1. American Nationalism & Expansion

2. Presidents George Washington John Adams, Federalist
Thomas Jefferson, Democratic Republican
James Madison, Democratic Republican
James Monroe, Democratic Republican
John Quincy Adams, Democratic Republican
Andrew Jackson, Democrat
Martin Van Buren, Democrat
William Henry Harrison (31 days), Whig
William Tyler, Whig
James K. Polk, Democrat

3. Era of Good Feelings Under 5th President James Monroe
Harmony in national politics
One political party
James Monroe

4. Missouri Compromise 1819: Missouri applied for statehood
“…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. “
Missouri Compromise
1819: Missouri applied for statehood
USA: 11 free states + 11 slave states
“I take it for granted that the present question is a mere preamble—a title page to a great tragic volume.”

5. Missouri Compromise Henry Clay wrote the compromise
Maine admitted free, Missouri admitted slave
Line at 36’30’’
Above = free
Below = slave

6. The Monroe Doctrine
Quadruple Alliance: Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia
Possibility to help Spain regain colonies in Americas
Britain proposed united opposition (with USA)

7. The Monroe Doctrine
1823: the American continents were “henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.”
Russia also a worry: had claimed Alaska to Oregon
Secretary of State John Q. Adams: act alone
Bold act

8. Industrial Revolution
Limited liability general incorporation laws
Began with Lowell textiles in Boston
Eli Whitney: interchangeable parts and cotton gin
Samuel Morse: telegraph and morse code

9. Industrial Revolution
Cities doubled or tripled in size
Labor Unions formed to improve working conditions
Strikes

10. Manifest Destiny Transportation Revolution Texas Revolution
War with Mexico

11. Manifest Destiny Attitude
United States destined to stretch from coast to coast

12. Transportation Revolution
Erie Canal
National Road
Steamboat: Could go upstream
“Iron Horse” helped settle the West

13. Texas Revolution Spanish speaking Tejanos ruled by Mexico
Cheap land brought empresarios like Stephen Austin
Sam Houston led Texans against Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

14. Texas Revolution Alamo: 13 day siege Small force delayed Santa Anna
200 Texans vs Mexicans
Mexican casualties
September 1836: independent Republic of Texas
Wanted to be annexed, but were not until 1845 under James K. Polk

15. James K. Polk’s Contributions
Fifty-four Forty or Fight, but Polk split Oregon with Britain
Annexation of Texas
Border dispute: Nueces or Rio Grande?
Zachary Taylor led troops across Nueces
Mexico attacked
USA declared war
James K. Polk

16. James K. Polk’s Contributions
War with Mexico
California declared independent: temporarily called Bear Flag Republic
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexico ceded CA, UT, NV, NM, AZ, parts of CO, WY
Accepted Rio Grande as TX border
USA paid $15 to assume Mexican debts