Era of Good Feelings
Because the United States had not lost this war with England, and there was only one political party - this is why this time period is called the Era of Good Feelings.
What is the War of 1812?
Enslaved people fled south to Florida when it was still controlled by the Spanish, because this had been outlawed there.
What is slavery?
As the United States expanded in the early 1800s and continuously thereafter, this issue further divided the country.
What is slavery?
There were this many candidates in the Election of 1824, which created no clear majority winner of electoral votes.
What are 4?
John Quincy Adams was the son of the 2nd president, and they both were unpopular and served this many terms.
What is 1?
Since the end of the War of 1812, the United States border with this country has been peaceful and stable.
What is Canada?
This treaty was signed in 1819 that gained Florida for the United States.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
In the early 1800s, these new states were added as free states because they were located north of the Ohio River. (3)
What are Ohio, Indiana and Illinois?
This candidate and lawmaker from Kentucky gave his support to John Quincy Adams so he won the election of 1824.
Who was Henry Clay?
John Quincy Adams was highly educated and well qualified to be the president, but his personality was described as this, making him unpopular among common people and congress.
What are cranky, snobbish, and elitist?
As the United States expanded further in this direction, the issue of if slavery would be legal in these new territories divided up the nation.
What is west?
These are the 3 places that Florida's Seminole population were forced to move after they were defeated in the different Seminole Wars.
What are southern Florida (the Everglades), Oklahoma Territory, and Mexico?
In the early 1800s, these 3 states were added to the union as slave states because they were located south of the Ohio River.
What are Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana?
Andrew Jackson won this in the election of 1824, but still did not have a majority of electoral votes.
What is the popular vote?
John Quincy Adams wanted to build a national university, observatory, canals and a national road. Most of this was not accomplished because he did not have a good working relationship with this federal law making body.
Who are Congress?
This man made waterway connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City, making transportation and trade grow tremendously.
What is the Erie Canal?
Once Spain ceded (gave over) Florida to the United States, this General would become the territory's first governor (the capital city is also named after him).
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Missouri applied to become a _____________ state in 1819.
What is a slave state?
Andrew Jackson called the victory of John Quincy Adams in the election of 1824 this - because Henry Clay became the Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams.
What is a corrupt bargain?
Andrew Jackson was popular with common people for these reasons.
What are he was a war hero, he came from a poor background, he was in favor of Indian Removal and the expansion of slavery to the west.
The Erie Canal and other canals would gradually be replaced by this transportation technology in the 1800s.
What are trains/locomotives?
These three different groups made up the Seminole communities in Florida.
Who are escaped slaves, Creek Indians pushed southward and Indigenous tribes of Florida, the Mikasukis and Alachuas.
The Missouri Compromise was largely created by Henry Clay, known as the "Great Compromiser", and it would admit Missouri as a slave state, and this state (which had been part of Massachusetts) as a free state.
What is Maine?
Voter participation grew in the election of 1824 and after, because these people no longer were required to own land in order to vote.
Who were adult white men?
In the election of 1828, he would defeat John Quincy Adams and serve the next two terms with his own special brand of democracy that his critics said was more like he was a king.
Who was Andrew Jackson?