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S.S Chapter 9
Question | Answer |
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Convention of 1818 | an agreement between the US and Great Britain that settled fishing rights and established North American borders |
Adams-Onis Treaty | an agreement in which Spain gave East Florida to the US |
Monroe Doctrine | President James Monroe's statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas |
Nationalism | a sense of pride and devotion to a nation |
Henry Clay | known as "the Great Compromiser" because of his support of the Missouri Compromise |
American System | plan for raising tariffs to pay for internal improvements such as better roads and canals |
Cumberland Road | the first federal road project |
Erie Canal | the canal that runs from Albany to Buffalo, New York |
Era of Good Feeling | a period of peace, pride, and progress |
McCulloch vs. Maryland | declared the Second Bank of the US was constitutional and that Maryland could not interfere with it. |
Gibbons vs. Ogden | a US Supreme Court ruling that reinforced the federal government's authority over the states. |
sectionalism | a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole |
Missouri Compromise | an agreement that allowed Missouri to become a "slave state" and for Maine to be a "free state." |