5th president, 1st leader to give recognition to new nations in South America. During his presidency the economy grew, and nationalism and optimism prevailed.

Written by John Quincy Adams (Monroe's secretary) it told European monarchs not to colonize in the western hemisphere. It was very bold.

The belief the the interests of the nation as a whole are more important than regional interests or the interests of other countries.

Supreme court case, chief justice John Marshall sided with the National gov. on the issue of a new national bank. Made it clear that national interests were above state interests.

To avoid an unequal number of slave states vs. free states, Henry Clay created a compromise. Missouri entered the union as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state.

The belief that one's own section, or region, of the country is more important than the whole.

law signed by Andrew Jackson that called for the relocation of the five Indian nations to an area west of the Mississippi. Jackson carried it out even though it was deemed unconstitutional.

Journey of the Cherokee people as a result of the indian removal act. One in four died, and there was much suffering.

National bank overseen by federal gov., the purpose of which was to regulate state banks. Jackson and others opposed this. It brought up the issue of how power was divided between federal and state governments.

Birth of modern industry and the social changes that accompanied the resulting industrial growth.