American Foreign Policy
What caused nationalism during Monroe's presidency?
We had won a war and had a growing economy.
The American System.
Plan to let slavery spread in some areas, but not others.
Missouri Compromise.
What writers in the early 1800's focused on
Time when the U.S. economy expanded and people felt great pride in their country.
What is Era of Good Feelings?
About what region did Monroe issue his Monroe Doctrine?
What is Latin America
Connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
Erie Canal
Connected Lake Erie to Cincinnati, Ohio.
What is a canal.
Folk hymns where a leader would read a line from the bible and the congregation would repeat it.
Latin American revolutionary that led countries to declare independence from Spain.
Who was Simon Bolivar.
A feeling of pride and loyalty to a nation.
What is nationalism.
Effect of McCulloch v Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden
Reinforced the power of the federal government.
Connected Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois.
What is a road.
What Jefferson wanted in admiration for Greece and Rome.
U.S. Representative from Kentucky that developed the American System.
Who was Henry Clay?
Reasons Monroe's foreign policy made Americans feel confident in their counrty.
U.S. was proud it had just won the War of 1812.
U.S. had settled boundary issues with Britain and Spain.
Name three improvements in transportaion.
Cumberland Road went from Maryland to Virginia.
National Road went from Virginia to Columbus, Ohio (later Illinois).
Erie Canal went from Albany, New York to Buffalo, New York.
Name the terms of the Missouri Compromise.
Maine was a free state.
Missouri was a slave state.
Slavery was banned north of the 36*30' line.
What Noah Webster published that helped create and American version of the English language.
What is a dictionary?
The most frequent subject of Hudson River School artists?
What are landscapes in America?
He issued the Monroe Doctrine. The four main points of this doctrine are:
James Monroe
U.S. won't interfere in Europe.
U.S. would recognize (and not interfere) with European colonies existing in the Americas.
Western hemisphere is off limits to colonization.
U.S. would consider any European's attempt to colonize as a hostile act.
Who proposed the American System? What did this system do? List three parts of this plan.
Henry Clay
Make the U.S. self-sufficient.
Establish a tax on imports.
Establish a national bank.
Improve the country's transportation system.
Why many of the proposals made by President John Quincy Adams fail to become law.
Supporters of Jackson opposed the proposals in Congress.
Topics that interested American writers in the early 1800's.
What were American history and the frontier?
The reason many early U.S. leaders stressed the importance of education.
What is an educated population was necessary for a successful democracy?