Nationalism vs Sectionalism Balance Nationalism vs Sectionalism
What was the basis of the Northern economy? Manufacturing
The southern economy was based up on agriculture.
Main elements of the agricultural system in the South Dependency on one crop Slave labor Plantations
Clay’s plan for economic development The ‘American System’ Clay’s plan for economic development Goal: To unify a nation with diverse regional interests and create a strong, stable economy. Tariff of 1816 Second Bank of the US Internal improvements
Purposes of each Tariff Aid the growth of American industry by protecting American made products Bank Aid the exchange of goods across regions by establishing a national currency Improvements Assist trade by improving transportation National Road & Erie Canal
Regional Economies The North The West The South Manufacturing & industry - Industrial revolution resulted from the growth of the factory system Agricultural with crops and livestock Agriculture (single crop) with minimal manufacturing Livestock and crops for sale - Leads to market economy Homesteaders Promoted by cotton gin (Eli Whitney) Market economy- an economy in which mfg and ag support the growth of each other Frontier lifestyle. Dependent on what they could produce and lmt market economy Cotton gin led to est. of large plantations No dependency on slaves Some slaves Dependent on slave labor Supported tariff Opposed tariff * All supported strengthening the national bank
Faith in the federal government McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) State could not tax a federal bank. US would no longer be “supreme” Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Federal government controls interstate commerce
Hands-off our stuff Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817) Limited naval forces for U.S. and Britain in American water Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) Spain gave Florida to the U.S. and part of the Oregon Territory
Sectionalism
Sectionalism
MISSOURI Missouri statehood controversy (1819) Tallmadge Amendment (1819) – gradual abolition (passed HR, failed in Senate) Missouri Compromise (1820) (Maine-Missouri Bill) Divine, America: Past and Present 7e
MISSOURI COMPROMISE REACTIONS Effect: Continued Existence of Slavery: “like a fire-bell in the night . . . the [death] knell of the Union” - Thomas Jefferson “the title page to a great tragic volume” – J. Adams Effect: Continued Existence of Slavery: a) Legal Status b) Political Power Geographic/Economic Necessity
NATIONALISM IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Monroe Doctrine (1823) The US to declare the Americas off-limits to Europe. A continuation of the neutrality and isolationist policies established by Washington. US will protect the Americas---new countries which formed in Central and South America No new European Colonization in the Americas US will recognize existing European Colonies US will not meddle in European affairs Pojer Monroe Doctrine