Module 9 Study Guide- A New National Identity

People

100

American artist known for his focus on the American landscape and people

George Caleb Bingham

200

1. a leader of independence movements in Latin American, known as “the liberator” 

Simon Bolivar

300

 representative from Kentucky who promoted improvements in transportation and the Missouri Compromise

Henry Clay

400

1. president who promoted the acquisition of Florida, closer ties to Latin America, and presided during the Era of Good Feelings

James Monroe

500

What prompted President Monroe and Secretary of State Adams to issue the Monroe Doctrine?

They feared that European countries would try to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere

Definitions

100

1.  the plan to raise tariffs in order to finance financial internal improvements such as roads and canals 

American system

200

 project that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie and improved trade and transportation

Erie Canal

300

1. a group of Americans artists in the mid 1800s who focused on the American landscape 

Hudson River School

400

 sense of pride and devotion to a nation

nationalism 

500

1.  loyalty to the interest of one region of a country over the interests of the country as a whole

sectionalism

Mixed

100

1. US declaration that any attempt by a foreign nation to establish colonies in the Americas would be viewed as a hostile act

Monroe Doctrine

200

Why did the United States experience a period of nationalism during President Monroe's presidency?

1. The country had won a war against Great Britain and had a rapidly growing economy 

300

1. What was the effect of the Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v Maryland and Gibbons v Ogden? 

Reinforcement of the power of the federal government

400

How did American writers and artists in the early 1800s differ from those in the 1700s and What did Thomas Jefferson call for Americans to do out of admiration for Ancient Greece and Rome?

1. They used distinctively American subjects

2. Model buildings and greek and roman styles

500

What were the requirements of the Missouri Compromise?

To maintain balance between the Senate, Missouri would enter the Union as a salve state and Maine would enter as a free state. Slavery was banned north of the 36 degree 30'N Latitude in the unorganized territory of the Louisiana Purchase.