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nationalism | a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward's one's country. |
Henry Clay | "The Great Compromiser" who suggested the American System to President Madison that would further unify the U.S. |
protective tariff | tax on imported goods; encourages people to buy American products |
Era of Good Feelings | time period under President Madison following the War of 1812 |
establish a protective tariff; establish a national bank promoting a single currency; improve transportation systems | 3 main points of the American System. |
McCulloch v. Maryland | Supreme Court case that confirmed the Supremacy Clause and ruled that a state could not tax a national bank |
Gibbons v. Ogden | Supreme Court Case that strengthened the federal government by ruling that interstate commerce can be regulated by the federal government, not the state |
Supremacy Clause | federal government has power over the state government |
National Road or Cumberland Road | first national road extending east to wests and linking Maryland to West Virginia; later extended to Illinois |
Erie Canal | 1st U.S. canal that created a water route between New York City and Buffalo. |
sectionalism | loyalty to the interests of a region or section of the country |
farm products from the Great Lakes could be shipped east and manufactured goods could be shipped west | befit of Erie Canal |
economic changes | #1 factor that led to sectionalism between the regions of the U.S. |
Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state | event that triggered increased sectionalism |
South relied on a plantation economy with slavery; north focused on manufacturing and trade and the west focused on cheap land | economic changes that led to sectionalism in the U.S. |
Missouri would be admitted as a slave state; Maine would be admitted as a free state; slavery would be banned north of the parallel 36, 30, Missouri's southern border | terms of the Missouri Compromise |
it would stop the expansion of slavery | Southern state's concern about how the Missouri Compromise would affect the amount of territory closed to slavery |
Mason Dixon Line | symbolized a division between the north and south or a division between slave and free states. |
Federalist | political party that "disappeared" after the War of 1812 and during the "Era of Good Feelings" |
Spain, Britain | two countries that we negotiated with in order to firm up our nation's borders |
Rush-Bagot Agreement | agreement between the United States and Britain that reduced naval presence in the Great Lakes area on both sides |
Convention of 1818 | Set U.S. - Canadian border on 49th parallel |
Adam's Onis Treaty | treaty signed with Spain in which Spain gave Florida to the U.s. and Spain gave up claim to the Oregon Territory |
He was willing to go to war if threatened. | What did President Monroe mean when he said that any attempt to colonize the Americas would be considered "Dangerous to our peace and safety." |
U.S. was feeling strong and a world power and protectory of Americas' Democracy | what the Monroe Doctrine shows about the United States and how they wanted to by viewed by other nations. |