1. Nationalism and Economic Expansion

2. James Monroe
Virginia Republican (again)
Madison’s Secretary of State
With Federalist collapse after War of 1812, no political struggles

3. Era of Good Feelings
Period characterized by lack of political divisiveness and economic growth

4. Panic of 1819 Bank of US blamed by farmers Credit is tightened
Farms foreclosed on
Speculative land buying dries up
Began 6 years of depression
Political divisions begin to emerge

5. Settlement of the West New lands available NA resistance weakening
Population pressure in the east
New transportation
Communities form in Old NW
Plantation economy (cotton) forms in Southwest

7. Missouri Compromise (1820)
11 free and 11 slave states already
MO, with slaves, applies for statehood 1819
Tallmadge Amendment
Maine admitted with MO
Slavery banned in future territories north of 36’30’’
Henry Clay led compromise

8. John Quincy Adams and Florida
Monroe’s Sec. of State
Premier diplomat in US history
Jackson attacking Seminoles and Spanish in FL
Adams-Onis Treaty
US gets all of Florida
Spain gives up claims in NW
US gives up any claim to TX

9. Monroe Doctrine Cornerstone of US foreign policy for 100 years
Response to Latin American fights for independence
Called for an end of European colonization and intervention in Latin America

10. Election of 1824 Shattering of Republican party
Jackson, Adams, Clay, and Crawford run
Jackson wins majority of votes
Adams wins election in Congress
Calls of a “Corrupt Bargain” between Adams and Clay

11. Early Railroads and Canals
Clay proposes “American System” (fails in Congress)
National Road built
Steamships (Fulton)
Erie Canal built
Railroads begin to pop up in 1820s
Not dominant form of transportation

12. National Road

13. Beginnings of Factory System (1820s)
Began in NE textile mills
Machines driven by water power
Much more factory growth than any where else in the world during the 1820s

14. Early Labor System (women)
Family migrate from farm to mill
Considerably better than in England
Lowell Mills and others relied on young women
Clean factory conditions
Well-fed and housed
“Fair” wages

15. Social Mobility and Wealth
Increased income distributed unequally (rich got richer)
Standard of living improved for almost all
Little social conflict between classes
High geographic mobility

16. Cotton Revolution 1794-Whitney invents the cotton gin
Large tracts of land devoted to cotton as far west as TX
Large-scale agriculture