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28 Cards in this Set
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James Monroe
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Madison's Secretary of State
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Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Each nation pledged to limit its naval presence on the Great Lakes to a few armed ships.
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Convention of 1818
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Britain agreed to allow both countries to fish in the disputed waters.
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Luis de Onis
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Spanish diplomat that had secret negotiations with secretary of state John Adams.
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Spain transfered East Florida to the U.S.
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Simon Bolivar
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A great latin american from Venezuela.
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Monroe Doctrine
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Said that the president would not interfere with any European colonies in Latin-America.
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Specie
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gold or silver coins
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Henry Clay
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a Nationalist from Kentucky
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American System
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Proposals to increase federal involvement in the economy
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Tariff Act of 1816
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Placed a 25% duty on most imported factory goods.
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National Road
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Built in 1815 originally called the Cumberland Road
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Erie Canal
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A 363 mile long canal that was a cheaper and faster way through the interior of the country.
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Market Revolution
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creation of national markets
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Industrial Revolution
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period of dynamic changes in manufacturing.
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mass production
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manufacture of large quantities of goods
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Samuel Slater
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worker that memorized machine plans down to the last detail.
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Eli Whitney
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Chief who employed interchangeable parts in the manufacture of firearms.
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Interchangeable parts
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developed by eli whitney so that guns had the same parts
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Panic of 1812
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chain reaction of bank failures
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Missouri Compromise
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admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
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John Quincy Adams
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President from Massachusetts
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Andrew Jackson
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War hero fron Tennessee
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Democratic Party
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supporters of Andrew Jackson.... political party
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Spoils System
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rewarding supporters by giving them government jobs
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Rotation in office
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the periodic replacement of officeholders
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Sequoya
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Cherokee man born in Tennessee
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Indian Removal Act
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relocation of Indian nations living east of the Mississippi River
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