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Chapter 10 Review
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01/15/2014

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George Washington
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First US president, set the precedent while he established the first US cabinet, his foreign-policy was neutrality, his domestic policy revolved around Alexander Hamilton's financial plan
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Cabinet
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The appointed members of the President's advisory team
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Hamilton's Financial Plan
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4 main ideas: National Bank, Whiskey tax, pay off US war debt, and Protective Tariff
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Resistance brought forth by Appalachian farmers over the Whiskey Tax, led to President Washington's authority to command the military to confront
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Protective tariff
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A tax on foreign imports to make domestic products more competitive, the problem is that consumers are forced to pay more for the same good
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Democratic Republicans
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Party founded by Thomas Jefferson to oppose Hamilton's Federalist Party, supportive France in the French Revolution, and opposed to US Bank
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Farewell Address
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The open letter written by Washington that states his intent for the US Presidency and the nation, Neutrality, morality, debt free and warns against a large military
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Industrial Revolution
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The movement of population from agrarian farms to urban factories. Eli Whitney invents interchangeable parts and the Cotton gin
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Thomas Jefferson
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Founded the Democratic Republicans, third US Pres. purchased the Louisiana territory, created embargo act of 1807 avoiding war with Europe
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Louisiana purchase
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Purchased of the Louisiana territory by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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Mapping of the Louisiana territory
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James Madison
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4th US Pres., in office during the War of 1812
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War of 1812
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War between the US and Great Britain, due to continued impressment of US sailors at sea by the British Navy
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Major Events of the War
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1. British impressment of US Sailors
2. British Arm Native Americans against the US
3. US forces attack the British in Canada
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Major events of the war
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4. Washington DC burn to the ground by the British, including the White House
5. US wins a decisive victory at the Battle of New Orleans
6. Treaty of Ghent ends war and the US is no longer seen as a week insignificant nation
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"Era of good feelings"
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Period after the War of 1812 where the United States experienced rapid economic and structural growth and then nation had only one political party, Democratic Republican
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Erie Canal
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Canal that connected the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes, essentially connecting the West and East, and bypassing the tough journey over the Appalachian Mountains
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Monroe Doctrine
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Policy of the 5th President James Monroe where the US stands against further colonization or influence by European nations in the Western Hemisphere
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Missouri compromise
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A major issue occurs when the first territory in the Louisiana territory applies for statehood. Missouri applies to become a US state and enter the Nation permitting slavery in its borders
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Problems with Missouri compromise
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1. Missouri to be a free or slave state
2. The Ohio River can no longer divide free and slave states out west, because it ends at the Mississippi River
3. Missouri entering the union will upset the balance in Congress of 11 free and 11 slave states
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Solutions for Missouri compromise
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1. Missouri enters as a slave state
2. The newly created Missouri Compromise Line will dictate if slavery is allowed in the Louisiana Territory, North of the Line will be free and South will be slave
3. Maine will enter the Nation as a Free State & keep the balance equal
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