Vocabulary
Treaty signed that ended the War of 1812
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
Pride in the nation as a whole and loyalty
to its goals.
What is Patriotism?
It limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the U.S. and British Canada.
What is the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817?
This man proposed the American System, which aimed to unify the U.S. economy through infrastructure improvements.
Who is Henry Clay?
This Supreme Court case ruled that the Bank of the United States was constitutional and that federal law was superior to state law.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
He was in charge of the defense of the
Gulf of Mexico and defeated the British in New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Became President in 1800 by defeating
John Adams; he stressed the need for limited
government and protection of civil liberties.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This treaty allowed the United States to gain Florida from Spain.
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
The Hudson River School of artists primarily focused on this subject in their art.
What is the beauty of the American landscape?
This man was the leader of the Latin American independence movements that inspired the United States to issue the Monroe Doctrine.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
Congressmen who called for war against
Britain
What are War Hawks?
Treaty signed in 1803 between France
and the U.S. that nearly doubled the size of
the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This set of rules were used to warn European powers against further colonization in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
In the election of 1824, this man won the popular vote but failed to secure enough electoral votes to become president.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This established the boundary at the 49th parallel as far west as the Rocky Mountains for United States and Canada.
What is the Convention of 1818?
A plan supported by Jefferson that
banned all trade with foreign countries.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
Power that the Supreme Court holds that
allows them to review all legislation of
Congress.
What is Judicial Review?
This term describes pride and loyalty toward one’s country, as seen in the United States during this period.
What is Nationalism?
This architectural style became popular in America due to admiration for democratic ideals.
What are Greek and Roman Styles?
This key infrastructure project connected Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, West Virginia, and eventually reached Illinois.
What is the National Road?
The practice of forcing people to serve in
the army or navy. Great Britain did this to
American sailors in the early 1800’s.
What is Impressment?
President in 1808 and again in 1812 that
asked Congress to vote on declaring war
with Great Britain.
Who is James Madison?
Missouri entering as a slave state and Maine as a free state as a result of this?
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The Great Lakes and the Hudson River are connected by this.
What is the Erie Canal?
This man wrote historical fiction focused on the American frontier and Native Americans.
Who is James Fenimore Cooper?