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Unity & Sectionalism
key term flash cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Era of Good Feelings | The absence of major political divisions after the War of 1812 helped forge a sense of national unity. |
| Sectionalism | A loyalty to your region (North, South, West) |
| Internal Improvements | Federal, state, and privately funded projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation’s transportation system. |
| State Sovereignty | The idea that states have autonomous power or the right to decide what they wanted. Example: to not pay a tax they felt harmed them. |
| Missouri Compromise | The admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The agreement banned slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30'N parallel. |
| American System | This included protective tariffs; internal improvements, especially the building of roads and canals, to stimulate trade; and a national bank system to control inflation and to lend money to build developing industries. |
| Rush Bagot Treaty | The United States and Britain agreed to set limits on the number of naval vessels each could have on the Great Lakes. The treaty provided for the disarmament of those vessels. |
| Disarmament | A removal of weapons. |
| Convention of 1818 | It set the boundary of the Louisiana Territory between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel and created a secure and demilitarized border. |
| Demilitarized | A removal of all all armed forces from an area |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | Spain gave East Florida to the US & all claims to West Florida. In return the US gave up its claims to Texas. The two countries also agreed on a border between the United States and Spain in the West. |
| Court Martialed | To be put on trial by a military court |
| Monroe Doctrine | A new policy that said, "the US would not interfere with any current European colonies in the Americas, but it would stop any new ones. North & South America “are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” |
| Nationalism | A pride in your nation |
| McCulloch v Maryland | A court case that dealt with the struggle of state powers over the federal government when it comes to the national bank |
| Gibbons v Ogden | A court case that dealt with the struggle of state powers over the federal government when it comes to licenses to trade |
| John C Calhoun | From the South and believed in state sovereignty |
| Daniel Webster | From the North and believed in protective Tariffs like the Tariff of 1816 |
| Henry Clay | From the West and was known as the Great Compromiser |
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