Monroe Era: SAQ Prep

Monroe Doctrine

A U.S. foreign policy established in 1823 that stated the Americas were closed to further European colonization and warned that any such attempts would be viewed as a hostile act.

Era of Good Feelings

A period from 1815 to 1825 characterized by national unity and optimism in the United States after the War of 1812, marked by the presidency of James Monroe.

Missouri Compromise

An 1820 agreement allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state, establishing a line to prohibit slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel.

Panic of 1819

The first major financial crisis in the U.S., caused by various factors including the end of the Napoleonic Wars and easy credit policies, leading to bank failures and unemployment.

The American System

An economic plan by Henry Clay that aimed to unify the nation and promote growth through a national bank, protective tariffs, and government-funded infrastructure.

Protective tariffs

Taxes on imported goods intended to make foreign products more expensive, encouraging Americans to buy domestically manufactured items; part of the American sysem

Internal improvements

Infrastructure projects funded by the government, such as roads and canals, aimed at promoting economic inter-dependence and growth; part of the American system

Growing sectional tensions

Political, economic, and social divisions between the North and South of the U.S., largely centered around the issues of slavery and states' rights.

Seminole Wars

Three conflicts between the U.S. and the Seminole people in Florida from 1817 to 1858, fought over land and the removal of the Seminoles.

First Seminole War (1817–1818)

Conflict sparked by U.S. efforts to recapture escaped slaves, leading to U.S. acquisition of Florida from Spain.

Second Seminole War (1835–1842)

The most costly and longest Seminole conflict, triggered by the Indian Removal Act and forced relocation of the Seminole people.

Third Seminole War (1855–1858)

Conflict initiated by U.S. soldiers destroying a Seminole chief's garden, leading to renewed fighting to remove the remaining Seminoles from Florida.