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Nationalism
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McCulloch v. Maryland | established the supremacy of the federal gov'mt over state gov'mts by ruling states could not tax the Bank of the US; upheld implied powers by recognizing the Bank of the US as Constitutional, opening up new/more implied powers |
Gibbons v. Ogden | established the supremacy of the federal gov'mt over state gov'mt by recognizing that federal law is over state law; reinforced Congress' authority to regulate interstate trade after disagreement between two steamboat operators on the Hudson River |
Missouri Compromise | settled tensions over slavery in 1820; admitted Missouri as a slave state & Maine as a free state; kept the balance (equal # of states) in Congress between free and slave states; slavery not allowed in new states above the 36'30 line but allowed below it |
Adams- Onis Treaty | transferred ownership of Florida to the US from Spain in exchange for part of the Louisiana Purchase in Texas along the Spanish territory border; clarified the boundary between Spanish territory and US territory |
Rush Bagot Treaty | limited the number of ships allowed on the Great Lakes to reduce tensions between the US & Great Britain after the War of 1812 |
Monroe Doctrine | said that the US would recognize the independence of colonies breaking away from Spain & Portugal but would stay out of other countries' business; said that no new European territories would be allowed in North America |
Hudson River School | a group of painters who focused on American landscapes and gained fame for the beauty and realism of their paintings; increased pride and nationalism |
Literary Nationalism | based in romanticism; American writers such as James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allen Poe; first time American works were seen as as good as/better than Europe; wrote about American themes and experiences |
Era of Good Feelings | the terms given to describe the time after the War of 1812 of growing nationalism, increasing US respect from other nations; and political peace in the US since we only had one party |
American System | plan for a protective tariff, a Second National Bank, and internal improvements like roads & canals to connect the nation; mostly passed over the span of years |