Unit 3
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- On to Canada
- Upon declaring against the British, the War Hawks' made their slogan "On to Canada!" a reality. With forces outnumbering the British almost 35 to 1, they expected a quick and easy victory
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War.
- Treaty of Ghent
- December 24, 1814 - Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner. It also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border.
- Florida Purchase Treaty
- 1819 - Under the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain sold Florida to the U.S., and the U.S. gave up its claims to Texas. gave american southwest to spain
- American system
- Henry Clay wrote this book with the aim of making the nation economically self-sufficient and free from dependency on Europe. In 1816 Congress charted the Second Bank of the US and enacted a moderate tariff.
- Tariff of 1816
- This protective tariff helped American industry by raising the prices of British manufactured goods
- Battle of New Orleans
- Jackson led a battle that occurred when British troops attacked U.S. soldiers in New Orleans on January 8, 1815; the War of 1812 had officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in December, 1814, but word had not yet reached the U.S.
- Convention of 1818
- Set the border between the U.S. and Canada at the 49th parallel (or latitude). Also affirmed U.S. rights to fisheries along Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Nationalism
- love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
- Hartford Convention
- December 1814 - A convention of New England merchants who opposed the Embargo and other trade restriction, and the War of 1812. Proposed Amendments to the Constitution and advocated the right of states to nullify federal laws, also discussed the idea of seceding from the U.S. if their desires were ignored. The Hartford Convention turned public sentiment against the Federalists and led to the demise of the party.
- sectionalism
- Practice of placing the interests of one region over those of the nation as a whole
- Corrupt Bargain
- In the election of 1824, no candidate was able to secure a majority of the electoral vote, tputting the outcome in the hands of the House of Representatives, which elected John Quincy Adams over rival Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay was the Speaker of the House at the time, and he convinced Congress to elect Adams. Adams then made Clay his Secretary of State.
- 2nd National Bank
- As a Republican, Jefferson opposed the National Bank. The Second Bank of the U.S. was established in 1816 and was given more authority than the First Bank of the U.S. Bank loans were used to finance the American industrial revolution in the period after the War of 1812.
- Tallmadge Amendment
- When Missouri applied for statehood, there was a dispute over whether it would be admitted as a slave or free state. Admitted Missouri's existing slave population, but forbid the introduction of additional slaves. Admitted Missouri as a slave state but forbid slavery north of the 36°30" latitude in the Louisiana Purchase region
- Missouri Compromise
- an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
- Cumberland Road
- The first highway built by the federal government. Constructed during 1825-1850, it stretched from Pennsylvania to Illinois. It was a major overland shipping route and an important connection between the North and the West.