chapter 5 lesson 1 Flashcards
This was a time period where Monroe was coming fresh off of an election win. The US had a sense of national pride and faced no major political or foreign problems. Monroe decided to go on a goodwill tour to unite the country during this time.
Era of Good Feelings
What happened to the first BUS?
The re-charter got blocked by an opposing Republican Congress, allowing state chartered banks and other private banks to greatly expand.
This person proposed a
second BUS.
John C. Calhoun
How does the second BUS compare to the first BUS?
It had the power to issue notes that would serve as a national currency and control over state banks.
How did Congress help American manufacturers with British flooding of markets with cheap goods?
The Tariff of 1816 that taxed imports to drive up prices.
Who usually paid for transportation improvements?
private businesses and state governments
What did Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee establish?
the Supreme court as the national court of final appeal
What did McCulloch v. Maryland establish?
- upholding of constitutionality of BUS based on implied powers allowing Congress more flexibility to enact legislation
- the states couldn’t interfere with a federal agency exercising its constitutional powers within a state.
What did Gibbons v. Ogden establish?
Constitution granting federal government control over interstate commerce
Why did Southerners want Spanish Florida?
runaway slaves fled there and Seminoles used it as a base to stage raids against Georgia
What did the Adams-Onis Treaty establish?
giving US all of Florida and finalization of western border of Louisiana Purchase
What did the western border of the Louisiana Purchase include?
- Texas’ Sabine and Red Rivers
- western land along Arkansas River
- North to the 42nd Parallel
- Turning west to the Pacific Ocean
What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
- banning of colonization in the Americas
- establishment of the US staying out of the Eastern Hemisphere if others would stay out of the Western Hemisphere
