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This mandated that an unusual vote had to be taken for the president along with the vice president. It used to be 2 votes from just the president himself, but after this, no longer.
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The Legislation of the U.S. Congress that closed all U.S. ports to all outsiders. They also restricted imports from Britain.
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This ruled that a grant to a private land company was a contract within the meaning of the Contact Clause of the Constitution.
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This war was fought between The United States and Great Britain. The main cause of this war was because the Royal Navy's practice of taking seamen from American merchant vessels to fill out the crews of its own chronically undermanned warships.
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Because the Americans won this battle it forced the British to recognize The United States claims to Louisiana and Florida. Also to sign the Treaty Of Ghent.
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This Treaty was so that The United States would receive lands on the east side of the Mississippi river, and on the north side of the Mississippi line. It also included the area of West Tennessee and Southwestern Kentucky.
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The court decided that the Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank. The decision in McCulloch had a major effect on cases involving state vs. federal power.
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In this year the legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state. This also made free soil all western territories north of Missouri's Southern border.
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An annual message to congress and it warned European powers not to get involved in the affairs of the western hemisphere.
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This was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson in May. This authorized the President to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands that were within existing state borders.