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A New National Identity
Chapter 8
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History
8th Grade
04/01/2008

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Henry Clay
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U.S. Representative from Kentucky. he developed the American System. He wanted to build the ec onomy and pushed a national bank that would have a single currency. Use the protective tariff to improve roads and canals
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Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the US and British Canada
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Convention of 1818
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This treaty set the border between the US and Canada at 49* N latitude as far west as the as the Rocky Mountains
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James Monroe
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elected president in 1816 had sent US troops to secure the US- Flordia border.
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Spain and the US signed this treaty in 1819 which settled all bordr disputes between Spain and the US
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Monroe Doctrine
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an exclusive statement of American policy warning European powers not to interfere with the Americas
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Four Basic Points of Monroe Doctrine
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  • The US would not interfere in the affairs of European nations
  • TheUSwoud recogniz, and not interfere with colonies that already existed in the North and South America
  • The W. Hemisphere was to be off limitsto future colonization by any foreign power
  • The US would consider any European power's attempt to colonize or intefere w/ any nation in the W Hemisphere to be hostile act
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Nationalism
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feeling of pride and loyalty to a nation
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American System
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series of measures intended to make the United States economically self-sufficient
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Cumberland Road
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1st road built by the federal government
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Erie Canal
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ran from Albany to Buffalo, NY
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Era of Good Feelings
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1815 to 1825 the US enjoyed an era of peace, pride & progress
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Sectionalism
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disaagreements between the different regions
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Missouri Compromise
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settled the conflict that had arisen from Missouri's application for statehood
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Missouri Compromises three conditions:
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  1. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave stat
  2. Maine would join pthe Union as a free state, keeping the # of free states equal
  3. Slavery would be prohibited in any new territories or states formed north of 36 30 lattitude Missouri's S border
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John Q. Adams
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Jackson supporters claimed that Adams had made a corrupt bargain w/ Henry Clay. The accusations grew after Adams chose Clay as his S.O.S.
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Washington Irving
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author of Rip Van Winkle & Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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James Fenimore Cooper
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author of The Spy, The Pioneers, & the Last of the Mohicans
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Hudson River School
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artists created paintings that reflected national pride and an appreciation of the American landscape
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Thomas Cole
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Landscape painter and founder of the Hudson River school
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George Catlin
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Painted pics of Native American life before they were lost.
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Noah Webster
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1828 first published his first English dictionary
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spirituals
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type of folk hymn found both in white and African American folk music traditions. The type of song deceloped from the practice of calling out text one line at a time, and the congregation would sing the words using a familiar tune
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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the Court asserted the inmplied powers of Congress in allowing for the creation of a national bank
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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the Court said that the states could not interfere with the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce
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Simon Bolivar
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South American revolutionary leader who was nicknamed the Liberator. He fought many battles for independence, winning the support of many US leaders
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circumstances
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surrounding situation
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incentive
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something that leads people to follow a certain course of action
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First Seminole War
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Jackson captured the Spainish gov. and took over most of Spains important military posts.
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Why did Henry Clay propose the Missouri Compromise to resolve the issue of Missouri statehood?
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Henry Clay wanted to ease sectional tension.
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How did the style of American art change to reflect the American way of life in the early 1800s?
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the style of the art reflected the American way of life bc artists started to paint more about nature and less of portaits.  they also painted landscapes and nature mostly
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