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The Early United States

Chapter 3 Key Terms Sierra Stephens. The Early United States. Northwest Ordinance . This law divided the Northwest Territory into smaller territories and provided guidelines under which new states could be admitted into the union. Noah Webster.

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The Early United States

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  1. Chapter 3 Key Terms Sierra Stephens The Early United States

  2. Northwest Ordinance

  3. This law divided the Northwest Territory into smaller territories and provided guidelines under which new states could be admitted into the union.

  4. Noah Webster

  5. A key leader in the early education movement who compiled the first U.S. dictionary

  6. Louisiana Purchase

  7. The United States’ largest land purchase, roughly doubling the country’s size

  8. Lewis and Clark Expedition

  9. Originally started to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean, but led to the rapid migration of settlers to the Pacific Northwest. The pathway these settlers followed became known as the Oregon Trail

  10. War of 1812

  11. Between the United States and Great Britain. • The U.S. felt threatened my the British presence in Canada. • This, combined with the British navy’s policy of impressing U.S. seamen ld many in the United States to demand war. • This war inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner.

  12. National Identity

  13. A person’s identity and sense of belonging to one country or to one nation.

  14. New York City

  15. A key economic center of the country by 1814 • It’s ports made it a major center for shipping and trade, as well as an arrival point of foreign immigrants.

  16. Erie Canal

  17. Completed in 1825. • Provided a new shipping route form lake Erie to the Hudson River. • It also helped make New York City a dominant commercial center by connecting it to the Great Lakes.

  18. American System

  19. Measures proposed by Secretary of State Henry Clay that he thought were crucial to improving the nation’s economy and infrastructure.

  20. Infrastructure

  21. What provides the framework and connections for holding something together

  22. Protective Tariffs

  23. A tax on imports

  24. Era of Good Feelings

  25. A period of national pride and political unity after the War of 1812.

  26. Monroe Doctrine

  27. Stated That… • The United States would not tolerate European intervention in the affairs of any independent nation in the Americas • American continents were no longer open to European colonization • The United States would view any further attempts to colonize them as acts of aggression • The president promised that the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of other American countries, nor in those of European nations.

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