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| Rush-Bagot Agreement | limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the U.S. and Great Britain |
| Convention of 1818 | Treaty that set the border between the U.S. and Canada at 49 degrees latitude and as far west as the Rocky Mountains |
| James Monroe | elected president in 1816, and sent troops to secure the Florida border |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | signed in 1819 by countries which settled the border disputes between Spain and the U.S. |
| Simon Boliver | Called the LIberator, and led many struggles for independence |
| Monroe Doctrine | an exclusive statement of American policy warning European powers not to interfere with the Americas |
| Nationalism | feelings of pride and loyalty to a nation |
| Henry Clay | a strong supporter who was an U.S. representative from kentucky, also developed the "American System" |
| American System | a series of measures intended to make the United States economically self-sufficient |
| Cumberland Road | first road built by the federal government |
| Erie Canal | ran from Albany to Buffalo, New York |
| incentive | something that leads people to follow a certain course of action |
| Era of Good Feelings | an era of peace, pride, and progress in America from 1815-1825 |
| James Fenimore Cooper | writer born from a wealthy New Jersey family in 1789, and he wrote "The Spy" |
| sectionalism | disagreements between the different regions |
| Missouri Compromise | settled the conflict that had arisen from Missouri's application for statehood |
| John Quincy Adams | beat Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election, but was accused of corrupt bargains with Henry Clay, a U.S. representative |
| Washington Irving | writer born in 1783 who wrote satire stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "Sleepy Hollow" |
| satire | humorous form of writing |
| Hudson River School | from where artists created paintings which reflected national pride |
| Thomas Cole | landscape painter who created the Hudson River School |
| George Caleb Bingham | his paintings showed the rugged lonely lives of traders in the west |
