NH, VT) feds meet in hartford (winter of 1814) to talk about their wrongs. asks nat'l gov't for money for lost trade and suggests a 2/3 vote before passing an embargo, or declaring war, or becoming a state. after the war is over, their acts are seen as petty or treasonous.
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hartford convention
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canada feels betrayed by brit, no indian buffer state or control of great lakes won
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treaty of ghent
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war of 1812 in Am, Am gains respect for their fighting
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second war for american independence
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Am who fought indians with jackson, indians left after the war to make treaties with Am themselves and give up OH river beds
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william henry harrison
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rush-bagot agreement
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sprit of nat'l conscience and unity
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nationalism
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write "nat'l literature", new distinctively Am, internat'l fame by 1820s
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washing irving and james fenimore cooper
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revived and approved by congress in 1816
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bank of the U.S.
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naval hero in war of 1812 and at barbary coats, nationalistic
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stephen decatur
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1st Am tariff for protection, not revenue, b/c new Am industry couldnt survive w/ brit sending over all of their stocked up items, 20-25% tax
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tariff of 1816
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created "Am system" in house of reps, improvement of Agri and industry
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henry clay
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3 parts: 1) strong banking (=good credit) 2) protective tariff (to protect manufacturers in N) 3) sys of roads and canals, esp in OH valley (transport food and materials S and W, N and E for manufactured goods
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american system
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made by NY in 1825, finished
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eerie canal
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repub wins elction vs last fed candidate even in 1817...one-party rule
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james monroe
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for 1st 25 yrs of Am, all but on pres was from VA
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VA Dynasty
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this is what a boston paper called monroe's rule...it was good at first but not later
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"ear of good feelings"
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caused by overspeculation of frontier land, results: deflation, depression, unemployment, bankruptcies and failures, debtors prisons / all W banks forclose on all W farmers, they see nat'l bank as devil
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panic of 1819
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settlers to old NW from S, leave S because not respected, (at a disadv because they're poor, self sufficient)
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"butternuts"
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ppl from NE who go to old NW, want taxes for progress (schools, roads)
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"yankee"
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from W MD to IL, started in 1811
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cumberland road
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you can buy 80 virgin acres in W for $1.25 in cash, to help beef up W pop.
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land act of 1820
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no more slaves can be brought to MO, emancipated kids of slaves/ MO wanted to become a slave state
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tallmadge amendment
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MO admitted as a slave state, but at the same time, ME becomes a free state, 12:12 balance, 1821
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missouri compromise
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S border of MO, all future slavery prohibited N of this line in LA Purchase land
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36 degrees, 30' (30th parallel)
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chief justice of SC, strengthens it, fed and nat'list
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john marshall
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marshall asserts fed power over state and state can't tax a fed institution (like the nat'l bank)
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mcculloch v. maryland (1819)
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constitution made by ppl who the ppl chose, so they let the government act for their benefit
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"loose construction"
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marshall defends fed power, fed (SC) can review all decisions of state courts
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cohens v. virginia (1821)
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marshall says congress controls interstate commerce
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gibbons v. ogden (1824)
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protects property rights vs popular pressure, SC can say state laws are invalid if they conflict with the constitution
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fletcher v. peck (1810)
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protects business enterprise from state encroachment
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dartmouth college v. woodward (1819)
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congressman, dedicated to union as a whole, a fed and nat'list, agrees with marshall
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daniel webster
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monroe's sec. of state, nat'list
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john quincy adams
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lets Am share newfoundland fisheries w/ canada (brit) / fixes a border of LA purchase at 49 degrees / brit and Am share oregon
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treaty of 1818
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brit foreign sec who asks US to join him in renouncing any nations interrest in colonizing Latin Am/ john adams says not to ally w/ brit b/c its shady and they'll use us
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george canning
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1823, noncolonization, nonintervention/ no more colonizations in Am, stay out of our hemisphere
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monroe doctrine
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tsar of Russia retreats so that he is not so far S into Alaska
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russo-american treaty of 1824
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