1876800656 | Oliver Hazard Perry | American navel officer who managed to build a fleet of ships on the coast of Lake Erie | 0 | |
1876801335 | Thomas Macdonough | Naval officer during the war of 1812, he commanded a fleet that challenged the British at Plattsburgh | 1 | |
1876868097 | William Henry Harrison | Became a national hero after he defeated Tecumseh and the Shawnee Indians in present day Indiana | 2 | |
1876801919 | Francis Scott Key | American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Georgetown, wrote the lyrics to the U.S. National anthem | 3 | |
1876873369 | Washington Irving | First American to win international recognition as a literary figure after his victory | 4 | |
1876802268 | Andrew Jackson | Placed in charge of protecting the Mississippi Valley with Gaunt, He became a war hero/famous figure after his victory at New Orleans | 5 | |
1876891088 | James Enmore Cooper | American novelist who is best known for novels about the frontier, wrote last of the Mohicans | 6 | |
1876806541 | John marshall | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801-1835; presided over cases such as Marbury v.s. Madison | 7 | |
1876807567 | John C. Calhoun | Vice presidential candidate for both Adams and Jackson. Wrote a pamphlet called "the South Carolina exposition" | 8 | |
1876808244 | John Quincy Adams | Secretary of State, he served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819 he drew up the Adam-onis treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claim on Texas | 9 | |
1876808969 | Daniel Webster | Senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time who was involved in the Webster-Hayne debate | 10 | |
1876809287 | Henry clay | War hawk, speaker of the house, Great Compromise between free and slave states | 11 | |
1876809881 | Nationalism | Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 12 | |
1876810864 | Peculiar institution | Widely used term for the institution of American slavery in the South. Its use in the first half of the 19th century reflected a growing division between the North, Where slavery was gradually abolished, and the south, where slavery became increasingly entrenched. Southern euphemism for slavery | 13 | |
1876811500 | Sectionalism | An idea of dividing the country into sections based on two different economic developments | 14 | |
1876812702 | Non colonization | Principle of the Monroe doctrine that stated the Americans should undergo to further colonization by European powers | 15 | |
1876813212 | Non-intervention | A foreign policy of staying out of other countries disputes | 16 | |
1876814463 | Isolationism | A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other countries. | 17 | |
1876817475 | Ohio fever | European Immigrants bought large amounts of cheap west American land | 18 | |
1876818614 | Second bank of the United states | "Revised" bank of US; voted by congress in 1816 | 19 | |
1876820105 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Maryland taxed the bank of the United States, claiming that the bank was unconstitutional. Marshall used implied powers and decided that the bank was constitutional and ruled that Maryland couldn't tax the bank | 20 | |
1876820907 | Tariff of 1816 | First protective tariff in American history, created primarily to shield New England manufacturers from the inflow of British goods after the War of 1812. Instituted primarily for protection and not revenue | 21 | |
1876821994 | Cohens v. Virginia | (1821) case that reinforced federal supremacy by establishing the right of the Supreme Court to review decisions of state supreme courts in questions involving the powers of the federal government The Cohens brothers found guilty by the Virginia courts of illega | 22 | |
1876822442 | American system | (1820s) Henry Clay's three-pronged system to promote American industry. Clay advocated a strong banking system, a protective tariff, and a federally funded transportation network. | 23 | |
1876823580 | Gibbons v. Ogden | Suit over whether New York State could grant a monopoly to a ferry operating on interstate waters. The ruling reasserted that congress had the sole power to regulate interstate commerce. | 24 | |
1876825639 | Fletcher v. Peck | (1810) States cannot "impair" contracts and the Supreme Court can invalidate state laws. established firmer protection for private property and asserted the right of the Supreme Court to invalidate state laws in conflict with the federal Constitution | 25 | |
1876827061 | Dartmouth College v. Woodward | (1819) Supreme Court case that sustained Dartmouth university's original charter Against changes proposed by the New Hampshire state legislature, thereby protecting corporations from domination by state governments. Marshall ruled that Dartmouth college's charter that had been granted by King George was to be upheld because it was a contract. It set a precedent for protecting businesses from state governments. It is an example of federal law surpassing state law | 26 | |
1876827694 | Era of Good Feelings | (1816-1824) popular name for the period of one-party, republican, rule during James Monroe's presidency. The term obscures bitter conflicts over internal improvements, slavery, and the national bank because there was a lot of economic growth, strong nationalism and territorial expansion; made Federalist Party dissolve after 1812 | 27 | |
1876828473 | Panic of 1819 | First national financial panic since president Washington took office. Brought deflation, depression, bankruptcies, bank failure, unemployment, soup kitchens, and overcrowded pesthouses known as debtors' prisons. The west was especially hit hard. | 28 | |
1876830405 | Battle of the Thames | U.S. Victory over British and Indian forces in Ontario, Canada enabling the U.S. to consolidate its control over the Northwest | 29 | |
1876830934 | Land Act of 1820 | Fueled the settlement of the northwest and Missouri by lowering the price of public land. Prohibited the purchase of federal acreage on credit | 30 | |
1876831630 | Monroe Doctrine | Statement delivered by President James Monroe, warning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas. | 31 | |
1876832523 | Tallmadge amendment | Stated that no more slaves should be brought into Missouri and also provided for the gradual emancipation of children born to slavery parents already there | 32 | |
1876834128 | Russo-American Treaty of 1804 | Fixed southern limits at the line of 54 degrees 40 minutes | 33 | |
1887141083 | "Tippecano" | Nickname given to William Henry Harrison after the Battle of Tippecano, where he became a hero after its victory; used as a slogan for political campaign with Tyler | 34 |
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