Chapter 9

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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Treaty regarding American occupation in East Florida. Determined the American-Spanish borders, and succeded Florida to the U.S.

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Claims Associations

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Determined law on frontiers where no law existed.

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Preemption Rights

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Congress had passed numerous laws allowing squatters to purchase lands at minimal price.

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National Road

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First public transportation project of the new country. Ran from Virginia to Illinois.

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Erie Canal

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Created a cheap water rout for commercial goods, extending from the great lakes to the Atlantic, and inspired other states to follow with their success.

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Cotton Gin

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Made the commercial use of cotton much simpler, and allowed the South to become the world greatest cotton supplier.

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Balance of Power

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Since there were equal amount of slave states as their were free states, it seamed even added one more state to each side would overthrow the peace.

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"Putting Out" System

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The putting out system allow Manufacturers to provide raw materials for households to make their own goods.

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Lowell Factories

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Lowell studies the success of factories, and him and two others, created a textile factors, where all steps of textile were done in one factory. Others soon follow him.

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Second Bank of the US

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Under the constitution the government failed to occupy the countries ever growing need for currency. The Second Bank of the united states was created to regulate this, but only led to two depression.

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"American System"

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Created by Henry Clay, the system was a high protective tariff to stimulate industrial growth, and provide a home market in the south, and savored the country from dangerous European dependency.

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"Era of Good Feelings"

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Rumor was spread that because the political system was surviving on a uniparty system, that everyone agreed.

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Tallmadge Amendment

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James Tallmadge proposeda plan to slowly weed Missouri out of slavery and banned further introduction of slaves, and the same would be for other states.

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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Arose because Maryland had attempted to tax the Baltimore branch of the national bank. Marshall concluded that states did not have the power to tax an institution brought out by congress.

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John Calhoun

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Proposed protective tariffs and became the seventh vice president.

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John Quincy Adams

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Vice president who strongly opposed European affairs, and wrote the Monroe Doctrine, later became president.

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James Monroe

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President at the time, although he was elected with basically no opponent, he was still very qualified, putting forth the Monroe Doctrine, and attempted to preserve the fore fathers beliefs.

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Henry Clay

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Representative of Kentucky, he promoted that the government enforce economic development, created the "American System"

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Dartmouth College v. Woodward

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The state of New Hamshire attempted to make the private college a state one, but Marshall declared that any charters that the state had given to a private institute were to still remain in tact.

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Implied Powers

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Powers that were not specifically mentions in the constitution, but could be taken as they were implied.

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Monroe Doctrine

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Opposed further colonization in the Americas by European powers, in return, Americans would no longer interfere in European affairs.

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European Grand Alliance

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After Napoleons defeat, the monarchs of Europe propers the "Grand Alliance" This worried americans seeing as they wanted to promote the rebelling colonies of Spain, but if they were to piss Spain off, they would piss all of Europe off.

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Missouri Compromise

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Contradictions arose when Missouri wanted to enter the union as a slave state, in fear that it would screw with the balance of powers. In order to compromise, the government admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and declared that any states that were admitted above the 36 parallel were forbidden to allow slavery.

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Gibbons v. Ogden

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This case arose when New York, attempted to protect their steam boat monopoly by getting rid of the competition of ferries in New Jersey. This was declared unconstitutional seeing as a state could not interfere with congress's right to regulate interstate commerce.

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Panic of 1819

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Depression, that Monroe felt to need to relieve the economic crisis.

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Robert Fulton

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Displayed the potential of the prototype steams boats of his time by setting off his own steamboat up 150 miles up the Hudson river.