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| Adams, Jefferson, and Burr: Adams lost, Jefferson and Burr tied, Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie | ||
| North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean, obtained fees from most European powers | ||
| judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson, Marshall among those appointed | ||
| John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional | ||
| Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on "Voyage of Discovery" | ||
| sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing | ||
| president has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality | ||
| prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports, most controversial Jefferson legislation | ||
| Clay and Calhoun, eager for war with Britain (War of 1812) | ||
| Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g., support internal improvements, tariff protection, and new national bank) | ||
| opposed Polk's high-handedness, avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property, slaves as property) | ||
| military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840, died of pneumonia a month later, gave presidency to Tyler | ||
| decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh, used in Harrison's campaign for presidency | ||
| December 1814, opposed War of 1812, called for one-term presidency, northern states threatened to secede if their views were left unconsidered next to those of southern and western states, supported nullification, end of Federalist Party | ||
| Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention | ||
| Monroe presidency, national unity behind Monroe, post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton, grain, and tobacco), Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports, tightened credit, affected West the most) | ||
| provided country with a break from partisan politics, Missouri Compromise, issued Monroe Doctrine | ||
| Maine as free state, Missouri as slave state, slavery prohibited north of 36°30' | ||
| no further introduction of slaves into Missouri, all children born to slaves to become free at 25 | ||
| agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes | ||
| remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US, boundary of Mexico defined | ||
| Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere, Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in Americas |
