Ch 8 IDs Flashcards
Tariff of 1816 (Who)
Congress
Tariff of 1816 (What)
Protective tariff that limited competition from abroad on wide range of items
Tariff of 1816 (When)
1816
Tariff of 1816 (Where)
US
Tariff of 1816 (Why)
Farmers had to pay more
Nationalist dream of US industrial economy prevailed
The American System (Who)
Henry Clay
The American System (What)
Economic plan entailing tariffs, internal improvements, and a US bank
The American System (When)
1815
The American System (Where)
US
The American System (Why)
Encouraged westward movement
John Calhoun (Who)
US rep
John Calhoun (What)
Introduced a bill that would have used fund owed to government to finace internal improvements
John Calhoun (When)
1815
John Calhoun (Where)
US
John Calhoun (Why)
Congress passed Calhoun’s bill put the president, James Madison, vetoed it because did not think Congress had this authority
Henry Clay (Who)
Speaker of the House
Henry Clay (What)
Introduced the American System
Henry Clay (When)
1815
Henry Clay (Where)
US
Henry Clay (Why)
Encouraged westward movement
Transportation revolution (Who)
Inventors
Transportation revolution (What)
Period in which steam power, canals, and roads emerged
Transportation revolution (When)
1830s
Transportation revolution (Where)
US
Transportation revolution (Why)
Aided US commerce and westward expansion
Second Bank of the US (Who)
Congress
Second Bank of the US (What)
Essentially the same institution Hamilton founded except with more capital
Second Bank of the US (When)
1816
Second Bank of the US (Where)
US
Second Bank of the US (Why)
Because of its size, it dominated state banks
Agricultural development of cotton (Who)
Eli Whitney
Agricultural development of cotton (What)
Cotton gin facilitated cotton production
Agricultural development of cotton (When)
1793
Agricultural development of cotton (Where)
US
Agricultural development of cotton (Why)
Increased the need for slavery
Cotton spread west
National road (Who)
Federal government
National road (What)
Major highway
National road (When)
1811
National road (Where)
MD to VA
National road (Why)
First major improved highway in US to be built by federal government
Spurred westward expansion
Growing difference between North and South (Who)
Northerners and Southerners
Growing difference between North and South (What)
Slavery
Growing difference between North and South (When)
Mid 1800s
Growing difference between North and South (Where)
Slavery in South
Growing difference between North and South (Why)
Led to increased sectionalism and set the stage for the Civil War
Peculiar institution (Who)
Southerners used this term
Peculiar institution (What)
Euphemism for slavery
Peculiar institution (When)
Mid 1800s
Peculiar institution (Where)
South US
Peculiar institution (Why)
Demonstrated extreme controversy over slavery
Erie Canal (Who)
Dewitt Clinton (large proponent)
Erie Canal (What)
Transportation system
Erie Canal (When)
1825