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The Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise
Sectionalism
and Nationalism
The American System
Transportation and Borders
Miscellaneous
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A U.S policy opposing European interference in the western hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
100
This is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country
What is Sectionalism
100
Protective tariff-tax on imports. National Bank-single currency. Improve transportation systems.
What are the three parts of the American system?
100
The U.S might have been threatened because they were recently at war with Britain. If they were closer, a more disastrous war could erupt.
Why might it threaten the U.S to have new European colonies nearby?
100
The fifth president.
Who was James Monroe?
200
This is a warning to European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the main message of the Monroe Doctrine
200
Slave states were states that mostly supported slavery; Free states were states that mostly opposed slavery.
What is the difference between slave states and Free states.
200
This is a tax on imports to raise their price, making them less attractive to consumers and thus protecting domestic industries from foreign competition.
What is a protective tariff
200
The courts ruled that interstate commerce could be regulated only by the federal government, not the state governments.
How were the U.S made borders more secure by courts?
200
He was a nationalist Representative from Kentucky.
Who was Henry Clay?
300
The Monroe Doctrine was developed because of the United States and Britain were concerned over the possibility of European colonial expansion in the Americas.
Why did James Monroe issue the Monroe Doctrine?
300
The South relied on a plantation economy that used slavery. The North focused on manufacturing and trade. The South were free states whereas the North were slave states.
How was life in the South different from life in the North?
300
A plan introduced in 1815 to make America self sufficient.
What is the American System?
300
The Erie canal helped transportation by making it faster and cheaper. Trade stimulated by the canal helped New York City to become the nation's largest city. Between 1820 and 1830, its population nearly doubled.
How did the Erie Canal improve life?
300
A waterway that connected that connected New York City with Buffalo, New York
What is the Erie Canal?
400
The Mason-Dixon line, where anything north of the line was a free state, and everything south was a slave state.
What part of the Missouri Compromise separated the North and South?
400
The nation would be at peace with itself, but slavery would or would not exist. The nation also would not be as protective without sectionalism.
What would happen if sectionalism did not exist with the colonists?
400
This would make America economically self-sufficient.
How did the American system help the United states?
400
Poor roads made transportation slow and costly. Improving the country's transportation system was also part of the American system.
How was the country's transportation system important to the economy?
400
Citizens would want the government to be a republic, because the power is with the people.
Why would U.S citizens would want their government to be a republic and not a monarchy?
500
Slave states may have been afraid that slavery would be abolished by a greater number of free states than slave states.
what concern might the Missouri compromise have raised in slave states?
500
Sectionalism was a major issue when Missouri applied for statehood, as a slave state. If Missouri succeeded, there would be 12 slave states and 11 free, upsetting the balance of power in congress.
What are the factors that increased sectional tension.
500
Madison wanted America to prosper by itself, without foreign interference.
How did the American system influence Nationalism?
500
President Monroe believes that there are more problems around the U.S to worry about. Also, Europe runs their government in a different way, and the U.S has defended itself through bloodshed and loss of treasure, to enjoy happiness, and he does not want to spoil it.
Why would the U.S would prefer staying neutral towards conflicts in Europe?
500
Establishing a national bank would promote a single currency and would make trade a lot easier.
Why did Madison want to establish a national bank that would promote a single currency?