building a nation The era of good feelings NATIONALISM AND NATIONBUILDING part I: 1800 1820

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building a nationThe era of good
feelingsNATIONALISM AND NATION-BUILDINGpart
I 1800 -- 1820
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EXPANSION AND MIGRATION

• Extending the Boundaries
• The Adams-Onis Treaty (Transcontinental Treaty
  with Spain 1817)
• US acquires Florida and a new boundary in the
  West along the Sabine, the Red, and the Arkansas
  River
• Interest in West grew as the fur trade became
  popular and the idea of the rugged mountain man
  spread throughout the country!

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EXPANSION AND MIGRATION

• settlement to the Mississippi
• Settlers push westward--------Native American are
  displaced
• Squatters Rights
• Granted squatters the right to buy the frontier
  land they had already improved at the minimum
  price.
• As settlers needs grew, local marketing centers
  grew.growth of cities!
• The people and culture of the frontier
• Settlers brought with them elements of their
  civilized eastern culture
• Attracted to more land, many pulled up and moved
  further west!
• The American Frontier was popularized by the
  Romantic Era

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transportation and the market economy

• A revolution in transportation roads and
  steamboats
• Robert Fultons Steamboat (1807)revolutionized
  the Americas transit
• the canal boom
• In an attempt to link the Great Lakes, the first
  of the canals was built in 1825

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transportation and the market economy

• emergence of the market economy
• The availability of good farmland, increasing
  demand for cotton, the invention of the cotton
  gin, and slave labor made the South the worlds
  greatest cotton producer! Promoted Regionalism
  in the United States!
• commerce and banking
• Extension of credit by local merchants and
  manufacturers leads to a higher demand for money.
  RESULT a rapid growth of state and private
  banks!
• Early industrialism
• The surge of the Market Economy caused an
  increase in the growth of industry and factories.
  
• The first industry to grow was the textile
  industry..cotton!!!!!!

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politics of nation building

• Republicans in power
• Henry Clays American System was designed to
  create a strong, stable economy that bolstered
  national unity as well as making the country
  self-sufficient3 Major Components
• Est. of protective tariff designed to limit
  foreign goods entering the country. Northerners
  welcomed it, Southerners resented it.
• Est. of the Second Bank of the United States
  (BUS) in 1816 most regions had their own
  currency and business transactions were
  difficult BUS provided a national currency.
• Development of transportation systems (As shown
  on previous slides)
• Monroe as president
• Background Info Napoleon is defeated, Spain and
  Portugal want to reclaim lands in Americas.
  Russia (Occupied Alaska), wanted to move into N.
  California. This would threaten American trade
  with China.
• Result MONROE DOCTRINE Eastern Hemi stays away
  from Western Hemi and Vice-Versa

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politics of nation building

• the Missouri compromise
• As America pushed westward, new states had to be
  formed! The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 laid out
  a system for a territory to become a state.
• By 1819, the Union consisted of 10 Free and 10
  Slave States.Question What would be the
  potential problem if a new state was to be
  admitted? SLAVE OR FREE.UNBALANCE IN CONGRESS
• Solution MISSOURI COMPROMISE.war maybe
  avoided!!!!! Maine will be admitted as a free
  state, and Missouri as a slave state LA
  Territory would then use the 3630 line as a
  boundary for future admittance into the
  Union

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politics of nation building

• postwar nationalism and the supreme court
• The Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief
  Justice John Marshall expanded the powers of the
  federal government and made great contributions
  to nationalism!
• Major Court Rulings Limiting State Power
• Fletcher v Peck (1810) Nullified a Georgia law
  declaring it unconstitutional
• Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) state may
  not interfere with contracts
• Strengthening Government Economic Control
• McCulloch v Maryland (1819) declared BUS
  constitutional. States could not levy taxes on
  BUS
• Gibbons v Ogden (1824) Federal government has the
  power to regulate interstate trade
• THE END OF THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS WAS SOON TO
  BE OVER! THE SLEEPING SERPENT WAS ABOUT TO BE
  AWOKEN!

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building a nationTHE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MENS
DEMOCRACYpart Ii 1820 -- 1840
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democracy in theory and practice

• the democratic ferment an age of agitation
• Democracy a form of government in which the
  supreme power is vested in the people and
  exercised directly by them or by their elected
  agents under a free voting system.
• Background Information
• Most state eliminated property ownership for
  voting requirements
• Public political involvement swelled and a
  two-party system became permanent
• Concerns Economic ?s (Panic of 1819) Role of
  Federal Government
• Producers as well as laborers became organized
  (unions) in interest of promoting individual
  rights
• Abolitionists fought to end slavery and promote
  womens rights

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democracy in theory and practice

• democracy and society
• Social Equality became the dominant principle of
  the time
• Social Privilege was no longer a requirement for
  success, Industrialization increased inequality
  in terms of wealth and opportunity
• Alexis de Tocqueville Self-Made men could now
  rise in stature.

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Jackson and the politics of democracy

• the election of 1824 and j.q. Adams
  administration
• Jackson Rises to National Fame
• Here of the Battle of New Orleans
• Result of Popular Sovereignty authority based on
  popular support
• Jackson wins popular vote but loses presidential
  election to Adams
• Rumors of a corrupt bargain between Adams and
  Clay, as well as problems with tariffs being
  placed on imported goods.
• I weep for the Liberty of my country, The
  rights of the people have been bartered for
  promises of office.

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Jackson and the politics of democracy

• Jackson comes to power
• Massive public turnout
• Jackson is supported by the newly formed
  Democratic Party ---Formerly known as the
  Jeffersonian Republicans---
• Endorsed the Spoils System
• To the victor go the spoils.
• When Jackson wins the office of the presidency,
  he hand picked his own supporters to head federal
  agencies.