1. Varieties of American nationalism
Chapter 8
Varieties of American nationalism

2. Era of Good Feelings James Monroe- elected president in 1816
Last of founding fathers
Last of Virginia dynasty
Era of Good Feelings
“one” political party
How was it an Era of Good Feelings?
Misnomer; issues:
Tariff
Bank
Internal improvements
Sectionalism
Slavery
Panic of 1819

3. Westward Expansion Reasons? The Land Act of 1820
Over-cultivation
Slave owners
The Land Act of 1820 
With expanding borders came public debates about whether to expand & how to define /use new territories
Americans developed thriving communities along the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers

4. Acquisition of Lands
American acquisition of lands in the West gave rise to a contest over extension of slavery into the western territories
After Louisiana Purchase, the drive to acquire new lands led to US seeking influence over North America & the Western Hemisphere

5. Missouri Compromise Tallmadge Amendment Henry Clay
Admit Missouri as a slave state in 1820.  
Maine admitted as a free state
12 slave states & 12 free states.
The Missouri Compromise- forbade slavery in the remaining territories in the Louisiana Territory north of the line of 36° 30’
Created a truce over the issue of slavery
*Only temporarily stemmed growing tensions between opponents & defenders of slavery*

7. Florida
Revolutions in South America forced Spain to take troops out of Florida
General Andrew Jackson sent to Florida
The Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819/Adams Onis Treaty- Spain ceded Florida, as well as Spanish claims to Oregon, in exchange for America's abandonment of claims to Texas.

8. Monroe and His Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine (1823) -stern warning to the European powers to stay out of Western Hemisphere
non-colonization & nonintervention
Reasons for Monroe Doctrines?
Effects of Monroe Doctrine?
Nationalism
US as a dominant power in Western Hemisphere

10. Sectionalism Grows West: new canals & roads into western territories
Native-born white citizens relocated westward
North East: Migrants from Europe increased population in East & Midwest
Forged strong bonds of interdependence between the Northeast & Old Northwest
South: remained politically, culturally & ideologically distinct from other sections
Continued to rely on Europe for economic growth

11. Government Funded Roads
Legislation & judicial systems supported the development of roads
Extended & enlarged markets
Government helped finance a national road

12. Corrupt Bargain Election of 1824
4 candidates: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, & Henry Clay.
Democratic Republicans
No candidate won the majority of the votes
Decision went to House of Representatives
Henry Clay encouraged members to vote for Adams
Clay becomes secretary of state
“Corrupt Bargain” b/c Jackson received most electoral and popular votes

14. John Quincy Adams Fewer than 1/3 of voters had voted for him
One of the most successful secretaries of state, least successful presidents
Lack of support from Congress
Nationalist