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What ordered accurate surveys of the land in the Northwest Territory to divide it into townships six miles square?
Land Ordinance of 1785
What was the Virginia Dynasty? What presidents were in it?
It guided America through the early years and included George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Who were the War Hawks?
Young, newly elected congressmen from southern and western states who called for war with Great Britain in the early 1800s
What was the foreign policy that proclaimed the United States would prohibit any European interference in the affairs of independent Latin American nations?
Monroe Doctrine
What is nationalism?
A form of national pride
What did the National Republicans support and what did the Democrats support?
The National Republicans supported a program of national unity and the Democrats supported the causes of states’ rights and sectionalism.
What were the Barbary Pirates?
A group that controlled the northern shores of Africa and forced American merchant ships to pay an annual tribute.
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
It admitted Maine to the Union (North) and admitted Missouri as a slave state (South) and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory.
What was sectionalism?
The idea that promotes voting for the candidate who would most benefit one’s own section of the country.
What began in 1815 as a result of national growth and cooperation between all sections of the country?
Era of Good Feelings
What was the American warship that defeated the HMS Guerriere and HMS Java in the War of 1812? What nickname did it earn because the cannonballs fired at the hull appeared to bounce off?
USS Constitution; Old Ironsides
What was adopted under the Articles of Confederation and allowed Congress to administer the new territory by appointing a governor and three judges to govern on behalf of the settlers?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
What twenty-year charter reestablished a central, or national, bank that would ensure that all money was backed by silver and gold?
Second Bank of the United States
What was the legislation that stopped all outgoing trade with Europe and caused an economic depression in the United States in 1807?
Embargo Act
What was the legislation that kept foreign goods out of the United States until American industry became strong enough to compete with Britain?
Tariff of 1816