American History Connecting with the
Past15th Edition Chapter 8 Brinkley
Adams-Onis Treaty - -(1819) Spain ceded Florida to the United States and gave up its
claims to the Oregon Territory
American System - -Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support
for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for
federal government in the economy.
Francis Cabot Lowell - -American industrialist who developed the Lowell system, a mill
system that included looms that could both weave thread and spin cloth. He hired young
women to live and work in his mill
Gibbons v. Ogden - -Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal
government
Henry Clay - -Distinguished senator from Kentucky, who ran for president five times
until his death in 1852. He was a strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk
for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The
Great Compromiser." Outlined the Compromise of 1850 with five main points. Died
before it was passed however.
John Quincy Adams - -Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe.
In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States
Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe
Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
McCulloch vs. Maryland - -The state of Maryland taxed banknotes produced by the
Bank of the United States, claiming that the Bank was unconstitutional. Using implied
powers, Marshall countered that the Bank was constitutional and ruled that Maryland
was forbidden from taxing the Bank.
Missouri Compromise - -"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It
was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all
states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
Monroe Doctrine - -an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western
hemisphere from outside powers
Sectionalsim - -placing the interests of a region over those of the nation as a whole
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