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Louisiana was originally controlled by Spain, but Jefferson purchased it for 15 million dollars.
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William Marbury sued the secretary of state James Madison for not delivering his judicial appointment. This case established the Judicial review, allowing the Judicial branch to label laws unconstitutional.
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The British were accused of firing and aiming there rifles, and supporting Native American resistance against westward expansion. Caused greater tensions between the British and the US.
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The Era of Good Feeling was started by the election of James Monroe in 1816 and was marked by Nationalism. Called the "Era of Good Feeling" because of how everyone felt at peace for a moment.
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Caused by the Second Bank of the United States and caused massive unemployment, bankruptcies, and penalties for debt (prison).
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Missouri wanted to become a free state and stop sending in slaves and Main wanted to be a slave state. To keep balance between the Free North and the Slave South the government made Missouri a Slave state and Main a free one but stopped sending in slaves to Missouri.
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The Panic of 1819 caused the end of the Era of Good Feeling
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An agreement between the U.S. and Spain in which the U.S. gained Florida and set up borders on the outskirts of the Spanish territories.
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The Cult of Domesticity reinforced the belief that women should be the caretakers of the home and that the men should be the breadwinners.
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John C. Calhoun argued that states had the right to nullify federal laws that they deemed unconstitutional.
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The U.S. army forcing over 15,000 American Indians to leave their land. This caused over 4,000 deaths by, cold, hunger, and diseases picked up on the way.