APUSH Chapter 12 Matching People, Places, and Events
Rush-Bagot agreement
1817 agreement that limited American and British naval forces on the Great Lakes
Missouri Compromise
Admitted one slave and one free state to the Union, and fixed the boundary between slave and free territories
Russo-American Treaty of 1824
Agreement between the United States and one of the European great powers that fixed the southern boundary of that nation's colony of Alaska
Treaty of Ghent
Agreement that simply stopped fighting and left most of the war issues unresolved
Stepehn Decatur
American naval hero of the War of 1812 who said, "...our country, right or wrong!"
John Marshall
Aristocratic Federalist jurist whose rulings bolstered national power against the states
George Canning
British foreign secretary whose proposal for a joint British-American declaration led to the unilaterally declared Monroe Doctrine
Henry Clay
Eloquent Kentucky spokesman for the "American System" and key architect of the Missouri Compromise in the U.S. Senate
Hartford Convention
Gathering of antiwar delegates in New England that ended up being accused of treason
Andrew Jackson
Military commander who exceeded his government's instructions but eventually won its support for his actions
John Quincy Adams
Nationalistic secretary of state who promoted american interests against Spain and Britain
Washington Irving
One of the first nationalistic American writers to achieve literary recognition in Europe
James Monroe
President whose popularity contributed to the Era of Good Feeling
Tsar Alexander I
Russian ruler whose mediation proposal led to negotiations ending the War of 1812
Daniel Webster
The leading voice promoting nationalism and greater federal power in the United States Senate during the 1820s