tax on imported goods designed to benefit American industry by increasing the price of imported goods

man made waterway that connects bodies of water

hero of Battle of New Orleans; sent to drive Seminoles out of Georgia; illegally invades Florida and claims it for US

"steamboat case"; Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Marshall ruled federal license supreme over state license; established authority of national government to regulate interstate commerce

trade between two or more states

"can't tax your dad case"'; Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that a state could not tax a federal institution (like the National Bank); federal law is supreme over state law

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Federalist appointed by John Adams: uses influence on Supreme Court to uphold federal authority

statement issued by James Monroe; 1(1)pledged that US would stay out of European affairs (2) Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization (3) US would consider any attempt at colonizing any of the Americas (North or South) as cause for war

loyalty to the interest of your own region/section of the country rather than to the nation as a whole

slavery; cotton plantations

manufacturing and trade; protective tariffs

food farmers; cheap land and improved transportation

introduced by Henry Clay; maintained the balance of free / slave states by allowing Maine to enter Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state; said slavery would be banned in Louisiana Territory above the 36º30'N line of latitude

feeling of pride and loyalty for nation; wanting what is best for nation

Kentucky congressman; nationalist; proposed "The American System"

plan proposed by Henry Clay to make America economically self-sufficient; included (1) protective tariffs (2) 2nd Bank of the US (3) improvements in transportation - roads / canals

connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River; allowed farm products to be transported from W to E and factory goods/people to move from E to W more easily/quickly; caused NYC to boom

POTUS #5 during the "Era of Good Feelings"; issued Monroe Doctrine

period following War of 1812 characterized by strong feelings of nationalism; political unity (only one party) and support for federal government

agreement in which Great Britain and US agreed to limit their navies on Great Lakes

settled border dispute between Great Britain (Canada) and US by using 49th parallel (to Rocky Mountains)

treaty in which Spain agreed to turn Florida over to US and gave up its claim to Oregon Country

also called the National Road; first major road built by the federal government; stretched from Pennsylvania to Illinois; major overland shipping route and an important connection between the North and the West

time period in US history when people began to use machines to do work; a move from hand tools to machines and from farming to factories

factory where cloth is made

Textile mills located in a factory town in Massachusetts; employed mostly women between the ages of 16 and 35 known as "Lowell Mill Girls"

developed by Eli Whitney; identical parts that can be substituted one for the other instead of being hand-made; made production faster' made repairs easier, reduced cost, allowed for less skilled, lower paid workers

invented steamboat that could travel against the current; improved speed of water travel

invented the telegraph; with the telegraph, it took only seconds to communicate with someone in another city

trains; became popular in the late 1830s; sped up rate of travel and trade over land

responsible for inventing the steel plow which cut through soil better than iron plow, making farming in midwest easier

developed the mechanical reaper, a machine for cutting crops for harvest, much more efficient and much quicker, helped the agricultural growth of America

Invented by Eli Whitney; allowed cotton to be cleaned quickly and cheaply. Results: more cotton is grown and more slaves are needed for more acres of cotton fields

Religious folk songs sung by slaves, often coded messages on how to escape

A slave rebellion on four Virginia plantations where about 60 whites were killed before Turner and his band were captured, tried, and executed; led to fear in the South and the passage of stricter laws for African Americans

"Father of the American Industrial Revolution"; escaped Britain with the memorize