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sy Expansion and Improvements
ch 12, section 2
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History
8th Grade
02/05/2012

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Missouri Compromise
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(1820); agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state; also outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of the 36°30' line
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Missouri Compromise
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(1820); agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state; also outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of the 36°30' line
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American System
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Henry Clay’s plan for tariffs (extra money paid to the government) to pay for improvements in America such as better roads and canals (waterways)
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Cumberland Road
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first federal road project, its construction began in 1815; it ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to what is now Wheeling, West Virginia
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Erie Canal
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canal, or waterway that went from Albany, New York, to Buffalo, New York; it is on Lake Erie and was completed in 1825
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Henry Clay
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War Hawk
Missouri Compromise
nickname: Great Pacificator
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John Quincy Adams
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6th Presdient
Lost popular vote in election of 1824
Chosen by House of Rpresentatives
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