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Chapter 8: Republican Ascendancy Flashcards

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Pittsburgh and Cincinnati

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Two port towns on the Ohio River that came to be because of the sudden rush of people into the NW Territory

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Regional Identifications

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Not an identification with state, but with region; Southerner, Northerner, or Westerner.

Also a product of defensiveness

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New Orleans

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Because the settlers in the NW Territory were depended on water ways to trade, they had to use the New Orleans port that was still under Spanish control

Pinckney’s Treaty

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Mike Finke

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The folk hero

Keelboatman of the Mississippi River

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Daniel Boone

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Famed trapper and Indian fighter

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The Prophet

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A Shawnee leader who, with his brother, tried to rebuild old native cultures
Convinced the Indians in the Indiana Territory to avoid whites, alcohol, and to keep their land for a short period of time

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Tecumseh

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Brother of The Prophet
Cultural revival crushed by whites who saw him as a threat during the War of 1812
Thought, incorrectly, that British agents in Canada put him up to it

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Creek Nation

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Another group of natives that resisted the whites and were beat down by Andrew Jackson’s militia from Tennessee.

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Agricultural Fair

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The only major innovation on this generation

Show off your livestock for breeding purposes

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Carrying Trade

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The name for the trading with Europe that earned many a merchant bookoo bucks
Ended when Jefferson enacted an embargo on France and Britain; required friendly relations

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Samuel Slater

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Several textile mills

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Robert Fulton

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Invested and sailed the first steam powered ship in the Hudson River
Opened new markets for domestic manufactures

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Albert Gallatin

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Jefferson’s choice for Secretary of Treasury

Understood the complexities of the federal budget

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Jeffersonian Reforms

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Get rid of debt
Get rid of all direct taxes (reduce federal activities)
Reduce army 50%
Retired most navy warships
Budget cuts
Closed embassies in Europe
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Army Corps of Engineers

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Created to educate soldiers

Lead citizen soldiers

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West Point

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Military in VA

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James Monroe/Livingston

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Louisiana Purchase

Negotiator

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Louisiana Purchase

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When Monroe and Livingston went to France, they only asked for Florida and New Orleans for $10 million.
The French said yes, but only if you take the Louisiana Territory
Cost $15 million (3 cents an acre)

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Louisiana Government Bill

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Because Jefferson feared those French and Spanish people’s living the the territory wouldn’t be loyal to America, he passed a bill that stated that those governing these people’s would be appointed officials.
Imposed taxes on citizens of Louisiana without their consent.

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Meriwether Lewis

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Hired by Jefferson (his personal secretary)
Captain in the army
Learned what he could from Jefferson and was then sent to Doctor Benjamin Rush for info on botany, taxidermy, flora, Fiona, etc, etc.
Thunderclappers

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William Clark

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2nd in command
Louis’ superior in the army
Better woods man
In charge of assembling the men of the corps of discovery

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Sacagawea

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Wife of Frenchman Toussaint Charboneau
Mother of Pomp
Guide, translator, and peace symbol of the corps

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Barbary States

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States in North Africa (Tangier, Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis)
Know for piracy
Nations paid tribute to leave them alone
Jefferson had had enough for their BS; sent ships over to wreck their shit
Didn’t end so hot

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Philadelphia

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The name of a US frigate that was captured by Tripoli pirates
Had to fork up $60,000

