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 Brinkey Seminole War - -conflict that began in Florida in 1817 between the Seminole Indians and the us army when the Seminoles resisted removal Sequoyah - -Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770 1843) Stephen H. Long - -First to publish a U.S. Atlas with State and Territory maps. Called Kansas the "Great Desert" Attempted to navigate the Kansa River, but failed. Tallmadge Amendment - -This was an attempt to have no more slaves to be brought to Missouri and provided the gradual emancipation of the children of slaves. In the mind of the South, this was a threat to the sectional balance between North and South. Transportation improvements - -when Robert Fulton invented the steamboat. created an infrastructure of roads, canals, early. Farmers in the South and the West could get their goods to market Worcester vs. Georgia - -cherokee appealed to supreme court to stop white encroachments into cherokee nation; marshal ruled in indians favor sa