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Nationalism and Economic Expansion. Unit 5 - The Era of Good Feelings and the Age of Jackson APUSH Mrs. Baker. The Era of Good Feelings. 1815 - 1824. The Election of 1816. The Presidency of James Monroe (1816 – 1824). Democrat-Republican. A bulldog among Spaniels!. Secretary of State
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Nationalism and Economic Expansion Unit 5 - The Era of Good Feelings and the Age of Jackson APUSH Mrs. Baker
The Era of Good Feelings 1815 - 1824
The Presidency of James Monroe(1816 – 1824) Democrat-Republican
A bulldog among Spaniels! Secretary of State John Quincy Adams
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823 1. What foreign policy principles are established? 2. What warning is given to the European countries? Key American Foreign Policy 3. What would the U.S. do if the warning was not headed?
Postwar Nationalism “A high and honorable feeling generally prevails, and the people begin to assume, more and more, a national character; and to look at home for the only means, under divine goodness, or preserving their religion and liberty” Hezekiah Niles, Niles’ Weekly Register September 2, 1815
A Growing Nation 1810 1820
Economic Nationalism • Major focuses of the growing national economy: • Financing internal improvements • Building roads and canals • Protecting American industries against European competition.
The American SystemHenry Clay Henry Clay “The Great Compromiser” • Tariff of 1816 • Second Bank of the United States • Internal Improvements at federal expense.
Result of the American System • By 1816… • Both the protective tariff and the Bank of the United States recharter had been in place. • Internal improvements were consistently objected and vetoed by Madison and Monroe. • Believed to be the responsibility of each individual state • Sectional impact… • West • Got roads, canals, and federal aid • East • Got the backing of protective tariffs from the West • South • ???
The Panic of 1819 What were the causes of the 1st major financial crisis since the Constitution was ratified?
Westward Expansion:America Changes Shape Reasons New Questions and Issues • Acquisition of Native Americans’ land • Economic pressures • Improved transportation • Immigrants • New states need “cheap money” • Cheap land from the government • Improved transportation • What to do with slavery???
The Issue of Slavery in the West • Tallmadge Amendment • Prohibited the further introduction of slaves in Missouri • All slaves born in Missouri after the territory became a state would be freed at the age of 25. • House passed, Senate rejected • The North controlled the House, and the South had enough power to block it in the Senate.
The Compromise of 1820:A Firebell in the Night! What are the key Arguments of the Missouri Compromise?