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The economic system of the U.S. that allows the people to get and spend money however they want. Free enterprise and capitalism helped economic growth by allowing anyone to own factories and sell anything.

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A 363-mile canal that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. Allowed for much easier transportation and other canals soon sprang up.

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Monroe's statement from  December 2, 1823 regarding the politics with other nation. Basically says: do not attempt to colonize or invade parts of America and there will no interference of European politics from the U.S. Response to talks between European Nations about attacking the Americas.

"henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers"
-James Monroe

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Set the Northern boundary of the Louisiana Territory at 49th parallel. Finally created a secure border. Canada and the U.S. agreed not to patrol with armed forces.

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Treaty between U.S. and Spain in which Spain ceded ownership of Florida. It also gave up all claims to the Oregon County. In return the U.S. agreed to Spanish control of Texas. Resulted from Andrew Jackson chasing the Seminoles well into Florida.

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The agreement between U.S. and Britain in 1817 to limit their own armed naval vessels in the Great Lakes. Other armed vessels were to be destroyed.

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In 1819, the Missouri Territory applied to become a state. The only problem was that Missouri as a slave state, and therefore Southern state would unbalance the votes between Northern and Southern states. So Henry Clay proposed a compromise that would make Missouri a slave state and add Maine as a free state. It also established that above 36°30' N latitude slavery was abolished and below allowed.

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Rivalry based on special interests and different regions regardless of the whole country. Ended the Era of Good Feelings with tensions between the North and South rising.

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Similar to federalism, it is the policies and beliefs concerning a country as a united whole above states. The idea  really took off after the War of 1812. Extreme patriotism.

"If the... the dissolution of this Union is to happen, . . . I shall not survive."
-Henry Clay, House Representative

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After the War of 1812, the  U.S. truly felt like one country. The intense divides that previously plagued it was gone. In the 1816 election James Monroe won with no serious opposition. He represented a united country free from dissent.

"Era of Good Feelings"- Term coined by a Federalist Boston Newspaper describing Monroe's presidency.

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Britain tried to edge out its budding American competitors by flooding the market with their cheap and high-quality goods. To protect American manufacturers, Congress passed the Tariff of 1816 to make American products cheaper than British products. The South was not happy with the higher prices.

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When the First Bank of the United States expired in 1811, many states had made too many loans and circulated too much money, causing inflation. The federal government also had no safe place for its funds. So in 1816 the Second National Bank was created to restore order to the money supply.

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Henry Clay, then a Republican speaker of the house, proposed the American System to help the country grow. It called for higher tariffs, a new national bank, and the construction of pathways. Congress was unwilling to spend much money regarding it, put parts of the American System did become law.

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With so many moving West,  the nation needed good roads for travel and trade to connect the  country. When  the new state of Ohio asked for a road to connect it to the East, the federal government agreed. Though it took members five years to agree on the route, construction began in Maryland on 1811. It was halted as the result of the War of 1812 and the first part of the road opened on 1818.

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In the mid- 1700s, machines that inventors from Great Britain built to mass produce goods spread to America. Factories that promised steady wages attracted many people to give up farming in the poor New England soil and work at a factory.