Nationalism And Sectionalism

Nationalism And

Sectionalism

Debatable issues of the day

1.Tariffs 2.National Bank3.Internal Improvements4.Economic Depression5.Slavery

“Era of Good Feelings”• High spirit of Nationalism caused in large part

by 1 political party—The Republicans

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

Henry Clay’s American System

What were the three main parts of Clay’s American System?

A. Protective TariffsB. National BankC. Internal Improvements

Does this seem familiar?

Henry and Lucretia Clay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wm7c9NJMWQ

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

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

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:

1. Prohibited further introduction into Missouri2. Required slave children to be emancipated at 25

a) would have led to gradual elimination of slavery

Henry “The Compromiser” Clay responds

1) Missouri enters as a slave state

2) Maine was admitted as a free state

3) 36⁰30'

Monroe DoctrineIn 1823 Secretary of State John Quincy

Adams sent a letter to Hugh Nelson, the American minister to Spain outlining America’s new foreign policyThe 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