The American Pageant 13th edition Chapter 12.
277074705 | Lake Eerie | One of the Great Lakes where Oliver H. Perry captured a large British fleet. | |
277074706 | Star Spangled Banner | Stirring Patriotic Song written by Francis Scott Key | |
277074707 | The Constitution | Famous American Frigate that was larger and heavier then most British ships. | |
277074708 | White House and Capital | Two prominent Washington buildings burned by the British in 1814. | |
277074709 | North American Review | Intellectual Magazine that reflected the post-1815 spirit of American nationalism. | |
277074710 | American Plan | Henry Clay's ambitious nationalistic proposal for tariffs, internal improvements, and expanded manufacturing. | |
277074711 | Era of Good Feelings | Somewhat inappropriate term applied to the Monroe administrations, suggesting that this period lacked major conflicts. | |
277074712 | Federalists | Once-prominent political party that effectively died by 1820. | |
277074713 | Eerie Canal | Major water transportation route financed and built by New York State after President Madison vetoed federal funding. | |
277074714 | 36, 30 | Line designated as the future boundary between free and slave territories under the Missouri Compromise. | |
277074715 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Supreme Court ruling that defended federal power by denying a state the right to tax a federal bank. | |
277074716 | Dartmouth College v. Woodward | Supreme Court case in which Daniel Webster successfully argued that a state could not change a legal charter once granted. | |
277074717 | Hartford Convention | Gathering of a prominent New England Federalists who considered secession. | |
277074718 | Oregon | Territory occupied jointly by Britain and the United States under the Treaty of 1818 | |
277074719 | Monroe Doctrine | A presidential foreign-policy proclamation that might well have been called the "Adams Doctrine" or the "Self Defense Doctrine". | |
277074720 | Stephen Decatur | American naval hero of the war of 1812 | |
277074721 | Treaty of Ghent | Agreement that simply stopped fighting and left most of the war issues unresolved. | |
277074722 | Rush-Bagot Agreement | 1817 agreement that limited American and British naval forces on the Great Lakes | |
277074723 | Hartford Convention | Gathering of antiwar delegates in New England that ended up being accused of treason. | |
277074724 | Henry Clay | Eloquent Kentucky spokesman for the "American system and key architect of the Missouri Compromise in the U.S. Senate. | |
277074725 | James Monroe | President whose personal popularity contributed to the Era of Good Feelings. | |
277074726 | Panic of 1819 | First Severe Depression since 1790 | |
277074727 | Missouri Compromise | Admitted one slave state and one free state to the Union, and fixed the boundary between slave and free territories. | |
277074728 | John Marshall | Aristocratic Federalist jurist whose rulings bolstered national power against the states. | |
277074729 | John Quincy Adams | Nationalistic secretary of state who promoted American interests against Spain and Britain. | |
277074730 | Florida | Territory ceded by Spain after Americans invaded and applied diplomatic pressure. | |
277074731 | Andrew Jackson | Military commander who exceeded his government's instructions during an invasion of Spanish territory. | |
277074732 | Daniel Webster | The leading voice promoting nationalism and greater federal power in the United States Senate during the 1820's. | |
277074733 | Latin America | Area where vulnerable new republics tempted European monarchies to intervene. | |
277074734 | Tsar Alexander I | Russian ruler whose mediation proposal led to negotiations ending the war of 1812. |