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APUSH: Monroe, Jackson, van Buren, Quincy Adams, & Harrison
Unit 5
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History
10th Grade
11/30/2009

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James Monroe
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president during the Era of Good Feelings, Panic of 1819, the Missouri Compromise, Tallmadge Amendment, Rush Bagot Treaty, and especially a doctrine created by John Quincy Adams
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Era of Good Feelings
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a period during which their was only one political party & no political tension
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Panic of 1819
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US bankers gave credit to people because it was the Era of Good Feelings; they shouldn't have done this because people didnt pay back
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Missouri Compromise
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Missouri applied for statehood; people wanted to continue the balance between states. Led to the Tallmadge Amendment. Maine becomes free state & Mason/Dixon Line created
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Tallmadge Amendment
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stated that Missouri start as a slave state & then become a free state
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James Tallmadge
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proposed to amendments to make peace during the Missouri Compromise
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Maine
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became a free state after it was divided from Massachusetts during the Missouri Compromise
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Mason/Dixon Line
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divided country in half~North (free) South (slave)
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Rush Bagot Treaty o 1818
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treaty with Britain to share Oregon Territory; share fishing rights
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Adams-Onis Treaty (Spanish Treaty of 1819)
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Monroe sent Jackson into Florida to recover runaway slaves; Jackson went in and slaughtered anyone in his way; made peace w/ Spain; we got Florida; Spain got Texas
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Monroe Doctrine
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stated that any European country attempting to conquer any land in Americas will be considered an enemy of the U.S.-any attack on any nation in Western Hemisphere is an attack on the U.S.
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William Craword
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ran in election of 1824; Monroe's Secretary of War
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John Quincy Adams
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great Secretary of State-not a great president; had Federalist leanings; tried to make a national highway, national university, and a "lighthouse in the sky" (national observatory)
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Rachel Jackson
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dies of heart attack because of the stress of Jackson's election
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Henry Clay
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leader of Congress; American System
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National Republican Party
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JQA's political party; states rights & american system...raise tariffs, roads, canals-unite America
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Martin Van Buren
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aide to Jackson who became president; disliked; faced with financial crisis
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democratic party
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wanted states rights; defends slavery, more democracy, everyday people in government
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Andrew Jackson
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president who marches to his own beat; does what he feels like; extremely popular
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Spoils System
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appointment of friends & loyal party members to government jobs
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Kitchen Cabinet
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common everyday people as a president's advisors
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The Tariff of Abominations
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discouraged people from buying European goods
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South Carolina Exposition
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called the Tariff of Abominations unconstitutional; called states to declare tariff null & void
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Cherokee
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most civilized Native American tribe; have several treaties with US & British governments making them a separate nation.
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Indian Removal Act
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stated that Oklahoma no longer have land in east; Cherokee sued US for the right to live in the land they had a treaty stating they owned
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Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia
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Supreme court case in which Marshall rules that the Cherokee are not an independent nation and that Cherokees cannot sue the Supreme Court
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Worchester vs. Georgia
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Supreme Court case in which Marshall ruled that Indians must keep their land in Georgia
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Trail of Tears
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forced 18,000 Indians to move to Oklahoma
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Askola & Black Hawk
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Indians leaders who led major battles fighting back at Jackson
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Daniel Webster
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with the help of Henry Clay, he decided to push the bank through Congress four yrs early to make it an election issues
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poket veto
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used by president to show his dislike for a law & to put blame on Congress
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Wirt
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this man was the 1st 3rd party candidate
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Nicholas Biddle
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leader of the bank; goes to financial war with Andrew Jackson
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Specie Cirrucular
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all land must be purchased with gold or silver
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