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| 7342825766 | nationalism | The policy or doctrine of asserting the interests of one's own nation, viewed as separate from the interests of other nations or the common interests of all nations. | 0 | |
| 7342825768 | peculiar institution | A euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American south. the term aimed to explain away the seeming contradiction of legalized slavery in a country whose declaration of independence states that "all men are created equal". | 1 | |
| 7342825769 | protective tariff | A tariff levied on imports to protect the domestic economy rather than to raise revenue | 2 | |
| 7342825770 | sectionalism | Excessive or narrow-minded concern for local or regional interests as opposed to the interests of the whole. | 3 | |
| 7342825771 | noncolonization | Was a principle of the Monroe Doctrine stating the Americas should undergo no further colonization by European powers. | 4 | |
| 7342825772 | internal improvements | The program for building roads, canals, bridges, and railroads in and between the states. | 5 | |
| 7342825773 | nonintervention | Abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions. | 6 | |
| 7342825774 | isolationism | The policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., | 7 | |
| 7342825775 | Ohio fever | The desire on the part of an inhabitant of New England to move West to Ohio | 8 | |
| 7342825776 | Second Bank of the United States | This institution was chartered in 1816 under President Madison and became a depository for federal funds and a creditor for (loaning money to) state banks. It became unpopular after being blamed for the panic of 1819, and suspicion of corruption and mismanagement haunted it until its charter expired in 1836. | 9 | |
| 7342825777 | McCulloch vs Maryland | It involved the state of Maryland and its right to tax the federal bank. It set precedent for the "loose interpretation" by championing the "elastic clause" and thus increased power of federal government | 10 | |
| 7342825778 | Tariff of 1816 | A law made to protect the US economy from the build up of British goods that had accumulated during the War of 1812. | 11 | |
| 7342825779 | Cohens vs Virginia | The Virginia Supreme Court found a family guilty of selling lottery ticket illegal , so the family appealed to the Supreme Court. Virginia won in having the conviction upheld. Virginia lost in that Judge Marshal made it so that the federal Supreme Court had the right to review any decision involving powers of the federal government. This was a major blow on states' rights. | 12 | |
| 7342825781 | Gibbons vs Ogden | This case involved New York trying to grant a monopoly on waterborne trade between New York and New Jersey. Justice Marshal, of the Supreme Court, sternly reminded the state of New York that the Constitution gives Congress alone the control of interstate commerce. Marshal's decision was a major blow on states' rights | 13 | |
| 7342825782 | Bonus Bill of 1817 | This bill secured funding for roads and canals. This bill was passed by Congress to give states $1.5 million for internal improvements, but it was immediately vetoed by President Madison. In his opinion, like most Southerners, states should pay for their own improvements. | 14 | |
| 7342825784 | Fletcher vs Peck | A Supreme Court case in 1810. The Georgia legislature, swayed by a bribe, gave 35 million acres of Mississippi land to private speculators. The next legislature cancelled the original ruling. Then the Supreme Court decided the grant was a contract and state law cannot impair contracts. This was one of the first court cases to illustrate the power of the Supreme Court to invalidate state laws conflicting with the federal Constitution. Their decision protected the peoples' rights against popular pressures | 15 | |
| 7342825785 | Virginia Dynasty | Contains: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. | 16 | |
| 7342825787 | Era of Good Feelings | This time period occurred during the years of Monroe's presidency, 1817-1825. Supposedly, people had good feelings caused by the nationalistic pride after the Battle of New Orleans and second war for independence with Britain and due to the fact that only one political party was present. On the surface everything looked fine, but underneath everything was troubled. Conflict over slavery was appearing and sectionalism was inevitable, the Missouri Compromise also had a very dampening effect on those good feelings. | 17 | |
| 7342825788 | Treaty of 1818 | This came after the War of 1812 to settle disputes between Britain and U.S. It permitted Americans to share Newfoundland fisheries with the Canadians, and fixed the vague northern limits of Louisiana from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains at the 49th parallel. It also provided for a 10-year joint occupation of the untamed Oregon country. | 18 | |
| 7342825789 | Panic of 1819 | The first major financial crisis in the United States, which occurred during the end of the Era of Good Feelings. | 19 | |
| 7342825790 | Florida Purchase Treaty | Under the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain sold Florida to the U.S., and the U.S. gave up its claims to Texas. | 20 | |
| 7342825791 | Battle of Tippecanoe | Was fought on November 7, 1811, in what is now Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Harrison claimed a decisive victory when the Natives abandoned the battle and fled. | 21 | |
| 7342825792 | Battle of Thames | A decisive American victory in the War of 1812. It took place on October 5, 1813, near present-day Chatham, Ontario in Upper Canada. It resulted in the death of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, and the destruction of the Native American coalition which he led. | 22 | |
| 7342825794 | Land Act of 1820 | A federal law that ended the ability to purchase the United States' public domain lands on a credit or installment system over four years, as previously established. Congress also reduced both the minimum price (from $2.00 to $1.25 per acre) and the minimum size of a standard tract (from 160 to 80 acres). | 23 | |
| 7342825795 | Monroe Doctrine | The policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere. | 24 | |
| 7342825796 | Tallmadge Amendment | This was an attempt to have no more slaves to be brought to Missouri and provided the gradual emancipation of the children of slaves. In the mind of the South, this was a threat to the sectional balance between North and South. User-contributed | 25 | |
| 7342825798 | Missouri Compromise | An act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri. | 26 | |
| 7342825799 | Treaty of Ghent | Signed on December 24, 1814, it was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. | 27 | |
| 7342825801 | Hartford's Convention | The New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. | 28 | |
| 7343374117 | American System | Created a protective tariff to American markets, encouraged a bank system, and also used the tariff to build roads and canals for better transportation | 29 |
