Warm Up

“Despite the standoff with which the War of 1812

ended at Ghent, Americans nourished a sense of
victory”

Why do you believe American’s saw the war of

1812 as a victory?
 Warm Up

“Despite the standoff with which the War of 1812

ended at Ghent, Americans nourished a sense of
victory”
Why do you believe American’s saw the war of
1812 as a victory?
- Andrew Jackson’s Victory at New Orleans
- Battle of Tippecanoe helped secure Westward
expansion
- Defended Fort McHenry (Star Spangled Banner)
- Hartford Convention = End of Federalist Party =
1 dominate, unified party
- Fought a world power for the SECOND time and
held their own
 Unit 3 Day 5:
Nationalism and Sectionalism
Is it more important to you that
North Carolina or the U.S.A.
succeed?
 “Republicans have out federalized
than the federalists”
• After the War of 1812, Americans felt a sense of national pride
and we received more respect from Europe
• Americans felt more loyalty towards the U.S. than their state or
region

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 Era of Good Feelings
• During James
Monroe’s
administration there
was only one
effective political
party.
Successful Diplomacy Rush-Bagot
Treaty (1818):
complete
disarmamed
eastern part of
border between
U.S. and British
Canada
During 1818 Convention,
Monroe
convinced Britain to draw
western
part of border along the
49th parallel
Adams-Onis Treaty
(1819)- U.S.
acquired Florida for $5
mil. but to give up U.S.
claims to TX
 Economic
Changes
• The Embargo Act & the
War of 1812 had cut off
America from British
manufactured goods
• As a result, Americans
are forced to buy at
home
• Increased economic
independence
contributes to
Nationalism
3 regional economies are developing
 Sectionalism in the U.S.
Northeast South
West
Economy/ •Business and •Cotton-growing/
•Frontier agriculture/ manufacturing/ John C. Calhoun
Leader Henry Clay Daniel Webster
_____ ______________ _______________ _____________
•Supported tariffs
Role of •Supported internal •Opposed tariffs &
improvements & his •Backed internal govt spending on
Govt improvements
American System American System
•Wanted cheap land End to cheap public
land •Increasingly
•Loyal to the U.S. govt supportive of states’
•Increasingly rights
•Against slavery but some nationalistic
supported letting the •Against slavery & •Pro-slavery &
people decide the slavery believed the U.S. Govt opposed any steps of
issue must abolish it the U.S. govt to try
and abolish it
The American • Henry Clay’s 3 part
System plan to make U.S.
economically
independent
1. Protective Tariff
2. 2nd Bank of the U.S.
3. Internal
Improvements
 Internal Improvements
• Erie Canal
• Connected Atlantic Ocean to Great lakes
• Cumberland Road also called the National Road
• Possible due to Indians driven from land
Increased immigration west, and connection between regions
As we expand, what will new
territory look like?
The First Major Sectional Conflict
The Missouri territory was seeking
statehood

• Had approx.
2,000 slaves
• Congress
had to decide
if it would be
admitted as a
slave or free
state
 Statehood for Missouri
• Tallmadge Amendment (anti ish –slavery)
– All slaves in Missouri freed when they reach
25
– No further import of slaves to Missouri
• Passed House but stopped in the Senate
– Now the South is afraid the North will try to
ban slavery
Missouri Compromise (1820)
• Fight over political control
– 3/5 rule benefits South
– Are slaves property?
– House v. Senate
• Henry Clay comes up
w/compromise
– nicknamed “Great
Compromiser”
– Maine free, Missouri slave
– No slavery north of 36°30’
John Marshall’s Court
• 4 major cases
1. Fletcher v. Peck: struck
down state law (individual
rights over state laws)
2. Dartmouth v. Woodward:
state cannot violate a
contract
3. McCulloch v. Maryland:
states cannot tax the
national bank
• “Power to tax is power to
destroy”
4. Gibbons v. Ogden: Only
Feds can regulate
interstate commerce
– Who is gaining power
here?
Meanwhile, South America has
been changing
 U.S. & Britain afraid that
Europeans may try to
retake old colonies
• Monroe Doctrine (1823)
– No new European colonies
in New World
– If they attempt to extend to
Western Hemisphere =
threat to national security
– We would not interfere with
existing colonies or affairs
in Europe
Simon Bolivar