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Chapter 12 A.P.U.S.H. Flashcards

The American Pageant 13th edition Chapter 12.

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277074705Lake EerieOne of the Great Lakes where Oliver H. Perry captured a large British fleet.
277074706Star Spangled BannerStirring Patriotic Song written by Francis Scott Key
277074707The ConstitutionFamous American Frigate that was larger and heavier then most British ships.
277074708White House and CapitalTwo prominent Washington buildings burned by the British in 1814.
277074709North American ReviewIntellectual Magazine that reflected the post-1815 spirit of American nationalism.
277074710American PlanHenry Clay's ambitious nationalistic proposal for tariffs, internal improvements, and expanded manufacturing.
277074711Era of Good FeelingsSomewhat inappropriate term applied to the Monroe administrations, suggesting that this period lacked major conflicts.
277074712FederalistsOnce-prominent political party that effectively died by 1820.
277074713Eerie CanalMajor water transportation route financed and built by New York State after President Madison vetoed federal funding.
27707471436, 30Line designated as the future boundary between free and slave territories under the Missouri Compromise.
277074715McCulloch v. MarylandSupreme Court ruling that defended federal power by denying a state the right to tax a federal bank.
277074716Dartmouth College v. WoodwardSupreme Court case in which Daniel Webster successfully argued that a state could not change a legal charter once granted.
277074717Hartford ConventionGathering of a prominent New England Federalists who considered secession.
277074718OregonTerritory occupied jointly by Britain and the United States under the Treaty of 1818
277074719Monroe DoctrineA presidential foreign-policy proclamation that might well have been called the "Adams Doctrine" or the "Self Defense Doctrine".
277074720Stephen DecaturAmerican naval hero of the war of 1812
277074721Treaty of GhentAgreement that simply stopped fighting and left most of the war issues unresolved.
277074722Rush-Bagot Agreement1817 agreement that limited American and British naval forces on the Great Lakes
277074723Hartford ConventionGathering of antiwar delegates in New England that ended up being accused of treason.
277074724Henry ClayEloquent Kentucky spokesman for the "American system and key architect of the Missouri Compromise in the U.S. Senate.
277074725James MonroePresident whose personal popularity contributed to the Era of Good Feelings.
277074726Panic of 1819First Severe Depression since 1790
277074727Missouri CompromiseAdmitted one slave state and one free state to the Union, and fixed the boundary between slave and free territories.
277074728John MarshallAristocratic Federalist jurist whose rulings bolstered national power against the states.
277074729John Quincy AdamsNationalistic secretary of state who promoted American interests against Spain and Britain.
277074730FloridaTerritory ceded by Spain after Americans invaded and applied diplomatic pressure.
277074731Andrew JacksonMilitary commander who exceeded his government's instructions during an invasion of Spanish territory.
277074732Daniel WebsterThe leading voice promoting nationalism and greater federal power in the United States Senate during the 1820's.
277074733Latin AmericaArea where vulnerable new republics tempted European monarchies to intervene.
277074734Tsar Alexander IRussian ruler whose mediation proposal led to negotiations ending the war of 1812.

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