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30 Cards in this Set
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Nationalism
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National pride or loyalty.
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James Monroe
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Was the secretary of state in 1816, was from Virginia, and was nominated for president number 5 of them all.
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Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Pact limiting naval power on the Great Lakes for the United States and Great Britain.
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Convention of 1818
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Agreement between the United States and Britain that established the U.S.-Canada border at the 49th parallel west to the Rocky Mountains.
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Luis de Onís
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Was a Spanish diplomat that secretly negotiated land with the United States.
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Adams-Onís Treaty
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Agreement in which Spain transferred East Florida to the United States.
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Simon Bolívar
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Was one of the greatest Latin American revolutionary of Venezuela.
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Monroe Doctrine
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Was the annual message that President Monroe gave that said that the U.S. would not interfere with any existing European countries in Latin America.
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Specie
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Gold or Silver that a bank held to back up its notes.
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Mass Production
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Manufacture of large quantities of goods.
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Interchangeable Parts
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Process developed by Eli Whitney in the 1790's that called for mass production by use of identical, replaceable parts.
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Henry Clay
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Was the representative of Kentucky at the time of the War of 1812, and was most noted for his proposal to increase federal involvement in the economy.
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American System
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Plan developed by Henry Clay for raising tariffs to pay for internal improvements such as roads and canals.
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Tariff Act of 1816
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Federal law that placed a 25 percent duty on most imported factory goods; increased conflict between the North and the South.
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National Road
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Cumberland Road; first federal roadway.
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Erie Canal
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Major canal that linked the Hudson Bay with Lake Erie; completed in 1825.
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Market Revolution
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Creation of profitable national markets during the 1800's; brought about by new transportation systems and regional specialization.
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Industrial Revolution
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Period of dynamic changes in manufacturing and production that began in Britain in the mid-1700's.
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Samuel Slater
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Very hard worker who came to the U.S. in 1789 with hopes of making a fortune.
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Eli Whitney
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Was the chief of all inventors who employed interchangeable parts in the manufacture of firearms.
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Panic of 1819
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Economic collapse caused partly by the National Bank's attempt to curb some policies of state banks.
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Spoils System
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Politicians' practice of giving government jobs to their supporters.
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Rotation in office
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Periodic replacement of officeholders.
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Missouri Compromise
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Agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine to enter as a free state, and banned slavery in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36 degree 30' line.
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John Quincy Adams
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Was one of the five who ran for the 1824 election. Also won that election with the help of Henry Clay.
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Andrew Jackson
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Was of Tennessee, was one of the five that ran for presidency in 1824.
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Democratic Party
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Political party founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in the 1820's
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Doctrine of Nullification
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Belief that states had the right to disobey federal laws that they considered unconstitutional.
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Pet Banks
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State banks that received deposits of federal funds because of their officers' loyalty to the Democratic Party and to President Andrew Jackson.
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Sequoya
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Was a Cherokee Indian who was born in Tennessee somewhere between 1760 and 1770, and also fought against the Creek as a member of a Cherokee regiment in the U.S. Army.
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