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You are a Senator from New York. The US Congress has decided to invest in repairing and updating the national highway system, which you support. The proposed bill includes a $10 national tax on ski tickets. Would you vote for or against the bill? Why?. Big question.

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Big question

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  1. You are a Senator from New York. The US Congress has decided to invest in repairing and updating the national highway system, which you support. The proposed bill includes a $10 national tax on ski tickets. Would you vote for or against the bill? Why?

  2. Big question • What issues of sectionalism undermined the growing nationalism in the US?

  3. James Monroe • 5th president; 1817- 1825 • “Era of Good Feelings”- Federalists fade away; one Party- Democrat Republicans • NATIONALISM: • identification with and loyalty to the nation • National interests are more important than regional interests • Power and influence should be with the national government SECTIONALISM: identification with and loyalty to the section, or region of the country (North, South, West) Regional interests are more important than national interests Power and influence should be with the state governments

  4. Latin American Independence, early 1800s:

  5. Presidential Nationalism AbroadJQ Adams- “Monroe Doctrine” (’23) • US will not permit any further colonization in the Western Hemisphere • Any attempt to colonize will be viewed as an aggressive act towards US • Q2: US will stay out of European affairs • British navy supports John Quincy Adams- Monroe’s Sec. of State

  6. This cartoon was published in 1914, when World War I was breaking out in Europe. What point is the cartoonist making? Is he supporting or criticizing the ideas of the Monroe Doctrine? Compare the Monroe Doctrine to George Washington’s policy of neutrality from his Farewell Address How is it similar: How is it different:

  7. Nationalism in Domestic Policy:Henry Clay’s AMERICAN SYSTEM • a high TARIFF(tax on imports) to raise revenue and protect American industry • High PUBLIC LAND PRICES to generate revenue • Keeping the NATIONAL BANK to stabilize currency • Development of a system of “INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS(such as roads and canals) which would knit the nation together and be financed by the tariff and land sales revenues.

  8. THE BIG IDEA:

  9. ECONOMIC ROOTS OF SECTIONALISM: • SOUTHERN ECONOMY: • AGRICULTURE (COTTON), SLAVERY • WESTERN ECONOMY: • SMALL FARMS • NORTHERN ECONOMY • CITIES, TRADE, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF INDUSTRY

  10. FOR THE CARTOON: • IDENTIFY THE ISSUES THAT THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WOULD AGREE ON. (BE SPECIFIC- “High Tariffs”, not just tariffs….) • ****IN THE SECOND BOXES, WRITE DOWN A QUOTE EACH PERSON MIGHT SAY ABOUT THE AMERICAN PLAN

  11. Slavery becomes the way the “north” and “south” are divided…. • What other key issues divide them? • Which region would have more to fear from a strong federal government

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