SECTIONALISM ! Home is where the heart is! ; Pittsburgh 1824; before being 6 time Super Bowl Champs
- Democratic- Republican -Captain, Continental Army, American Revolution -Virginia Attorney -Prime Minister to France -Governor of Virginia -Senator -Secretary of State -Died July 4, 1831 (Age - 73) James Monroe – 5 th President ( )
Era of good feelings period in U.S. history ( ) when, the Federalist party having declined, there was little open party feeling. After the War of 1812 all sections were anxious to return to a normal life and to forget political issues. Era of good Feeling
SECTIONALISM ! PEOPLE BEGIN TO KEEP LOYALITY TO A SPECIFIC REGION: (1818; 18 states) (33 by 1861)
SECTIONALISM - 1)NORTHERNERS – - Manufacturing
SECTIONALISM - 1)NORTHERNERS – - Manufacturing - Urbanized
SECTIONALISM - 1)NORTHERNERS – - Manufacturing - Urbanized - For Tariffs - For Tariffs
SECTIONALISM - Daniel Webster – Tariff 1816, protects U.S. goods The 14th Congress passed the Tariff Act of 1816 levying a series of 25 percent duties designed to encourage domestic manufacturing. One of the nation's greatest orators, Daniel Webster was both a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. representative from Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, and gained national prominence as an attorney while serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
SECTIONALISM - SOUTHERNERS – -Agriculture
SECTIONALISM - SOUTHERNERS – -Agriculture -Rural
SECTIONALISM - SOUTHERNERS – -Agriculture -Rural -Free Trade
SECTIONALISM - SOUTHERNERS – -Agriculture -Rural -Free Trade - John Calhoun – states rights, supports south
SECTIONALISM - WESTERNERS – Pioneers, Economic Interests?
SECTIONALISM - WESTERNERS – Pioneers, Economic Interests? Henry Clay – “the Great Compromiser”
Where Have We Been? 1)North of the Ohio River…. = FREE !!!!!
Where Have We Been? 1)North of the Ohio River…. = FREE !!!!! - Northwest Ordinance = all free
Where Have We Been? 1)North of the Ohio River…. = FREE !!!!! (NW Ord) 2) South of the Ohio River …. = SLAVE !!!!
Where Have We Been? 1)North of the Ohio River…. = FREE !!!!! (NW Ord) 2) South of the Ohio River …. = SLAVE !!!! 3) North of the Mason – Dixon Line = FREE!!
Where Have We Been? 1)North of the Ohio River…. = FREE !!!!! (NW Ord) 2) South of the Ohio River …. = SLAVE !!!! 3) North of the Mason – Dixon Line = FREE!! 4) South of the Mason- Dixon Line = SLAVE!! In 1760, the English team of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to survey the newly established boundaries between the Province of Pennsylvania, the Province of Maryland
How many free, and slave states are there in 1820? Why does this balance matter? 12 of each!
Where Have We Been? What happens when we add a new state? (Like Missouri)
The Missouri Compromise 1) Henry Clay’s Proposal a.k.a. The Compromise of 1820
Clay wanted very badly to become president. He ran and lost in each of the following three elections: Ran as a Democratic Republican along with 4 other Dem-Republicans (lost to John Q. Adams) – Ran as a National Republican (unanimously nominated). Pushed to get the National Bank re-chartered. -(lost to Andrew Jackson) – Nominated as the leader of the Whig Party. Ran saying that Texas should not be admitted into the Union (slavery issue) (Lost to James K. Polk) - He also lost nominations in 1840 to William Henry Harrison and 1848 to Zachary Taylor (war heroes)
The Missouri Compromise 1) Henry Clay’s Proposal - Maine = Free State a.k.a. The Compromise of 1820
The Missouri Compromise 1)Henry Clay’s Proposal -Maine = Free State -Missouri = Slave State a.k.a. The Compromise of 1820
Where Have We Been? What about the land west of the Mississippi?
The Missouri Compromise -Maine = Free State -Missouri = Slave State a.k.a. The Compromise of Future states south of Missouri will be slave states; north of Missouri will be free! (36 30’ parallel)
The Missouri Compromise 2) APPROVED!!! -Distrust builds between the North and the South
The Missouri Compromise 2) APPROVED!!! -Distrust builds between the North and the South -Forces the Separation to continue!!!
Thomas Jefferson “...but this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. it is hushed indeed for the moment. but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. ”