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Early Republic WAJMAMA (Thomas Jefferson (« Marbury v. Madison –…
Early Republic WAJMAMA
James Monroe
Monroe Doctrine - foreign policy statement by President James Monroe stating that 1) the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the
western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/ or interference by European nations.
Erie Canal – Built in the state of New York. Connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, which led to the Atlantic Ocean. Irish immigrants came to the
U.S. to escape a potato famine (potatoes is the Irish’s staple food crop). Irish helped build the Erie Canal. Canals helped link farms and cities and made it
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McCulloch v. Maryland – Ruled that Congress had the power to create a National Bank according the “necessary and proper” clause in the Constitution.
Also ruled that a state could not tax a national bank; increased the power of the federal/ national gov’t.
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Missouri Compromise (1820) – Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the
“Missouri Compromise Line” (36o 30’), except Missouri. Kept the balance between free & slave states.
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Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Territory – Purchased for $15 million from France (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Doubled the size of the U.S.
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« Marbury v. Madison – established Judicial Review: the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional.
• Embargo Act – Due to British impressment of American sailors, the Embargo Act prohibited the U.S. from trading with European nations.
James Madison War of 1812
Effects – U.S. earned worldwide respect & maintained their independence from Britain; Sparked the Industrial Rev. & manufacturing increased
Causes – British ships continued to impress U.S. sailors; British encouraged Native Americans to attack American settlers
Treaty of Ghent – Ended the War of 1812. Andrew Jackson is seen as a hero after he defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans.
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