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Rush-Bagot Agreement | (1817) an agreement that limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the United States and British Canada |
Convention of 1818 | an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled fishing rights and establised new North American borders |
James Monroe | elected in 1816 |
Adams-Onis Treaty | (1819) an agreement in which Spain gave East Florida to the United States |
Simon Bolivar | called the Libertador |
Monroe Doctrine | (1823)President James Monroe's statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring any attemp by a foreing country to colonize would be considered an act of hostility |
nationalism | a sense of pride and devotion to a nation |
Henry Clay | He believed that a strong economy would unite the country |
American System | Henry's Clay plan for raising tariffs to pay for internal improvements such as better roads and canals |
Cumberland Road | the first federal road project,construction of which began in 1815;ran from Cumberland,Maryland,to present day Wheeling,West Virginia |
Erie Canal | the canal that runs from Albany to Buffalo,New York;completed in 1825 |
Era of Good Feelings | a period of peace,pride,and progress for the United States from 1815 to 1825 |
Missouri Compromise | (1820) an agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36`30`latitude |
John Quincy Adams | He became secretary of state |
Washington Irving | education and architecture also reflected the growing national identity |
James Fenimore Cooper | 1789 wrote Stories about the West and the Native Americans |
Hudson River school | a group of American artists in the mid-1800s whose paintings focused on the American landscape |
Thomas Cole | Lanscape painter |
Thomas Caleb Bingham | He travelled west to paint scenes of the American Frontier |