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POST WAR OF 1812

POST WAR OF 1812. END OF CHAPTER 12. AMERICAN SYSTEM Henry Clay. American System Henry Clay. How does Madison Respond to American System?. 1-Congress voted in 1817 to give $1.5 mil to states for internal improvements Madison-veto Unconstitutional

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POST WAR OF 1812

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  1. POST WAR OF 1812 END OF CHAPTER 12

  2. AMERICAN SYSTEMHenry Clay

  3. American SystemHenry Clay

  4. How does Madison Respond to American System? • 1-Congress voted in 1817 to give $1.5 mil to states for internal improvements • Madison-veto • Unconstitutional • States had to pay for improvements themselves • Example: Erie Canal 1825

  5. Election of 1816 • Monroe • Republicans (no longer D-R) • Virginia Dynasty • 183 votes in Electoral College • Rufus King • Last Federalist candidate • Won 34 votes only • ONE PARTY RULE---”Era of Good Feelings”

  6. Election of 1816

  7. Monroe as President • Good Will Tour-1817 • “Era of Good Feelings” • misnomer/error of thinking • Panic of 1819 • Causes: • Deflation • Depression • Overspeculation of land

  8. Panic of 1819

  9. WESTWARD EXPANSION • 9 NEW STATES ADDED FROM 1791-1819 • Reasons: • Cheap land • Soil exhaustion in East • Native Americans • Cumberland Road 1811 • Maryland ----Illinois • Steamboat

  10. Frontier Cycle • 1-fur traders/trappers • 2-families clear land • 3-farms develop • 4-communities • General store, blacksmith etc. • *can skip if population grows too fast

  11. Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis • Frontier experience & existence of free land • Gives equality • Makes the US more democratic • Increases independent spirit • Made people “Americanized”—not based on tradition & family line • Unifies people • Value—independence, self-reliance, opportunity, work ethic

  12. 3 GREAT TRAILS • 1-NORTH • Albany NY—Mohawk Valley • 2-MIDDLE • Philadelphia—Baltimore • Follow Ohio River to Pittsburg etc • 3-SOUTH • Cumberland Gap • Wilderness Road • KY/TN

  13. Population Changes 1810 1820

  14. ISSUE OF SLAVERY • 1-Missouri wants statehood 1819 • Northeast? • South? • West?

  15. Tallmade Amendment • All slaves born in Missouri after the territory became a state would be freed at the age of 25. • Passed by the House, not in the Senate. • The North controlled the House, and the South had enough power to block it in the Senate.

  16. Missouri CompromiseHenry Clay “The Great Compromiser” • 1-Missouri—slave state • 2-Maine—free state • 3-boundary line 36* 30’ • Above-no slaver • Below-slavery is ok • Lasts 34 years

  17. Foreign Policy Issues • US-Canadian Border • US-Spain—Southern border • Russia—extends territory to 51* north w/trading posts to San Francisco • 1824-changes to 54* 40’

  18. Convention of 1818

  19. The West & the NW: 1819-1824

  20. Adams-Onis Treaty 1819

  21. Problems in Latin America • 1823-British Foreign Sec. George Canning worried about Latin America • Joint Agreement to not take land & tell Europeans to not take over • British Fleet protects South American ports

  22. MONROE DOCTRINE 1823 • 1-no colonization • 2-no intervention • 3-”self defense” of • Western Hemisphere • Key problem:

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