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Era of Good Feelings

Era of Good Feelings. Essential Question: What did it mean to be American in the early 1800s?. Star Spangled banner 1812 gave Americans a national identity Alexis de Tocqueville “I do not know a country where the love of money holds a larger place in the heart of man”

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Era of Good Feelings

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  1. Era of Good Feelings

  2. Essential Question: What did it mean to be American in the early 1800s? • Star Spangled banner 1812gave Americans a national identity • Alexis de Tocqueville “I do not know a country where the love of money holds a larger place in the heart of man” • There was a surge of patriotism Americans felt the brightest days for America were ahead. • Uncle Sam: Symbol born during this period. • Legend has it that the name came from Sam Wilson, a New Your Butcher who provided the army with meat during the War of 1812. • Initials were made up to match the U.S. Became a popular nickname for the federal government.

  3. Developing a Nation in a Land of Differences • Surge of patriotism after the War of 1812 • US in the early1800s • Very different from today! • 2/3 lived w/in 50 miles of the Atlantic, fewer than 1/10 lived west of the Appalachians • Travel was difficult and slow nothing moved faster than a horse could run, news took weeks to be delivered • B/C of geographical differences distinct regional lifestyles developed led to stereotypes • Symbols and Values-Needed to feel American! • Meant Americans needed to share values, felt they were better than Europeans • Economic Nationalism -Based on Capitalism-an economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses • Judicial Nationalism- • Strengthened the role of the Supreme Court and federal power over the states. • Encouraged the growth of capitalism—McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

  4. Yankees • “Enterprising, thrifty, quick to chase a dollar” • Growing Cities/Lots of trade

  5. Kentucky • Henry Clay: Believed in capitalism, high tariffs & federal spending on transportation • American system-a proposal to the government that called for taxes on imports, federally funded transportation project, and a new national bank • Projects  War Hawk

  6. Rich Plantation Owners • Gracious, Cultured and Lazy

  7. South Carolina • John C. Calhoun: Resisted federal power • Big supporter of states rights • Wanted to protect slavery in the south

  8. Frontiersmen • Rugged, Hardy and Crude • In the west

  9. Massachusetts • Daniel Webster: Opposed war of 1812 • Served in both House and Senate • “24 states are one country”

  10. Art: Folk Art • Made by ordinary people • Carvings, quilts • Thomas Cole (landscaping) • James Audubon (Birds) • Catlin (the west, Native Americas)

  11. Early American Art • Thomas Cole-1829 James Audubon-Birds of America

  12. Music: Early church • National Identity was expressed through music • 1800s: Classical dance in the south  Spirituals, square dancing • Minstrel songs what are they?? • Honored black music by mimicking it. • Samuel Francis Smith 1832- “My Country, ‘tis of thee”

  13. Literature • Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” • James Fennimore Cooper, “The Last of the Mohicans” Davy Crockett • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Paul Revere's Ride” • Patriotic Themes: Uncle Sam

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