Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
-largest battle of the War of 1812
-led by Andrew Jackson -occured a few weeks after the war ended |
Battle of New Orleans
|
|
-Treaty that ended the War of 1812
-Britain wanted an Inian buffer zone, control of the Great Lakes, and part of Maine -Not much actually changed |
Treaty of Ghent
|
|
-Meeting of New Englanders angry about the war's effects on their trade
-Wanted monetary help from Washington, and wanted a 2/3 requirement for an embargo, new state, or war -Marched on Washington, but was had just ended and their looked like crybabies |
Hartford Convention
|
|
-Treaty between the US and Britain limitting both side's naval power on the Great Lakes
-Meant to losen tensions on the unfortified boundary of Canada and US |
Rush-Bagot agreement
|
|
-America's first tariff
-in response to the flood of cheap British goods after the war of 1812 -Industry was beginning to pick up as part of Henry Clay's American System -implemented a rate of 20% |
Tarif of 1816
|
|
-Economic plan proposed by Henry Clay calling for:
-strong baking system -protective tariff -Strong transportation network connecting the north and west (internal improvements) -Vetoed because of strict interpretation of the constitution- the states have the power to build roads |
American System
|
|
-1825 Example of states making their own internal improvements in response to the vetoing of the bill
|
Erie Canal
|
|
-The first economic recession of the country
-caused by overspeculation of western lands -buying too much credit |
Panic of 1819
|
|
-one of the first internal improvements constructed by the federal government
-road stretching from Illinois to Maryland |
Cumberland road
|
|
-allowed people to buy extremely cheap land, pushing the rush to the west
|
Land Act of 1820
|
|
-western banks that provided easy credit to settling farmers
|
Wildcat Banks
|
|
-proposed law that would allow no more slaves into Missouri
-slaves born to Missouri slave parents would gradually be emancipated -voted down in Senate, which had a southern majority |
Tallmadge Amendment
|
|
-Decision dealing with Missouri's want to become a state
-Missouri would become a slave state -Maine would become a free state -All states north of the 36 30' line would be free |
Missouri Compromise
|
|
-Supreme Court case the officially recognized the elastic clause
-Began a looser interpretation of the constitution |
McCulloch vs. Maryland
|
|
-Supreme Court case decision that determined that the federal court had the right to review state court decisions
|
Cohens vs. Virginia
|
|
-Supreme Court case that determined that the federal government is the only one that can regulate interstate commerce
|
Gibbons vs. Ogden
|
|
-Supreme Court decision that stated that state laws cannot break a pre-existing contract
|
Fletcher vs. Peck
|
|
-Suptreme Court decision similar to Fletcher vs. Peck
-state laws could not break contracts |
Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
|
|
-Treaty made with Britain settling the border of Canada
-The fishing waters of Newfoundland would be shared -Temporarily Oregon would be shared |
Treaty of 1818
|
|
-Treaty between US and Spain purchasing Florida
-Spain gave up its claim to Oregon and US gave up its claim to Texas -Boundary between Oregon and Spanish territory established |
Florida Purchase Treaty
|
|
-Treaty between US and Russia agreeing upon the southern boundary of Russia's territory
|
Russo-American Treaty
|