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Chapter 7
National Growing Pains
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Undergraduate 1
10/28/2007

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Rapprochement
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French for bringing back cordial relationships-when the British and Americans were amiable again
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Protective Tariff
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tariffs to help the country-army etc.;  at first opposed in NE, then favored; favored in west and north always; south favored initially then opposed
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Sectionalism
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problems such as tariffs, slavery, and land sales that seperated each area
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Internal Improvements
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roads, homes, education, domestic issues-Madison focused on it
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States' rights
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minimal at this point, even less than initially after the constitution

wanted a right to nullify a law if it was unconsitutional 

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factionalism
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siding with a political party?
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nullification
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the act of nullifying
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Macon's Bill No. 2
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Nathaniel Macon of NC created a bill that allowed the president to reapply the principle of nonintercourse to either of the major powers if the other should "cease to violate the neutral commercy of the U.S."-law in may 1810

pre-embargo commerce with British returned; trade with france remained limited because of the british fleet. madison was tricked by napoleon who said that the Berlin and Milan decrees would be revoked, madison reinvoked the NonIntercourse with britain, not france who continued to take advantage of american ships.  

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Battle of Tippecanoe
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Indians were being restive, westerners thought canadians were egging them on; William Henry Harrison of Indiana led forces against Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa-who had visions about controlling the movement of heavenly bodies. together they organized a great army of thousands of indians dedicated to getting the whites off their lands
the two groups met at Prophetstown were Tippecanoe Creek joins the Wabash in IN during a suprise attack by Harrison. Whites destroyed prophetstown but really a draw
Americans blamed the british in Canada for the Indian's unrest-greater cry for war against Britain 
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British 3 pronged Attack
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First, 11,000 men would march from Montreal to , then a smaller amphibious force would attack the Chesapeake Bay area with Washington and Baltimore; then the third would assemble in Majaica and sail to New Orleans and close off the west

successful in Washington D.C., torching everything and forcing the double sized army to withdraw, but weren't successful in Baltimore and pounded Fort McHenry, but lost 

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War Hawks  
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representatives of the West that called for war against Great Britain because they saw no other means to protect the nation's honor and repeal of the Orders in Council
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Fort McHenry
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Battle between British and Americans, british battered the American fort, but the morning after the American flag was still waving, not white for defeat this led to the song "the star spangled banner" which was written by Francis Scott Key who had been captured by the British and was on their ships
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Treaty of Ghent
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Belgium, negotiated by Albert Gallatin, Henry Clay, James A Bayard, Jonathan Russel, and John Quincy Adams. Long talks because the British thought they'd be successful in their 3pronged attack. settled for status quo ante bellum, to leave things as they were before the war. issues evaporated because the british no longer needed to snatch soldiers
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The Hartford Convention
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New Englanders had opposed the war; federalists had fought it in an attempt to prove the republicans wrong;

allowed new englanders to declare a law unconstitution or to inerpose its authority-repealed 3/5s compromise, required 2/3 vote of congress for admission of new states and declaring war, reduced congress' power to restrict trade by measures such as an embargo, limited presidents to 1 term, made it illegal for naturalized citizens to hold office. proceedings kept secret, rumors of seccession 

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Battle of New Orleans
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11,000 soldiers sailed towards the mainland; didn't sail directly up the mouth, instead went by Lake Borgne and made it almost to the city gates before Americans knew. Andrew Jackson suprised the British who were resting at 7:30 pm on Dec. 23, for 2 weeks the British tried to infultrate the American line, to no avail. Attempted to break the line with bayonets but Jackson's brilliant planning prevented it and 2100 British died, including their leader General Pakenham, while only 71 americans suffered casualties
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Rush-Bagot Treaty
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I DUNNO
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Transcontinental Treaty
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boundary of Louisiana territory along Sabine, Red, and Arkansas rivers to the ocntinental divide and the 42nd parallel to the pacific; obtained FL for $5 paid to people the spanish owed debts to
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Monroe Doctrine
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The United States would not interfere with existing European colonies in the Americas and would avoid involvement in strictly European affairs, but any attempt to extend european control to countires in the hemisphere that had already won their independence would be considered

although seen as arrogant and purposeless, it was the final stage in the evolution of American independence 

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Panic of 1819
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depression due to no bank?
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American System
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created by Henry Clay-gave low tariffs for the north, internal improvements for the west, and a national bank for the south
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Second Bank of the United States
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the north was against it, ran poorly in the beginning due to allowing credit but not having enough money, when ran by Langdon Cheves who was stubborn the bank was saved
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Tallmadge Amendment
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banned the further importation of slaves...and all slaves born in Missouri after it became a state would be freed at age 25
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Missouri Compromise
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after louisiana entered into the union in 1812, the rest of the region became known as Missouri territory. many of the people that moved there were from the south and had slaves. the north didn't want it to be a slave state because it would upset the balance so instead Missouri was a slave state and Maine was introduced as a free state. as well, slavery was abolished north of 36 degrees 30' latitute N-considered to be a desert
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Corrupt Bargain
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how adams supposedly won the election ....???? w/ Henry Clay
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Tariff of Abominations
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tax on raw wool, hemp, flax, fur, and liquor-manufacturers and southerners were upset because it increased their costs-selling and materials
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The South Carolina Exposition and Protest
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Calhoun's piece that refuted the nationalist philosophy and denounced the Tariff of Abominations, stated how a state could reject a law of congress. if a state held a convention and found a law unconstitutional, it could nullify the law
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Explain why the United States and Britain went to War in 1812.
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Explain why the United States was initially unprepared for War in 1812, and why New England was opposed to it.
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Why did America's strategy fail in the War of 1812 and why did the war end in a stalemate? Describe the provisions of the Treaty of Ghent.
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Explain the demise of the Federalist Party
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Explain why the United States was so remarkably successful int he conduct of its diplomacy between 1815 and 1823 compared to the previous period.
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Explain why each of the following issues tended to be politically controversial after 1815: protective tariffs, internal improvements, public land sales, and the national bank.
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Explain what was at stake in Missouri's admission to the Union.
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Was it justified to call Monroe's presidency the "Era of Good Feelings"?
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Describe what was leading the Republican Party to a split within its ranks.
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