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Madison to Jackson
Quiz 2
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02/05/2009

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War Hawks
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This is the term used to describe people who wanted and aggresively pushed for war against great Britain right before the War of 1812.
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War of 1812
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This was fought because Americans hoped to gain more land from Great Britain.
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Treaty of Ghent
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This ended the War of 1812 returning all land to pre-war boundaries.
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Battle of New Orleans
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This was America's greatest victory in the War of 1812 even though the war was technically over.
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American System
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This was a mercantilist economic plan consisting of a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building, and a national bank to encourage productive enterprise and form a national currency.

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Hartford Convention
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This ended the the Federalist party because they spoke out against the War of 1812 right after it became known that America had won the Battle of New Orleans.
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Adam-Onis Treaty
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This gave all of Florida to the U.S. and defined the western border of the Louisiana territory.

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Monroe Doctrine
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Closed the Western Hemisphere to colonization from Europe.
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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This says that a state cannot tax a national bank.
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Missouri Compromise
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this piece of legislation preserved the balance in Congress between slave and free states.
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The Corrupt Bargain
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This supposedly allowed John Quincy Adams to get elected over Andrew Jackson.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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This proved that Congress alone had the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. 
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Election of 1824

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John Q. Adams won this even though Andrew Jackson had the popular vote and the most electoral college votes.
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Spoils System
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Jackson openly allowed his friends and supporters to occupy high positions in government. This policy became known as this...

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Tariff of Abomination
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Adams put this into affect in order to protect American manufacturing. Southerners hated this piece of legislation because it raised the prices on imported goods which hurt the South but helped the North.
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Indian Removal Act of 1830
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This piece of legislation removed all Native American tribes east of the Mississippi river to land in the west.
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Pet Banks

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Jackson removed money from the national bank and put it in select banks called...

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Era of Good Feelings
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A time period after the War of 1812 in which Americans were united under one party and the economy was doing well.
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South Carolina Nullification Crisis
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John C. Calhoun threatened that his state would secede (break away) from the Union if the Tariff of Abomination was not repealed.
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Suffrage
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The right to vote.
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