Chapter 12

Question 0

Treaty of Ghent (1814)

Answer 0

Basically an armistice, signed two weeks before the battle of New Orleans by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay

Question 1

Battle of New Orleans (1815)

Answer 1

Led by Andrew Jackson, kicked British butt, and led to a wave of nationalism

Question 2

The American System

Answer 2

Idea had by Henry clay. Using federal dollars to build projects all over the US.
Features: strong banking system, protective tariff, network of roads and canals

Question 3

Missouri compromise (1820)

Answer 3

Brainchild of Henry Clay
MO admitted as slave state and ME admitted as free
Kept balance between the North and South equal
Slavery to be outlawed north of Missouri southern border

Question 4

Cumberland Road (1811)

Answer 4

First national highway

Ran from MD to IL

Question 5

Tallmadge amendment (1819)

Answer 5

No more slaves could be brought into Missouri and kids born to slaves would be emancipated

Question 6

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Answer 6

Marshall used Hamilton’s loose construction of Constitution to declare the Bank of US constitutional
-Federal authority strengthened when he denied MD right to tax the Bank of US.

Question 7

Gibbons vs Ogden (1824-“steamboat case”)

Answer 7

1-NY tried to grant a company for waterborne commerce

2-Marshall: constitution gives federal govt power over interstate commerce

Question 8

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

Answer 8

• warned Europe to stay out of Western Hemisphere
• 2 basic features:
  
  • noncolomization
  • non intervention