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War of 1812
Hartford Convention
Missouri Compromise
The American System
Monroe Doctrine
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- British attempts to restrict U.S. trade - The Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen - America’s desire to expand its territory.
What are causes of the war?
100
Meetings from December 15, 1814 – January 5, 1815 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power.
What is the Hartford Convention?
100
Missouri became the ____ state on August 10, 1821
What is 24th?
100
Henry Clay
Who created the plan?
100
President James Monroe
Who was the doctrine enacted by?
200
The ratification of the Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815
What ended the war?
200
The convention discussed removing the _____ which gave slave states more power in Congress and requiring a two-thirds super majority in Congress for the admission of new states, declarations of war, and laws restricting trade.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
200
The Missouri Compromise was authored by Senator _______ of Illinois.
Who is Jesse B. Thomas?
200
A plan to strengthen and unify the nation, the American System was advanced by the Whig Party and a number of leading politicians including Henry Clay, _______ and _______
Who is - John C. Calhoun - John Quincy Adams
200
Stated that any European attempts to colonize in North or South America would be deemed acts of aggression.
What was the effect of the doctrine?
300
The act of removing seamen from U.S. merchant vessels and forcing them to serve on behalf of the British.
What is impressment?
300
The Federalists also discussed their grievances with the _________ and the _______.
What is the Louisiana Purchase & the Embargo of 1807?
300
________ is often given credit for the passage Missouri Compromise because he used his considerable influence as Speaker of the House of Representatives to forge a consensus in Congress.
Who is Henry Clay?
300
This "System" consisted of three mutually reenforcing parts: a _____ to protect and promote American industry; a ______ to foster commerce; and federal ______ for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture.
What is - tariff - national bank - subsidies
300
The _______ Wars served as the inspiration for the Monroe Doctrine.
What is Napoleonic?
400
Congress repealed Thomas Jefferson's unpopular embargo act and it was replaced by...
What is the non-intercourse act
400
On December 15, 1814, delegates to the Hartford Convention met in secret at the Old State House in Hartford. The Massachusetts legislature had requested the conference in October and delegates from the Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire legislatures met for three weeks to draft a formal protest against the Federal Government’s continued involvement in the _______, which allied the United States with France against Great Britain.
What is the War of 1812?
400
The Missouri Compromise established the precedent that Congress could regulate slavery in the territories even though the _______ did not address the issue.
What is the Constitution?
400
- Improving the economy of the United States - Introducing a protective Tariff to enable the nation to raise money from these taxes and at the same time protect the nation's goods from cheaper priced foreign items - Improving the lives of American citizens - Creating new transportation systems connecting America
What was the purpose of the American System?
400
The Monroe Doctrine stated that the free American continents are not to be subject to future colonization by European powers. The United States intended to remain ______ to existing European colonies in America but strongly opposed the creation of new ones among the Hispanic American republics that recently gained independence.
What is neutral?
500
The Non-Intercourse Act, specifically prohibited trade with Britain and France. It also proved ineffective, and in turn was replaced with a ____ stating that if either power dropped trade restrictions against the United States, Congress would in turn resume non-intercourse with the opposing power.
What is May 1810 bill
500
The Convention’s final report was issued on January 5, 1815, and read into the records of the US House and Senate. Its timing, however, was ill-fated. News reached the US in January that on December 24, 1814, while the Hartford Convention was still in session, US delegates in Europe had signed the ________ which ended the war with Britain.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
500
After the Senate and the House passed different bills and deadlock threatened, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions: (1) Missouri was admitted as a ______ and Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) as ____, and (2) except for Missouri, slavery was to be excluded from the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude _____.
What is - slave state - free - 36°30′
500
- New industries were established - Factories were built - America reduced their dependence on foreign goods - Americans prospered and felt confident in making homes in the new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase and in Florida - Roads and canals were built that enabled Americans to travel and the Cumberland Road, the Erie Canal were constructed - General Survey Act of 1824 was passed, authorizing the president to have surveys made of important transportation routes by the Corps of Engineers - The American System helped to fuel the belief in the Manifest Destiny of the United States
What is the significance of the American System?
500
At the time the Doctrine was issued, all Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America, except for _____ and ______ , had gained independence. The United States wanted to have guarantees that no other European power would move in.
What is - Cuba - Puerto Rico