Chapter 12

Question 1

Battle of Canada

Answer 1

brits were the weakest here
3 prong invasion that failed bc of reduced strength
American navy captured Great Lakes
Napoleon abandoned A to fight Eng alone
made Eng retreat to NY

Question 2

poor strat for Canada good strat for brits

Answer 2

instead of capturing Montreal stronghold, As used 3 prong attack
reduced strength
beaten easily
Brits captred important A fort

Question 3

DC burned

Answer 3

4,000 brits landed in chesapeake bay in aug 1814
set fire to capitol and white house

Question 4

attack on New Orleans

Answer 4

Andrew Jackson held brits
brits were overconfident
fought after the Treaty of Ghent
AJ became national hero

Question 5

treaty of ghent

Answer 5

tsar wanted full force of Eng against Napoleon so eng pulled out
sides agreed to stop fighting and restore conquered territory
nothing abt A grievances (impressment, orders in council, ect)

Question 6

Hartford Convention

Answer 6

Feds met in secret to seek redress for their wrongs
demaneded financial assistance from DC to compesante from lost trade
proposed new maendment where 2/3 of congress had to agree before creating a new embargo, state, or war
wanted to abolish 3/5 clause
DEATH OF FED Party

Question 7

effects of the war of 1812

Answer 7

the republic showed it would fight against wrongdoings
increased worldly respect
more nationalism
war heroes
NAI gave up land
greater A indpendence
Canadian nationalism

Question 8

nationalism

Answer 8

national literature
American textbooks
revived bank of US
army expansion

Question 9

the american system

Answer 9

a home market created by henry clay:
strong banking system w/ credit
advocated for protective tariffs against European manufacturing
network of roads and canals to transport food from S to N and goods from N to S
new factories

Question 10

tariff of 1816

Answer 10

1st tariff for protection, not revenue
protected against cheap Brit goods

Question 11

infastructure

Answer 11

became a state matter
unconstitutional for fed gov to step in

Question 12

the so-called era of Good Feelings

Answer 12

James Monroe won, crushing the Feds
1 party rule
goodwill tour to inspect military
tranquility and prosperity during 1st yrs of Monroe
MISNOMER
tariff, bank, internal govs, and sale of public lands were all being contested

Question 13

Panic of 1819

Answer 13

economic panic: deflation, depression, bankruptcies, bank failures, unemployment,
W branches of Bank of US became a part of gambling
panic set back nationalism
bank of US forced the W to close mortgages on several farms
inhumanity of imprisoning debtors

Question 14

growing pains of the W

Answer 14

9 frontier states
cheap land appealed to European immigrants
downpayments were accepted
roads improved land routes to Ohio Valley
cheap land
not politically present and had to ally with other sections

Question 15

land act of 1820

Answer 15

purchase 80 acres at min of $1.25 per acre in cash
revenue to pay off debt
expand and diversify economy

Question 16

tallmadge amendment

Answer 16

no more slaves should be brougnt into Missouri and gradual emancipation of children born there
S saw as threat to sectional balance as N was becoming wealthier and more populous

Question 17

Missouri Compromise

Answer 17

missouri as slave state
main admitted as free state
future slavery was banned in the remainder of the Lousiania purchase N of S border of missouri
left issue for a later time but balance was kept

Question 18

john marshall and judicial nationalism

Answer 18

loose construction
blows to states’ rights
supreme court could review decisions of state courts
protection of private property

Question 19

McCulloch v Maryland

Answer 19

1819
attempt by Maryland to destroy a branch of the Bank of US
declared the bank constitutional by envoking elastic clause

Question 20

Cohens v Virginia

Answer 20

cohens, guilty of illegally selling lottery tickets, appealed
conviction stood

Question 21

Gibbons v Ogden

Answer 21

1829
NY to grant private monoply of waterborne commerce b/w NY and NJ
not allowed: commerce was controlled by Congress

Question 22

Fletcher v Peck`

Answer 22

1810
georgia, swayed by bribes. gave 35 mil acres to private speculators
deal held: Const/ forbid states from “impairing” contracts

Question 23

Dartmouth College v Woodward

Answer 23

1819
new hamp wanted to change charter given to the college
ruled: og charter must stand (contract)

Question 24

anglo-american convention

Answer 24

1818
permutted As to share Newfoundland fisheries w/ Canadians
fixed N limits of Lousiana
10 yr joont occupation of Oregon Country

Question 25

getting florida

Answer 25

Andrew Jackson secured a commision to enter florida to punish NAI and capture runaway slaves
jackson, while not supposed to, took florida

Question 26

Florida purchase treaty

Answer 26

1819
spain gave florida and claims to oregan in exchange for texas

Question 27

menace of monarchy in America

Answer 27

after napoleon, restored autocrats pf europe banded together to stamp out democracies
Russia in alaska and canada
eng didnt want to end democracy in latin american due to trade: warned rest of europe

Question 28

monroes doctorine

Answer 28

1823
opposed european colonialism in W hemisphere
didnt want anyone to disturb latin america

Question 29

causes of the panic of 1819

Answer 29

over-specultion of frontier land/over-extension of credit
failed premise of buying land cheap and selling high
export/import issues due to foreign competition
cotton market diving
factory foreclousures