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Nationalism Regional
US Nationalism Regional 1800 to 1840s
Term | Definition |
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Nat Turner | Leader of the 1831 Virginia slave rebellion that resulted in 55 dead white slave owners and their families. |
Henry Clay | Nationalist wanted to promote US independence & self-sufficiency. Proposed the American System of: protective tariffs to encourage buying US-made products, a 2nd National Bank & an improved system of transportation. Suggested the Missouri Compromise. |
James Monroe | 5th president (1817-1825) of the US who oversaw the westward expansion of the US and strengthened its foreign policy when he announced the Monroe Doctrine. |
Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817) | It limited US and British naval forces on the Great Lakes and set the 49th parallel as the dividing line between the USA and Canada |
Adam-Onis Treaty (1819) | Agreement that gave Florida to US & defined border w/ Spain. Florida became a burden, which Spain couldn't afford. Established US boundary across the Rocky Mountains & West to the Pacific Ocean. It was considered a victory of US diplomacy. |
Mason-Dixie Line | Part of the boundary between slave territory and free territory. It symbolizes the cultural divide between the South and the North. |
Missouri Compromise | 1820 agreement to maintain balance of power between slave and free states |
Monroe Doctrine | American foreign policy that opposed interference of European leaders and former world powers in the Western Hemisphere |
McCulloch v. Maryland | Established that Congress has the right to establish a bank and states do not have the right to tax the federal government or its national bank. |
Gibbons v. Ogden | A Supreme Court decision that stated that interstate commerce could be regulated only by the federal government not by the state governments. It involved 2 steamboat companies fighting over access to the waterway between NY & NJ. |