American Foreign Policy
Why did the British and the US both want access to the Oregon Country?
The profitable fur trade
These two developments helped unite the United States and made trade and transportation more efficient.
roads and canals
American architecture was inspired by these two European empires.
Greeks and Romans
Project that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie and improved trade and transportation
Erie Canal
Sense of pride and devotion to a nation
nationalism
This future president (the hero of the battle of New Orleans) drove the Seminole Indians out of the southern US without permission from president Monroe.
Andrew Jackson
The first road built by the federal government
Cumberland Road
The two types of American music that emerged at this time were...
religious spirituals, and folk music about American heroes and history
Founded by a group of American artists in the mid-1800s who focused on the American landscape
Hudson River School
Representative from Kentucky who promoted improvements in transportation and the Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay
Which treaty settled the border disputes between the US and Spain?
Adams-Onis Treaty
The term for disagreements among different regions within the United States
sectionalism
The election of 1824 caused Americans to lose some of their faith in democracy because...
They believed a corrupt bargain had won Adams the presidency
President who promoted the acquisition of Florida, closer ties to Latin America, and presided during the Era of Good Feelings
James Monroe
The plan to raise tariffs in order to finance internal improvements such as roads and canals
American System
Which treaty set the border between the United States and Canada? What latitude degree was the boundary set at?
Convention of 1818; 49 degrees latitude
What problem in the Senate would arise as a result of Missouri applying for statehood?
The balance of slave vs free states would be tipped in the favor of slave states
Describe the development of painting in America
From portraits, to landscapes, to landscapes including scenes from daily life in America
A leader of independence movements in Latin America, known as the Liberator
Simon Bolivar
An agreement that limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the United States and British Canada
Rush-Bagot Agreement
What were the four main points of the Monroe Doctrine?
1. The U.S. would not interfere in the affairs of European nations
2. The U.S. would recognize and not interfere with, colonies that already existed in North and South America
3. The Western Hemisphere was to be off-limits to future colonization by any foreign power
4. The U.S. government would consider any European country's attempt to colonize or interfere with any nation in the Western Hemisphere to be a hostile act
What three conditions were agreed to in the Missouri Compromise?
1. Missouri would be admitted as a slave state
2. Maine would join as a free state
3. Slavery would be illegal in any new territories or states formed north of Missouri's southern border
Why did Americans believe that educational progress was important? What state founded the first public school?
They believed that democracy could only succeed in a country of educated and enlightened people. Massachusetts founded the first public school.
American artist known for his focus on the American landscape and people
George Caleb Bingham
U.S. declaration that any attempt by a foreign nation to establish colonies in the Americas would be viewed as a hostile act
Monroe Doctrine