History 7th Chapter 11
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- internal improvements
- imporvements to roads, bridges, and canals
- Henry Clay
- "Gallant Harry of the West"; spoke for the West; favored stron central govt
- sectionalism
- loyalty to a state or a section of a country rather than to the whole country
- American System
- Henry Clay's plan for economic growth: establish a protective tariff , establish a national bank, and improve the country's transporation system
- John Calhoun
- "Young Hercules"; Southener; supported slavery; opposed strong federal govt
- Negro Fort
- settlement of escaped African American slaves in the Spanish colony of Florida
- Brazil
- Portuguese colony which won their independence peacefully
- Tariff of 1816
- This protective tariff helped American industry by raising the prices of British manufactured goods, which were often cheaper and of higher quality than those produced in the U.S.
- interstate commerce
- trade between different states
- strong navy could help stop Europeans
- Why was British support of Monroe DOctrine important to its success?
- creole
- person born, person born in Spain's A`merican colonies to Spanish parents
- McCulloch vs Maryland
- Supreme Court ruling: states had no right to interfere with federal institutions within their borders; strengthened federal power
- Father Miguel Hidalgo
- led the first march for Mexican Independence in 1810; Grito de Dolores; "Father of Mexican Independence"
- Simon Bolivar
- a Creole from Venezuela; revolutionary leader known as "The Liberator" because of his role in the Latin American wars of independence
- United Provinces of Central America
- present day nations of Nicaragua, COsta RIca, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
- Monroe Doctrine
- President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin Amreica
- Daniel Webster
- "great cannon loaded to the lips"; Northener; skilled speaker; opposed slavery; supported strong federal govt
- Republic of Great Columbia
- present day nations of Venezula, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama
- intervention
- direct involvement
- Gibbons vs. Ogden
- Supreme Court ruling: upheld power of federal govt to regulate trade between states