7-2: Nationalism at Center Stage

Gibbons v. Ogden decision How did it promote nationalism? By preventing states from acting in ways that hurt other states What ideas did the measure contain? In interstate commerce, state laws must yield to federal laws The federal government has the power to regulate almost anything that moves across state lines

The Adams-Onis Treaty What ideas did the measure contain? Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. Spain disavowed any claims it had on the Oregon Territory How did it promote nationalism? By expanding the nations territory

The Monroe Doctrine What ideas did the measure contain? European powers not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere by establishing colonies or attempting to overthrow newly independent republics U.S. not to involve itself in European affairs or interfere with existing colonies How did it promote nationalism? By having the United States take an important step onto the world stage By asserting national interests in international affairs By preventing possible threats to the U.S. from Russia, Spain, and Portugal

The Missouri Compromise What ideas did the measure contain? Maine admitted as a free state Missouri admitted as a slave state The rest of the Louisiana Territory split into two sections; south of the dividing line, slavery legal; north of the dividing line (except for Missouri), slavery banned How did it promote nationalism? By preserving sectional balance; by respecting the interests of both North and South By preventing the nation from collapsing into sectionalism

John Quincy Adams Sixth president of the United States who established a foreign policy based on nationalism Jim Beckworth A mountain man in the West who established a fur trade