1. Nationalism And Sectionalism

2. Debatable issues of the day
Tariffs
National Bank
Internal Improvements
Economic Depression
Slavery

3. “Era of Good Feelings”
High spirit of Nationalism caused in large part by 1 political party—The Republicans

4. President James Monroe
5th President from VA
Sec. of State under James Madison
Defeated Rufus King in 1816 (183-34) and had an even easier victory in 1820

5. Henry Clay’s American System
What were the three main parts of Clay’s American System?
Protective Tariffs
National Bank
Internal Improvements
Does this seem familiar?
Henry and Lucretia Clay

6. Internal Improvements
The Cumberland Road (1st federally financed interstate road) caused major dissention in the country because the South and New England opposed the roads while the West welcomed the roads

7. The US expands
General Jackson follows the Seminoles into the Florida pan handle (1818)
Adams-Onis treaty
Spain sells Florida to the US for $5 million

8. Missouri Compromise Dilemma was what to do with Missouri?
In 1819—there were 11 slave states and 11 free states
Rep. James Tallmadge proposed the following:
Prohibited further introduction into Missouri
Required slave children to be emancipated at 25
would have led to gradual elimination of slavery

9. Henry “The Compromiser” Clay responds
Missouri enters as a slave state
Maine was admitted as a free state
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10. Monroe Doctrine
In 1823 Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sent a letter to Hugh Nelson, the American minister to Spain outlining America’s new foreign policy
The Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization
The United States would regard any interference in Western hemispheric affairs as a threat to its security
The United States would refrain from participation in European wars and would not disturb existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere