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Lingering Issues in the Early United States: Slavery, Economy, Citizenship, and Government

Explore the unresolved issues and questions facing the young United States, including the debate over slavery, economic growth, the role of government, citizenship, and ensuring a smoothly running government.

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Lingering Issues in the Early United States: Slavery, Economy, Citizenship, and Government

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  1. UNIT 3: The U.S.’s childhood and adolescent years. 1789 – U.S. Constitution goes into effect: U.S. is born.

  2. Lingering Issues/Questions Facing the New Nation • Slavery or no slavery? 2. How can we grow our economy? What role should the govt. play in the economy? 3 Who is a citizen? 4. Making sure the government runs smoothly.

  3. Lingering Issues/Questions Facing the New Nation • Slavery or no slavery? 2. How can we grow our economy? What role should the govt. play in the economy? 3 Who is a citizen? 4. Making sure the government runs smoothly.

  4. What did the Constitution have to say about slavery? In Article 1, Section 9, Congress is limited, expressly, from prohibiting the importation of slaves, before 1808. In Article 1, Section 2 - 3/5 Clause Determining the number of people in a state – slaves equal 3/5 of a person. ? No national law abolishing slavery. Individual states could abolish slavery and many did.

  5. Free States and Slave States

  6. International Slave Trade CLOSED Domestic Slave Trade GROWS

  7. Lingering Issues/Questions Facing the New Nation • Slavery or no slavery? 2. How can we grow our economy? What role should the govt. play in the economy? 3 Who is a citizen? 4. Making sure the government runs smoothly.

  8. What does the Constitution say? According to Article I, Section 8, Congress has the power to: Clause 1: Collect taxes! Clause 2: Borrow money from other nations! Clause 3: Control trade! Clause 5: Make currency to be used between the states! (States cannot make/use their own currency!

  9. Laissez-faire!!! Laissez-faire!!! What if we increase the size of the U.S.? I just want to retire! More land would help grow the economy sir!

  10. Louisiana Purchase - 1803 What? People are allowed to change their minds!

  11. Louisiana Purchase (1803) MARKET REVOLUTION!!! YAY!!!

  12. Lingering Issues/Questions Facing the New Nation • Slavery or no slavery? 2. How can we grow our economy? What role should the govt. play in the economy? 3 Who is a citizen? 4. Making sure the government runs smoothly.

  13. Preamble = We the People, in Order to form a more perfect union…secure the Blessings of Liberty…” WHAT PEOPLE?

  14. The Constitution identifies 3 populations of people: Guaranteed RIGHTS/FREEDOMS NO RIGHTS/FREEDOMS NO RIGHTS/FREEDOMS “citizens of the states/nation” Indians – members of independent tribes and not part of the nation “other persons” (slaves = 3/5 of a person) BUT WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENSHIP

  15. The Constitution says…. NO TRUE DEFINITION OF CITIZENSHIP BUT… Because the young United States followed British common law, it accepted the rule of jus soli, or place of birth.

  16. How does someone NOT BORN in the United States become a citizen? According to the Constitution – Congress has the power to… To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization Fancy word for the process by which someone not born in a country can become a citizen.

  17. Naturalization Act of 1790 • A child born in a foreign country is a citizen if the father • was a citizen of the United States. • Restricted the process of becoming a citizen from abroad • to “free white persons” of “good moral character.”

  18. Lingering Issues/Questions Facing the New Nation • Slavery or no slavery? 2. How can we grow our economy? What role should the govt. play in the economy? 3 Who is a citizen? 4. Maintaining political harmony

  19. It’s PARTY time! Differences btwn these two men led to the first political parties!

  20. Political parties played a key role in all subsequent presidential elections and revealed that the nation was more divided than united.

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