Goal 1.02: Analyze the political freedoms available to the following groups prior to 1820: women, wage earners, landless farmers, American Indians, African Americans, and other ethnic groups.
Who could vote prior to 1820? White men Own property Pay taxes Why? ____________________________
Women Could not own property Teachers, domestic work, nurses (private) Formed societies (clubs) to voice their problems 1809 Mary Keis First women to receive a patent weaving
American Indians No rights Land taken Separated from other tribes
African Americans Slave trade abolished in 1808 Northerners passed emancipation laws New opportunities (trades) No rights Considered property
Sectionalism and National Growth Do they contradict each other?
Goal 2.03: Distinguish between the economic and social issues that led to sectionalism and nationalism.
Sectional Specialization
Northeast Industrialization Why does it begin in Northeast? Power supply Plentiful labor Poor agriculture Samuel Slater (1793) Eli Whitney (1801) Oliver Evans (flour mill) Lowell System
Northeast Goals Protective tariffs High priced public land to keep workers in Northeast Federally funded internal improvements Why?
South Agriculture Expansion b/c of cotton gin and Indian removal from Southeast One crop economy Cash crop King Cotton
Southern Goals Low tariffs to encourage trade w/ England No internal improvements Public land available for sale in large parcels
West Small farms gave way to large specialized farms Wheat in northern plains Corn and livestock in Ohio Valley Tobacco in Kentucky Improved transportation allowed for surpluses
Western Goals Low-priced public lands to encourage settlement Protective tariffs Federally built internal improvements
The American System 1. develop internal improvements 2. establish protective tariff 3. resurrect national bank Established to try to unify the nation Make the nation self sufficient Proposed by Madison, promoted heavily by Henry Clay
Transportation Improvements Why? Northeast need Southern cotton and Western food South and West need Northeastern manufactured goods South needs food from West What improvements are best?
Specific Improvements Roads Cumberland Road Canals Erie Canal—NY to New Orleans
Mr. Woolard, please tell them about McCullough v Maryland (1819), Gibbons v Ogden (1824), Dartmouth College v Woodward (1819) and Fletcher v Peck (1810).
Goal 2.01: Analyze the effects of territorial expansion and the admission of new states to the Union.
Missouri Compromise first attempt to solve controversy of slavery Missouri applies for statehood 1819 It will upset balance (whachu talkin bout) Compromise Missouri slave state Maine free state’ Line at in La. Purchase
Goal 2.04: Assess the political events, issues, and personalities that contributed to sectionalism and nationalism.
“Era of Good Feelings” and Monroe Doctrine Era of Good Feelings Time of economic growth (tariffs) and Monroe (Va) liked by Federalist North Monroe Doctrine Tell Europe to stay out of western hemisphere or else (Spain, Portugal and Russia) We will not interfere with European affairs or established colonies
Now lets look at Jackson