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Day 41: Sectional Interests/Judicial Activism/Gaining Land

Day 41: Sectional Interests/Judicial Activism/Gaining Land. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute November 5, 2012 A/A.P . U.S. History Mr. Green. Sectional Interests/Judicial Activism. Objective: Students will:

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Day 41: Sectional Interests/Judicial Activism/Gaining Land

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  1. Day 41: Sectional Interests/Judicial Activism/Gaining Land Baltimore Polytechnic Institute November 5, 2012 A/A.P. U.S. History Mr. Green

  2. Sectional Interests/Judicial Activism Objective: Students will: Describe the furious conflict over slavery that arose in 1819, and indicate how the Missouri Compromise at least temporarily resolved it. Indicate how John Marshall’s Supreme Court promoted the spirit of nationalism through its rulings in favor of federal power. AP Focus As the United States expands westward, the question of containing slavery takes on an increasingly large role in the nation’s political affairs.

  3. Chapter Focus Chapter Theme Theme: Chief Justice John Marshall’s Supreme Court strengthened the federal government by supporting a loose construction of the Constitution, asserting the federal judiciary’s power over state courts, and enforcing economic provisions in the Constitution (interstate commerce, sanctity of contracts).

  4. Announcements Submit Identifications and arguments for loose and strict constructionism Distribute Presidential Election Charts Decades Chart for the 1810’s due by Thursday

  5. Sectional Interests 9 states joined the Union between 1791 & 1819 Most admitted alternately, free or slave Missouri wanted to join the Union in 1819 as a slave state House of Representative passed the Tallmadge amendment that no more slaves be brought into Missouri and the gradual emancipation of children born to slave parents Senate defeated the Tallmadge amendment Missouri 1st state carved from LA purchase precedent for the rest of the area abolish the peculiar institution

  6. Missouri Compromise Missouri came in as a slave state while Maine( a part of Massachusetts) came in as a free state Slavery banned at 36 degrees 30 minutes in the LA purchase Jefferson’s response “burst on us as a tornado” James Monroe received all but 1 electoral vote in 1820

  7. Judicial Activism Loose construction Constitution derived from the consent of the people and thus permitted the government to act for their benefit “Let the end by legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end…’ Can these words support the declaration of unconstitutionality of a popularly enacted law.

  8. Cases McCulloch v. Maryland federal supremacy implied powers Cohens v. Virginia Right of the Supreme Court to review the decisions of the state supreme courts in all questions involving powers of the federal government Gibbons v. Ogden upheld the sovereign powers of the national government to control interstate commerce

  9. Fletcher v Peck (1810) invalidated the Georgia legislature that broke a contract that was made illegally when the next legislative session ended that contract Dartmouth College v. Woodward The state of NH could not alter the college’s charter, even though it was granted by King George III in 1769

  10. Sharing Oregon and Acquiring Florida Anglo-American Convention of 1818 permitted Americans to share Newfoundland fisheries with Canada established the 49th parallel as the northern boundary of Louisiana 10 year joint occupation of the Oregon Territory Acquiring Florida Andrew Jackson commissioned to enter Spanish Florida to stop hostile Seminoles and arrest fugitive slaves Spain busy putting down democratic uprisings in Chile, Venezuela and Argentina

  11. Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819/Adams-Onis Treaty Spain ceded Floridaand claims to Oregon America gave up claims to Texas As Europe returned to despotism, Americans feared that European monarchs would invade the Western Hemisphere and help restore Spanish rule America approached by Britain to denounce jointly any interest in acquiring Latin American territory

  12. Monroe Doctrine John Quincy Adams did not trust the Brits Adams persuaded Monroe to issue the decree that said: 1. noncolonization 2. nonintervention Protect America from invasion and from Russia making claims to California. European monarch angered by the doctrine It was never law

  13. Homework Continue Reading Chapter 12 to the end if you have not done so!! Continue work on the Decades chart for the 1810’s Presidential Election Charts for 1816 and 1820.

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