Nationalism And Sectionalism

1. Nationalism And Sectionalism

2. Debatable issues of the day • Tariffs • National Bank • Internal Improvements • Economic Depression • Slavery

3. “Era of Good Feelings” • High spirit of Nationalism caused in large part by 1 political party—The Republicans

4. President James Monroe • 5th President from VA • Sec. of State under James Madison • Defeated Rufus King in 1816 (183-34) and had an even easier victory in 1820

5. Henry Clay’s American System What were the three main parts of Clay’s American System? • Protective Tariffs • National Bank • Internal Improvements Does this seem familiar? Henry and Lucretia Clay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wm7c9NJMWQ

6. Internal Improvements The Cumberland Road (1st federally financed interstate road) caused major dissention in the country because the South and New England opposed the roads while the West welcomed the roads

7. The US expands • General Jackson follows the Seminoles into the Florida pan handle (1818) • Adams-Onis treaty • Spain sells Florida to the US for $5 million

8. Missouri Compromise • Dilemma was what to do with Missouri? • In 1819—there were 11 slave states and 11 free states • Rep. James Tallmadge proposed the following: • Prohibited further introduction into Missouri • Required slave children to be emancipated at 25 • would have led to gradual elimination of slavery

9. Henry “The Compromiser” Clay responds • Missouri enters as a slave state • Maine was admitted as a free state • 36⁰30'

10. Monroe Doctrine • In 1823 Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sent a letter to Hugh Nelson, the American minister to Spain outlining America’s new foreign policy • The Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization • The United States would regard any interference in Western hemispheric affairs as a threat to its security • The United States would refrain from participation in European wars and would not disturb existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere