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AP United States History
Jefferson's Admin and Growth of Nationalism (1800-1820)
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12/17/2008

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Election of 1800
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Adams, Jefferson, and Burr: Adams lost, Jefferson and Burr tied, Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie
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Barbary Pirates
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North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean, obtained fees from most European powers
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Midnight judges
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judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson, Marshall among those appointed
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Marbury v. Madison
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John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on "Voyage of Discovery"
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Non-Intercourse Act
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sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing
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Macon's Bill No. 2
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president has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality
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Embargo Act (1807)
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prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports, most controversial Jefferson legislation
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War hawks
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Clay and Calhoun, eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)
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Henry Clay and the American System
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Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe )e.g., support internal improvements, tariff protection, and new national bank)
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John C. Calhoun
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opposed Polk's high-handedness, avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property, slaves as property)
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William Henry Harrison
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military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840, died of pneumonia a month later, gave presidency to Tyler
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh, used in Harrison's campaign for presidency
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Hartford Convention
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December 1814, opposed War of 1812, called for one term presidency, northern states threatened to secede if their views were left unconsidered nedxt to those of southern and western states, supported nullification, end of Federalist Party
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Essex case
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Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention
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Era of Good Feelings
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Monroe presidency, national unity behind Monroe, post-war boom
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James Monroe
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provided country with a break from partisan politics, Missouri Compromise, issued Monroe Doctrine
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Missouri Compromise (1820)
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Maine as free state, Missouri as slave state, slavery prohibited north of 36 degree 30'
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Tallmadge Amendment
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no further introduction of slaves in Missouri, all children born to slaves to become free at 25
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Rush-Bagot (1817)
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agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US, boundary of Mexico defined
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Monroe Doctrine
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Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere, Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in Americas
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