Unit 3 – Era of Good Feelings

1. Unit 3 – Era of Good Feelings Expansion and Reform Regional Differences, Industrial Revolution, President Monroe, and Henry Clay

2. After the War of 1812 • Era of Good Feelings • American Nationalism goes up • Why?

3. Nationalism • Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper – American scenes in writing • Schools have American Textbooks • Magazines and newspapers • Revived the Bank of the US • New capital • Expanded army • Stronger navy

4. THE AMERICAN SYSTEM • Henry Clay (The Great Compromiser)

5. The American System • Promoted by “Henry Clay” (War Hawk) • PURPOSE: to unify the two economies (North and South) / receive economic independence from other countries in the world • 3 Parts to American System Remember: P.I.N.

7. 3 Parts of American System by Henry Clay (PIN) • Protective tariff • Madison’s Tariff of 1816 – taxing imports to protect made in the USA = manufacturing could flourish • Internal Improvements • Transportation - National Road and the Erie Canal = easy travel • National Bank of the United States • Downsized by President Jefferson years earlier • Purpose – stabilize currency and hold government funds = easy credit

8. President Monroe • Election of 1816 • No Federalists would ever run for president again • Era of Good Feelings • One political party – Democratic Republican • Continued the Virginia Dynasty

9. Goodwill Tour of New England • New England = Federalists

10. Tariff of 1816 • HIGH tax on imported items • Meant to save our factories from the British, who were selling items at 20 – 50 % off

11. Panic of 1819 • National Bank • Lent money to Americans who moved west • 1819 – Great Britain demanded US repay British loans • US recalled (asked for repayment) their loans • People rushed and withdrew $ • Led to the nation’s first depression

12. Go West, Young Man, Go West • Encouragement : • Cheap land – Land Act of 1820 • Cheap transportation • Cheap $$$

13. Sectionalism - Slavery

14. Issues with Expansion • Tallmadge Amendment • No more slaves brought to Missouri • Gradual emancipation of children born to slavery • Missouri Compromise • Missouri = slave • Maine = free • 36°30′ - no slavery allowed above that line

15. 36°30′ • Why was it not a bigger deal?

16. Marshall Court • Increased the power of the federal government • Marbury v. Madison – judicial review • McCullough v. Maryland – national bank is constitutional and supremacy clause = federal gov’t is supreme • Gibbons v. Ogden – federal gov’t regulates interstate trade

17. Marbury v. Madison

18. McCullough v. Maryland

19. Gibbons v. Ogden

20. Treaty of 1818 • Shared Newfoundland fisheries with Canada • Fixed N. limits of Louisiana Territory at 49th parallel • Oregon – 10 yr. joint occupation

21. Florida Purchase Treaty 1819 Adam’s Onis Treaty • Florida ceded by Spanish

22. Monroe Doctrine 1823 • Covered North, Central and South America • Non – colonization (Russia/Spanish) • Non – intervention (keep out!)

23. Russo-American Treaty 1824 • Russian limit @ 54°40′N

24. The End!!!