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Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism
Identification: People & Terms
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Fort Michilimackinac
Isaac Brock
The Constitution
Oliver Hazard Perry
Battle of Thames
Thomas Macdonough
Andrew Jackson
Battle of New Orleans
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
“Blue Light”
Federalists
Hartford Convention
Virginia Dynasty
Rush-Bagot
Agreement
Washington Irving
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James Fenimore
Cooper
Tariff of 1816
The American
System
James Monroe
Era of Good
Feelings
Panic of 1819
Land Act of 1820
Tallmadge
Amendment
Missouri
Compromise
John Marshall
McCulloch v.
Maryland
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Loose construction
Cohens v. Virginia
Fletcher v. Peck
Dartmouth College
v. Woodward
Daniel Webster
Treaty of 1818
Treaty of 1819
Canning
Proposition
Monroe Doctrine
Russo-American
Treat of 1824
Chapter 12 Focus Questions:
1. Compare the American army to the British army during the War of 1812.
2. Why was the Battle of New Orleans significant for the Americans?
3. What did the British initially demand at Ghent? What did they settle for and why?
4. What was, surprisingly, left out of the negotiations? What does that tell us about the
conclusion of the war?
5. Why was the Harford Convention called? What did its attendees want?
6. What were the important outcomes of the War of 1812?
7. Who supported the American System? Who did not? Why didn’t it come to fruition?
8. Why did western debtors dislike the Bank of the U.S.?
9. To what extent did the U.S. expand its territory from 1791-1819? How was slavery handled?
10. How did the issue of slavery in Missouri expose a larger national conflict?
11. What compromises did both the North and South make in the Missouri Compromise? What
did they get in return for their compromise?
12. How did the Marshall Court decisions increase federal power?
13. Under what pretense did Jackson go to Florida? What did he actually do?
14. What proposition did Britain make to the U.S. with regard to the Latin American territories?
What was Adam’s response to the proposal?
15. What were the policies of the Monroe Doctrine? How did Europe react to it?