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Barbary War
The war against the pirates in North Africa including the blockade
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Burr's Plot
Separate the West from the rest of the country
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Judiciary Act of 1801
Made several circuit courts and 16 new judgeships that were filled with Federalists
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John Marhshall
Adams' appoint Chief Justice | Hardcore Federalist
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William Marbury
Wanted a commission from Madison Didn't get one Sued and Marshall took his case to stir up unfortunacies
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Marbury v. Madison
Marshall's decision Marbury, you can fuck off Madison, you should give him that commission Ruled a congressional act unconstitutional
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James Pickering
The insane drunkard judge that was impeached without committing any crimes
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Samuel Chase
The justice of the Supreme Court that Jefferson wanted gone Said some things in a Baltimore newspaper that were basically treasonous Or so Jefferson said Totally lost that one
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Tertium Quids
The nothings Extreme republicans that rebelled when Jefferson listened to moderates instead of them Believed Jefferson betrayed the republican purity of the founders
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Yazoo Controversy
Corrupted Georgian assembly sells 35 million acres of land to private companies at bargain prices Assembly was bribed Nullified the deal Some land exchanged hands Jefferson appointed peeps to clean out that brick shit house and they recommended setting aside 5 million acres for the buyers Tertium Quids were not happy; condoned fraud
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Fletcher v. Peck
Quids lost | Upheld rights of the buyers
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Hamilton/Burr Duel
Hamilton is dead | Burr can never go back to New York or New Jersey and his career has been torn asunder
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James Wilkinson
Hired by Burr to led his private war effort to separate the east and west Evil asshole
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Burr's Trail
Held in Richmond Marshall, who wanted to give the republicans a hard time, demanded two eye witnesses to prove Burr's treasonous actions. Accidentally protected American civil rights; no conviction based off of circumstantial evidence for you!
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1807 Slave Trade Bill
Banned the importation of slaves South didn't obey immediately Great Britain banned it in the same year, accosted American smuggling vessels and stated they were enforcing American law
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Admiral Horatio Nelson
Head of the British Royal Navy in the battle of Trafalgar
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"Broken Voyages"
British navy didn't want France to directly trade with its colonies American merchants did this to slip past their blockade Sail to the Caribbean -> stop in America -> go to France
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Essex Decision
Made broken voyages illegal Napoleon's victories strained the British economy Record number of American vessel seizures
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Orders in Council
No neutral commerce Seizure of any ships that disobeys "Paper Blockades"
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Berlin and Milan Decrees
Napoleon's paper blockades Closed all ports from Spain to Germany from British trade Neutral vessels with British good were liable for seizure
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Leopard/Chesapeake Incident
British war ship, the Leopard, wanted to inspect an American war ship, the Chesapeake, for deserters. The captain of the Chesapeake refused and the British opened fire 3 dead 18 wounded Peeps be pissed off!
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Embargo Act
Jefferson thought Britain and France need American trade, so he made everyone stop trading all together. Nobody wanted to Britain and France were not effected Jefferson soon repealed it, before Madison's inauguration
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James Madison
President after the election of 1808 Wasn't a very good leader Overly modest
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Election of 1808
President = Madison Quids tried to get Monroe to challenge his presidency Federalists were gaining leverage in the House of Reps
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Non-Intercourse Act
Trade with everyone but Britain and France | Trade with those two after they accept our neutrality.
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David M. Erskine
Told Madison that Britain was whiling to change their commercial policy Signed an agreement and sent out ships to trade See George Canning
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George Canning
British head of foreign affairs Refused Erskine's agreement Captured the ships already set out to sea to trade
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Macon's Bill #2
Reestablished trade with both France and Britain | If one reopens neutral trade, America will stop trading with the other.
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General William Henry Harrison
Fought Tecumseh's Indian tribe in the Battle of Tippecanoe Forced him to look to the British from military assistance Later elected president because people liked him so much
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Tippecanoe
Battle were General Harrison beat Tecumseh down
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War Hawks
Republicans from And south and west that wanted to take action. No more of Jefferson's peace bullshit. Got Madison to declare war on Great Britain Threaten to capture Canada, etc
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Dewitt Clinton
Madison's runner up in the Election of 1812 Anti War faction of the Republicans Endorsed by Federalists
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Election of 1812
Madison reelected for president
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The war of 1812
The war waged on Britain and France | America would no longer stand for British impressment and commerce restrictions
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Detroit
While attempting to conquer western forts, Gen. William Hull surrendered an entire army to a smaller British force
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Constitution
Gen. Isaac Hull's Constitution defeated the HMS Guerriere
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Those who had the Great Lakes had the West | He sunk an entire British fleet Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie
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York (Toronto)
We burnt down York because it was Canada's capital | They burnt down our capital
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Fort McHenry
Survived British naval bombardment | Star Spangle Banner

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