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27 Cards in this Set
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Army Reduction Act
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1815
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Naval Expansion Act
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1816
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"The Fortification Board" formed
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1816
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The Long Expedition
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1819
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General Survey Act
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1824
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"The National Guard" designated in New York
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1824
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"Artillery School" established at Fort Monroe
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1824
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"Infantry School: established at JeffersonV
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1826
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"USS Vincennes" sailed from New York
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1829
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Indian Removal Act
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1830
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Black Hawk War
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1832
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"USS Potomac" intervenes in Sumatra
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1832
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The Second Seminole War
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1835-1842
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The Creek War
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1836
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The Cherokee Trail of Tears
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1836
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The Texas Revolution
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1836
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"Army Topographical Corps" established
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1838
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The United Stated Exploring Expedition
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1838-1842
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"USS Mississippi" and "USS Missouri" launched
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1842
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"USS Somers" mutiny
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1842
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Navy Observatory established
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1842
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"USS Princeton" launched
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1843
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US Naval Academy established
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1845
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Who was the president in 1817
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James Monroe
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Head of the War Department
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John C. Calhoun
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The Reduction Act
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On March 2, 1821, Congress passed the Reduction Act that cut the enlisted strength of the Army by half (from 11,709 to 5,586) but cut the size of the officer corps by only a fifth (from 680 to 540). Thus, even though the Congress had cut the end strength of the Army overall, its limited reduction of the officer corps confirmed that the idea of an expansible army was beginning to achieve a measure of acceptance.
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Expansible Army
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Calhoun suggested that the reduction, if it had to come, could be effected by cutting the enlisted personnel of each company to half strength. In time of war the Army could be quickly expanded to a force of 19,000 officers and men. This was the start of the "expansible army" concept.
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