Chapter 6: Building A New National Identity Flashcards
Rush-Bagot Agreement
-between the U.S. and Britain
-no more than 2 warships on any of the great lakes
-created a peaceful border on the west
Why did people migrate south and west
-land was fertile, cheap and plentiful
Northwest territory
-Native Americans lived there
-it was open land
Why was Jackson sent to Florida
-find British spies
-find runaway slaves
-end Seminole raids
Territory that gave the most amount of new states
-Southeast
National Bank Re-chartered
-would create a stable currency
Monroe Doctrine
-part I = U.S. wouldn’t interfere with affairs of European countries or colonies in Western Hemisphere
-part II = U.S. wouldn’t accept European countries interfering with newly independent countries in Western Hemisphere
-succesful = Europe was too busy with internal conflicts
Newly Independent countries
-Peru
-Brazil
-Mexico
-Colombia
-felt a kinship w/ them (all newly independent)
Napoleon and the Louisiana Territory
-he had a lot of war debt (needed money)
-lost Saint-Domingue (didn’t need to protect it)
Marbury v. Madison
-established judicial review (Supreme Court reviewed new laws)
Jefferson’s Ideals
-believed the ideal occupation was farmer
-had Agrarian ideals
Causes for the War of 1812
-Impressment
-British sold weapons to Shawnee
-encouraged Native Americans to fight Americans
-wanted farm land
Star Spangled Banner
-was about the War of 1812
-specifically the bombing of Fort McHenry
-by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer
Cherokee
-Native American tribe
-supported the U.S. in the War of 1812
America after the war
-felt equal to other great world powers
