Compromise of 1820
Bring in Missouri and Maine at the same time to keep the balance of power. Also limited slavery above a certain latitude.
Tallmadge amendment
Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Panic of 1819
American temperance society
Focused on working men. Established over 5,000 chapters across the nation
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Tariff of 1828
Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
More American fishing rights, set the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel, and called for the joint-occupation of Oregon
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
Madison re-imposed the embargo on Britain because they continued to attack American ships
Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
Election of 1828
Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Election of 1824
The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
End of the federalists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Noah Webster's dictionary standardized the spelling and pronunciation of American language
A young slave organized a rebellion believing that god had told him to do so. He and his followers killed over 50 people
Hartford Convention
Federalists met in opposition to the war of 1812, and even argued that new england should suceed.
Split within the Democratic-Republican party
Expansive view of federal power & loose constructionists
Spain sells Florida
U.S. wanted Florida for nationalist reasons and because slaves and outlaws kept hiding out there. After retaliating for a raid, Spain gives up and sells Florida for $5 million
McCulloch vs Maryland
Ruled that federal law trumps state law
New york preacher who spoke powerfully with images that common folks could understand.
The embargo
President Jefferson established an embargo on foreign trade in retaliation for Britain and France attacks on American ships.
Jefferson's presidency
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
Whigs
Effects of the War of 1812
Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
Henry Clay's American system
Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
He favored removing them to reservations beyond the Mississippi if they refused to "civilize" themselves. Some unified and began violently resisting with help from the British
Younger Americans who had been born after the revolution, were ardent nationalists, and wanted war with Britain to invade Florida and Canada.
