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30 Cards in this Set
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War of 1812 |
War between The US and Britain starting in 1812 and lasting 2.5 years over issues remaining from the Revolutionary war |
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Battle of New Orleans |
Battle in which Andrew Jackson led the american forces to a huge victory, restoring honor in the eyes of Americans |
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Congress of Vienna |
Convention of European countries that redrew the borders of the nations |
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Treaty of Ghent |
Ended the war of 1812 esentialy as a draw as no issues were adressed |
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Hartford Convention |
Convention where federalists made grievances about the war of 1812 |
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Rush-Bagot Agreement |
Established strict limits on naval armaments in the great lakes |
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Tariff of 1816 |
Protected New England manufacturers from the cheaper British goods that were being imported |
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American System |
Henry Clay had a three pronged system to promoted industry which was a strong banking system, a protective tariff, and a federally funded transportation network |
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Era of Good Feelings |
Period when there was one party republican rule during James Monroe's presidency |
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Panic of 1819 |
Banks tightened loan policies, depression rose, and the western farmers were hurt financialy |
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Land act of 1820 |
Lowered prices of public land |
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Tallmadge ammendment |
Failed proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves into the Missouri territory |
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Peculiar Institution |
Institution of southern slavery |
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Missouri Comprimise |
Made Missouri a slave state, made Maine a free state, and said that anything located in the Louisiana purchase was free as well |
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McCullouch v. Maryland |
said that the state of Maryland could not tax the Bank of America |
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Loose Construction |
stated that federal powers not specifically listed in the constitution could be used to carry out constitutionaly mandated responsibilities |
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Cohens v. Virginia |
allowed the supreme court to review cases from the state supreme court that involved federal powers |
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Gibbons v. Ogden |
said that congress had full control of interstate waters |
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Fletcher v. Peck |
strengthened the protection of private property and allowed the supreme court to abolish state laws that contradicted federal laws |
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward |
said that the state could'nt take over a private school |
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Anglo-American Convention |
allowed New England to access Newfoundland fisheries, set the norther border for the Louisiana territory, and allowed joint occupation of the Oregon country |
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Florida Purchase Treaty (Adams-Onís Treaty) |
Allowed america to get Florida from Spain |
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Monroe Doctrine |
A warning to European countries that colonization was over |
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Russo-American Treaty |
said that the 54 40 line was the southernmost boundary for Russian land in North America |
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Isaac Brock |
British general that captured fort Michilimackinac early in the war of 1812 |
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Oliver Hazard Perry |
Defeated the British on Lake Erie during the war of 1812 |
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Thomas Macdonough |
saved upper New York from British conquest in 1814 |
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Francis Scott Key |
He wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" While watching the British attack of Fort McHenry during the war of 1812 |
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James Monroe |
fifth president that authored the Monroe doctrine and stated that the Americas should be closed to future american Colonization |
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George Canning |
wanted America to join Britainin the restricting of future European western expansion |
