C8 Flashcards
The resulting multiplicity of state banks with divergent financial practices led in many cases to financial chaos; Congress reasserted control of the nation’s finances by chartering a second Bank in 1816
Second Bank of the United States
Developed a power loom superior to the English model and organized the Boston Manufacturing Company in 1813
Francis Cabot Lowell
This paved highway, funded by the federal government, connected Cumberland, Maryland with Wheeling, Virginia
National Road
Following the War of 1812, Americans moved west in huge numbers
Great Migration
Owner of American Fur Company; his operations extended from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains
John Jacob Astor
These were trappers and explorers sometimes in the employment of the fur companies
Mountain men
This major led a small military expedition to explore the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, in an effort for find the source of the Red River; labeled this area the Great American Desert
Stephen H. Long
Virginia seemed to have a lock on the Presidency - Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
Virginia Dynasty
This description was applied to the time of the Presidency of James Monroe, who went out of his way to unify the various sections of the growing nation.
Era of Good Feelings
In response to raids by the Seminoles into Georgia Andrew Jackson invaded Florida and seized two Spanish forts; Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. in 1819
Florida
The era of good feelings quickly evaporated in the wake of the “bust” which followed the speculative “boom” of the years following the war
Panic of 1819
Missouri and Maine were admitted to the Union in 1819; slavery was prohibited in all of the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of the line 36 30’
Missouri Compromise
Served as chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835; a federalist who remained one long after the rest of his party had passed from the scene
Influence of John Marshall
Case that said that a land grant was a contract voided the state law based on the fact that the state law was unconstitutional. The Constitution was the law of the land.
Fletcher V. Peck
A corporate charter was a contract. It could not be repealed by the state.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Affirmed to the power of the Supreme Court to override the decision of the state court
Cohens v. Virginia
Upheld implied powers and confirmed the constitutionality of the bank of the United States; some things are not stated but are implied
McCullough v. Maryland
Said that Congress was empowered to control interstate commerce
Gibbons v. Ogden
Said that Indian tribes were sovereign in there own territories; hurt our country
Worcester v. Georgia
Dealt with our interaction with other countries; Monroe stated that the western hemisphere was closed to any further European colonization; any breaking of this would be considered a threat to the U.S.; stated that we would stay out of European matters
Monroe Doctrine
Election of 1824; Crawford, Adams, Clay, and Jackson; Jackson won majority but not enough to win; Clay gave Adams his votes, because Adams said he would make Clay Secretary of State
Corrupt Bargain
Clay proposed a program that would strengthen the American economy; by encouraging domestic trade; wanted to raise the tariff, maintain the national bank, and used federal funds to pay for internal improvements
American System
New England woolen manufacturers demanded that Adams raise the tariff rates to protect them from British competition; Adams signed the bill, and the South cursed it
“Tariff of Abominations”
Andrew Jackson easily defeated the incumbent, John Q. Adams; unusual for the incumbent to be defeated that easily; people felt that now a representative of the common man in office
Election of 1828
