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5268887008War of 1812(1812-1815): fought b/w US and Britain largely over issues of trade and impressment. Ended in relative draw, but showed the US willingness to fight for their beliefs and earned respect from the European nations. "2nd war for independence."0
5268887009Battle of New OrleansBattle won by the US and Andrew Jackson. Was a decisive win for the United States in the War of 1812.1
5268887010Congress of Vienna(1814-1815): Convention of major European powers to redraw the boundaries of continental Europe after the defeat of Napoleonic France.2
5268887011Treaty of Ghent(1815): Ended the War of 1812 in a virtual draw, restoring prewar borders but failing to address and of the grievances that first brought America into the war.3
5268887012Hartford Convention(1814-1815): convention of Federalists from 5 New England states who opposed the War of 1812 and resented the strength of Southern and Western interests in Congress and in the White House.4
5268887013Rush-Bagot Agreement(1817): Signed by Britain and the US, established strict limits on naval armaments in the Great Lakes, a first step in the full demilitarization of the US-Canadian border, finalized in the 1870s.5
5268887014Tariff of 1816First protective tariff in US History, created primarily to shield New England manufacturers from the inflow of British goods after the War of 1812.6
5268887015American 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.7
5268887016The Era of Good Feelings(1816-1824): Popular name for the period of one-party, Republican, rule during James Madison's presidency. The term obscures bitter conflicts over internal improvements, slavery, and the national bank.8
5268887017The Panic of 1819severe financial crisis brought on primarily by the efforts of the Bank of the United States to curb over-speculation on western lands. It disproportionally affected the poorer classes, especially in the West, sowing the seeds of Jacksonian Democracy.9
5268887018Land act of 1820Fueled the settlement of the Northwest and Missouri territories by lowering the price of public land. Also prohibited the purchase of federal acreage on credit, thereby eliminating on of the causes of the Panic of 1819.10
5268887019Tallmadge Amendment(1819): Failed proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves into Missouri territory and pave the way for gradual emancipation. Southerners opposed this, which they perceived as a threat to the sectional balance between the North and the South.11
5268887020Peculiar institutionWidely 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 in the North, where slavery was gradually abolished, and the South, where slavery became increasingly entrenched.12
5268887021The Missouri Compromise(1820): Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state but preserved the balance between North and South by carving free-soil Maine out of the Massachusetts and prohibiting slavery from territories acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, north of the line 36.30.13
5268887022McCulloch v. Maryland(1819): Supreme Court case that strengthened federal authority and upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States by establishing that the state bank of Maryland did not have power to tax the bank.14
5268887023Loose constructionidea of using the elastic clause as a way of interpreting the constitution15
5268887024Cohens v. VirginiaCase 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.16
5268887025Gibbons v. Ogden(1824): 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.17
5268887026Fletcher v. Peck(1810): Established firmer protection for private property and asserted the right of the Supreme Court to invalidate state laws in conflict with the Constitution.18
5268887027Dartmouth 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 governments19
5268887028Anglo-American Convention(1818): Signed by Britain and the US, the pact allowed New England fishermen access to Newfoundland fisheries, established the Northern border of Louisiana territory and provided for the joint occupation of the Oregon Country for 10 years.20
5268887029Florida Purchase Territory (Adams-Onis Treaty)(1819): Under the agreement, Spain ceded Florida to the US, which, in exchange, abandoned its claims to Texas.21
5268887030Monroe DoctrineStatement delivered by President James Monroe, warning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas. The US largely lacked the power to back up the pronouncement, which was actually enforced by the British, who sought free access to Latin American markets.22
5268887031Russo-American Treaty(1824): fixed the line of 54.40' as the southernmost boundary of Russian holdings in North America23
5268887032Oliver Hazard PerryAmerican naval officer whose decisive victory over a British fleet on Lake Erie during the War of 1812 reinvigorated American morale and paved the way for General William Henry Harrison's victory at the Battle of the Thames in 1813.24
5268887033Francis Scott KeyAuthor and lawyer who composed the "Star Spangled Banner", our national anthem, while observing the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the deck of a British ship where he was detained.25
5268887034James MonroeRevolutionary war soldier, statesman, and 5th president. As president, he supported protective tariffs, and a national bank, but maintained a Jeffersonian opposition to federally funded improvements. Though he sought to transcend partisanship, even undertaking a goodwill tour of the states in 1817, his presidency was rocked by partisan and sectional conflicts.26
5268887035John MarshallSupreme Court Chief Justice who expanded the power of both the Supreme Court and the National Government27
5268887036Washington IrvingEarly American Writer. Wrote Rumplestilskin and Legend of Sleepy Hollow28
5268887037James Fenimore CooperEarly American Writer. Wrote the Deerslayer, and Last of the Mohicans29

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