1. Democratic-Republican
Era of Good Feelings
Describes the reign of the Democratic-Republicans as a single party in a unified nation.
James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

2. Republicans Acquire Hamiltonian Views
Instead of….
Agrarianism
Narrow construction of the Constitution
States’ rights
(state sovereignty)
They Now Advocated….
Industrialism
Broad construction of the Constitution
Nationalism
(national sovereignty)

3. Three Laws That Strengthen the National Government
Tariff of First tariff high enough to protect American industry
Bank of the United States- re-chartered
Military Expansion-
Enlargement of West Point Military Academy
Standing army of 10,000; enlarged navy

4. That strengthen the Federal Government
Supreme Court Cases
That strengthen the Federal Government
McCulloch v. Maryland
(1819)
State of Maryland wanted to
tax the branch of the National
Bank.
Court said no, can’t tax
the feds.
Gibbons v. Ogden
(1824)
Interstate trade should
be regulated by the
Federal Govt. not states

5. Nationalism and the Era of Good Feelings
Nationalism-national unity
A sense of pride and interest in one’s country; a strengthening of the national government.

6. American System In order to become self-sufficient, or prosper and
grow by itself, the U.S. needed a plan.
That Plan was called the American System
by Henry Clay
The Plan included three main actions:
Establish a protective tariff – buy American
Establish a national bank – single currency trade easier
Improve country’s transportation system
– canals and roads.

7. American System

8. Regional wants that divided the United States.
Sectionalism
Regional wants that divided the United States.

9. Definition:
Strong interests in a single region rather than in the nation as a whole.
Conflict among geographic sections of the nation
Loyalty to one’s sectional interests
There were three divisions (sections) in the United States in What were they?

10. Divided Regions of the United States
North
Supported and developed a strong commercial economy.
South
Supported agriculture and slavery.
West
Supported agriculture and the small farmer.

11. Sectional
Issues

12. Western Land North South West Wanted high prices for land.
Encourage the settlers to stay and work at the factories.
South
Wanted cheap inexpensive land.
Expand slavery
Expand cotton farming
West
Help small farmers.

13. Labor North South West Free Labor Slave Labor
Provide a skilled workforce for business.
South
Slave Labor
Provide hard non-wage work for producing cotton.
West
To avoid competition from farms worked by slaves.

14. Tariff- A tax on imports.
North
Wanted a high tariff.
To protect their factories from being undersold by foreign competitors.
South
Wanted a low tariff.
Europe would respond with a low tariff on raw materials shipped from America.
To keep the cost of manufactured goods down.
West
The tax would help make improvements in transportation of goods across the country.

15. Internal Improvements- roads, bridges, and waterways
North
Wanted improvements.
Help create Western markets for Eastern manufactured goods.
South
Did not want improvements.
Improvements would raise the need for tax money.
Government would raise the tariff to increase funds.
West
Help move western farm goods to eastern markets.

16. Sectional Leaders in the 1800’s
Northern Leader (New England)
Daniel Webster
Lawyer that was elected to Congress as a Federalist, but switched to the Republican Party.
Southern Leader
John C. Calhoun (South Carolina)
Served in Congress, Sec. Of War, Vice-President, and Sec. of State
Western Leader
Henry Clay
War Hawk and former Speaker of the House
Talent of Compromise

17. Outcome of Sectionalism
The North and the South differed on all five issues.
Caused a Political Power Struggle in Congress
The section controlling the government would set economic policies that would effect the rest of the country.
Political power would be crucial for economic survival.
In 1861, this struggle would lead the North and the South into a CIVIL WAR.

18. Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise kept the balance of
Power in the U.S. Senate equal between slave
States and Free States

19. Missouri Compromise

20. Monroe Doctrine The U.S. felt threatened by sectionalism, but
also by events in Latin America.
European countries were trying to regain their
colonies in the the Americas.
James Monroe issued what became known as
The Monroe Doctrine stating that the Americas were closed to further colonization by Europe.

21. Monroe Doctrine

22. Terms to Know Samuel Morse Spirituals Eli Whitney
Why were factories built in NE
Transportation Changes
Nationalism
Sectionalism
Monroe Doctrine
American System
Missouri Compromise
Settled Border Disputes
Slave life in the South
Spirituals
Supreme Court Rulings
p340
Lowell factory
Nat Turner Rebellion
Era of Good Feelings
Robert Fulton

23. In Your ISN Academic: Draw an original illustration to show the ideals
presented in the Monroe Doctrine
PreAp.G/T: Answer the following prompt, Why was the Missouri
Compromise a short term solution?