Chapter 6 Building a new national Identity

Aaron burr

fought in the American Revolution and became a political leader during the early years of the Republic. In the U.S. election of 1800, he was nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president..

James Madison

Madison was very knowledgeable about government and politics and believed that the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first plan for government, was too weak.

James Monroe

was the 5th president of u.s.a.Monroe fought in the American Revolution, and after the war he served in Congress as a member of Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party.

Judicial Review

is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power may invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher authority, such as the terms of a written consti

Lewis and Clark Expedition

The United States had just purchased this territory, and President Thomas Jefferson wanted it to be explored. He also wanted to establish relations with the Native Americans in the region and search for a possible Northwest Passage, a water route to the P

Louisiana Purchase

President Thomas Jefferson bought 828,000 square miles of land from France for 15 million dollars (about three cents per acre), opening up broad expanses of new territory. This historic purchase more than doubled the size of the United States, allowing fo

Louisiana Territory

The Louisiana Territory was a wide strip of land west of the Mississippi River. It stretched from the mouth of the Mississippi north to what is today the southern Canadian border. The territory had been settled in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Meriwether Lewis

was one of the leaders of an expedition that explored the Louisiana Territory from 1804 to 1806. Lewis was raised in Virginia. He joined the army in 1795. He rose through the ranks of the army until 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson asked Lewis to be

Sacagawea

was an interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She was a Lemhi Shoshone Native American . As a child she was captured by the Hidatsa Native Americans. Sometime before 1804 she became a wife of Toussaint Charbonneau, a French Canadian fur trader.

States' Rights Doctrine

In the United States, the states' rights doctrine is the theory that the powers of states are supreme over the powers of the federal government. This idea is based on the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Thomas Jefferson

was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and contributed in many other ways. He was raised on a plantation in Virginia, was extremely well educated, and became a lawyer in 1767. As a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses, Jefferson opposed

William Clark

was one of the leaders of the expedition that explored the Louisiana Territory from 1804 to 1806. Clark was raised in Virginia and Kentucky. He joined the army in 1789 but left it in 1796 to return to Kentucky.

John Marshall

John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, established many important principles of the American judicial system.

Andrew Jackson

He served in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Jackson became a national hero at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812

Battle of New Orleans

In 1814, British naval forces led by General Edward Pakenham sailed to the strategic port city of New Orleans to prepare for a battle in the War of 1812. By December 1, General Andrew Jackson's land forces had fortified their positions in preparation to d

Battle of Tippecanoe

the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in Indiana at the Shawnee capital of Prophetstown. This city was on the Tippecanoe River near current-day Lafayette.

Impressment

Impressment was the practice of forcing unwilling men to join military or naval service. In the early 1800s, it was common for British naval officers to board American ships and impress sailors to join the British navy.

Tecumseh

Tecumseh, a Shawnee Chief, was born around 1768 in what is now Ohio. He didn't like to share land and property.

Treaty of Ghent

The Treaty of Ghent signed in the neutral city of Ghent, East Flanders, in Belgium was the agreement that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.

War Hawk

Before the War of 1812, congressional leaders who supported going to war with Great Britain were known as the War Hawks. Most of the War Hawks were from the South and the West. They believed that Canada, a British colony at that time, was helping Native A

War of 1812

The War of 1812 was between the united states and great Britain won by u.s.a. this lasted through 1812-1815..

William Harrison

William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States. He was also a territorial governor, as well as an army general who fought against Native Americans. Harrison was born in Virginia. He joined the army at age 18 and was appointed secretar

Convention of 1818

The Convention of 1818 was a meeting between John Quincy Adams, who was the U.S. secretary of state, and British foreign ministers to resolve territorial disagreements.

John Quincy Adams

John Adams was the first vice president and second president of the United States. Born in Massachusetts in 1735, Adams became a leader of the opposition to British taxes in the 1760s and early 1770s. He successfully defended the British soldiers accused

Monroe doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine was a policy that was first stated by President James Monroe in a message to Congress in 1823. In that speech Monroe said that the United States would not allow any European countries to establish colonies or use force in North or Sout

Nationalism Rush Bagot agreement

The Rush-Bagot Agreement was an understanding spelled out in an exchange of letters in 1817 between U.S. Acting Secretary of State Richard Rush and British Minister Charles Bagot.

Adams Onis treaty

this treaty talked about America claiming land from the Spain, the us gain Florida, and Oregon country and the us had to pay Spain 5 million dollars for the debt

American system

the American system was created during the period of national unity that followed the war of 1812. Its purpose was to unite various regions of the country and establish economic independence from Europe. The plan had three components: internal improvement

Erie canal

The Erie Canal, completed in 1825 after eight years of construction, played a pivotal role in westward expansion and the economic growth of New York State. The canal stretches for 363 miles, linking the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean

Dibbons v. Ogden

In the 1824 case of Gibbons v. Ogden, The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that upheld the power of the federal government to regulate trade among the states. The case concerned steamboat travel between the states of New York and New Jersey.

Henry Clay

ran for president twice, and was known as the Great Compromiser. Clay was a lawyer in Kentucky and began his career in politics as a member of Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party

Msculloch v. Maryland

McCulloch v. Maryland was an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Second Bank of the United States. The previous year, the state of Maryland had placed a tax on the bank, but James W. McCulloch, the cashier of the bank, had refused to pay it. The st