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war of 1812 to MX/Am
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| post war 1812 | nationalism |
| Who was henry clay? | speaker of the house created american system |
| Clay's american system purpose? | make US stronger |
| 3 points of american system | 1. national bank (recreated by rep bc everyone converted from feds to rep) after 1812 felt like a bank would make them stronger 2.tariff (to make american businesses more competitive) 3. international improvement (roads, canals, harbors, railroads) |
| Nullification Crisis yerars? what happened? | 1828-1833 cause tax to go really high! |
| Constitutional Debate over nullification | most of rural states (W and S) paying taxes on imported goods. N state weren't bc they made it themselves and bought domestic goods |
| what did the tariff encourage ppl to do? | buy american made products |
| John C. Calhoun | compact of states, from south carolina, resigns to lead fight to nullify tariff law bc the state agreed ti make the gov...they willingly came into an agreement to have gov. UNION. they have the authority to judge what in unco or con. they can nullify it. |
| Daniel Webter | "for the ppl, by the ppl" against calhoun he says states only voted for gov, didn't create it. gov reps the people not the states not for the states byt he state |
| andrew jackson | rough, tough. Calhoun resigned as his VP wives hated each other so they hated each other current president! |
| When were they on the verge of a war? | 1832 over tax. they like nullification idea |
| compromise tariff of 1832 who? what happened? what does he think is the issue? result? | Clay. progressively dropped taxes until ppl were happy. think National Bank was issue. use to get votes when he runs for press |
| national bank | given 20 year contract |
| panic of 1819? why? | hate of national bank! sling farms and homes "monster" |
| election of 1832 who? why? | jackson and clay jackson won bc he destroyed bank |
| expansion west issues? major issue? | more land is becoming issue bc it wants to expand and SLAVERY becomes the huge issue |
| post war 1812? | explosion in the west add 5 states right afer war firtst big fight over missouri |
| Missouri compromise year? why? | 1820. balance ins lave and free states no balance. diff # of senators industry vs farming |
| missouri and maine | brig in missoui as slave state, and maine as a free state split up massachusetts into maine. so missouri can come in |
| 36 30 line when? what? | after missouri invisible line hat says any new states north of the line has to be free, south can have slavery if wanted |
| "free state" reality? | not antislavery, wanted it open for free labor so anyone could work |
| texas panic of 1819 | lost farms and all moved to texas GTT MX gives land away |
| TExas Revolution year? what battle? | 1835-36 Alamo. tx becomes independent |
| What do the new texans what? | Petition to become annexed (part of USA) 10 yrs fight about it |
| why is there a fight over tx annexed? | slave state when they gained their independence they had a border dispute |
| election 1844 who? Issue? | clay vc polk. clay=no texas FLIP FLOPS before election and gets KILLED! Pol=annex texas, wins |
| ""era of good feelings" what is this? | all one political party; gets exposed and splintered bc of the election of 1824 |
| Election of 1824 "Corrupt Bargain" | between the 4 guys running nobody got the number of votes they need to become president house of reps decide tiebreaker |
| 2 frontrunners? | John Q. Adams(Boston, Matts. industry big city commerce trade, big gov) vs Andrew Jackson (backwoods tennessee, country, ppl can relate to him) |
| who's wins election of 1824? why | Henry Clay is the Speaker of the House= sect of state (head of house of reps) votes for adams bc he was for the American System. Supports Boston. |
| Corrupt bargain? | ((if you make me president, then make me secretary of state....the sect of state becomes president.)) between Adams and Clay. |
| Republicans after election of 1824 | reps melt away bc it exposed drastic diffs between parties |
| years jackson was president? elected twice? | President 1829-1837, Elected 1828 & 1832 |
| 2 parties that rise up under jackson? | - democrat=jackson (old school jeffersonian- republics) - whigs = clay (support strong central gov....REINVENTED FEDERALIST PARTY) both supported slavery. eventually gonna have to make a decision about pro-slavery or no-slavery |