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1815-1840

1815-1840. The Expanding Republic. Improvements in Transportation. N etworks of roads, canals, steamboats, and railroads lowered the cost of travel Moved goods to wider markets Facilitated the flow of political information through newspapers and US mail. Steamboat. Erie Canal.

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1815-1840

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  1. 1815-1840

    The Expanding Republic
  2. Improvements in Transportation Networks of roads, canals, steamboats, and railroads lowered the cost of travel Moved goods to wider markets Facilitated the flow of political information through newspapers and US mail
  3. Steamboat
  4. Erie Canal
  5. Steamboat explosion
  6. Factories Young women employees were cheaper than men Young women flocked to factory towns from farms, hoping to earn money and to have more freedom Shoemaker also a lot of women, shoebinders (stitching the top parts of the shoe) By the 1840s, the young women were replaced by immigrant families
  7. Lowell, Massachusetts 1821 a group of Boston entrepreneurs founded Lowell, where all aspects of cloth production—combing, shrinking, spinning, weaving, and dyeing were centralized
  8. Lowell Mills By 1830, eight mills in Lowell employed more than 5,000 young women who lived in closely supervised company owned boardinghouses.
  9. Banking From 1814 to 1840 a tremendous explosion in state-chartered banks Second Bank of the United States, with eighteen branches, opened in 1816 with a 20-year charter (the first bank of US charter had expired in 1811) Banks enlarged the money supply by making loans to manufacturers; they had a lot of power over economy by deciding who got loans
  10. Lawyers Commercial law profession expanded as the banks did Lawyers wrote new state laws of incorporation for businesses, protecting individuals from being liable for corporate debts Rewrote laws of eminent domain, empowering states to buy land for roads and canals
  11. Financial Panic of 1819 Some state banks had suspended specie payments (the exchange of gold or silver for banknotes) 1818 the Bank of the US called its loans, requiring the state banks to call their loans, contracting the economy. Coupled with a financial crisis in Europe in 1819, the result was the “panic of 1819”
  12. Election of 1828 The first presidential election in which popular votes determined the outcome; in 22 out of 24 states, voters chose the electors in the electoral college, not the state legislatures
  13. Political Campaigns New campaign styles State level candidates gave speeches, appeared at picnics Partisan newspapers publicized personalities like never before First time politicians identified themselves as “Jackson men” or “Adams men” and party lines were solidified by the mid 1830s into Whig or Democrat 1828 first election where character issues of the candidates was important Adams was vilified as elitist, a monarchist, a bookish academic Jackson was exposed for his notorious violent temper
  14. Emergence of Two Parties Whigs (like Adams) a moralistic, top-down party ready to make major decisions to promote economic growth Democrats (like Jackson) a contentious, energetic party ready to embrace individualism
  15. President Jackson He appointed only loyalists, unlike predecessors who tried to dampen conflict by appointing people of different points of view
  16. Jackson Victory and Calhoun as VP Jackson won a huge victory, and he chose John C. Calhoun as his VP; Calhoun had been VP with Adams but had broken with his policies
  17. Spoils System “to the victor belong the spoils” He replaced many competent people with party loyalists, initiating the “spoils system”
  18. Veto Power He exercised veto power over Congress Vetoed a federal highway bill in Maysville Kentucky, Henry Clay’s home state Jackson believed federal tax dollars should not be spent on local projects, but general projects He used the veto 12 times; all previous presidents together up to that time used it 9 times
  19. Trail of Tears A 1,200 mile journey west under armed guard25% died, 1838-39
  20. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 Congress appropriated $500,000 to relocate eastern tribes west of the Mississippi
  21. Indian policy Jackson explained that the removal was the only way to “save the Indians.” The Indians that resisted were attacked by militias and killed The Creeks, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Cherokee tribes in the South refused to relocate and a second Seminole War broke out in Florida.
  22. Legal Challenges to Indian Policy 1831. Cherokee leaders asked the Supreme Court to stop the State of Georgia from seizing their property. The Court sided with Georgia saying they were not citizens and therefore had no right to sue; a year later they brought suit again, this time in the name of a white supporter. In Worcester v. Georgia (1832) the Supreme Court upheld the territorial sovereignty of the Cherokee people Jackson was so angry he ignored the Court saying “If they now refuse to accept the liberal terms offered, they can only be liable for whatever evils and difficulties may arise. I feel conscious of having done my duty to my red children.”
  23. Economic Policy 1828 Congress passed revised tariff known as the Tariff of Abominations, a bundle of conflicting duties as high as 50% and contained provisions that pleased and angered every economic and sectional interest
  24. Nullification South Carolina’s John C. Calhoun advanced a doctrine of nullification, arguing that states had the right to abolish Congress’ acts in cases when Congress overstepped its powers.
  25. President shuts out VP Jackson became president in 1829, and shut out his VP Calhoun from access and power Calhoun resigned in 1832, and was elected to the US Senate
  26. Federal Government Vs. States’ Rights South Carolina declared federal tariffs to be null and void in 1833 Jackson sent armed ships to Charleston’s harbor and threatened to invade the state; he pushed through Congress the Force Bill, defining South Carolina stance as treason and authorizing military to collect federal tariffs
  27. Federal Government prevails Congress passed a revised bill more acceptable to the South and South Carolina withdrew its nullification; it did however nullify the Force Bill. Federal power had prevailed over a dangerous assertion of states’ rights but the question was far from settled and slavery threatened to emerge as a national political issue.
  28. Abolition
  29. Grimke’s
  30. Great Awakening
  31. William Henry Harrison
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