American Pageant Chapter 12
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| 874187059 | Nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | |
| 874187060 | Peculiar Institution | southern euphemism for slavery | |
| 874187061 | Protective Tariff | a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition | |
| 874187062 | Sectionalism | a partiality for some particular place | |
| 874187063 | Noncolonization | no colonizing in the Americas, part of the Monroe Doctrine | |
| 874187064 | Internal Improvements | federal projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation's transportation system | |
| 874187065 | Nonintervention | a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes | |
| 874187066 | Isolationism | a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations | |
| 874187067 | Ohio Fever | European immigrants bought large amounts of cheap west American land. | |
| 874187068 | Second Bank of the US | John C. Calhoun introduced this to help the financial stability of the country by issuing national currency and regulating state banks | |
| 874187069 | McCulloch vs. Maryland | The state of Maryland taxed banknotes produced by the Bank of the United States, claiming that the Bank was unconstitutional. Using implied powers, Marshall countered that the Bank was constitutional and ruled that Maryland was forbidden from taxing the Bank. | |
| 874187070 | Tariff of 1816 | first tariff instituted primarily for protection rather than revenue | |
| 874187071 | Cohens vs. Virginia | This case upheld the Supreme Court's jurisdiction to review the state court's decision where the case involved breaking federal laws. | |
| 874187072 | American System | an economic regime pioneered by Henry Clay which created a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building. This approach was intended to allow the United States to grow and prosper by themselves This would eventually help America industrialize and become an economic power. | |
| 874187073 | Gibbons vs. Ogden | supreme court decision that ruled that the constitution gave control of interstate commerce to the U.S. Congress, not the individual states through which a route passed. | |
| 874187074 | Bonus Bill of 1817 | Calhoun's internal-improvements bill that Monroe vetoed on the basis of strict constructionalism.) | |
| 874187075 | Battle of Horseshoe Bend | fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War. | |
| 874187076 | Fletcher vs. Peck | John Marshall ruled against a state legislature that invalidated corrupt land sales in order to protect property rights. | |
| 874187077 | Virginia Dynasty | "dynasty" comprised of the four of the first five presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe), all of whom Virginian plantation owners | |
| 874187078 | Era of Good Feelings | A name for President Monroe's two terms, a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts. | |
| 874187079 | Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819 | Treaty in which Spain agreed to cede its claims to Oregon and give Florida to the Americans in exchange for Texas | |
| 874187080 | Tippecanoe | Harrison's victory over Tecumseh (Shawnee) in Indiana in 1811 became the slogan of his presidential bid in 1840. | |
| 874187081 | Constitution | law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | |
| 874187082 | Battle of the Thames | William Henry Harrison pushed up the river Thames into Upper Canada and on October 4, 1813, won a victory notable for the death of Tecumseh, who was serving as a brigadier general in the British army. This battle resulted in no lasting occupation of Canada, but weakened and disheartened the Indians of the Northwest. | |
| 874187083 | Land Act of 1820 | this authorized the purchase in cash of 80 acres for $1.25 | |
| 874187084 | Monroe Doctrine | an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers | |
| 874187085 | 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. | |
| 874187086 | Russo-American Treaty of 1824 | This treaty between Russia and America set the southern borders of Russian holdings in America at the line of 54 degrees- 40', the southern tip of Alaska. | |
| 874187087 | Missouri Compromise | an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories | |
| 874187088 | Treaty of Ghent | treaty that ended the war of 1812 | |
| 874187089 | Battle of Plattsburgh | Battle where Thomas McDonough defeated the British in the North | |
| 874187090 | Hartford Convention | Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 in which the party listed it's complaints against the ruling Republican Party. These actions were largley viewed as traitorous to the country and lost the Federalist much influence | |
| 874187091 | Battle of New Orleans | battle in 1815 between american and british troops for control of New Orleans, ending in an american victory | |
| 874187092 | Blue Light Federalists | term used by people who believed that certain federalists signaled the british when americans were coming | |
| 874187093 | Dartmouth College vs. Woodward | 1819, Marshall ruled that Dartmouth College's charter that had been granted by King George was to be upheld because it was a contract. Set precedent for protecting businesses from state governments. Example of federal law surpassing state law. |
