Return to Homepage.
Michael Kadish
10/31/95
.2
1) GEORGE CANNING: British foreign secretary who in 1823 proposed to the American ambassidor to create an allegance between the US and the UK to stop any further intrusion of South America.
2) DANIEL WEBSTER: Attourney who eloquently successfully represented his Alma Mater in the landmark Dartmouth College v. Woodward in 1819
3) HENRY CLAY: A masterful negotiator who thrice lost for president and created the Missourri Compromise of 1820.
4) JOHN C. CALHOUN: A former war hawk from South Carolina who was the leader in bringing about the 1820 Tariffs.
5) JAMES MONROE: Fifth president of the United States whose major issues involved a depression, and producing the Monroe Doctrine
6) JOHN MARSHALL: The most influencial of Adams' midnight judges. Once America was set straight, this Chief Justice kept America on the straight and narrow.
7) ANDREW JACKSON: Seventh president of the United States who achieved fame after the glorious Battle of New Orleans, Indian killing, and was a big part in the annexation of Florida. Had a serious problem understanding the definition of "our land"
8) MONROE DOCTRINE: Written by President Monroe in 1823, stated the American policy that Europe will leave the Americas alone, and America will leave Europe alone. First part more-or-less neglected untill Wilson, second part ignored.
9) SECTIONALISM: Crept up strong during the Era of Good Feelling, when New England lost money, because of western depression; parts of the country divided up into unofficial groups with shared perrogotives.
10) PROTECTIONISM: The need for the north and the south from the Era of Good Feeling to before the Civil Warto keep equilibrium and not let the other get an upper hand in the senate.
11) McCULLOCH vs. MARYLAND: A land mark case judged by Marshall in 1819 that established tha fact that states could not infringe on the rights to the federal banks. Maryland attempted to bankrupt a bank by putting taxes on its notes. Marshall ruled that would infringe on Hamilton's Bank of the US with the elastic clause.
12) CEDE: The process by which Florida was accepted into the union. Spain simply agreed to let it go so that they wouldn't have to pay for it.
13) COUP:
14) CONTRACT: The documents that allowed various lands recently aquired b the country to be sold off to private interests.
15) MANHOOD SUFRAGE:
16) WILDCAT BANK: Banks set up in the west without gold or silver that caused the Panic of 1819.
17) PUBLIC DOMAIN: Belonging the people and the government.
18) INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS: Problems arriving from the westerners that requested problems inside the country before working in foreign affairs.
19) STATES' RIGHTS: Defined by Marshall so that the did not interfere with the rights of the Constitution
20) NATIONALISM: The strong feeling in the early 1820 of strong patriotism that led to, among other things, the annexation of Florida.
21) TREATY OF 1818: Permitted Americans to share with fisheries of Canada.
22) "AMERICAN SYSTEM": In 1824 created by Henry Clay. A plan to make a protective tariff which would provide funds for the roads and canals throughout the country. This would create a new line of manufacturing.
23) MISSOURI COMPROMISE: A proposition proposed by Henry Clay in 1820 that established the boundary that anything above the 36-30 line was a free state, with the exception of Missouri, and anything below would be a slave state.
1. The quest to have more land showed an increase in nationalism. This combined with a near-unanimous vote for the Presidency along with some military heroes showed how proud America had become in the Era of Good Feeling.
2. Marshall in many cases stated that states could not interfere with the Constitution. One example is Fletcher vs. Peck in 1810. In this decision, it was determined that Georgia's state legislature could not decree an underhanded document unofficial because states cannot mess with contracts.
3. America showed that it was very proud of itself not caring that Jackson had killed four in a different country without permission. America stood behind its leaders. It felt safe not to let Europeans into our hemisphere but needing to make sure we got our share with them.
4. Missouri, if admitted by itself, would have given the advantage to the South in the number of free vs. slave states. Both sides were happy with the deal. Both received an equal share of states. They both agreed to allow certain more territories in. The South was not afraid of losing their slaves, while the North was glad they had a larger piece of land.
5. The Jeffersonians accepted just enough of the Federalists' proposals to make the Federalists' platform obsolete. The Republicans agreed with the Bank of the U.S., the tariff and the strong sense of nationalism. They did not, however, feel that states rights should be lessened and that more territories should be gained.
6. The Monroe Doctrine stated that Europeans would not be allowed to colonize any more of the Americas, and that the Americas also had no right to interfere with Europe. This was just a policy but it has been brought up constantly since to offer an excuse as to why foreign powers should not be invading these continents. On the other hand, it also shows America's hypocracy by showing our constant neglect of the latter half of President Monroe's policy.