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America Pageant Ch12
American Pageant Ed.13, Chapters 12, Quarter 2 Test
Question | Answer |
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Who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"? | The poet Francis Scott Key at Baltimore. |
John Quincy Adams | Son of John Adams, and 6th president after Monroe |
Treaty of Ghent | Ended the war of 1812 in 1814, but was solely an armistice. Fighting stopped but neither side's demands were met and impressment was left unmentioned. |
Hartford Convention | 1814- Northern states (MA, CT, NH, VT, RI) meet in Hartford to discuss grievances. Proved to be the death of the Federalist Party. |
Political Results of the War of 1812 | American Diplomats gain respect, Federalist party dies, people become more nationalistic, Great Britain takes U.S. government more seriously. |
Nationalism vs Sectionalism | While nationalism increased, and paintings and history books of America appear, North and South still split. North wants banking, no westward expansion, and manufacturing, while South says farm, move west, and forget about the banking system. |
Henry Clay's American System | Strong banking system, protective 25% tariff on foreign imports, network of roads and canals, but Madison says this has to be done by the states, not the federal gov. |
Era of Good Feelings | Monroe as president, one party (Republican) in power, high nationalism and strong government, but South upset about financing network of roads |
The Panic of 1819 | Deflation, depression, bankruptcies, unemployment, etc. Bank of U.S. in heavy debt, and women owing a few dollars are torn from children and imprisoned. |
The Cumberland Road | Was begun in 1811 and ran from Maryland to Illinois. |
The Land Act of 1820 | Authorized purchase of Western lands for $1.25 an acre |
Tallmadge Amendment | Proposed by House of Reps. and states no more slaves to be brought in, and current slaves to be gradually emancipated |
Missouri Compromise | Missouri admitted as a slave state, but Maine as a free state, making 12 slave states and 12 free states. No slaves past the 36,30 parallel. Represents the end of the Era of Good feelings |
The Treaty of 1818 | Decides that Oregon will be a joint occupation with Great Britain. |
Denmark Vessey | Former slave who tries to recruit slaves to slaughter the whites, saying all but ones "who had received coats from their masters" Was caught and hanged. |
Negro Seamans Act | All blacks on ships in Charleston Harbor removed and placed in jail until boat was ready to leave and Captain had to pay holding fee or else he may be jailed, and the blacks in jail sold in to slavery. |
Monroe Doctrine | 1823- Noncolonization, nonintervention, no trading colonies. European nations can't interfere in Latin American affairs. |